Safari hang with spinning wheel of death

Safari frequently hangs with the spinning wheel of death. In the lower left corner it reports "completed X of Y items", but as X increases so does Y, so Safari never seems to finish all the "items" on a page.
I have finally figured out how to fix the problem. In the Safari pull down menu, select "preferences", and then un-check "enable java" and un-check "enable javascript".
Without java, Safari is just as fast as Firefox. And if you do for some reason need java, you can use Firefox instead (as I had to, to log into the Apple Discussions" page.

Without java, Safari is just as fast as Firefox. And if you do for some reason need java, you can use Firefox instead (as I had to, to log into the Apple Discussions" page.
Safari is faster than Firefox. There are very few sites that need use Java, so unless you know a site uses it, it should always be disabled. And for clarification, no part of the Apple web site uses Java, so there's no reason to have it activated.

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        8 GB RAM Upgradeable
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            BANK 1/DIMM0
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            BANK 0/DIMM1
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            BANK 1/DIMM1
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        [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Click for support]
        [running]    com.penpad.penpadtablet.plist [Click for support]
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        [running]    com.rim.BBLaunchAgent.plist [Click for support]
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        [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Click for support]
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        Dropbox    Application  (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
        Adobe Creative Cloud Connection    UNKNOWN  (missing value)
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        BlackBerry Device Manager    Application Hidden (/Library/Application Support/BlackBerry/BlackBerry Device Manager.app)
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        AdobeExManDetect: Version: AdobeExManDetect 1.1.0.0 - SDK 10.7 [Click for support]
        Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.4.2.4 [Click for support]
        SlingPlayer: Version: Unknown - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]
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        AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 10.1.13 [Click for support]
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        Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
        Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
        iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8
        QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
        SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.8 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
        AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.13 [Click for support]
        CANONiMAGEGATEWAYDL: Version: 3.2.0.1 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
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        NortonInternetSecurityBF: Version: 1.11.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
        JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 67 Check version
    User internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
        Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1 [Click for support]
    Safari Extensions: ℹ️
        Open in Internet Explorer
        iMedia Converter Deluxe 
        Norton Internet Security
    3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
        BodyMedia SYNC  [Click for support]
        Flash Player  [Click for support]
        Flip4Mac WMV  [Click for support]
        huey  [Click for support]
        Java  [Click for support]
        Norton\nQuickMenu  [Click for support]
    Time Machine: ℹ️
        Skip System Files: NO
        Mobile backups: OFF
        Auto backup: YES
        Volumes being backed up:
            Macintosh HD: Disk size: 924.35 GB Disk used: 451.11 GB
        Destinations:
              [Local]
            Total size: 2.00 TB
            Total number of backups: 197
            Oldest backup: 2011-09-25 00:07:10 +0000
            Last backup: 2015-03-07 18:00:12 +0000
            Size of backup disk: Adequate
                Backup size 2.00 TB > (Disk used 451.11 GB X 3)
    Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
            11%    SymDaemon
             2%    WindowServer
             2%    com.hp.devicemonitor
             0%    AppleSpell
             0%    fontd
    Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
        309 MB    SymDaemon
        249 MB    mds_stores
        129 MB    Finder
        112 MB    com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64
        103 MB    Creative Cloud
    Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
        4.18 GB    Free RAM
        2.63 GB    Active RAM
        630 MB    Inactive RAM
        1.14 GB    Wired RAM
        2.40 GB    Page-ins
        0 B    Page-outs
    Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
        Mar 7, 2015, 10:49:28 PM    Self test - passed
        Mar 7, 2015, 12:04:21 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64_201 5-03-07-120421_[redacted].crash
        Mar 6, 2015, 03:03:37 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/LiveUpdateDaemon_2015-03-06-150337_[redacted].c pu_resource.diag [Click for details]
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