Good BSD/Linux Article (somewhat off-topic)

Matthew D. Fuller fullermd at over-yonder.net
Sat Jan 17 01:20:59 PST 2004


On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 05:56:54PM +0000 I heard the voice of
Colin Percival, and lo! it spake thus:
> 
>   I think the /. effect is overrated these days.  Network connections and
> processors have gotten faster much more rapidly than the slashdot
> readership has grown; the only time slashdot kills anything now is when
> people use excessively dynamic pages.

My network connection isn't all that fast for serving, and /. DID, in
fact, nail it to the wall solid for quite a few hours.  Impressive.


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Matthew Fuller     (MF4839)   |  fullermd at over-yonder.net
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"The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I
      haven't figured out how to light the middle yet"


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