It must be fun to live there. In my city (Bydgoszcz, Poland), the most interesting random thing I recently saw happening on a street was a bunch of cats sitting together with pidgeons:
there's a joke in there about polish cats, but I can't quite figure it out.
With slashdot, half the time clicking on a comment to expand it doesn't work unless I refresh several times or copy and paste the link into a new browser. [...] At first I thought this was because I still used IE and that was the problem, being that slashdot doesn't cater to IE users, fine. So after I switched to Chrome I figured it wouldn't be an issue, yet its not any different.
if you're using the index2.pl (beta) in anything other than Firefox you're clearly an idiot. they state the support for that browser and the fact that it's beta should be enough of a hint to stop whining
if you're using the classic index and are having any of these problems you're lying through your teeth because they dont exist.
So unless you're planning on being Wikipedia or some other site with massive traffic with little editing and no real transactions, if you're using MySQL its because you don't know what you are doing.
you mean like Slashdot? you do know about Slashdot, right? all these people must be crazy for using a database with a performance profile that fits their read/write ratio.
If you want a real database, and still free and OSS, you use PostgreSQL.
is that why Google uses PG? I'm actually being sarcastic, they use MySQL (yes, really; look it up).
MySQLs time has come and gone
just repeating random shit doesn't make it true, even if you might think it does. but what the fuck do you know, you think Access is a database.
My problem with it is that I'm a tourist, and like every other MMO it caters to perfectionists. It's not well designed for completionists or tourists.
EVE is a sandbox. you can do whatever the hell you want in there, nobody will hold your hand. some people appreciate that.
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That's fine for the vast majority of web applications, but you clearly don't understand the scale of the traffic a site like Twitter receives.
I clearly don't. this type of webapp generally scales well, their problem is that they chose shitty technologies to "power" it. you want fast? code an Apache module that uses libmysql (or whatever DB it is they use). now that's fast.
What do you do when one database machine, no matter how fast, isn't enough?
I believe they can split the DB, add more RAM, cache a lot (a LOT, cache it in RAM, RAM is cheap), serve static content.
When your load balancer gets overloaded?
in this scenario the load balancer is the least of your problems. what happens if a switch dies? drives die, PSUs blow up, etc etc. use redundancy.
How about handling that massive search index?
I don't know about that, let me google it.
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I don't get this buzzword-bingo bullshit about Twitter (or whatever the fuck site-du-jour is) in regards to concurrency and scalability. this is not a complex application, it's something that you code one afternoon (in Java/PHP) then throw it in a rack full of HTTP server nodes, a load balancer (shit, even RR-DNS will do) and a RAMSAN for the DB. that's it. stop the drama.
Is it? I remember Arthur C Clarke saying that Sci Fi is something that could happen, while fantasy is something that could never happen.
I always thought that SF is something that could happen, while fantasy is something that happened already. or are you implying that these all "dinosaur" skeletons did not, in fact, belong to dragons.
.NET is used by alot of windows developers, and bitching about why they use it and trying to blame MS for developers using.NET instead of java is senseless.
popular doesn't make it good. just look at Windows (or McDonalds if you wanna go there). just another "me too".
Vista was nearly a complete rewrite of the OS, and the 3 apps rule is for W7's starter edition, which anybody with any sense will not buy. Get your facts straight.
the point was that you don't have the resources to run more than 3 apps, because Vista is a resource hog. everyone accepted Vista as a failure, even Microsoft, thats why they're now pimping 7 as a big performant leap ahead (right). just another "me too".
Zune huh....you probably said "hahahahahahahah" cause you failed at pointing out something bad about it.
its colour? the fact that shitloads of them semi-bricked from firmware fuckups? I thought that shit was obvious. not for thick motherfuckers such as yourself. you probably own one. just another "me too".
MS said that they expected the open source community to make their own version of Silverlight, and they did a few months later...called Moonlight. And its certainly not a replacement for Flash.
and Mono is awesome too. it's not Flash, it is a plugin for "delivering rich media applications to browsers" (that is to say, streaming movies, flashy animations, silly games, etc.) -- it's a bad Flash knockoff, a few years late as usual. just another "me too".
bla bla bla IE sucks....yes we all know. Troll, go lurk moar.
gb2wow
in summary, fuck you, fuck Microsoft and also fuck the mods.
Thank god someone said it. Ya know, HALF of the posts on here so far are "I wont trust MS" or some other closed-mind bullshit from Linux fanbois who MUST have it compatible with the GPL otherwise they piss their pants.
I'm not a Linux fanboi and I think RMS should stick the GPL where the sun don't shit (not his beard) but I still won't trust Microsoft. nothing good ever comes from there, just "me too!" bullshit which Microwhores (such as yourself) eat right up.
here's a few recent examples:
.NET, hey this Java bullshit sure has some traction! let's shit out our own crappier version, that's tied to just one platform and brainwash everyone into thinking we're still relevant
Vista, boy that Steve Jobs sure pushes out a shiny OS! let's makeover Windows but be sure it eats up all the computer's resources (as is custom); those idiot users don't need to run more than 3 apps at a time anyway
Zune, hahahahahahahah
Silverlight, Flash is awesome let's make our own shittier version that's tied in to the rest of our shitty platforms/technologies/etc
what's next? reviving that abortion of a browser that IE is after seeing the competition leapfrogging ahead and actually treating it's users well? maybe bolting on such innovative features as tabbed browsing, web developer tools, page thumbnails and support for plugin functionality that is not ActiveX. oh, wait...
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It must be fun to live there. In my city (Bydgoszcz, Poland), the most interesting random thing I recently saw happening on a street was a bunch of cats sitting together with pidgeons:
there's a joke in there about polish cats, but I can't quite figure it out.
With slashdot, half the time clicking on a comment to expand it doesn't work unless I refresh several times or copy and paste the link into a new browser. [...] At first I thought this was because I still used IE and that was the problem, being that slashdot doesn't cater to IE users, fine. So after I switched to Chrome I figured it wouldn't be an issue, yet its not any different.
if you're using the index2.pl (beta) in anything other than Firefox you're clearly an idiot. they state the support for that browser and the fact that it's beta should be enough of a hint to stop whining
if you're using the classic index and are having any of these problems you're lying through your teeth because they dont exist.
either way, you're an idiot.
This presentation came across as very amateurish and lacks any serious technical depth.
much like your post.
but with APC or another caching mechanism it's interpret once, run-the-bytecode every other time. Massive speed improvements.
that, plus lots of content caching (think Wikipedia style, with gobs of squids in front of your apaches) makes it even faster.
note to mods, use less crack. parent is not flamebait.
Furthermore, a poor choice of infrastructure makes doing good site design hard.
yeah, they obviously should have used RoR. that certainly scales better. oh, wait...
...banners and placards mostly about cats of unusual length and Rick Astley.
cat of unusual length is unusually lengthy
So unless you're planning on being Wikipedia or some other site with massive traffic with little editing and no real transactions, if you're using MySQL its because you don't know what you are doing.
you mean like Slashdot? you do know about Slashdot, right? all these people must be crazy for using a database with a performance profile that fits their read/write ratio.
If you want a real database, and still free and OSS, you use PostgreSQL.
is that why Google uses PG? I'm actually being sarcastic, they use MySQL (yes, really; look it up).
MySQLs time has come and gone
just repeating random shit doesn't make it true, even if you might think it does. but what the fuck do you know, you think Access is a database.
People who use FREE software generally are the people who don't PAY for software, so its of little value to anyone.
it's not free as in beer, you imbecile.
oh noes, a girl on da internets!
My problem with it is that I'm a tourist, and like every other MMO it caters to perfectionists. It's not well designed for completionists or tourists.
EVE is a sandbox. you can do whatever the hell you want in there, nobody will hold your hand. some people appreciate that.
That's fine for the vast majority of web applications, but you clearly don't understand the scale of the traffic a site like Twitter receives.
I clearly don't. this type of webapp generally scales well, their problem is that they chose shitty technologies to "power" it. you want fast? code an Apache module that uses libmysql (or whatever DB it is they use). now that's fast.
What do you do when one database machine, no matter how fast, isn't enough?
I believe they can split the DB, add more RAM, cache a lot (a LOT, cache it in RAM, RAM is cheap), serve static content.
When your load balancer gets overloaded?
in this scenario the load balancer is the least of your problems. what happens if a switch dies? drives die, PSUs blow up, etc etc. use redundancy.
How about handling that massive search index?
I don't know about that, let me google it.
I don't get this buzzword-bingo bullshit about Twitter (or whatever the fuck site-du-jour is) in regards to concurrency and scalability. this is not a complex application, it's something that you code one afternoon (in Java/PHP) then throw it in a rack full of HTTP server nodes, a load balancer (shit, even RR-DNS will do) and a RAMSAN for the DB. that's it. stop the drama.
This is off topic, but Slashdot's MSFT icon is stale.
I agree. I think the new icon should be a flying chair.
Scyance.
That's Scyence you insensitive clod! :)
shouldn't it be Syence? just sayin'
Is it? I remember Arthur C Clarke saying that Sci Fi is something that could happen, while fantasy is something that could never happen.
I always thought that SF is something that could happen, while fantasy is something that happened already. or are you implying that these all "dinosaur" skeletons did not, in fact, belong to dragons.
I would love it if I could patch my OpenBSD machines (incl 3rd party apps) with the same ease I patch my Debian machines.
what, you can't use pkgsrc?
*zing #2*
thanks, I'll be here all week. try the index2.pl
that's probably because they used width/height attributes for img tags. you wont't be so lucky on sites that "forget" about that.
I use Opera and the classic index on older machines, and it works great compared to Firefox. YMMV.
How about adding Unicode support
silence, heathen! you will post in ASCII and like it!
now all they (Debian) need to do is replace the userland with a BSD one (preferably Net) and we'll have a proper OS.
*zing*
I accept your apology.
Apple sells smugness.
I get my smugness for free. I run NetBSD.
.NET is used by alot of windows developers, and bitching about why they use it and trying to blame MS for developers using .NET instead of java is senseless.
popular doesn't make it good. just look at Windows (or McDonalds if you wanna go there). just another "me too".
Vista was nearly a complete rewrite of the OS, and the 3 apps rule is for W7's starter edition, which anybody with any sense will not buy. Get your facts straight.
the point was that you don't have the resources to run more than 3 apps, because Vista is a resource hog. everyone accepted Vista as a failure, even Microsoft, thats why they're now pimping 7 as a big performant leap ahead (right). just another "me too".
Zune huh....you probably said "hahahahahahahah" cause you failed at pointing out something bad about it.
its colour? the fact that shitloads of them semi-bricked from firmware fuckups? I thought that shit was obvious. not for thick motherfuckers such as yourself. you probably own one. just another "me too".
MS said that they expected the open source community to make their own version of Silverlight, and they did a few months later...called Moonlight. And its certainly not a replacement for Flash.
and Mono is awesome too. it's not Flash, it is a plugin for "delivering rich media applications to browsers" (that is to say, streaming movies, flashy animations, silly games, etc.) -- it's a bad Flash knockoff, a few years late as usual. just another "me too".
bla bla bla IE sucks....yes we all know. Troll, go lurk moar.
gb2wow
in summary, fuck you, fuck Microsoft and also fuck the mods.
that is all
Making cute videos and sending probes are two entirely different things.
youre a fucking idiot. you think they chuck those things into space from a big slingshot without making cutesy simulations based on hard math first?
Thank god someone said it. Ya know, HALF of the posts on here so far are "I wont trust MS" or some other closed-mind bullshit from Linux fanbois who MUST have it compatible with the GPL otherwise they piss their pants.
I'm not a Linux fanboi and I think RMS should stick the GPL where the sun don't shit (not his beard) but I still won't trust Microsoft. nothing good ever comes from there, just "me too!" bullshit which Microwhores (such as yourself) eat right up.
here's a few recent examples:
what's next? reviving that abortion of a browser that IE is after seeing the competition leapfrogging ahead and actually treating it's users well? maybe bolting on such innovative features as tabbed browsing, web developer tools, page thumbnails and support for plugin functionality that is not ActiveX. oh, wait...