- novel idea – using 'dd' as a 32Mb buffer in a pipe, to reduce read/write contention on a single spindle. #
- @nmeth Oddly enough I was inspired by this, instead; requires less technology: http://bit.ly/qL5gmt #
- Restating @mala's law: All Web browsers expand until they are capable of making phonecalls? http://bbc.in/oTF1CX #
- @kangelos From experience anything that wittingly reduces the head's bouncing around will improve performance, irrespective of cache #
- @kangelos You're saying that "cat < 64g-file > newfile" will run in the same time as "dd if=64g-file of=newfile bs=32M" ? #
- @kangelos Hence my position on witting optimisation 🙂 #
- And after Lion there must be: http://bit.ly/r8HXGY #
- @jemimah_knight WD40? Shocking. #
- #BBC #iPlayer wants a login password. wtf? http://twitpic.com/5wb5x2 #
- #bigipedia now on radio4 – with BigiBuzz ! #
- All security and privacy folk should be listening to #bigipedia on radio4 right now! #
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