RAID and Bus BandwidthRAID and Bus Bandwidth
As correctly pointed out by cmot [1] my previous post about software RAID [2] made no mention of bus bandwidth. I have measured the bus bottlenecks of a couple of[...]
Month: November 2007
Perfect Code vs Quite Good CodePerfect Code vs Quite Good Code
Some years ago I worked on a project where software reliability should have been a priority (managing data that was sometimes needed by the police, the fire brigade, and the[...]
Conditions of Sending EmailConditions of Sending Email
Update: Due to the popularity of this post I have created a T-Shirt and put it on sale at http://www.cafepress.com/email_eula . Update: Unlike most of my blog content I permit[...]
WTF – Let’s write all the code twiceWTF – Let’s write all the code twice
There is an interesting web site WorseThanFailure.com (with the slogan “Curious Perversions in Information Technology”) that documents amusingly failed projects. The name used to be TheDailyWTF.com but changed due to[...]
Everyone Should BlogEveryone Should Blog
At this month’s meeting of the Linux Users of Victoria [1] I gave a talk titled Everyone Should Blog (unfortunately the title was missed in the meeting announcement). I’ve been[...]
Better Social NetworkingBetter Social Networking
When advogato.org was still cool I signed up to it. It was an interesting research project in skill metrics (determining the rating of people’s coding skills by the votes of[...]
The Price of FoodThe Price of Food
If you live in a hotel for an extended period of time (which can provide significant career benefits – click on this link for details [1]) the issue of food[...]
SE Linux in other DistributionsSE Linux in other Distributions
Recently a user has been asking about SE Linux support in MEPIS [1]. He seems to expect that as the distribution is based on Debian it should have the same[...]
Safe Banking by SMS?Safe Banking by SMS?
Is it possible to secure Internet banking with SMS? As secure tokens are too expensive ($10 or more in bulk) and considered to be too difficult to use by many[...]
Software vs Hardware RAIDSoftware vs Hardware RAID
Should you use software or hardware RAID? Many people claim that Hardware RAID is needed for performance (which can be true) but then claim that it’s because of the CPU[...]