Taken from the PostgreSQL 8.2 release announcement in Slashdot:
I’ve managed to get my PostgreSQL installation tuned to very high speeds simply by switching the database disk over to /dev/null. It runs fast as hell, and the data integrity is basically the same as MyISAM. - greg1104
Ah slashdot, this is why I love you.
We already got a great UNIX, and programming jokes from XKCD, but the new one is about cryptography (funny because I’ve been reading a lot about Cryptography the last 2 weeks).
In case you don’t know, in Cryptography, Alice and Bob are commonly used instead of A and B, as in “Alice delivers a message to [...]
People that know me personally know that I LOVE my keyboards.
No really, I love them.
I even wrote about them two years ago: IBM Model M - The One True Keyboard.
These keyboards are a triumph of technology. Future generations will talk about Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, the Great Pyramid of Gizah, and the IBM Model [...]
Dear Loved One:
By now you probably already know that I am having an affair with the youngest of your daughters. It’s not like I planned this to happen, but I couldn’t help it, she is younger, sexier, prettier and easier. Yes, she is easier than you, and this is a moment in my life when [...]
“Here’s a nickel kid, get yourself a better computer.”
Priceless.