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Amazon today unleashed the next EC2 feature: ‘SAN storage in the cloud’, aka EBS or Elastic Block Store. Of course RightScale is ready and supports all the features of EBS in the dashboard plus some extra goodies. The official information about EBS is found in … I have written before about how EBS really revolutionizes EC2 and enables usage patterns that any big-iron SAN user would die for. Now it’s time to look at some ...Shared by _dot_ (0) Blake Matheny (10) Bruno Tavares (0) CB (13) cb160 (3) charlesnadeau (60) Christian (59) dafmetal (2) David (8) DigitalHobbit (8) eelco (20) Jeff (10) Jeffrey Vanneste (5) jeroendemiranda (14) Joel (5) Lon (2) Mahesh CR (4) MasterMaq (23) Mike F (486) Nate (19) Nick (32) Powera (24) Robert Scoble (83) Travis (13) Yaroslav (8) Zach Scott (3)Contribute comment -
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- Rob said: LOL! Good. Hotels.com can fuck off!
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No More Downloads, Amazon Moves Its Online Video Store to the Cloud (17)
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Amazon's original video store, Amazon Unbox, is a lot like iTunes - you shop online and the files must be downloaded to your computer in order to view them. For many people, the service wasn't worth the effort. After downloading the large files, they could only be watched in Amazon's proprietary media player which restricted their use. It wasn't until a partnership with Tivo was announced that the service gained popularity, but even still, it ...Shared by Chris J Guerra (27) David (1) Drew Olanoff (148) eelco (20) Elroy (22) gisc (24) jccamus (15) Jeremy (92) Ken (1) Midh (0) perspikace (26) Rotkäpchen (8) Rudy De Waele (1) ultraviolet (63) Vishal (0) Wayne (52) zapnap (35)Contribute comment -
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Fun way to take Google images with you anywhere via NOTCOT. Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Arts | Digg this!Shared by Aaron H. (24) Adam Selwood (28) Alex (5) Anil (1) Art (36) Ben (8) captbunzo (0) Ching (21) Chris Schrier (13) Christine Krizsa (0) Daniel (0) DigitalMike (63) dknowles (19) Eater (20) eelco (20) Eric Mortensen (28) Geoff (7) Hutch (15) Ian G (3) Jambamkin (2) Jason (8) joco (22) joshed (21) KID (13) kidmarmite (37) Kreg (3) marcell (28) Nathan Reale (2) Nathaniel Dean (21) Noah (42) nparker13 (111) Office Glen (2) phrakture (5) skabaru (13) Stolee (10) Surround|ed| (54) Theo (18) Zac (9) Zach (4) Zach (57) zoso (17)- Stolee said: A hilarious and simple idea.
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Chinese restaurant called TRANSLATE SERVER ERROR (182)
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I'm not sure what Chinese string this restaurateur fed to the translation software used to to generate the giant sign hanging over the entrance, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't: TRANSLATE SERVER ERROR. Ah, the special problems of translations into other alphabets. Link (Thanks, Mark!)Shared by .x.p.o.i.n.t. (1) [mRg] (14) 100rabh™ (12) Aaron (27) Adam (39) Adam (2) Adam Selwood (28) Aditya (7) Alan Cheslow (63) Aldo (3) Alex Gorstan (10) Alex Resta (13) AlexT (4) André (13) André Elias (259) Andrew (32) ani625 (102) Army of Gnomes (46) azlon (9) Ben Shoemate (26) BIGODE (23) Binsento (19) Bodil (9) BostonCJP (10) Brent Ozar (10) brice (19) brokekid (146) brownpau (47) bussiere (44) Cadu (15) Carl (2) Carl (19) Carlos (113) cedric (10) Cherry (2) Chris (34) Christopher (3) Dan (18) Dan Coppock (0) Dan Russell (12) Daniel Bachhuber (22) Daniel C (7) davidorban (8) dH (10) dmkanter (3) DOCBook Howto (126) Dominik (34) Dropkick (6) Dustin Hillard (13) dwfrank (11) Eater (20) eelco (20) EJ (19) erbianchi (27) Erik Arvidsson (4) Erik C. Thauvin (38) Ethan (20) FelipeC (20) fern (23) fox (4) Franck Mahon (3) Freddy (6) freesci (0) Fuzzyman (11) Gangles (5) GeekThug (26) ggatin (10) Giacomo (7) Glen McFarlane (8) Glutnix (8) Grandje5ter (22) Gutshot (11) hallie (22) HarrySachz (6) Hezy (0) hibiscusroto (3) hikikomori (69) Ian Mulvany (5) Ian Tindale (18) Isaac Roca @SiKNUS (8) J. James B (43) JamesB (30) Jason (20) Jason (10) Jason C. Romero (7) Jason Tucker (30) Jaume (4) Jeffrey Herr (3) Jen (48) jetienne (20) joco (22) Joe (2) Joel Gil (12) John (6) Jon (7) jon|k (20) Jonathan (10) Joshua (9) Keener2u (13) Keith (0) kerim (13) Kevin (65) Kevin Branigan (7) khoyot3 (4) Larry (12) Lars Trieloff (1) Lee (10) lmjabreu (28) Logan (0) looprock (15) lstoll (7) Maarek Stele (59) Manuel (2) mark (2) Mark (39) Martyn Drake (0) Matt (3) Matthew (1) Matthew (7) Matthew (47) Matthijs (6) Maxim (4) mcfonk (19) MeghnaK (485) Michael (3) Michelynn (2) Mike F (486) Mr. Matt (12) Nav (22) Nick (13) Nickname unavailable (5) Nigel Mayo (1) noattention (20) Nocky100 (6) Paul (23) Pedro (13) Pedro Pinheiro (0) plasticmat (9) Psythor (10) puthali (12) RapidEye (27) ReducedHackers (11) reisfeldt (11) rlangis (22) Rob (18) Robby Walker (19) Robert (6) RodPS (32) rpy (16) Ryan Grove (1) Scott (5) Shad (10) Shawn (7) Shawn Szauksztun-Zvinis (6) Shoshannah F (43) Simon (4) Steve Loopipe (16) striatic (5) Stuart (4) Suchita (1) SugarSmax (6) Sumesh (107) sven (5) Sysop (6) taylor (366) Tessa (4) Thadius (5) Timm (0) timmow (2) Tom Keays (20) Tomer Cohen (16) Travis (3) Tuneguru (7) Twi (2) vega gravity (2) Victor Bogado (2) Wesley (2) Xisco (27) Y (0) ydant (26) Zinoc (7)Explore read seven notes- Pedro Pinheiro said: It always helps to have at least a rudimentary knowledge of the destination language, especially if you're going to print the translation on a huge, expensive banner.
- Maarek Stele said: bwaaaa ha ha ha!
- ani625 said: Translation gone wrong..
- striatic said: hehehe
- Simon said: That's hilarious.
- Matthijs said: Bwhahaha. Onmogelijk goed!
- Alex Gorstan said: This makes my day.. best engrish ever.
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One of the items we're struggling with now on Stack Overflow is how to maintain near-instantaneous performance levels in a relational database as the amount of data increases. More specifically, how to scale our tagging system. Traditional database design principles tell you that well-designed databases are always normalized, but I'm not so sure. Dare Obasanjo had an excellent post When Not to Normalize your SQL Database wherein he helpfully provides a sample database schema for ...Shared by 4r1f (6) Alan (0) Alan Dean (55) Alan Phillips (1) Alexandru Savu (36) Amit (16) André (13) Andrei (18) Andréia Bohner (5) Andy (10) Artem (52) Arvin (7) atul (96) Augusto (12) Bijou (13) Border (6) Brandon (5) Brent Ozar (10) Bruce Boughton (1) Bruno Campagnolo de Paula (66) Byron Packwood (2) Carsten (16) Chad Kieffer (1) Chandoo (9) Chris (10) Christian (59) cirpo (8) Clint Ecker (34) Colin Charles (30) Compuwizard123 (37) Cuneyt (4) D. Hayes (2) D. Lambert (2) D. Shaw (14) Dan (6) danutz (1) David (5) David LEVY (0) DIAMOND-TIN (2) Dom Derrien (4) Doug (28) Drew (20) Dylan Bennett (8) eelco (20) elstudio (7) Emil Kaiser (8) Eric (2) Eric (7) EricAppel (5) Fenng (57) finalcut (3) Florin (3) Frank Sons (10) funkatron (1) George (3) Glen Horton (6) Harper (94) Imran (2) Jack Shedd (0) Jannik (1) Jason (8) Jeff (10) Jeff (43) Jeremy (92) jerobins (15) Jesper (3) Jim (28) Joel (3) Johan (16) John (0) JonB (9) jonezy (21) Jorriss (17) Joseph (0) jschultz (9) kapoing (0) Ken Sykora (2) kev (15) Kevin Branigan (7) Kevin Jump (2) Khan Tasinga (7) kidakaka (0) kiran (68) kmartino (4) LaptopHeaven (7) Leo K (6) Leonid Mamchenkov (12) lishevita (5) LouCypher (59) lpalli (5) Luke (2) madMilo (8) Marcos Toledo (0) Mark (6) marshall (1) Martin Gordon (12) Matt (6) Mattia (2) mattw (0) Maxim (4) Michael Sallmen (12) Mike (0) Morton Fox (76) Mr. T (6) n2linux (9) NasirJumani (278) Nathan (6) Nico B (0) Nicolas Roberge (14) Nikpay (0) nybble (28) Olivier Favre (Innovablog) (32) Patrick Altman (10) Pavan (3) peysal (3) phoenix (11) Pramod (21) psvensson (25) Ralf (14) rhymes (7) Richard (2) ritesh (16) Rob (1) Rob Knight (0) Robert Fischer, Smokejumper Consulting (4) Roberto (24) rochoa (8) Ron (9) Roy (0) rveguilla (5) Samiq (6) Satyajeet (0) Scott (5) Sebastian (10) SengMing (13) Shaun (16) Shine (11) shivanand (4) Skrud (3) smuggyuk (2) Srinvard (72) Stephen Voorhees (0) Steve (8) Steve (11) talios (16) Ted (14) TiernanO (3) tim (35) Tim (54) Tim (1) Tim Goh (11) Timm (0) tjd1 (2) Toby (0) Todd (10) Todd McKinney (3) Tom (8) Tom Q (7) tOMPSON (9) tosh (7) TravisPUK (14) tsangal (21) Vashira (5) vevck (12) Vinay (3) Vipul (46) wayne a arthurton (6) Wesley (7) Wing (11) wwj (11) xrx (39) Yaakov (10) Yasin (3) Yusuf (3) Yuvi (30) zapnap (35)Explore read 15 notes- kapoing said: Desnormalizar ??? NAAAAAAO.Leiam o post, nao sigam os links.
- D. Lambert said: Wow - great post. Really good insight, and great resources.
- Cuneyt said: Wow, what an article. Take that CS Profs! So much for the ivory tower. Wonder what BigTable developers would think.
- mattw said: My entire life centers around a vague sense of duty to the ghosts of Boyce-Codd
- Nathan said: This is a great post. Definitely check out some of the "war stories" he links to. Good read.
- Tom said: it's crazy that normalization issues haven't been abstracted away by a clever engineer.
- Steve said: It's worth it for the last line. :)
- jonezy said: seems to be a more prevalent attitude these days in DB design
- Roberto said: Just took a Database class this year as a 2nd year undergrad. Normalization came up. Perforamce considerations in nomalzation came up twice, briefly. In any case, databases are hard enough without having to extensivly nomralize and then retrive via multiple joins.
- tosh said: interesting
- lishevita said: On my current project, and the last couple of projects I've worked on, I've had questions about how best to deal with exactly these issues. I'm not a database specialist, It's just something I do as part of the bigger picture of Web application development, but when I first learned to use databases in Web applications, I learned to ALWAYS NORMALIZE, so that is, by and large, how I design apps today. In really big apps, though, I've also wondered if this isn't more problematic than it's worth. It just doesn't scale well past a certain point. I like the fact that this article supports my gut intuition that it makes sense to hybridize the design of a database -- part normalized and part denormalized -- based on actual data usage.
- wayne a arthurton said: Interesting take on Normalization in databases.
- Dom Derrien said: Read this article with a wider mind: it's not just a matter of always normalizing databases, it's related of following rules because someone taught them! Be pragmatic, not purist ;)
- JonB said: pull quote: As the old adage goes, normalize until it hurts, denormalize until it works.
- ritesh said: dobs, bubbs and palla, please read this article. Should give you some insight on how to tune your db for query intensive operations.
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