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Scaling Flickr, and Other Huge Databases (1)
on Data Center Knowledge (46) permalinkMicrosoft's James Hamilton has been collecting scaling stories for a while, and has shared a list of resources providing insider accounts of how the Web's largest sites have managed their scalability challenges. The post focuses on Flickr's database architecture, but also provides links to similar... Read more at our web siteShared by DJ (42)Contribute comment
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HP Moving Defense Department Into The Cloud (2)
on Data Center Knowledge (46) permalinkHP will help the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) deploy a cloud computing infrastructure, the company said today. The cloud initiative, known as RACE (Rapid Access Computing Environment) is designed to reduce costs, consolidate applications and shorten delivery times for DoD computing projects.... Read more at our web site
- DJ said: Even the defense department is ahead of Thomson...
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Cornstarch,water and bass video proves conclusive awesomeness of physics (73)
on Boing Boing (6401) permalinkIf you ever doubted, even for a second, that non-Newtonian goo (e.g., cornstarch and water) is from a totally different (and infinitely preferable) universe, behold! Cornstarch paste + subwoofer == proof positive. Link (via Neatorama)Shared by Adam (44) Alex (11) Alex (18) Andrew (59) Azeem (97) Ben Shoemate (177) benh (144) brizbane (46) Bruce Williams (49) captbunzo (7) Dave (36) dave (97) Dave (7) DeeFresh (55) Derek (54) dH (184) DJ (42) dj empirical (269) Dogan (22) E_Miller (18) E.Z. (16) elsterama (213) eoin (25) Fearghas (45) Federico Fasce (40) Fidel (3) Gangles (42) gizmo (91) grange85 (5) Grapes 2.0 (40) heather (18) Helvick (41) Ian (34) INCyr (70) Jared (90) Jaron (37) Jason (6) Jason P (9) Jason R. Hunter (68) JayCrossler (73) Jeff Daly (169) Jeffrey (55) jimyjoshi (6) Joe (4) John (4) Jon (43) Jonathan (79) jrsquared (8) Justin (11) katmandu (31) Louvaro (43) Mike Todd (20) Ming (31) Nick Sanders (27) norcalbarney (16) Philip (7) phrakture (46) potentato (67) Ricardo (71) Rob (94) Rob (91) Rob (34) robertogreco (244) Rui (55) rveguilla (56) Sam (68) Skabber (15) SugarSmax (33) tosh (37) Victor Bogado (16) War-N (51) Will (8) zbrox (200)Contribute comment
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Contact Juggling . . . Beans (1)
on Shared (14) permalinkContact Juggling . . . Beans Contact juggling, please keep your shirt on! The song is a Royksopp - remind me (james zabiela eighties ingeborg mix) From: jandrews1983 Views: 572595 1126 ratings Time: 02:57 More in EntertainmentShared by DJ (42)Contribute comment
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“Peter and I were listening to the new Girl Talk album and... (1)
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Thomson Reuters Extends Savvis Contract (1)
permalinkManaged hosting provider Savvis, Inc. (SVVS) has announced a one-year extension of its master services agreement with Thomson Reuters that includes the deployment of IT infrastructure services in Asia. Savvis also said it has opened its new Chicago data center. Reuters, a long-time customer of... Read more at our web siteShared by DJ (42)
- DJ said: Interesting how Reuters take on data center and information management compared to Thomson.
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Rochester Psychiatric Center (1)
on Shared (14) permalinkRochester Psychiatric Center me and my friends exploring and abandoned insane asylum From: ADHB36 Views: 1407 6 ratings Time: 03:09 More in Travel & EventsShared by DJ (42)Contribute comment
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Improv Everywhere: Human Mirror (205)
on Improv Everywhere (210) permalinkFor our latest mission, we filled a subway car with identical twins, creating a human mirror. Enjoy the video first and then see below for our report with tons of photos. (also available on YouTube) edited by Matt Adams / song by Tyler Walker Featuring: Twin Agents Barrett, Barry, Bell, Brown, Clyne, Doro, Drinkwater, Kruger, Kruth, Le Boeuf, Port, Rosenblum, Scanlon, Stone, Tattenbaum, Vieyra Digital Video: Agents Adams, Carlisle, Cobalt, Shafer, Todd Digital Photography: Agents ...Shared by ///TARIK (24) 1only (200) 4braham (40) a caverna (19) Aaron Peters (9) AaronTN (197) Adam Fuhrer (450) Adam Snider (67) Aditya Sengupta (30) adrcc2 (24) Affan (116) AJ (36) Alex Dumitru (2053) Amit (4) Amit Chowdhry (777) Amy (46) Andrew Baron (28) Andy Bell (62) Andy Wibbels (232) Angus Fraser (360) Ankesh (193) annacoder (15) Anu (20) atVelu (5) beanj007 (162) bitmaster (16) Borzo (53) Brando (13) Brian Schwartz (68) Bruce Prokopets (47) Bryce Schober (2) Burcu Sarar (69) Calvin Robinson (69) Carl Mendoza (95) Carol (443) Chris (225) Chris (36) Chris Coleman (63) Chris Fizik (33) Chris Gurney (67) Chris Ryall (44) chrishathaway (28) Christopher (110) ckk (4) clickykbd (120) Colin (15) Connor (81) Corey Hammond (126) Corie Allison (150) count.dokument (87) Daniel Bartholomew (25) Dave (47) davemac (8) DavidM. (39) Davina (30) Dean (38) Deepak Sarda (3) Dennis Bjørn Petersen (14) Derrik (199) DJ (42) djp (32) Dominik (156) drew (24) Dylan Andersen (26) Ed's NextInstinct (41) Edwin Khodabakchian (32) elif kavalci (3) Eric Holsinger (13) ernohannink (32) Evan Sims (163) Florent Solt (31) geekgrrl (108) Gmadz (51) Greg Rosen (70) gtanuel (13) Handy Lukman (21) Heather (8) iBspoof (65) Ihar Mahaniok (58) Ivan Žužak (59) J128 (74) James (63) jamesjbigler (109) Jared (262) Jason Sares (64) jason unger (12) Jeffrey Vanneste (32) JenniferG (83) Jess Lee (28) Jesse (170) Joe (3) John Fairley (8) John Gunn (75) Johnathan Powell (6) Johnny Makkar (10) Jonathan (79) Jonathan Fields (47) Jordan (1425) Junwei (35) Just A Clerk (192) Justin LL. (31) kara (12) Karnatos (35) Katie Fellows (279) Kaybee (11) Ken (28) Kendra (58) KenFan (396) Kevin Branigan (51) Kevin Federline (1741) kg4vma (35) Kiwi Nerd (107) Kreg (92) Liam (156) Lisa Creech Bledsoe (27) Lyndon Antcliff (701) marcell (97) Marco Frattola (21) Marius (9) Marko Sultsing (115) Matt (24) Matt (38) Matt Allen (24) Maxime Fleurant (9) melmyfinger (89) mfh (75) Michael (78) Michael (blog.crisatunity.com) (23) Michael Bartnett (221) Michelynn (115) mike (49) Mike Aizatsky (32) mike demarais (6) Miko (21) Miroslav Hrdlička (14) mojo (2) MrManson (19) muhh (31) Myles (3) NasirJumani (980) Nathan (94) Nathan Reale (182) Natitude (547) Neal (10) Nicholas (53) Nick (42) NunTiuX (2) Nymo (802) Owen (75) Panchaka (6) Paul English (37) Paul McIntosh (228) Pedro Silva (154) Pierre (17) PnS (49) Porter (42) PouarK (133) Rainer Wasserfuhr (233) Randy (6) Raoul (164) ReCoder (13) Rene (24) Richard (84) Rob (171) Rob Kerfia (39) Robert Gene Rosero (73) Ryan Merket (10) Ryan Parker (243) Satoka Fujita (47) Scott (22) scott (632) Scott Hebert (116) Shea Gunther (343) Simon (57) Simon (149) Simon Hesesltine (27) spiri (75) Srinvard (280) Stephane (19) Stephen Lopez (10) Steve (878) Tad Chef (627) Thomas Kang (7) Thomas Lister (40) Tim (375) Tim Morris (17) Tinu (182) Toby (1382) Travis (235) Travis Jon Allison (39) trevor (21) tsangal (154) twotwo (41) Uno (88) vojur (12) Walt Disney Bio (62) webto (21) wellmobile (88) Will Kirkpatrick (11) Xavier (183) Xi (28) Xuan (21) Yonga (37)Explore read six notes
- Nicholas said: Wow this is AMAZING -- "For our latest mission, we filled a subway car with identical twins, creating a human mirror. Enjoy the video first and then see below for our report with tons of photos."
- davemac said: Great pics and video of people's reactions to this
- trevor said: Genius
- Kreg said: This is a very cool project. I like the Improv Everywhere. They have done some interesting things in the past.
- DJ said: Haha, this was awesome, wish I would have been in the city to see it.
- a caverna said: Twin conference? Hahaha!
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Massive Dubai Fountain To Be The Largest And Advanced (86)
on Gizmodo (11146) permalinkIn Dubai, they're doing things big these days. Big hotels, big palm tree islands, big wallets, and very soon, big $281 million fountains. The biggest one in the world, in fact, and it will be large enough to give the famed fountains at the Bellagio in Las Vegas an inferiority complex. At 825 feet long, the unnamed fountain will be 25% larger than the Bellagio fountain. Powering the fountain will be pumps capable of shooting ...Shared by AaronTN (197) AfroWhitey (52) AJ (1214) Alex Dumitru (2053) Amit Chowdhry (777) Andrew Lim (15) Anil (12) Armata Ultra (99) b-rad (161) Benjamin Shyong (44) Brad (168) brad (69) Brian Auer (102) CampMaster (70) Camtron 9000 (394) Clay Collins (150) Coop (85) Dave (238) Deborah Petersen (3464) DJ (42) dknowles (57) Ehab R (20) Emon (100) Esteban (10) Felix Bredoteau (1978) Gabe (30) Graham (110) gSOLO (32) HejGustav (150) Huichul Yang (13) irishandrew (62) J. Phil (668) jay4el (36) Jen (295) Jeremiah (62) Jesús Dugarte (68) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (613) jritch (48) Justin Pocta (54) Lindsay (51) Mahesh Basantani (816) Marcus Beagley (219) Mark (524) Matteo (647) Mattodono (134) melmyfinger (89) Mike F (2195) Muhammad Saleem (2374) natalia (345) nparker13 (612) Patrick (12) patrickj (117) Paul (43) Pedro Silva (154) Pete (22) Peter (54) peterch (46) Phillie Casablanca (50) Pittsy (19) Preston Koerner (142) primary0 (10) raja (7) Razzu (65) Reg Saddler (Zaibatsu) (1872) rezar (57) Ritu (982) Robert Accettura (173) Ross V (858) rveguilla (56) Saket (106) scott (632) Scott (457) Setu (40) Sherman (36) Simon (149) skp (13) sonny (78) Stacy (349) Stephen (86) Tamer Hamza (19) tomit (148) WindPower (70) Yakaledo (15) Zach (298) zemaNORIS (64) zsafwan (260)Contribute comment
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1 Million Messages A Second for Trading System (2)
on Data Center Knowledge (46) permalinkA financial trading system has executed 1 million messages per second, establishing a new speed record. The landmark was announced jointly by Sun Microsystems and Intel, which designed a low-latency system for the Thomson Reuters Market Data System, a platform used by Wall Street financial houses... Read more at our web siteShared by DJ (42) rjhintz (191)
- DJ said: What the heck, I'm working for the wrong part of the company!
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Go ahead, tag Genny! (2)
on Cream Ale Drinker (6) permalinkFor those of you who haven’t seen it yet there is a new Genny Ad campaign that I just love. You can write your own tag line for a vintage Genny Advertisement and they will put it on on the site. Then you can vote on your favorite. If you win they will use your tag for the national campaign! You also have the option of making a T-shirt once it’s on the site. It ...Shared by DJ (42) Travis (33)Contribute comment
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The Most IMPORTANT Video You'll Ever See (part 5 of 8) (2)
on YouTube Subscriptions (9) permalinkPart 5 of Prof. Albert A. Bartlett's seminal "Population, Arithmetic, and Energy" lecture. Author: wonderingmind42 Keywords: exponential growth Albert Bartlett most important video Added: July 4, 2008Shared by DJ (42) Randy (20)Contribute comment
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Next Generation Javascripting (26)
on Mozilla Labs (39) permalinkComputers programs lost something important when displaying a splash of color stopped being one line of code. To throw a phosphorescent splotch onto the display on the Apple II required simply “plot x,y”. That’s no longer true today. When the simplicity of the one-line plotter went away, so did the delight at being so effortlessly generative—in a visual way—on the computer. The Open web, as an authoring enabler, is a compelling move back towards that ...Shared by ab_aditya (58) Ans (3) Brendon Smith (64) Bruno Campagnolo de Paula (309) CB (132) DJ (42) everfly (6) foxmachia (194) iAdramelk (80) Jeff Daly (169) João M (55) kaambiz (20) lmjabreu (120) LouCypher (404) LunarFly, LLC (99) marchbox (24) met (69) Mike Chambers (30) Navid (272) nickc321 (64) Patrick (1) Pierre (97) psybuzz (20) Unseen (54) Voyagerfan5761 (43) yoshy (1237)Contribute comment
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Amazon Offers More Horsepower for EC2 Users (1)
permalinkAmazon (AMZN) today introduced High-CPU services on its EC2 utility computing platform, offering additional horsepower for customers with "compute-intensive" applications such as rendering and search indexing. The new plans allow developers to apply up to 20 EC2 Compute units (8 virtual cores with... Read more at our web siteShared by DJ (42)
- DJ said: Damn Amazon, you awesome.
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