Pulling Pork

There is something truly American about sitting around a grill, drinking beer for 6 hours while a hug pork butt or shoulder slowly falls apart over low heat. Here’s my recipe… as simple as it is.Get a big (6-8 lbs) pork shoulder.Get a can of Szeged Rib Rub.Coat the shoulder with 3tbs or so of extra virgin olive oil.Rub 1/3 to 2/3 of the can of rib rub into the meat.

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So, I was implementing this thing… It seems that all my discussions start like this. Sigh. So, I was implementing this caching systems for file signatures. I needed a hashing algorithm with excellent distribution and low calculation cost. My first assumption was that MD5 didn’t meet my needs due to its computational costs… I was surprised.I found a great exploratory article on hashingthat assisted my search for the perfect[-enough], cheap[-enough] hash.

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So, there are a lot of databases out there. I’ve used more than a handful. Commercial, Proprietary, Free, Open, etc. The two databases I’ve used most are Oracle and MySQL and let me say that I like them both immensely. However, recently we considered putting database support into a commercial, proprietary application and MySQL concerned and confused me.Recently, SPFv1has been popular – likely due to the recent publication of SPF records by Internet giant AOL.

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Yesterday I presented at ApacheCon 2003 in Las Vegas. My talk on Scalable Internet Architectures was well received, but I have several complaint about the way things were done. There was no planning staff in the room. I had to collect admittance passes myself. I had no microphone. Aside from the LCD projector, it was like teaching in a back alley.Additionally, my presentation materials were not printed for the attendees of the tutorial session.

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Theo Schlossnagle

Distributed Systems, Scalability, and Operations. read more

CEO - Circonus

Maryland, USA