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> [Editor's note: this example actually finds 20^4, not 20^3. I'll correct it when the load on the server goes down. Still, it serves its purpose. I guess the
by ryao 4y ago
> [Editor's note: this example actually finds 20^4, not 20^3. I'll correct it when the load on the server goes down. Still, it serves its purpose.
I guess the load on the server has yet to abate for 24 years.
- mardifoufs 4y agoWait, why would he need to wait for the load to go down before making a change? What am I missing, was it normal back then?
- googlryas 4y agoIt might invalidate a bunch of caches and increase load even more.
- relaxing 4y agoIt's possible if there was so much load on the server (traffic from Slashdot?) he couldn't telnet in or open an FTP session to change the HTML. /. post: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/99/10/21/0848202/risc-vs-cisc-in-the-post-risc-era https://tech.slashdot.org/story/99/10/21/0848202/risc-vs-cis... 119 comments wasn't considered doing big numbers then. Note someone does call out the Cube issue. No upvotes. However, in this case it doesn't make much sense - he was changing the file anyway by putting in the "editor's note", with a lot of fancy formatting to boot. My guess is the author was being cute in writing an acknowledgement of the mistake rather than fixing it silently.