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Looks like everything went well. Handy having Robert Morris as your sysadmin. The new server seems to be about 2x as fast. The frontpage renders for me in abo

by pg 18y ago

Looks like everything went well. Handy having Robert Morris as your sysadmin. The new server seems to be about 2x as fast. The frontpage renders for me in about 50 msec. But the site should seem more than 2x faster (for logged-in users) because many requests will terminate before being interrupted. There's now enough memory that we can fit all the links and comments in memory at once again. We should be good for another year or so.

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aaronblohowiak 18y ago
Thanks! Also, for those of us who don't know who Robert Morris is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Tappan_Morris http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Tappan_Morris * MIT Prof * creator of first internet worm * cofounder of viaweb and ycombinator
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- cperciva 18y ago
  former chief scientist at the National Computer Security Center, a division of the National Security Agency That's rtm's father, not rtm.
  - aaronblohowiak 18y ago
    Thanks, updated.
  - alecco 18y ago
    Man, what I'd give to have a chat one day with RTM. So many questions. :)
    - cperciva 18y ago
      As a cryptographer, I'd rather talk to RM senior -- but as an NSA alumnus, I don't think he'd want to talk to me. :-)
    - pg 18y ago
      Apply to YC, and if you make it to interviews you can get grilled by him in person.
      - tdavis 18y ago
        I seem to recall most exchanges going thusly: pg: Robert, do you have anything to add? rtm: No. Though he did talk during the interview. In this age of Twitter he's my hero.
      - alecco 18y ago
        Wish I could but I don't fit the criteria. But thanks, your offer is much appreciated.