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What do you think? angsuman 9:49 am on August 27, 2010 | 0 | # | https://yoshinorimatsunobu.blogspot.com/2009/05/tables-on-ssd-redobinlogsystem.html angsuman 9:48 am on August 27, 2010 | 0 | # | With XtraDB performance, any good reason left to use MyISAM anymore as MySQL database engine? I think not. angsuman 9:43 am on August 27, 2010 | 0 | # | Mother lode of all MySQL 5.1 executables for various platforms and purposes Go to: https://downloads.mysql.com/archives/mysql-5.1/ Hope I don’t have to tell you how to download the same for other versions angsuman 9:41 am on August 27, 2010 | 0 | # | If you are using / planning to use MariaDB, Percona Server on CentOS then I suggest you download the RPM’s for CentOS from OurDelta for good experience. If you plan on using PerconaDB, then consider that MariaDB is targeted to be the superset of Percona Server along with more database engines and addl. fixes. Are you looking to enhance MySQL performance? Two choices: Stick with MySQL 5.1 / 5.4 and use InnoDB plugin or move to MariaDB and use XtraDB. angsuman 9:26 am on August 27, 2010 | 0 | # | The worst part about LinkedHashMap is the documentation (javadoc) and the name. While it implements a LinkedList in addition to a HashMap, its real use is to create a bounded set of HashMap entries where it is bounded by either eliminating the eldest entry in terms of when it was created or when it was last accessed. Check the last contructor to see how you can set the accessOrder to true to enable removing entries based on last access. Here is a simple example to help you understand how to use LinkedHashMap. Check the tests using assert carefully. import java.util.*; public class LinkedHashMapTest { public static void main(String args[]) { final int MAX_ENTRIES = 100; LinkedHashMap m = new LinkedHashMap() { protected boolean removeEldestEntry(Map.Entry eldest) { return size()MAX_ENTRIES; } }; // Test code for(int i = 1; i= 200; i++) m.put(i, i); assert m.size() == MAX_ENTRIES; for(int i = 1; i = 100; i++) assert m.get(i) == null; for(int i = 1; i = 100; i++) assert m.get(i + 100) != null; } } angsuman 8:18 pm on August 24, 2010 | 0 | # | The national unemployment rate was 9.5 percent in July 2010, seasonally adjusted, unchanged from the prior month and essentially unchanged from 9.4 percent a year earlier” - Bureau of Labor Statistics Employers took 1,609 mass layoff actions in July that resulted in the separation of 143,703 workers, seasonally adjusted, as measured by new filings for unem- ployment insurance benefits during the month, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Each action involved at least 50 persons from a single employer. The number of mass layoff events in July decreased by 38 from the prior month, and the number of associated initial claims decreased by 1,835. In July, 307 mass layoff events were reported in the manufacturing sector, seasonally adjusted, re- sulting in 33,381 initial claims. (See table 1.) During the 32 months from December 2007 through July 2010, the total number of mass layoff events (seasonally adjusted) was 63,461, and the associated number of initial claims was 6,357,583. (December 2007 was the start of a recession as designated by the National Bureau of Economic Research.) It appears to me that recession is still going strong. What do you think? How is your job market? angsuman 8:07 pm on August 24, 2010 | 0 | # | Is publish first, filter later equivalent of shoot first, ask questions later? angsuman 7:51 pm on August 24, 2010 | 0 | # | Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn’t matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle: when the sun comes up, you’d better be running. angsuman 10:09 am on March 11, 2010 | 0 | # | Arrived in Texas for #SXSW . I wasn’t sure if I wanted to attend till the last moment, after all travelling from India is no joke. So I am hoping that event will be worth the horrendous travel by Lufthansa. angsuman 11:21 pm on February 25, 2010 | 0 | # | Dream Gadget by a To-Be Journalist- The following is an actual essay submitted by a B.Tech Engineer aspiring to be a Tech. Journalist: TECHNOLOGY ENCOURAGING CHEATING THE TOPPER”S WATCH” The demand from technology never ends.Human mind always promotes new inventions and most of them are for their easy facilities. I remember when once without preparing for the physics parer i entered the examination hall. Sitting inside i felt nothing not be worst than this one in my life. I felt bad when everyone filled up their papers n thought of anything even some magic that could help me.I then dreamt of a wrist watch. It was like that the topper will wear a watch n likewise me too. The watch was such a gadget that whatever answer the topper thought, will be be visible in my watch and then even without preparing i could top my exams. But soon i realised my dream was a fantacy and the only thing i could do is to work hard n be sincere for my studies to be the topper. Today when the technology is emerging in a such a large variety,i sometimes imagine if my dream gadget could really exist. In present era, brain mapping,brain computer interface etc. is easily possible with the help of advance technology. With the use of chip placed inside the brain, the computer senses the instructions and let know about the person’s thought. Moreover watches with all different funky facilities are available in the market with the help of the same advance technology. Scientists may find this realistic and then who knows my dream gadget The TOPPER’S WATCH” may really exist. Although it is inspired from the idea of cheating but i suppose it to be beneficial in field of security, medical etc.But for students i am sure that they will not be able to wear any kind of watch inside the exam hall. The watch could have additional features like it could be optional to access internet facilities,to be used for text and multimedia messages etc. As we all know that security is a never ending battle. Hackers may find some sophisticated techniques to bypass the sensors in watch n may display some wrong and misleading datas. This may be one of the threat to the watch. Concluding with the fact that The toppers watch ” does not exist but i still hope to see my dream gadget in real. The sad part is that the said engineer saw this post and wanted to know why he wasn’t recruited. Is basic sense of morality and ethics too much to ask for? angsuman 11:41 pm on February 19, 2010 | 0 | # | James Stevens wrote: I want to develop an application what kind of education do I need to have ? Where do I start ? How can I become a developer? Please help. Most people normally have an engineering / science degree before they go for developing software. There are non-engineering and non-accredited institutions also which claims to teach programming but in my experience they do a...