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Fri
26 Dec 2003
7:25 pm

Joel on Software – Biculturalism

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Joel Spolsky on Eric Raymond's new book, The Art of Unix Programming, and the differences it highlights between the Unix and Windows programmer cultures.

 

Tue
2 Dec 2003
3:20 pm

UNIX Load Average Part 1: How It Works

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I've often looked at "load average" numbers hoping to get a sense of whether or why a Unix box is running slowly. This series of articles explains the mystery of the load average. It seems… complicated.