The ufsdump block size doesn't seem to matter much

Some time ago I discovered that the Linux dump block size can make asignificant performance difference . Ever sincethen I had in the back of my mind to find out if the same thing was trueon other systems, with other versions of dump ,and recently I got around to doing some experimentation on Solaris.

In the spirit of sharing negative results as well as positive ones: no,it doesn't seem to. I got a modest performance increase by specifying a b value greater than the default of 64


恨,是快意的

最近不斷向人引述《大搜查之女》裡葉璇的一段戲。葉璇是黑幫頭子陳奕迅的大肚妻子,不施脂粉淡掃蛾眉沉默寡言,彷彿總是沒有主意地依偎在丈夫身邊。兒子被綁架,陳奕迅收綁匪電話時故意忍氣吞聲拖延時間,卻是身邊的

大娛樂家

大娛樂家-(第30集)-

Two suggestions for improving Fedora's PreUpgrade experience

Having just gone through a PreUpgrade experience (updatingfrom Fedora 8 to Fedora 10, yes I am behind the times), I have twosuggestions for how the whole experience could be made even nicer.

First, there should be an option to apply the current updates for thenew distro version as part of the upgrade process, or at least todownload them all in advance so that when I reboot and immediately do a yum update , I do not then have to sit around as my machine downloadsanother gigabyte.


假如我是假的

今天看到一個消息說,原來早前大熱的跳舞肥仔影片 Where the hell is Matt? 是假的,還要是 Matt 本人在一個會議演講上 親自踢爆 。如果這是真的 1 ,那麼 Matt 的影片就真的體現到互聯網其中個特質:虛假的消息和真心的網民。

想想自己第一次


Doc 2.0

My boss showed me his recent discussion with one of the chair professors concerning our patient last weekend. It was not very long – or, I should say, deceptively simple.

"Thank you for asking me to see Mr. X. We did review him on daily basis. As a matter of fact, the blood test requested today was not yet received and hence the parameters are all as yesterday."

"Thanks for your information. I am sure he is in good hands but the patient is very concerned.

無需擔心

有一天小朋友逛街時突然不肯再拖媽媽的手,媽媽仍想如常拖著他,他說:“我自己會行。”媽媽看著小朋友,心情複雜。

看著孩子長大,不免悲喜交集。

其實每個人都會經歷過這樣的階段,童年時的世界只有爸爸媽媽,那時候

節目

今晚(星期三)和下星期一ATV 8:00pm 《生活著數臺》

下星期二至下下星期二,前往九州拍攝《豪游天下》

《今天的雲》 少年維持的煩惱




少年維持的煩惱   羅毓嘉


輾轉反側、反側輾轉,睡意奄奄一息
我眼瞠目盲,月色冰冰
城市已闔上噪音與光害史詩的最後一頁
鼓膜仍感清醒,震耳欲聾
荷爾蒙召喚思念,召喚庸人自擾
抑或是無話可說的委婉、激烈、或者痛切?
諸般敘

《今天的雲》 深淵





深淵  瘂弦

我要生存,除此無他;同時我發現了他的不快。——沙特


孩子們常在你的髮茨間迷失
春天最初的激流,藏在你荒蕪的瞳孔背後
一部分歲月呼喊著。肉體展開黑夜的節慶。
在有毒的月光中,在血的三角洲,
所有的靈魂蛇立