This is the way the server dies, not with a bang but with a whimper...
Well it didn't die, but it had the hurt put on it in a big way again with (after having this happening before and looking at the bandwidth graphs) what I like to call "the wall of slashdot". 4MThanks to geekGirl for the heads up that it'd been posted so I could make some changes to keep things fast. And really I prolly jinxed myself by including the 12 readers line, which was, if you'll remember, the line I jokingly used back in the Rhapsody in Yellow post.
At least I was sober this time, but going from 0.2 Megabits/second to 4 Megabits/second in under 5 minutes is really a wonky thing to see.
Mostly I was just extremely grateful to that I didn't post a 20meg movie I'd made of my screen to give an idea of how virtual desktops worked along with the chat, as I think that would have done things in.
movie removed
Mostly just posting it as there's a joke in it that made me laugh, but it is choppier than it should be... I was using a Powerbook and SnapzPro puts the hurt on especially when you're scp'ing a big file over the network at the same time.
Thanks for all your kind words, I'm super glad you enjoyed it and yes there are several more coming that are in various stages of being done with similar types of people and projects. The next should be up sometime early next week.
Posted by drunkenbatmanJuly 07, 2004, at 01:54 PM
Comments (5)
Posted by: at July 7, 2004 09:25 PM
Uh the bittorrent address to a Tiger Beta is in that movie. Loved the second joke, but you had to wait awhile for it.
Gay desktop color too. But thanks. :)
Posted by: TomServo at July 8, 2004 01:47 AM
Don't worry the twelve of use are going to have to get used to all this mad linking someday.
At least your server held up very well. Nice job.
And it was a great interview, as well. =]
Posted by: Mindflayer at July 9, 2004 02:10 AM
"Gay desktop color too. But thanks. :)"? Now I will have to download the movie just to see DB's TEH GHEY desktop.
Posted by: mum at July 11, 2004 09:29 AM
Great interview Rich, now we know what you're doing while working for your PhD. YELM. PS You were supposed to share the plasma ball with the budgie!
Mean of me but i cleared the cache & reloaded several times to be sure it was still loading as fast as I thought and not cached.
Sometime you are going to have to tell how you keep the site so fast when you are slashdotted. Surprising for a blog.