Fear and Loathing in Java Land

[deflatermouse]

Hmm, my first post since I started working for the hallowed Ell Jay nearly two weeks ago. Two weeks that have seen me nose deep in obscure research documents and frequently looking at various stats about the number of users, posts and comments on the system, doing some back of the paper calculations and then blanching deeply before taking a long

Comments

[matthew]

No one truly understands how big it really is until they get to see it from the perspective that you just did. Turning to drink seems to be a common response. I just have to back it all up every week.

[rjw1]

have you been properly brain washed yet?

[aca]

The horrible shower misses you dude. :) You'll have to swing by the Ship at some point soon to help them celebrate their Good Beer Guide 2007 entry!

[pfig]

meh. i'd be up in cornhill giving bjs to suits sooner than caught using java, even if that meant working for lj.

but the peep in me likes to look at blackholes. can't you give us some numbers? any numbers, it´s nice to have that kind of info to chat up women.

[billyabbott]

I just moved offices away from Cornhill and guess what I have to write later this week?

[pfig]

a bj how-to?

[deflatermouse]

I can't go into too many details but *very* roughly - 4Tb of compressed data representing over a billion items and in the region of 15 new events a second.

In contrast Google and Yahoo claim to have around 19 billion items in their indexes. And large search teams. And thousands of search boxes. All LJ have is me and an old 486DX2 they found lying around and put down in the pit with me. Oh, and the big boys don't have the whole user ACL stuff to deal with either.

Still, I'm sure it will all be ok. I just wish crucially would stop spraying me with the hose and shouting "skynda! skynda! slita!" all the time.

[wildilocks]

*waves*

Thanks for add and all the fun chats and drinks over the w/end. Hope if you actually read my LJ it amuses you rather than bores you ^_^