On Fri, May 21, 2004 at 08:01:31PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Luis - you're quite polite so I'll assume that you are ignorant rather than > prejudiced.
I'm polite since I wanted to be respectful but honest at the same time. > You have a university email so I'll also assume you're a student who wants to learn. I graduated about 1 year ago, on the field since then. > So here's your lesson for today: Don't judge people by their cover, or by their > color, or by their name, or by their service provider. Don't assume all AOL users > are technical lightweights, just like you don't want people to assume that all > people Named Rodriguez are illegal aliens. That was an uncessary and unwanted lesson. Re-read my e-mail. I was polite since I was just trying to be honest, without making my post seem like a troll or me just being rude. > AOL may be a favorite with internet newbies but in many parts of the country it also > offers the best service. Never make assumptions about people based on what ISP they > use. Unnecessary information. I already know who uses AOL. You have obviously been insulted. I'm sorry. PS. Please don't send uncessary e-mail to our server. Specially at [EMAIL PROTECTED] since: 1. It doesn't exist. It's not a windows box, for god's sake. 2. You're better off just sending those e-mails to me. 3. You're giving AOL technical users a bad name > In a message dated 5/20/2004 8:48:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > writes: > > > > > On Thu, May 20, 2004 at 05:45:58PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Another perspective on the subject of BLOB vs. Links. > > > > > > Links are easier to implement and may be an OK way to start. However, a file > > > system is really a crude database, and I emphasize "crude". It's not very good > > > at handling high transaction rates, access from multiple machines, or volume. > > > > > > If your application grows quickly and before you know it you have hundreds of > > > folders with thousands of files in each - your file system will slow to a crawl. > > > All the performance, security, and consistancy features developers have worked > > > so hard to put into database engines don't or barely exist in file systems. > > > > > > So - if you go the link approach - you'll be fine for a while, but when you see > > > the directory structure starting to buckle - it might be time to give BLOBs > > > another look. > > > > I'm going to be honest, sorry. Your argument seems to make sense and > > this information is really relevant for me -- thanks. I, however, just > > get this fuzzy feeling inside that tells me not to trust anything > > technical any AOL user may say. Sorry again, but this time for making it > > seem like a troll. It's not, seriously, I'm just being honest. > > > > Can anyone non-AOL-lite back up Udikarni's argument? 8) > > > > Luis > > -- > > GnuPG Key fingerprint = 113F B290 C6D2 0251 4D84 A34A 6ADD > > 4937 E20A 525E > > > > > > -- GnuPG Key fingerprint = 113F B290 C6D2 0251 4D84 A34A 6ADD 4937 E20A 525E
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