DGentry

Curmudgeon-y software engineer, and father of three. http://codingrelic.geekhold.com/
contegix: Great post on jumbo frames & its history. Jumbo frames play a role in SAN storage. http://t.co/69fApEl0 - http://twitter.com/contegi...
First time using Powerpoint in ages. Looking for drawing tools. Failing. Somebody moved my cheese. #ilovegoogledocs
biorhythmist: Not many emacs users left. C'est la vi. - http://twitter.com/biorhyt...
The ratio (#emacs users) ÷ (#users) has certainly gone down, but is the numerator actually decreasing? I haven't seen this but I also don't know how to find out how many emacs users there are. - Amit Patel
I've not seen a real count. - DGentry
A couple of engineers I work with use emacs. - imabonehead
_mynd: RT @etherealmind: RT @dgentry: Coding Relic: Requiem for Jumbo Frames http://t.co/mkXdn53u | great read and very in depth. - http://twitter.com/_mynd...
Re: Coding Relic: Requiem for Jumbo Frames - http://codingrelic.geekhold.com/2011...
"Yes, thats true. If Jumbo frames were supported end-to-end, slow start would start with a 3x9K = 27K congestion window and would grow the window by 9K at each increment. Instead, it has become common practice to use a much larger initial congestion window. Google has a proposal before the IETF to set ICW=10 (http://research.google.com/pub.... Microsoft has also experimented with a larger window. The congestion window still grows by only 1.5K per iteration, but at least it starts from a larger base." - DGentry
peachesanscream: Dear neighbour; she's faking. If women really screamed that much during sex then Travel Lodge would echo like a One Direction concert. - http://twitter.com/peaches...
quasidot: Coding Relic: Requiem for Jumbo Frames http://t.co/w4j9Nk37 - http://twitter.com/quasido...
etherealmind: RT @dgentry: Coding Relic: Requiem for Jumbo Frames http://t.co/qBjQqvzl | detailed refutation on Jumbo frames - awesome stuff. - http://twitter.com/etherea...
Coding Relic: Requiem for Jumbo Frames http://t.co/9pOzaFrp
I filter out Twitter on FF and you don't have your FF reading from your blog so I end up missing these announcements. I only find out when you add comments because FF picks up the Disqus feed ;) - Amit Patel
I imported the RSS feed from the blog into friendfeed, posts will start appearing here. Thanks for mentioning it, Amit. - DGentry
Thanks! - Amit Patel
dannyTheMonkey: Interesting article by @dgentry explaining why offloading work to the NIC effectively killed the need for jumbo frames http://t.co/Cz69aY1b - http://twitter.com/dannyTh...
hnfirehose: Requiem for Jumbo Frames: http://t.co/e6mBOZPA - http://twitter.com/hnfireh...
threedaymonk: I see that JS reimplementations of scrollbars are back in vogue. Here's a helpful decision tree: Should I use a custom scrollbar? → No. - http://twitter.com/threeda...
wPGnews: Coding Relic: C Programming http://t.co/3NLJzt6o - http://twitter.com/wPGnews...
bmf: If I'm so smart, why did it take me 35 years to figure out you can use a hair dryer to defog the bathroom mirror? - http://twitter.com/bmf...
colinmcnamara: From my daughter - if a tree falls in the forest and nobody hears it does a hipster buy its album? - http://twitter.com/colinmc...
marshallk: Excited for an @plexusengine trip to San Francisco this week. Speaking at conference for @rcrwirelessnews, having meetings & visiting MoMA! - http://twitter.com/marshal...
dlpasco: Checker: Your sweatshirt says "CRAY?" Like the Jay-Z and Kayne song? Me: No, like the supercomputing company. I worked there. Checker: Oh. - http://twitter.com/dlpasco...
johnmoe: The worst part about being a journalist is the daily conference call with our corporate puppet masters where we get our orders. - http://twitter.com/johnmoe...
Was all proud of "inventing" JSON to stdout for structured shell pipelines. Googled, not even vaguely new idea. Humbled.
badbanana: Just like Santa can't be at every mall, Santa can't peer into every window. That's why he has helpers, officer. - http://twitter.com/badbana...
RT @Beaker: You know why people have such difficulty measuring risk? It's usually the inseam.
Current status: implementing Alternate Plan C. A and B are sorely missed.
Reproduce.
TheRealLisaC: Some interesting stuff on early #openflow deploymts here http://t.co/hkoodImZ See slides 7-14 - http://twitter.com/TheReal...
networkingnerd: This site's servers are named after LotR characters. I'm creating a "Sauron" account and deleting everything. - http://twitter.com/network...
Re: Routing Protocols and Computation in Silicon - http://etherealmind.com/routing...
"Actually, you can (sortof) change the speed of light. http://codingrelic.geekhold.co..." - DGentry
Re: Coding Relic: QFabric Followup - http://codingrelic.geekhold.com/2011...
"I've updated the post to note the use of FreeBSD rather than NetBSD." - DGentry
JNETCommunity: Coding Relic: QFabric Followup http://t.co/yZAN6UUb - http://twitter.com/JNETCom...
larwe: @dgentry You haven't even gotten started yet; "could have released anthrax spores, could have entered ICBM launch codes, ..." - http://twitter.com/larwe...
abnerg: “@dgentry: Coding Relic: QFabric Followup http://t.co/BbqeG6mn << further guessing. WDJD (What Did Juniper Do?)” <- Savvy writing - http://twitter.com/abnerg...
Feeling of dread when 6yo says, "Dad, something happened." Could have spilled water, could have knocked down load bearing wall.