Small Museum Web Server Survives Being Linked From Here Posted by CmdrGrits on Wednesday October 13, @06:40PM EDT from the the-dashdot-effect dept. WebWeaver writes "Remember last week's story about the Museum of Obsolete Calculators? Their webmaster wrote in to say the site took 140,000 hits in 24 hours, on a 486/66 with 16MB of RAM and a single ISDN line, and it stayed up. Her secret: static HTML, no CGI, and a strongly worded note taped to the server that said 'DO NOT TURN OFF.'" We salute you, 486/66. You are braver than most corporate web farms. Small Museum Web Server Survives Being Linked From Here | Login/Create an Account | Top | 30 comments | Search Discussion Threshold: -1: 30 comments 0: 24 comments 1: 19 comments 2: 13 comments 3: 10 comments 4: 7 comments 5: 5 comments NestedFlatThreadedNo Comments Oldest FirstNewest FirstHighest Scores First The fine print: the following comments belong to whoever typed them. Dashdot takes no responsibility for them, and frankly, neither do most of the people who typed them. Static HTML wins by GeckoGuy on Wednesday October 13, @06:56PM EDT (#2) (User Info) This is the lesson every web developer should learn. Static files are fast. You don't need an application server to serve a picture of a slide rule. [ Reply to This ] Re:Static HTML wins by WebWeaver on Wednesday October 13, @07:24PM EDT (#5) (User Info) Wait until you see the next version. It's going to be worse. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:Static HTML wins by sysadmin_steve on Wednesday October 13, @08:09PM EDT (#9) (User Info) Says the guy posting at 3am on a Tuesday. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:Static HTML wins by Speculatron on Wednesday October 13, @08:46PM EDT (#13) (User Info) Heh. Nice one. [ Reply to This | Parent ] The note by Nervous Ned on Wednesday October 13, @07:00PM EDT (#3) (User Info) The note is the most important part of the infrastructure. Our whole data center runs on notes like that. [ Reply to This ] Re:The note by perl_monger_mo on Wednesday October 13, @07:19PM EDT (#4) (User Info) Real men use a magnetized needle and a steady hand. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:The note by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 13, @07:49PM EDT (#8) This is the most sensible thing I've read on Dashdot all week. Somebody mod this up. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:The note by Prior Art Pete on Wednesday October 13, @09:22PM EDT (#16) (User Info) The parent's point stands, though: it depends entirely on the use case. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:The note by Anonymous Coward (Score:0) Re:The note by ShopperSheila on Wednesday October 13, @10:45PM EDT (#25) (User Info) Exactly. And the vendors know it, which is why they're scared. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:The note by RetroRaccoon on Wednesday October 13, @11:05PM EDT (#27) (User Info) Thanks for posting this. I learned something today, which is rare for a comment section. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:The note by RocketRandy on Wednesday October 13, @11:21PM EDT (#28) (User Info) Not true at all. I've been running it for months with no problems. Maybe check your hardware? [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:The note by shell_shocked on Wednesday October 13, @10:43PM EDT (#24) (User Info) Funny, I had the exact opposite experience. Ymmv, I guess. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:The note by JavaJunkie on Wednesday October 13, @07:46PM EDT (#7) (User Info) I tried that and it set my monitor on fire. Thanks a lot. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:The note by Anthropologeek on Wednesday October 13, @08:26PM EDT (#11) (User Info) Citation needed. Where are you getting these numbers? [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:The note by ByteBandit (Score:-1) Re:The note by frostbyte on Wednesday October 13, @10:27PM EDT (#22) (User Info) Whoosh. That was the sound of the joke going over your head. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Slashdotted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 13, @09:09PM EDT (#15) Site's already slashdotted. Er, dashdotted. Anyone have a mirror? [ Reply to This ] Microwave by ladybug_lisp on Wednesday October 13, @10:47PM EDT (#26) (User Info) My microwave has more processing power than the computer that went to the moon, and it still can't figure out popcorn. [ Reply to This ] Mirror by RocketRandy on Wednesday October 13, @11:24PM EDT (#29) (User Info) Here's a mirror in case it goes down this time: just kidding, it won't. It's a 486. It fears nothing. [ Reply to This ] Re:Mirror by BioBob on Wednesday October 13, @11:39PM EDT (#30) (User Info) Did you even read the parent post? He said the opposite. [ Reply to This | Parent ] 11 replies beneath your current threshold. Show them all (threshold -1).

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