Performance tuning Subversion (for binaries)

Performance tuning Subversion: "The performance conclusions in this article are broadly applicable to most any system using Subversion to store and retrieve binary files. The decision of how to optimize Subversion must, however, be based on the circumstances and resources of a given system. For example, in the case of the system under test, time was a much higher priority than server space. It made sense, therefore, to store binaries as compressed tar files before importing them into and exporting them out of Subversion. Compressing the binaries yields the shortest possible wait times, thus meeting the requirements of the project. The repercussions for server space usage are negligible to the system, and in any case compressed tar files take up only a little more space than using efficient check-in."

Justin Webb comments on faith in the US

BBC NEWS | Programmes | From Our Own Correspondent | America's great faith divide: "There is a reason, I think, why theocracy will never fly in the United States and it has been touched on, inadvertently, by George Bush himself."

I would add that his anecdote about the parents being outraged by a moment of silence is dead-on. Why is silence such a bad thing, even if it really is an attempt by certain religious people to be more publically religious? As I grow older, I feel more and more an affinity with silence, and it really seems to me that the slippery slope truly stops there. Silence is NOT a precursor to an abortion ban. So don't worry about it!