This video is quite long (1hr) but it will (should) change how you think about source code management.
Linus developed a source code control package called Git because all other version control systems were doing it (badly) wrong. I was sceptical, but having watched the video, I’m convinced there is compelling power in distributed source code management.
If you replace the term source code management with content management and use a bit of imagination then distrbuted source code systems look very similar to what I believe the next generation of Enterprise Content Management systems should look like. (ie source code management and content management are very similar concepts)
I’ve been annoyed for some time by the periodic (and frequent) bouts of inexplicable disk activity on my Windows Vista machine.
A big thank you to www.mydigitallife.info which correctly suggests that this is caused by a Windows Service called SuperFetch. SuperFetch probably provides some performance gains on systems which are always left on by pre-loading frequently used files into memory when the system isn’t doing anything else.
My system is rebooted somewhat frequently so SuperFetch not only annoys me but is also wearing out my hard drive with it’s constant disk activity.
To disable SuperFetch simply go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services. Right click on SuperFetch, select properties and set the start up type to “Manual”, then click “Stop”.
An attempt to set a new world speed record from Ward Hunt Island to the Geographic North Pole by Ben Saunders. The current record was set in 2005 by a guided team using dog sleds and numerous re-supplies in a time of 36 days 22 hours. Ben ’s expedition will be solo and unsupported and on foot. Currently he’s only a few days in to a 30 day journey.
Strathclyde Police are trialing a 