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[Economics] Inflation
Inflation is the persistent rise in the prices of goods and services in an economy over a period of time, leading to a reduction in the purchasing power as each unit of currency buys fewer goods and...
View ArticleBlast from the Past : The Weekend Playlist #5
Final exclusive playlist dedicated for the 80s -- 16 songs -- list dominated by English performers. Enjoy.Access previous playlists from the following locations:Â Â Â Â Blast from the Past : The Weekend...
View Article[Solaris] ZFS Pool History, Writing to System Log, Persistent TCP/IP Tuning, ..
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Solaris 11.2 Highlights [Part 1] in 6 Minutes or Less
This is not the complete list, of course. Just a few hand-picked ones.First things first, Solaris 11.2 beta is out.URLs: Download | What's New in Solaris 11.2 | Information Library...
View ArticleSolaris 11.2 Highlights [Part 2] in 4 Minutes or Less
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View ArticleBlast from the Past : The Weekend Playlist #6
Compared to the 80s, music in the 90s was equally good if not better. Artists let their imagination run wild -- that resulted in many memorable, bold and dark themed renditions. While the 80s were...
View ArticleProgramming in C: Few Tidbits
.. with little commentary aside. Target audience: new programmers. These tips are equally applicable in C and C++ programming environments.1. Duplicating a file pointerSteps: find the integer file...
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(1) ceil() returns an incorrect value?ceil() rounds the argument upward to the nearest integer value in floating-point format. For example, calling ceil() with an argument (2/3) should return...
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1) Not able to redirect the stdout output from a C program/application to a filePossible cause:Buffered nature of standard output (stdout) stream. Might be waiting for a newline character, for the...
View ArticleBlast from the Past : The Weekend Playlist #7
Previous playlists:Â Â Â Â #1(50s, 60s and 70s) | #2(80s) | #3(80s) | #4(80s) | #5(80s) | #6(90s)Audio-Visual material courtesy: YouTube. Other information: Wikipedia.1. Fatboy Slim / Norman Cook - Brimful...
View ArticleSolaris Studio : C/C++ Static Code Analysis
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Economic Effects of Inflation
Read the first part in this series: InflationThe following are some of the consequences of inflation on a very high level.Loss of Purchasing Power: an increase in prices imply reduced purchasing power...
View ArticleSolaris Studio : C/C++ Dynamic Analysis
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1. Using Wildcards in Filename Pattern MatchingRelying on *stat() API is not much of an option when using wildcards to match a filename pattern. Some of the options involve traversing a directory...
View ArticleProgramming in C: Few Tidbits #5
1. Splitting a long string into multiple linesLet's start with an example. Here is a sample string. It'd be nice to improve readability by splitting it into multiple lines.const char *quote = "The...
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Locality Group Observability on Solaris
Modern multi-socket servers exhibit NUMA characteristics that may hurt application performance if ignored. On a NUMA system (Non-uniform Memory Access), all memory is shared between/among processors....
View ArticleFew Random Solaris Commands : intrstat, croinfo, dlstat, fmstat, ibv_devinfo...
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View ArticleOracle Database : Profiling PL/SQL Code
AWR gathers and reports performance statistics that are useful in monitoring and tuning databases. Even though the combination of AWR/ASH reports and explain plans are very useful in analyzing the...
View ArticleSolaris: Identifying EFI disks
EFI label supports physical disks and logical volumes that are > 2 TB in size. SMI support is limited to 2 TB.Listed below are some of the characteristics and patterns that can help identify and...
View Article[Solaris] Memory Blacklisting, Duplicate IP Address & Recovery, Group Package...
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