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They recently uploaded a presentation by site founder Michael Larabel entitled: The Five Stages of Benchmark Loss. In it Michael shares his collected experiences on how people react when they dislike benchmark results. As he says, when someone comes out the winner in a benchmark they naturally exclaim, “Of course, we’re awesome, thanks.” but if they loose all kinds of pain results, which he lays out into 5 stages.
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- Acceptance
This is, imho, a must listen to recording. It’s audio only, the quality is horrible, but get some headphones and battle through. It’s absolutely worth it.
This is particularly interesting to me because it strikes at the heart of one of my greatest irritations with the geek world; that is, a total dismissal of benchmarking. Its paradoxical really, as computer scientists we should be preforming experiments with measurable results, analyzing data, using and constructing new tools, etc. But, any time a benchmark result is posted so many dipshits simply exclaim “bullshit, your an idiot” that it makes people incredibly gun shy.
I believe the result is the world of horrible benchmarking tools we have (particularly in the UNIX world) and almost no information on how to effectively benchmark systems and storage. If only we would help each other out by leaving Michael’s Stages 2 & 3, “Denial” and “Discreditation” and instead move directly to Stage 4, “Analysis”, the world would be a much better, kinder, and more informed place.
For instance, “bonnie++” is said to suck. But how many people can tell you why? “iozone” is said to be great. Again, how many people can tell you why? At some point, most particularly in this area, FUD is ingested and regurgitated on folks just trying to learn something, who in turn become bitter and pass on the pain to a whole new generation.
It is, I believe, the single best example of cynical bitterness and stupidity that rages our industry. To be sure it’s part of a larger issue, wherein geeks famously trash this technology or that (consider opinions against Java as another example) which are based in outdated or incomplete information or understanding. It only serves to discourage folks and keep the viral spread of cynicism and stupidity going.
You also might find this an interesting read:
http://staff.science.uva.nl/~delaat/sne-2009-2010/p02/report.pdf
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To use Ben Rockwood’s onomatopaeic expression:
that’s because Java “sucks ass”. (:-)
It’s complicated and slow. Only the deepest Java gurus can make it run fast. But even then, it still uses disproportionately large amounts of memory. And it’s still complex.
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If there is one awesome expression you came up with, then it has to be that one! (:-)
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