The Website is missing things!
Hello all,
Some of you might have noticed some things missing on the website that was on the original site. Like the donation button, Status updates, etc… etc…
Don’t fret, I haven’t forgotten them. I’m just working on other aspects of the site right now. Right now I’m preforming ‘LOAD testing’. What’s this mean? Well, a couple days ago, the website was offline. Why? Because the CPU demands on the server surpassed the amount I’m allowed to use. The server which hosts SailorSun.org, I Dream of a Jeanie Bottle, and other Non-comic related sites is supplied threw a provider. When the CPU load regularly went too high, my accounts/websites (ALL of them) is suspended till I talk to the provider about it. I had this problem with the old comic system (which was much simpler then the current one). I modified the code to reduce the CPU usage, and we didn’t have any problems till the recent server upgrade. Now the comic system is more complex, and more demanding on the CPU higher. The only way I can ‘test’ the system and make corrections is to let the page run for a time and monitor the CPU usage. This is what I’m currently doing.
Some features have been disabled, others added (To see if it strained the system). When I’m confident the CPU usage won’t top out, then I’ll start working on other aspects.
Currently planned to be added is,
- A new automated Donation system,
- a new menu bar which will include links to the wiki (wiki.sailiorsun.org) and cast pages,
- Status updates for SailorSun.org and I Dream of a Jeanie Bottle,
- updated Link pages,
- rotating images in the title banner,
- and other things.
Down the road, I’m hoping to install a members only area. But that’s a bit down the road. Till then don’t be surprised if features are added and taken away, depending on resources available vs server limitations.
Honestly, you should not be surprised CD Rudd that servers are going to be becoming more and more limited as we head toward what is known by Quantum Physics and Nanotechnology Physicists as the Moore’s Law Brick Wall in 2015 or the Brick Wall for short. Honestly right now with the recession this wall going to be more like crashing into 15 feet thick wall of cement or the same thickness of cement around a nuclear reactor (*anyone who likes nanotech should like nuclear power and particle accelerators… see the P.S. for why). Hopefully though with some luck be able to finally get production on FET by at least 2015 so the brick wall will be there for no more than a year tops.
P.S. And for any so… I hope you know, the so called “waste” by-products (like gamma-rays) from nuclear fission reactors and CERN-like facilities is what scientist to use to judge the ultimate quality test of any carbon nanotube independent of the manufacturer. Don’t believe me check out this guy’s page… for actually pictures of the device that being used http://www.physics.gatech.edu/people/faculty/econrad.html. This need for more available nuclear-waste-like material is reason why the US military (still nanotech’s most beneficial funder for the last 20 years) was smart enough to try to change democrats tone to be more pro-nuclear, pro-particle accelerator in order environmental friendly since the alternative … is much worse. Heck only a particle accelerator 5% (less than 2 km) the diameter of CERN is needed.
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Hey CD Rudd,
If CPU is proving to be an issue with the site, any thoughts about trying to save cycles with partial page refreshes when navigating?
Woops, just noticed it already doing that now 🙂
oh… and compact the HTML if you have control over it. Your site transmits loads of white space, which just eats cycles and bandwidth. The savings turn out to be large in the long run.