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Interesting talk:

http://player.vimeo.com/video/17760875

TIL about the Central Line (aka

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_venous_catheter

Central lines (e.g., for cancer patients)

– Approx. 10% of all central lines have gotten infected

– 10-20% of infected patients have died in some hospital

Learn something interesting today:

http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Cocoa/Reference/Foundation/Classes/NSObject_Class/Reference/Reference.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20000050-SW5

A few parameters:

From

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/gc-tuning-5-138395.html

Note

The proportion of the heap dedicated to the young generation: The bigger the young generation, the less often minor collections occur. However, for a bounded heap size a larger young generation implies a smaller tenured generation, which will increase the frequency of major collections. The optimal choice depends on the lifetime distribution of the objects allocated by the application.