Most people have an inkling of what the load averages mean: the three numbers represent averages over progressively longer periods of time (one, five, and fifteen minute averages), and that lower numbers are better. Higher numbers represent a problem or an overloaded machine. But, what's the the threshold? What constitutes "good" and "bad" load average values? When should you be concerned over a load average value, and when should you scramble to fix it ASAP?

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That self-defeating behavior coined the phrase "Streisand effect," illustrated by an axiom from John Gilmore, one of the pioneers of the Internet, that: "The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.

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