<h2>Can I download all the pictures for viewing?</h2>
<p>Sorry, no. First of all, please don't use any "web mirroring" program to
<h2>Can I download all the pictures for viewing?</h2>
<p>Sorry, no. First of all, please don't use any "web mirroring" program to
putting a lot of unneccessary load on the system. There are two main
reasons for not downloading all the pictures: First, there is a
question of copyright; not all images here are taken by me, and I've
been given permission to display them here, not to pass them on. Second,
putting a lot of unneccessary load on the system. There are two main
reasons for not downloading all the pictures: First, there is a
question of copyright; not all images here are taken by me, and I've
been given permission to display them here, not to pass them on. Second,
do you really need all that? I'd advise you to crank up the thumbnail
size to the maximum possible size instead; it's quite comfortable to
browse images on without having to click back and forth all the time.
do you really need all that? I'd advise you to crank up the thumbnail
size to the maximum possible size instead; it's quite comfortable to
browse images on without having to click back and forth all the time.
so the next time somebody views the same images in that resolution,
it will be snappy as usual.</p>
so the next time somebody views the same images in that resolution,
it will be snappy as usual.</p>
<p>Because it didn't fit my needs, and the same goes for all other systems
I've seen. I wanted something no-nonsense that would work for <em>my</em>
<p>Because it didn't fit my needs, and the same goes for all other systems
I've seen. I wanted something no-nonsense that would work for <em>my</em>
pictures. Others are of course free to do as they wish, I can't impose
my will on anybody :-)</p>
<h2>What are the primary features of pr0n?</h2>
<p>Mostly that it's no-nonsense and just works, without being in your way.
pictures. Others are of course free to do as they wish, I can't impose
my will on anybody :-)</p>
<h2>What are the primary features of pr0n?</h2>
<p>Mostly that it's no-nonsense and just works, without being in your way.
sharp thumbnails, no crappy nearest-neighbor scaling) of both thumbnails
and images (most client-side scaling sucks quality-wise, unfortunately),
an easy-to-use <a href="http://www.webdav.org/">WebDAV</a>-based upload
sharp thumbnails, no crappy nearest-neighbor scaling) of both thumbnails
and images (most client-side scaling sucks quality-wise, unfortunately),
an easy-to-use <a href="http://www.webdav.org/">WebDAV</a>-based upload
SATA disks. (The server does a lot of other stuff besides running pr0n, of
course.) pr0n itself is a custom-made system by myself, tightly coupled
into <a href="http://www.apache.org/">Apache</a> 2.2, <a
href="http://perl.apache.org/">mod_perl</a> 2.0 and <a
href="http://www.imagemagick.org/">ImageMagick</a> 6.x (as well as various
other Perl modules), using <a
SATA disks. (The server does a lot of other stuff besides running pr0n, of
course.) pr0n itself is a custom-made system by myself, tightly coupled
into <a href="http://www.apache.org/">Apache</a> 2.2, <a
href="http://perl.apache.org/">mod_perl</a> 2.0 and <a
href="http://www.imagemagick.org/">ImageMagick</a> 6.x (as well as various
other Perl modules), using <a
database for metadata et al. The base operating system is <a
href="http://www.debian.org/">Debian</a> lenny (ie. “testing”).</p>
database for metadata et al. The base operating system is <a
href="http://www.debian.org/">Debian</a> lenny (ie. “testing”).</p>
- <p>The Perl modules aren't really that big -- we're talking about only
- approx. 2500 lines of code (of which ~25% is the WebDAV part; I should
+ <p>The Perl modules aren't really that big — we're talking about only
+ approx. 3300 lines of code (of which ~25% is the WebDAV part; I should
really make that a bit cleaner once). Most of the real work is done by
the software on which pr0n builds on.</p>
<h2>How much data is there in there, anyway?</h2>
really make that a bit cleaner once). Most of the real work is done by
the software on which pr0n builds on.</p>
<h2>How much data is there in there, anyway?</h2>
- <p>At the time of writing, approximately 72GB of image data (that is, over
- 46000 different images), plus cache, plus metadata in the SQL database.
+ <p>At the time of writing, approximately 140GB of image data (that is, over
+ 72000 different images), plus cache, plus metadata in the SQL database.
- <p class="footer">pr0n v2.30,
- © 2004-2007 <a href="http://www.sesse.net/">Steinar H. Gunderson</a>.</p>
+ <p class="footer">pr0n v2.70,
+ © 2004-2008 <a href="http://www.sesse.net/">Steinar H. Gunderson</a>.</p>