书名：高性能网站（影印版）

作者：Steve Souders 著

国内出版社：东南大学出版社

出版时间：2008年05月

页数：146

书号：978-7-5641-0841-0

原版书出版商：O'Reilly Media

 

Steve Souders在Yahoo!担任Chief Performance。他于2000年加盟Yahoo!，在该公司的很多平台和产品团队中工作过。在他到达今天这个位置之前，他就职于My Yahoo!开发团队。
作为Chief Performance Yahoo!，他开发了一系列优秀软件，可以使网站访问速度变得更快。他构建了用于进行性能分析的工具，并将这些优秀软件和工具传播到Yahoo!的各个产品团队中。
在到Yahoo!之前，Steve就职于很多小型或中型公司，包括他和别人一起创办的两个公司——Helix Systems和CoolSync。他还曾就职于General Magic、WhoWhere?和Lycos。在20世纪80年代早期，Steve捕获到了Artificial Intelligence的bug，并在一些公司里进行机器方面的研究。他在维吉尼亚大学得到了系统工程学学士学位，后又在斯坦福大学获得了管理科学和工程学硕士学位。
Steve的兴趣爱好多种多样。他常出现在Freehand System的会议桌上，并且经常光顾Fremont Hills Country Club，还在Sunday School教书。他曾与很多NBA和WNBA球员一起打篮球，但最近他改玩Ultimate Frisbee了。他是Universal Studios Internet Task Force的成员、他重建了有90年历史的车房（carriage house），他还参与了一项吉尼斯世界纪录。他有一位美丽的妻子和三个女儿。

 

 

The animal on the cover of High Performance Web Sites is a greyhound.
The fastest dog in the world, a greyhound can reach speeds of up to 45 miles per hour, enabled by its streamlined, narrow body; large lungs, heart, and muscles;double suspension gallop (two periods of a gait when all four feet are off the ground); and the flexibility of its spine.Although greyhounds are incredibly fast,
they are actually low-energy dogs and lack endurance, requiring less exercise time than most dogs.For this reason, they’re often referred to as “45-mile-per-hour couch potatoes” because when not chasing smaller prey (such as rabbits and cats), they are
content to spend their days sleeping.
Greyhounds are one of the oldest breeds of dogs, appearing in art and literature
throughout history.In ancient Egypt, greyhounds were often mummified and buried with their owners, and hieroglyphics from 4000 B.C.E. show a dog closely resembling
the modern greyhound.In Greek and Roman mythology, greyhounds were
often depicted with gods and goddesses.Greyhounds appeared in the writings of
Homer, Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Cervantes, and they are the only type of dog
mentioned in the Bible.They’ve long been appreciated for their intelligence, graceful
form, athleticism, and loyalty.
During the early 1920s, modern greyhound racing was introduced into the United
States.Smaller and lighter than show greyhounds, track greyhounds are selectively
bred and usually stand between 25–29 inches tall and weigh 60–70 pounds.These
dogs instinctively chase anything that moves quickly (as they are sighthounds, not
bloodhounds), hence the lure—the mechanical hare they chase around the track.
Greyhound racing is still a very popular spectator sport in the United States and, like
horse racing, is enjoyed as a form of parimutuel gambling.
Greyhound racing is very controversial as the dogs experience little human contact
and spend most of their non-racing time in crates.Once greyhounds are too old to
race (somewhere between three and five years of age), many are euthanized, though
there are now many rescue programs that find homes for retired racers.Because greyhounds
are naturally docile and even-tempered, most adjust well to adoption and
make wonderful pets.