YOU are all missing the BIG PIPE for cheap on commodity hardware part of this equation. It doesnt matter what you guys think about non-pro servers, people are buying this stuff because its cheap and trivial to add to a datacenter. I would LOVE to see a Intel NUC colo too!
Not every server has to be 'server-grade' in all respects. The advantage here is a BIG PIPE with a cheap, mass produced, sub 1U server whose parameters are extremely well known.Its not 'cosmetics' that make it attractive, its the small size relative to 1U systems. With traditional racks you get a choice of owning the whole 1U or buying slices on other people's machines. Mac mini colo sits in between those points. Love or hate Apple, mac mini colo makes financial sense for a wide spectrum of use cases. Not all servers are equal.
I DL from Steam at a solid 3.5MB/s on standard Cable Co internet It would literally would take me longer to drive to the store for the physical copy and install it.
Steam-bound games imbue certain properties to a title. Some good, some bad. Given the non-returnable or sellable nature of PC games, its not a bad deal. There is VALUE there.
You are making the classic mistake. Comparing a console to a properly built gaming PC is like comparing a Honda Accord to a Formula 1 car. People do it because they want performance that cannot be found anywhere else.
At the end of the day, money is Power. Those who hold monopoly-on-violence decide what objects can contain and transmit Power. The entire valuation of bitcoin could be wiped up with the stroke of a pen because it is not Power and cannot be Power without Sovereign backing.
Yep!. Im currently building a movie sneakernet for my family. WAYYYY easier to hand out hard drives at family events then to setup digital distribution over internet, dealing with intrusions, connectivity, spying. Last family gathering i gave out 4 Micca players @ ($40/ea) and now i can just mail them cheap disks that they can pop into their players or they can grab it from my Master Movie repo. Its easier then putting in a DVD.
Converting from one format to another is utterly trivial. The only thing that should differentiate cost between a lossy and lossless is the bandwidth it takes to deliver it.
Really hate the Steambox/3DO comparisons. The absolute #1 hinderance to Steambox is the PC is TOO GOOD, it does everything. We have to build PC consoles just like the consoles guys do, and strip out the workstation aspect of it. What we take away is more important then what we leave in.
Stocks can sometimes be used to determine investor faith in a company. If the people who put their money where their mouth is think Nintendo is going to fail, its wise to at least listen.
When you look at the opponents and MONEY stacked against him, its easy to see why he is so defensie and vitriolic. If MS had their way, Linux would be outlawed, that position deserves some hate thrown at it.
Its not ludicrous. We could and should be able to do it, but we dont design our networks to a handle that kind of thing. IMHO, every machine in the building should have a hot spare HDD ready to go and a full user profile stored on the network/backups. We dont have this functionality because its more important to slap a cheap vendor workstation on a desk then it is to build a a proper machine with extra hardware.
You have a strange perspective. IF someone random person is going around pen-testing the neighborhood, im going to have him arrested. THe problem is self-appointed idiots like this who thinks its ok to pen-test shit that does not belong to them.
NO. Simply put, dont break into other people's networks, regardless of intent. It is never ok to trespass in the name of self-righteousness. Also, its not YOUR data, it is data about you.
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Something tells me that we will see Intel NUC colo soon as well.
YOU are all missing the BIG PIPE for cheap on commodity hardware part of this equation. It doesnt matter what you guys think about non-pro servers, people are buying this stuff because its cheap and trivial to add to a datacenter. I would LOVE to see a Intel NUC colo too!
So much this. A VPS is NEVER the same as your own hardware, even hardware as lowly as a mac mini.
Not every server has to be 'server-grade' in all respects. The advantage here is a BIG PIPE with a cheap, mass produced, sub 1U server whose parameters are extremely well known.Its not 'cosmetics' that make it attractive, its the small size relative to 1U systems. With traditional racks you get a choice of owning the whole 1U or buying slices on other people's machines. Mac mini colo sits in between those points. Love or hate Apple, mac mini colo makes financial sense for a wide spectrum of use cases. Not all servers are equal.
I am quite sure he meant using the MOTORS in the device, not the lasers.
Im not withdrawing, im going full retro. My Steambox will be able to play almost anything from the past 30 years.
I DL from Steam at a solid 3.5MB/s on standard Cable Co internet It would literally would take me longer to drive to the store for the physical copy and install it.
Steam-bound games imbue certain properties to a title. Some good, some bad. Given the non-returnable or sellable nature of PC games, its not a bad deal. There is VALUE there.
You are making the classic mistake. Comparing a console to a properly built gaming PC is like comparing a Honda Accord to a Formula 1 car. People do it because they want performance that cannot be found anywhere else.
Any extradition treaty would be in bad faith as the Chinese do not have a working judicial system. Why would we enter into such an agreement?
It is NOT a violation of 'privacy' to capture people sunbathing nude. Your back yard has absolutely ZERO expectation of privacy.
At the end of the day, money is Power. Those who hold monopoly-on-violence decide what objects can contain and transmit Power. The entire valuation of bitcoin could be wiped up with the stroke of a pen because it is not Power and cannot be Power without Sovereign backing.
Yep!. Im currently building a movie sneakernet for my family. WAYYYY easier to hand out hard drives at family events then to setup digital distribution over internet, dealing with intrusions, connectivity, spying. Last family gathering i gave out 4 Micca players @ ($40/ea) and now i can just mail them cheap disks that they can pop into their players or they can grab it from my Master Movie repo. Its easier then putting in a DVD.
Some of us had absolutely no exposure to Phreaks at all, until that movie. Dont be too judgy.
Converting from one format to another is utterly trivial. The only thing that should differentiate cost between a lossy and lossless is the bandwidth it takes to deliver it.
Good ole 3COM 905B. The techie's first true badass network card.
Really hate the Steambox/3DO comparisons. The absolute #1 hinderance to Steambox is the PC is TOO GOOD, it does everything. We have to build PC consoles just like the consoles guys do, and strip out the workstation aspect of it. What we take away is more important then what we leave in.
Mario Kart was not a day one title, but it was very soon after launch. I picked up my pre-order from Toys R Us, while staring at a Turok poster.
Stocks can sometimes be used to determine investor faith in a company. If the people who put their money where their mouth is think Nintendo is going to fail, its wise to at least listen.
When you look at the opponents and MONEY stacked against him, its easy to see why he is so defensie and vitriolic. If MS had their way, Linux would be outlawed, that position deserves some hate thrown at it.
You mean the guy that completely capitulated, tucked his tail between his legs and ran? Yeah Geohot sure showed the way........
Its not ludicrous. We could and should be able to do it, but we dont design our networks to a handle that kind of thing. IMHO, every machine in the building should have a hot spare HDD ready to go and a full user profile stored on the network/backups. We dont have this functionality because its more important to slap a cheap vendor workstation on a desk then it is to build a a proper machine with extra hardware.
You have a strange perspective. IF someone random person is going around pen-testing the neighborhood, im going to have him arrested. THe problem is self-appointed idiots like this who thinks its ok to pen-test shit that does not belong to them.
NO. Simply put, dont break into other people's networks, regardless of intent. It is never ok to trespass in the name of self-righteousness. Also, its not YOUR data, it is data about you.
I have ordered from them in the past a number of times. Usually just DVD-Rs, but they have been around for awhile and I always got what I ordered.