I think that most people reading this thread have a common misunderstanding about what all of those systems will be used for. None of the 500 servers that were mentioned are used for serving web pages. All of them, however, are used for accreditation, information diffusion, Xerox printing, commentator information systems, and other necessary mission-critical servers.
MSNBC (read NBC) is an official sponsor of the Games, and as such are maintaining the Olympic website as part of their sponsorship agreement, hence the use of W2K and IIS/5.0.
I can assure you that there are many different types of technologies doing the REAL work behind the scenes.
The article that you are quoting here has everything to do with hosting the WEB site for the games, and nothing to do with the intranet that does results reporting and timing. This has nothing to do with the actual results and information systems.
The current versions of XFree86 support TrueType fonts, and in my experience, TTF on Linux look wonderful...Try downloading the newest version of XF86 and compile it, then move all your fonts from a Windows box onto the Linux box, and you'll find that using Linux is a much more pleasant experience...
"Is the RIAA and its friends doing some kind of technology surveillance? Yes. Is it going to work? No. It's really dumb. It's another serious mistake by an industry going out of business in the stupidest way, bumping its head on the steps on the way down, because the record industry was always a bunch of thugs and that's what they still are."
I really love this quote...It's a great analogy as to how the recording industry is acting. However, I have to ask myself, "Is the recording industry ever really going to go out of business?" Yes, the internet has made it easier for folks to get their music. Does this really help artists? I see how it could be a lot easier for an unknown band to get noticed, but how does it help them make money?
I would love to see the recording industry split its head open on these "stairs", but is this really what we need?
You don't seem to understand probability. Even if she had said the chances are 99-1 this species could have been an early ancestor of human beings, then it still either is or isn't... it just so happens it is much more likely that it is rather than isn't (given 99-1). 50-50 doesn't mean "either-or"... it means "both are equally likely".
Isn't this what I just said? I said that there's a 50% chance that it's true, and a 50% chance that it's a lie. I'm not grasping your logic here if it's in any way different than what I just said.
Researcher Meave Leakey of the National Museums of Kenya said the chances are "50-50" this species could have been an early ancestor of human beings at that time, instead of Lucy's species.
So this is either a direct ancestor of humans OR...It's NOT! Great quote...There sure is nothing like providing some concrete evidence...
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Had a major outage for most of the day here in Pittsburgh.
...or reading /. ... coincidence? I think not.
I think that most people reading this thread have a common misunderstanding about what all of those systems will be used for. None of the 500 servers that were mentioned are used for serving web pages. All of them, however, are used for accreditation, information diffusion, Xerox printing, commentator information systems, and other necessary mission-critical servers.
MSNBC (read NBC) is an official sponsor of the Games, and as such are maintaining the Olympic website as part of their sponsorship agreement, hence the use of W2K and IIS/5.0.
I can assure you that there are many different types of technologies doing the REAL work behind the scenes.
The article that you are quoting here has everything to do with hosting the WEB site for the games, and nothing to do with the intranet that does results reporting and timing. This has nothing to do with the actual results and information systems.
The current versions of XFree86 support TrueType fonts, and in my experience, TTF on Linux look wonderful...Try downloading the newest version of XF86 and compile it, then move all your fonts from a Windows box onto the Linux box, and you'll find that using Linux is a much more pleasant experience...
Does Lars know that Napster even _HAS_ a website?
Does Lars know what a website _IS_?
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"Is the RIAA and its friends doing some kind of technology surveillance? Yes. Is it going to work? No. It's really dumb. It's another serious mistake by an industry going out of business in the stupidest way, bumping its head on the steps on the way down, because the record industry was always a bunch of thugs and that's what they still are."
I really love this quote...It's a great analogy as to how the recording industry is acting. However, I have to ask myself, "Is the recording industry ever really going to go out of business?" Yes, the internet has made it easier for folks to get their music. Does this really help artists? I see how it could be a lot easier for an unknown band to get noticed, but how does it help them make money?
I would love to see the recording industry split its head open on these "stairs", but is this really what we need?
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You don't seem to understand probability. Even if she had said the chances are 99-1 this species could have been an early ancestor of human beings, then it still either is or isn't... it just so happens it is much more likely that it is rather than isn't (given 99-1). 50-50 doesn't mean "either-or"... it means "both are equally likely".
Isn't this what I just said? I said that there's a 50% chance that it's true, and a 50% chance that it's a lie. I'm not grasping your logic here if it's in any way different than what I just said.
Researcher Meave Leakey of the National Museums of Kenya said the chances are "50-50" this species could have been an early ancestor of human beings at that time, instead of Lucy's species.
So this is either a direct ancestor of humans OR...It's NOT! Great quote...There sure is nothing like providing some concrete evidence...
Haha that's great...How much time did you spend writing that?