If you're in charge of building a rendering farm, your company is in trouble. If you haven't even figured out that the RAM MUST be ECC, you shouldn't be even aloud near the farm.
Thats not the point. The point is that local culture gets destroyed/tainted/degraded... If they build an Old Navy and a Best Buy, they will go there too... and look like big idiots just like most Americans.
Culture is a very large part of your soul, and with the spread of capitalism, it seems like the local cultures get tained and more bland.
What will happen is a lot of local culture will disappear in place of the golden arches and starbucks. All so McDonalds can claim to have served 4 trillion instead of 3 trillion.
I'm all for freedom of trade but greed is bad no matter which way you look at it.
Interesting? You didn't even read the article. Its directional microwave.
Impossible to setup in rural areas. You would have to have a directional antenna for each user. Any more than 10 users and thats going to be a cluster-f$%@ of a guyed tower.
people seem to have the idea that there was ALWAYS government and never were there times that people helped each other out. this is just a technological version of that.;-)
>Read my original question: How does fibre to the HOME increase the economy? Not to commercial sites, but to the home?
having super high speed hosting when all your customers are on dial-up doesn't make much sense eh?
there are a million and 3 things you can do with storage and networking. off site backup, storage, multimedia, etc. its not just a downstream game anymore.
>They can get it. Its not easy, but not impossible.
they have to get the majority and then some of the people to OK it.
>Biggest thing for goverments to do by the majority of citizens? Protection and better fiscal responsiblity. Not faster broadband to the home. Do you think that anyone would get elected with the slogan "Fiber to every home!" Think I am wrong? Open up your local newspaper for the last year and see how important fiscal responsiblity vs. emergency services vs. broadband to home is in your city citizens.
You're right, this isn't the biggest issue ever. Its not something to run a campaign from. But neither are a LOT of other things. the only thing campaigners scream about is health-care, crime, and war.
Private companies can't do this because they don't have the rights to the land.
increases the economy because more companies will go to the area, start-up in the area, etc. taking advantage of the cheap, high speed access. same thing that happened in NYC.
municipal government does the job the citizens want it to do. period.
better for the economy: see above better quality of life: go get a job at an ISP working technical support. it will speak for itself. increase number of jobs: see above
telephony is going to be on the fiber optics. and the internet, is just as, if not more needed than phones for a lot of people. and the demand is growing.
compare the number of e-mails, web site visits, IM's you do a day compared to the number of phone calls.
Read the article. They will break even within 7 years. This is VERY early for a big venture like that. Besides the fact that it will make its money BACK, not require a change in infrastructure in the next 10-20 years, and will greatly improve the economy, quality of life, and number of jobs in the area.
10 years, 2500 bucks. thats around $21 a month. People pay that much for dial-up. Plus this infrastructure can handle VOD, HDTV, telephony, etc.
As far as the scares of filtering, its your government. And its all done locally so you have a lot more control than DC.
what if we had companies called "water" companies? and you had to pay Sprant or BT&T for your water? then the government steps in and gets it for you, faster, and better, because (for a small part), the government is you/us/we.
well they should do the same for television and internet and etc. these companies have been jerking us around with shitty service and slow speeds in their profit margin interest. (and I work for one of them)
bring it on. I'll pay an extra 500 bucks a year ($150 more than what they're asking) for fiber internet, telephony, and "cable" television.
Speaking from experience, when you start losing weight and getting compliments from the opposite sex, it tends to make you feel good, more confident, etc.
This innovative new product will enable revolutionary, new applications in the fields of defense, homeland security, multimedia and communications. The exhibition being held at The World Trade Center, continues until October 15th, 2003.
The fact that...
1. its at the WTC
2. they mention defense and homeland security
3. its immensely powerful
...makes me question whether or not this is going to be available to end users.
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mandatory. for stability and quality of the rendering.
Should ECC be considered?
If you're in charge of building a rendering farm, your company is in trouble. If you haven't even figured out that the RAM MUST be ECC, you shouldn't be even aloud near the farm.
Thats not the point. The point is that local culture gets destroyed/tainted/degraded... If they build an Old Navy and a Best Buy, they will go there too... and look like big idiots just like most Americans.
Read. Look at their growth in the 90's. They were opening over 100 stores a month around the world for the longest time.
Culture is a very large part of your soul, and with the spread of capitalism, it seems like the local cultures get tained and more bland.
What will happen is a lot of local culture will disappear in place of the golden arches and starbucks. All so McDonalds can claim to have served 4 trillion instead of 3 trillion.
I'm all for freedom of trade but greed is bad no matter which way you look at it.
I'd be very careful in the way they do it. Spreading capitalism doesn't seem to be taken very well by everyone.
:-D
It destroyed the Florida keys.... and I hear a lot of Asia/Europe hates McDonalds
actually between 1988 and 1992 over a quarter of a million kurds alone were killed by Sadaam.
All this speculation why the war was started but not 1 good reason why not to remove him.
OK, now take your house, and multiply that times 250. What do you think the tower would look like with 250 directional microwave dishes on it?
Interesting? You didn't even read the article. Its directional microwave.
Impossible to setup in rural areas. You would have to have a directional antenna for each user. Any more than 10 users and thats going to be a cluster-f$%@ of a guyed tower.
I'd like to get my mits on it. Post it if you have it.
My company is in a 2+ year long fight about hundreds of thousands of imaginary charges from Sprint. What a coincidence!
Sprint = Poo poo ka ka
Is it legal to send a big F-U in response?
its not legal to sue. who cares if its legal to flick them off?
people seem to have the idea that there was ALWAYS government and never were there times that people helped each other out. this is just a technological version of that. ;-)
>Read my original question: How does fibre to the HOME increase the economy? Not to commercial sites, but to the home?
having super high speed hosting when all your customers are on dial-up doesn't make much sense eh?
there are a million and 3 things you can do with storage and networking. off site backup, storage, multimedia, etc. its not just a downstream game anymore.
>They can get it. Its not easy, but not impossible.
they have to get the majority and then some of the people to OK it.
>Biggest thing for goverments to do by the majority of citizens? Protection and better fiscal responsiblity. Not faster broadband to the home. Do you think that anyone would get elected with the slogan "Fiber to every home!" Think I am wrong? Open up your local newspaper for the last year and see how important fiscal responsiblity vs. emergency services vs. broadband to home is in your city citizens.
You're right, this isn't the biggest issue ever. Its not something to run a campaign from. But neither are a LOT of other things. the only thing campaigners scream about is health-care, crime, and war.
Private companies can't do this because they don't have the rights to the land.
increases the economy because more companies will go to the area, start-up in the area, etc. taking advantage of the cheap, high speed access. same thing that happened in NYC.
municipal government does the job the citizens want it to do. period.
better for the economy: see above
better quality of life: go get a job at an ISP working technical support. it will speak for itself.
increase number of jobs: see above
telephony is going to be on the fiber optics. and the internet, is just as, if not more needed than phones for a lot of people. and the demand is growing.
compare the number of e-mails, web site visits, IM's you do a day compared to the number of phone calls.
Read the article. They will break even within 7 years. This is VERY early for a big venture like that. Besides the fact that it will make its money BACK, not require a change in infrastructure in the next 10-20 years, and will greatly improve the economy, quality of life, and number of jobs in the area.
10 years, 2500 bucks. thats around $21 a month.
People pay that much for dial-up. Plus this infrastructure can handle VOD, HDTV, telephony, etc.
As far as the scares of filtering, its your government. And its all done locally so you have a lot more control than DC.
what if we had companies called "water" companies? and you had to pay Sprant or BT&T for your water? then the government steps in and gets it for you, faster, and better, because (for a small part), the government is you/us/we.
well they should do the same for television and internet and etc. these companies have been jerking us around with shitty service and slow speeds in their profit margin interest. (and I work for one of them)
bring it on. I'll pay an extra 500 bucks a year ($150 more than what they're asking) for fiber internet, telephony, and "cable" television.
only thing to worry about with glass if you scratch it, its permanent, acrylic its not.
;)
best of luck though!
you can resand acrylic and cover it with protective spray like they use on custom aquariums.
its good for high light applcations but if its just a viewing portal then you're correct sir, glass is better.
Use acrylic instead of glass
cheaper and lighter
Yeah the audiofile comparable aiff files from iTunes really aren't Cd quality :P j/k
Makey Makey 5 dolla!!!!
Me grub you long time!
Speaking from experience, when you start losing weight and getting compliments from the opposite sex, it tends to make you feel good, more confident, etc.
Genuine compliments make anyone feel good. no?
This innovative new product will enable revolutionary, new applications in the fields of defense, homeland security, multimedia and communications. The exhibition being held at The World Trade Center, continues until October 15th, 2003.
The fact that...
1. its at the WTC
2. they mention defense and homeland security
3. its immensely powerful
...makes me question whether or not this is going to be available to end users.
besides the lack of a huge marketing campaign.
Anyone know anything different?