Has there been any discussion on the feasibility of a public network where devices such as these use an operating system capable of routing IP traffic (such as embedded Linux), and using something similar to OSPF, route among each other? I have heard it said before that everyone in the U.S. is something like four people removed from knowing everyone else (I know someone who knows someone who knows someone who knows that person). Granted distance becomes a factor, but could this principle apply to a certain coverage area?
Why is everybody so caught up on Pentiums? The future is multiprocessing RISC chips like the PowerPC. Microsoft Windows seems to be the only reason everyone is still using Pentiums, AMD, or any other outdated CISC architecture. When used together, RISC chips sync together instead of wrestling with each other like CISC chips. PPC's already outperform Pentiums--at less than half the clock speed,and they don't even need fans! Monopolies always crumble on their own. Some people just get too impatient.
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Has there been any discussion on the feasibility of a public network where devices such as these use an operating system capable of routing IP traffic (such as embedded Linux), and using something similar to OSPF, route among each other? I have heard it said before that everyone in the U.S. is something like four people removed from knowing everyone else (I know someone who knows someone who knows someone who knows that person). Granted distance becomes a factor, but could this principle apply to a certain coverage area?
Apache and mod_perl already run on the iMac with the factory installation of OS X.
Why is everybody so caught up on Pentiums? The future is multiprocessing RISC chips like the PowerPC. Microsoft Windows seems to be the only reason everyone is still using Pentiums, AMD, or any other outdated CISC architecture. When used together, RISC chips sync together instead of wrestling with each other like CISC chips. PPC's already outperform Pentiums--at less than half the clock speed,and they don't even need fans! Monopolies always crumble on their own. Some people just get too impatient.