Just buy the 2000 version of the machine, do a couple of load tests on it yourself then reformat and install the linux/apache which you can get for free. Then if the linux machine outperforms keep it and return NT for a rebate.
As has often been said no benchmark published anywhere can apply to your system so its always best to measure these things yourself. The only downside here is the time its going to take but if thats not an issue then benchmarking for yourself is going to help. Also unless your site will be serving lots of pages then its just a matter of preference, whichever you prefer to use then go with it.
Also if you will be maintaining this then downtime comes into it, if you know linux then you can probably resolve any issues very quickly, however just changing over to linux without any prior experiance would be a move that could cause some grief. Its a great OS but like anything else it has a learning curve, you wont be a capable sysadmin overnight so make sure you have someone qualified to do all this work before making the move.
So now people can take down the network just by bumping into the sattelite dishes and knocking them off track. Should definitely make life easier for the more malicious types out there:)
I saw a (BBC?) interview with Arthur C. Clarke a year or so ago. One of the questions they asked of him was what he thought were the exciting possibilities in science for the next century. One of the things he said was the space elevator, and again he pointed out that it couldnt be done with current materials but said that the C60 isotobe in development could allow this, as it is stronger than diamond in certain respects.
Incidentally he said the energy cost of getting a person and baggage into space would be around $100, (the article says $220 so thats inflation for you:). However since you can reclaim most of this energy when the person and their luggage makes the return trip (their weight + gravity will result in energy going back into the system) he was saying that the cost of the return trip would only be $10. I suppose thats $22 now but still a lot cheaper than the $220 mentioned on the page
Just one question (well more of a statement actually), I assume that all the time these cd's were being sold that tax was being paid on them, I am Irish so I'm not sure what your tax rates are but here tax runs at 21% on luxury items. So the government got bout 20% = $3.60 in tax for each $18 cd (assuming 20% tax).
Now they sue the record companies for price fixing for several dollars per cd which is prolly 5 or 6 dollars, money that I don't doubt goes to the government and not to the consumer, after all what will they do?, order everyone with proof of purchace for one cd to be given a free one (would seem the fair solution but I'm sure it's painfully obvious why it won't a) work or b) be done, so I won't go into it).
So the government end up with $3.60 tax + $6 fine = $9.60 per $18 cd which makes this a very sweet deal for them. After all while I'm sure the states in question are thinking only of their constituents (taste that sarcasm), the thought of all those extra (hundreds of) millions rolling into their coffers must make this seem like a win-win situation for them - Make a fortune on what was (originally) taxpayers money and make the same taxpayers love you for looking out for their interests at the same time.
Hooray for the States in question!
Decado
'There is no greater treason than to do the right deed for the wrong reason' - T.S. Eliot
Yes being able to read the chapter for free and pay if you like it is nice but the flip side of this is that if you don't like the book then everyone who liked it and payed their dollar gets penalized because you didn't feel it was worth it. Also is it just me or is it arogant to assume 75% of people will like the book?
First: When I buy a book then less than 75% of the readership pay for it, almost all of my books end up getting loaned to one or more people so it seems like hes looking for a sweet deal there for one. As far as I know this is legal (do not lend, sell or otherwise distribute in any binding other than the original or sth like that) IANAL BTW so correct me if im wring.
Second: Why cant he do something like counting banner add clicks from the page, I'm not sure how much a banner click nets these days but where It is hassle to go to the trouble of rooting out your credit card and entering details etc, I'm sure some people would be willing to follow a few banner adds or sth for a Stephen King book.
Third: Assuming the book does well, makes its 75% and gets completed, then it will more than likely end up getting published anyway, its a lovely advertising campaign, read the book that tamed the internet. Also if it is published well then those who payed for it online ended up paying for a few downloads whereas those who wait will get a proper hardcopy version. Or will any people who pay the money be sent a copy of it?
Fourth (and Last): It has been linked to slashdot. Now we have a 900,000 hit a day site populated by people who for the most part believe stuff on the internet should be free. A lot of them will download it just to see anyway which means a hell of a lot of people need to pay for it to get part 3
Finally I will say that i'm not gonna download it. If I go into a bookstore i can read the first chapter of any book before I buy it, hence I can make an informed decision. I don't think making me pay $1 for that privilage (or penalizing those who like the book because i downloaded it and felt it wasn't worth a dollar) is a step forward.
Yes it's true that reflection is discouraged in modern society. By the time I saw this article posted here there was already 200 odd opinions to read. Now, I like to think that my mind is developed enough that I won't just choose the "best" opinion posted here and let it become my own, I will probably use the extra information to help myself form what (to me) is a more accurate opinion. However it is possible that all this information could be stunting to the thought process of a younger person
One point that I feel however is that the article seemed to be against using computers to teach or as a teaching aid and not so much as teaching computers. It is not unreasonable to say that in the near future some computer skills will be required for practically all jobs, and this is why parents are in favour of having computers taught to their kids. However when the computer can be used to avoid learning it presents a reasonable danger to education. My mother teaches history to 13-19 year olds (not sure what grades that is, we number classes differently in Ireland) and she is often faced with students handing up history essays that are just printed out of encarta, and which possibly haven't even been read by the student. Here what was intended to be an educational exercise is ruined by removing the need to assimilate the information by the student. This is where computers can be detrimental to education.
Just wondering why would someone moderate humour down as overrated? Is there an unwritten rule that humour shouldn't be moderated above 3?
From the/. faq: "Remember though, what rips your sides out may be completely inane to somebody else". Conversely whats inane to you might be funny to someone else. Just a personal grievance that I had to get off my chest.
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Just buy the 2000 version of the machine, do a couple of load tests on it yourself then reformat and install the linux/apache which you can get for free. Then if the linux machine outperforms keep it and return NT for a rebate.
As has often been said no benchmark published anywhere can apply to your system so its always best to measure these things yourself. The only downside here is the time its going to take but if thats not an issue then benchmarking for yourself is going to help. Also unless your site will be serving lots of pages then its just a matter of preference, whichever you prefer to use then go with it.
Also if you will be maintaining this then downtime comes into it, if you know linux then you can probably resolve any issues very quickly, however just changing over to linux without any prior experiance would be a move that could cause some grief. Its a great OS but like anything else it has a learning curve, you wont be a capable sysadmin overnight so make sure you have someone qualified to do all this work before making the move.
So now people can take down the network just by bumping into the sattelite dishes and knocking them off track. Should definitely make life easier for the more malicious types out there :)
Arent flames supposed to get moderated down?
Get in the habit of posting Anonymously :)
Lets take a typical project meeting:
Boss: So when will this project be finished?
Employee: 50 years from now
Boss: Youre Fired!
I saw a (BBC?) interview with Arthur C. Clarke a year or so ago. One of the questions they asked of him was what he thought were the exciting possibilities in science for the next century. One of the things he said was the space elevator, and again he pointed out that it couldnt be done with current materials but said that the C60 isotobe in development could allow this, as it is stronger than diamond in certain respects.
Incidentally he said the energy cost of getting a person and baggage into space would be around $100, (the article says $220 so thats inflation for you :). However since you can reclaim most of this energy when the person and their luggage makes the return trip (their weight + gravity will result in energy going back into the system) he was saying that the cost of the return trip would only be $10. I suppose thats $22 now but still a lot cheaper than the $220 mentioned on the page
They probably had lots of cool names but tarantella was the only name for which they could still get a domain.
Just one question (well more of a statement actually), I assume that all the time these cd's were being sold that tax was being paid on them, I am Irish so I'm not sure what your tax rates are but here tax runs at 21% on luxury items. So the government got bout 20% = $3.60 in tax for each $18 cd (assuming 20% tax).
Now they sue the record companies for price fixing for several dollars per cd which is prolly 5 or 6 dollars, money that I don't doubt goes to the government and not to the consumer, after all what will they do?, order everyone with proof of purchace for one cd to be given a free one (would seem the fair solution but I'm sure it's painfully obvious why it won't a) work or b) be done, so I won't go into it).
So the government end up with $3.60 tax + $6 fine = $9.60 per $18 cd which makes this a very sweet deal for them. After all while I'm sure the states in question are thinking only of their constituents (taste that sarcasm), the thought of all those extra (hundreds of) millions rolling into their coffers must make this seem like a win-win situation for them - Make a fortune on what was (originally) taxpayers money and make the same taxpayers love you for looking out for their interests at the same time.
Hooray for the States in question!
Decado
'There is no greater treason than to do the right deed for the wrong reason' - T.S. Eliot
Yes being able to read the chapter for free and pay if you like it is nice but the flip side of this is that if you don't like the book then everyone who liked it and payed their dollar gets penalized because you didn't feel it was worth it. Also is it just me or is it arogant to assume 75% of people will like the book?
O.K. Heres several thoughts on this whole thing.
First: When I buy a book then less than 75% of the readership pay for it, almost all of my books end up getting loaned to one or more people so it seems like hes looking for a sweet deal there for one. As far as I know this is legal (do not lend, sell or otherwise distribute in any binding other than the original or sth like that) IANAL BTW so correct me if im wring.
Second: Why cant he do something like counting banner add clicks from the page, I'm not sure how much a banner click nets these days but where It is hassle to go to the trouble of rooting out your credit card and entering details etc, I'm sure some people would be willing to follow a few banner adds or sth for a Stephen King book.
Third: Assuming the book does well, makes its 75% and gets completed, then it will more than likely end up getting published anyway, its a lovely advertising campaign, read the book that tamed the internet. Also if it is published well then those who payed for it online ended up paying for a few downloads whereas those who wait will get a proper hardcopy version. Or will any people who pay the money be sent a copy of it?
Fourth (and Last): It has been linked to slashdot. Now we have a 900,000 hit a day site populated by people who for the most part believe stuff on the internet should be free. A lot of them will download it just to see anyway which means a hell of a lot of people need to pay for it to get part 3
Finally I will say that i'm not gonna download it. If I go into a bookstore i can read the first chapter of any book before I buy it, hence I can make an informed decision. I don't think making me pay $1 for that privilage (or penalizing those who like the book because i downloaded it and felt it wasn't worth a dollar) is a step forward.
Yes it's true that reflection is discouraged in modern society. By the time I saw this article posted here there was already 200 odd opinions to read. Now, I like to think that my mind is developed enough that I won't just choose the "best" opinion posted here and let it become my own, I will probably use the extra information to help myself form what (to me) is a more accurate opinion. However it is possible that all this information could be stunting to the thought process of a younger person
One point that I feel however is that the article seemed to be against using computers to teach or as a teaching aid and not so much as teaching computers. It is not unreasonable to say that in the near future some computer skills will be required for practically all jobs, and this is why parents are in favour of having computers taught to their kids. However when the computer can be used to avoid learning it presents a reasonable danger to education. My mother teaches history to 13-19 year olds (not sure what grades that is, we number classes differently in Ireland) and she is often faced with students handing up history essays that are just printed out of encarta, and which possibly haven't even been read by the student. Here what was intended to be an educational exercise is ruined by removing the need to assimilate the information by the student. This is where computers can be detrimental to education.
Just wondering why would someone moderate humour down as overrated? Is there an unwritten rule that humour shouldn't be moderated above 3?
From the /. faq: "Remember though, what rips your sides out may be completely inane to somebody else". Conversely whats inane to you might be funny to someone else. Just a personal grievance that I had to get off my chest.
"For the first time, women comprise a majority of online gamers -- 50.4 per cent."
Statistic based on the ratio of amazon/sorceress players to barbarian/paladin/necromancer players on the battle.net servers.