Just because Einstein had the insight to express SR so clearly physically, the math part of his reasoning cannot be ignored. Do you think he intuited the meaning of SR without clearly understanding the mathematics of the geometry behind it? At math, Einstein was genius level. We just choose to concentrate on his physical analogies.
If paying for distributed CPU cycles becomes the norm, and every appliance you ever buy eventually has a powerful computer+internet connection, you could feasibly get those appliances for free.
If the cost of the processor cycles was greater than the cost of the computers themselves those companies wouldn't be giving the computers away; they would be building them, keeping them and selling the processor cycles themselves.
I do suspect the guy was being sarcastic... unless, of course, the/. clientele isn't what it used to be.
Or am I the victim of some incredibly subtle witticism myself?
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Just because Einstein had the insight to express SR so clearly physically, the math part of his reasoning cannot be ignored. Do you think he intuited the meaning of SR without clearly understanding the mathematics of the geometry behind it? At math, Einstein was genius level. We just choose to concentrate on his physical analogies.
I can think of one good app - Toy Story 3. unless, of course, Disney is paranoid about sneak previews...
If the cost of the processor cycles was greater than the cost of the computers themselves those companies wouldn't be giving the computers away; they would be building them, keeping them and selling the processor cycles themselves.
I do suspect the guy was being sarcastic ... unless, of course, the /. clientele isn't what it used to be.
Or am I the victim of some incredibly subtle witticism myself?