your computer is 6 or seven years old and has fuck-all RAM - why should anyone else care how crappily it performs? You'll be telling us that your 1981 VW Golf is rusty next.
I thought they looked new when I was surfing Apple earlier on - it breaks down as around £9500 for the 2.5TB RAID with the FC acrd and 1GB cache RAM - bizarrely you have to add the FC card for the host as an 'optional' extra.
I did read the BBC news story, but I also read MY ntl:home contract when I fucking signed on. Twats like you have forced ntl to "clarify" their position, but it's only in the spirit of an out of court settlement - you're still dead wrong.
don't buy the Powerbook. The 800Mhz 12 inch iBook is a MUCH better deal - and is actually FASTER in normal use ( the PPC 750fx has 512KB L2 cache vs the G4's 256KB). The price difference is so large that you could put a top spec IBM Travelstar AND max the RAM and it still wouldn't cost as much as the pb.
If you don't believe me, check out www.barefeats.com where they have a comparative speed review. If you want a Powerbook, go for the 15inch model, if you want an OSX portable - 800Mhz iBook is the king.
The only possible response to that is that you're actually too stupid to argue with.
The service restrictions are QUITE clear when you sign up, if you can't read I could understand why you might be getting confused with this agreement or any other.
yeah, ntl's network infrastructure is so crap I only get a ping of 3.5ms to UKcore. I've never had an outage. Never. And I've never seen less than 70Kbsec d/l speed on my 600 connection. If that's a crap network I'd sure like to see a good one.
That's NOT insightful, it's bullshit. Broadband cable is a CONTENDED connection and ntl:home is sold as such. Therefore, you are only GUARANTEED one thirtieeth or whatever of your max bandwidth. if you don't understand that then you're either dense or being deliberately ignorant of the contract that you signed. This isn't bait-n-switch, it's a shared connection being abused by a minority of customers - as far as I can see they're ALREADY in breach opf their terms of service and should be kicked off immediately. They're fucking up the internet for EVERYONE ELSE. Worse than spammers and DOSsers and viruses. WORSE THAN.
so what was this "drastic" action that you're gonna take, then? Write them a stiff email? BT tower is shaking to it's foundations at the very prospect!
it's quite simple, really. If you're wasting IP network bandwidth d/ling Simpsons episodes then you are an idiot. Much more efficient would be to use a TiVo or other recording device to cature them from television in real time. In fact, this method has been successfully used for decades the world over. Many people now own a device known as a VCR that can capture and replay televisio formatted content - and you can purchase whole seasons of the Simpsons on VHS video cassettes for trivial sums of money in media outlets known as RETAIL STORES.
nope, nothing in the UK's as bad as it is in Aus - we just whine more so that it SEEMS worse...
even the weather here is better! no droughts, no forest fires, low rainfall, comfortable temperatures all year round. It's pretty easy to live here, all told...
"If they then impose limits on that then I will be forced to take drastic action."
Yeah? Like what? BT are fucking cunts - they will milk every penny they can from you and then expect you to thank them. Drop your BT phone line - replace it with GSM. Drop your BT adsl - get cable or wireless. You have nothing to lose but your chains.
have you not heard of television? My television service provider gives me around 500 channels at about 9Mbps each. The Simpsons is typically shown 2-3 times PER DAY. My television service costs £18.50pcm.
I'm with ntl:home also, paying £25pcm for their 600/128 service. I was AWARE when I signed up that I had a contention ratio of over 30:1, that I WASN'T allowed to run a commercial server or have a fixed IP and that was the reason why my 600/128 connection was £25pcm rather than the £500+ that we pay for our 2048/2048 fixed IP E1 at work. You want guaranteed 1 Mbit bandwidth? Sounds like that should be around £250pcm to me at today's rates. It's greedy, unrealistic twats like you that fuck up networks the world over - the sooner you're banned the better.
that's a pretty stupid point - 2001 DID NOT EXIST before Kubrick made it, and Clarke DISAGREED with Kubrick over the direction AND form of the story. Read "the lost worlds of 2001" if you don't believe me. OTOH, RwR is a fine work, and COULD make a great film if handled properly. Most likely, unfortunately, RwR and it's many SHITE sequels will become so kind of hideous money making sequel-a-thon and be bloody awful from start to finish.
I rather suspect that their Intel blade system is cramming in more than 2 CPUs per rack unit on average. Apple may yet try a 4 CPU per U configuration, but the current Xserve ain't it. FWIW, 2 x 1.25Ghz G4s would put up a FAIRLY good showing against a single P4 2.8... but 1024 Xserves would take up 1024 rack Units -/48 would give over 21 full racks - a lot of space!
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tell that to the supposed 600 thousand-odd aussies who clutter up our pubs, shop doorways and railway arches...
your computer is 6 or seven years old and has fuck-all RAM - why should anyone else care how crappily it performs? You'll be telling us that your 1981 VW Golf is rusty next.
I thought they looked new when I was surfing Apple earlier on - it breaks down as around £9500 for the 2.5TB RAID with the FC acrd and 1GB cache RAM - bizarrely you have to add the FC card for the host as an 'optional' extra.
No, I didn't understand that bit either.
er, yes
I did read the BBC news story, but I also read MY ntl:home contract when I fucking signed on. Twats like you have forced ntl to "clarify" their position, but it's only in the spirit of an out of court settlement - you're still dead wrong.
and stupid.
that was so funny that I blew tea out of my nose
whaddya mean "these days"?
don't buy the Powerbook. The 800Mhz 12 inch iBook is a MUCH better deal - and is actually FASTER in normal use ( the PPC 750fx has 512KB L2 cache vs the G4's 256KB). The price difference is so large that you could put a top spec IBM Travelstar AND max the RAM and it still wouldn't cost as much as the pb.
If you don't believe me, check out www.barefeats.com where they have a comparative speed review. If you want a Powerbook, go for the 15inch model, if you want an OSX portable - 800Mhz iBook is the king.
pay for a commercial rate service for business critical apps you cheap bastard.
The only possible response to that is that you're actually too stupid to argue with.
The service restrictions are QUITE clear when you sign up, if you can't read I could understand why you might be getting confused with this agreement or any other.
512mb means five hundred and twelve millibits. Big M for mega on Earth, small b for bit.
but it IS available 24/7 you fucking prick.
Are you really so stupid as to not understand what "a contention ratio of 30:1" actually means?
How fucking clear could they make it? Do you leave your 'phone off the hook all day too? Or just your brain?
yeah, ntl's network infrastructure is so crap I only get a ping of 3.5ms to UKcore. I've never had an outage. Never. And I've never seen less than 70Kbsec d/l speed on my 600 connection. If that's a crap network I'd sure like to see a good one.
That's NOT insightful, it's bullshit. Broadband cable is a CONTENDED connection and ntl:home is sold as such. Therefore, you are only GUARANTEED one thirtieeth or whatever of your max bandwidth. if you don't understand that then you're either dense or being deliberately ignorant of the contract that you signed. This isn't bait-n-switch, it's a shared connection being abused by a minority of customers - as far as I can see they're ALREADY in breach opf their terms of service and should be kicked off immediately. They're fucking up the internet for EVERYONE ELSE. Worse than spammers and DOSsers and viruses. WORSE THAN.
you're not fooling anyone, you know
so what was this "drastic" action that you're gonna take, then? Write them a stiff email? BT tower is shaking to it's foundations at the very prospect!
it's quite simple, really. If you're wasting IP network bandwidth d/ling Simpsons episodes then you are an idiot. Much more efficient would be to use a TiVo or other recording device to cature them from television in real time. In fact, this method has been successfully used for decades the world over. Many people now own a device known as a VCR that can capture and replay televisio formatted content - and you can purchase whole seasons of the Simpsons on VHS video cassettes for trivial sums of money in media outlets known as RETAIL STORES.
nope, nothing in the UK's as bad as it is in Aus - we just whine more so that it SEEMS worse...
even the weather here is better! no droughts, no forest fires, low rainfall, comfortable temperatures all year round. It's pretty easy to live here, all told...
"If they then impose limits on that then I will be forced to take drastic action."
Yeah? Like what? BT are fucking cunts - they will milk every penny they can from you and then expect you to thank them. Drop your BT phone line - replace it with GSM. Drop your BT adsl - get cable or wireless. You have nothing to lose but your chains.
try wasting their bandwidth (you DO realise that they have to PAY for their bandwidth, right?) and see how long they tolerate your idiotic crap.
You want guaranteed, full time bandwidth? Get an E1 like anyone else.
have you not heard of television? My television service provider gives me around 500 channels at about 9Mbps each. The Simpsons is typically shown 2-3 times PER DAY. My television service costs £18.50pcm.
you're an idiot.
I'm with ntl:home also, paying £25pcm for their 600/128 service. I was AWARE when I signed up that I had a contention ratio of over 30:1, that I WASN'T allowed to run a commercial server or have a fixed IP and that was the reason why my 600/128 connection was £25pcm rather than the £500+ that we pay for our 2048/2048 fixed IP E1 at work. You want guaranteed 1 Mbit bandwidth? Sounds like that should be around £250pcm to me at today's rates. It's greedy, unrealistic twats like you that fuck up networks the world over - the sooner you're banned the better.
that's what these fucking twats ALWAYS say - they've only got to get yuou into the cinema on the opening weekend, after all - then it's just gravy...
that's a pretty stupid point - 2001 DID NOT EXIST before Kubrick made it, and Clarke DISAGREED with Kubrick over the direction AND form of the story. Read "the lost worlds of 2001" if you don't believe me. OTOH, RwR is a fine work, and COULD make a great film if handled properly. Most likely, unfortunately, RwR and it's many SHITE sequels will become so kind of hideous money making sequel-a-thon and be bloody awful from start to finish.
That's Hollywood in 2003.
I rather suspect that their Intel blade system is cramming in more than 2 CPUs per rack unit on average. Apple may yet try a 4 CPU per U configuration, but the current Xserve ain't it. FWIW, 2 x 1.25Ghz G4s would put up a FAIRLY good showing against a single P4 2.8... but 1024 Xserves would take up 1024 rack Units - /48 would give over 21 full racks - a lot of space!
...or matrix sequels.