I dont' think you understand the way these hubs work. Basically, if you have a certain amount of data, you connect, and your data is added to a large pool of data (everyone's files). This means the owner of the hub doesn't host all the files, it's the users that are connecting to the hub that own the files (and as such, the hardware). It certainly is possible that several thousand users are connecting to the hub, and are sharing their files. This could easily add up to quite large numbers, without needing a million harddrives in one server/cluster.
Google always seems to give me what I want, faster than anything else. Either this is because of it's search algorythms, or that it has only the indexes linked...
example : I search for engsoc (looking for Canadian Univerisity Engineering Societies) and I find all the "main" entry pages with google, and I find a littering of "inside" pages with obscure titles with this new one.
I'll stick with google-- and my chances of using the "i feel lucky" button are high, since the first or second link.
Isn't it already possible to monitor what radio stations are being listened to in cars? I remember seeing something on TV about how ratings are calculated, someone sits on the side of the highway with some device and can take readings.
I have no problem with someone knowing what radio station I'm listening to, or if I have a phone on, so long as they're not listening in or modifying the signals at all.
They threatened this in Toronto Canada on our new automatic toll highway. The toll highway snaps a picture of you're license on the way in, and on the way off the highway, and they bill you per km travelled. Of course there are times attatched to the pictures, and traffic is usually light, so most cars clip along at upto 160km/h (that's like 73mph for the yanks in the crowd).
It's always just been a threat, and no real action was taken.
I'm a Canadian Engineering Student and we never once touch on metric units. I only wish they'd give us a taste of the *cough* screwed up conversions so we'd be more ready when it comes to working afterward.
You : "sorry, can you repeat that? how many mL in a Pint?" Them : "depends..."
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I dont' think you understand the way these hubs work. Basically, if you have a certain amount of data, you connect, and your data is added to a large pool of data (everyone's files). This means the owner of the hub doesn't host all the files, it's the users that are connecting to the hub that own the files (and as such, the hardware). It certainly is possible that several thousand users are connecting to the hub, and are sharing their files. This could easily add up to quite large numbers, without needing a million harddrives in one server/cluster.
A wee lesson, brought to you by.. me.
sarcasm as bait catches another troll.
let me know for meetings in glasgow starting in september. i'll be there on school exchange and wouldn't mind a little overseas geek-talk at all.
happy sys-admin day to everyone too..
What's a wife?
Google always seems to give me what I want, faster than anything else. Either this is because of it's search algorythms, or that it has only the indexes linked... example : I search for engsoc (looking for Canadian Univerisity Engineering Societies) and I find all the "main" entry pages with google, and I find a littering of "inside" pages with obscure titles with this new one. I'll stick with google-- and my chances of using the "i feel lucky" button are high, since the first or second link.
heh.. Just shows how much I know about conversions.. Got confused... 160pounds is 70 something kilos. bah.
Isn't it already possible to monitor what radio stations are being listened to in cars? I remember seeing something on TV about how ratings are calculated, someone sits on the side of the highway with some device and can take readings. I have no problem with someone knowing what radio station I'm listening to, or if I have a phone on, so long as they're not listening in or modifying the signals at all.
They threatened this in Toronto Canada on our new automatic toll highway. The toll highway snaps a picture of you're license on the way in, and on the way off the highway, and they bill you per km travelled. Of course there are times attatched to the pictures, and traffic is usually light, so most cars clip along at upto 160km/h (that's like 73mph for the yanks in the crowd).
It's always just been a threat, and no real action was taken.
What I meant was we never leave metric units. Damn preview button. -Ian
I'm a Canadian Engineering Student and we never once touch on metric units. I only wish they'd give us a taste of the *cough* screwed up conversions so we'd be more ready when it comes to working afterward.
You : "sorry, can you repeat that? how many mL in a Pint?"
Them : "depends..."