The difference is the electric companies don't have to keep continuously rewiring the grid to stay competitive. Can you imagine what electric costs would be like if they had to replace all the transformers every few years? Granted, transformers are probably several orders of magnitude more expensive than routers.
Broadband is more a like service than a commodity. The infrastructure support costs (particularly labor) simply don't respond to economies of scale the way repetitively manufactured items do.
It's just another example of the government whittling away at common carrier status for ISPs. Soon, there won't be anything left, and ISPs will become unwilling extensions of the entertainment industry's enforcement division.
Think of it as a description of a running battle, in this case, a flame war. Maybe one day in the future, historians will study great flame wars of history, like alt.impeach.bush during the run-up to the 2004 election as compared to, say, the Battle for Iwo Jima. I guess by that metric, that would make news.admin.net-abuse.email the 100 Years War.
Oh yeah, no question it's gonna cost a metric fuck-ton of money. What would be surprising (to me) is if it didn't need cooling, like most of the larger sensors do.
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1) You say that like it's a bad thing.
2) Well yeah, what's your point?
3) You must be new here.
What the hell kind of "My hovercraft is full of eels" translation is that? Anybody have what he really said?
That's right - these days we call it the Higgs boson.
Congress could power the whole country.
Why a supercomputer? Why don't they use a vibrator like everyone else?
The difference is the electric companies don't have to keep continuously rewiring the grid to stay competitive. Can you imagine what electric costs would be like if they had to replace all the transformers every few years? Granted, transformers are probably several orders of magnitude more expensive than routers.
Broadband is more a like service than a commodity. The infrastructure support costs (particularly labor) simply don't respond to economies of scale the way repetitively manufactured items do.
I think Animal Farm is a much better example of that.
Do fuck off little troll. I've no doubt I first read it before you were born. And there's nothing wrong with my analogy.
It's just another example of the government whittling away at common carrier status for ISPs. Soon, there won't be anything left, and ISPs will become unwilling extensions of the entertainment industry's enforcement division.
It's amazing how prescient George Orwell was. His timing was off, but his prediction of a surveillance society police state was right on the money.
What a breathtaking lie. Tell another whopper, Mr. AnonymousLiar.
Think of it as a description of a running battle, in this case, a flame war. Maybe one day in the future, historians will study great flame wars of history, like alt.impeach.bush during the run-up to the 2004 election as compared to, say, the Battle for Iwo Jima. I guess by that metric, that would make news.admin.net-abuse.email the 100 Years War.
I just threw up in my mouth a little.
Not always. At Microsoft, beta == RTM.
As VLC also plays Quicktime formats, it'll be interesting to see if Apple allows a competitor.
That's not fair. It's hard to tell Canadians from really boring white people.
Magnify and Enhance!
Always a great idea. Windows registry anyone?
Sure they do: "It's the most secure Windows, ever!".
Yes, and there are women who stay with abusive husbands because "he said he's sorry, and he loves me, and it'll never happen again".
NASA gets a tiny tiny fraction of a penny of every tax dollar you pay. Why don't you go troll the Defense Department?
IKAROS has already been used.
With metaphasic shielding, you can fly INTO the sun.
Oh yeah, no question it's gonna cost a metric fuck-ton of money. What would be surprising (to me) is if it didn't need cooling, like most of the larger sensors do.