It has nothing to do with HTTP responses. This is DNS we're talking about, which operates on an entirely different level of importance, because it affects so much more than just the web.
Actually, there is a project at the Beckman Institute at the University of Illinois (through the NCSA) which does basically that. They have 32 off-the-shelf projectors, and each one handles like a 17in viewable area. Each is backed by a machine, which are in turn linked to a single control machine.
It's called the Display Wall, apparently. I remembered it being something different. It's been a couple of years since I've done any work over there. It's really pretty neat stuff.
Alright, I see what you're saying. I think it still is about technical superiority... in that a large datacenter-type computer is technically superior to that super-high-Mhz box you have sitting on your desk at home.
Actually, I think that the idea that the "numbers" don't matter so much anymore is really more important to Apple than Sun. Sun boxes are generally purchased by people who (hopefully) have a clue, and therefore know what they need. Apple, to some extent, has to compete with the Mhz myth because for consumer purchases, it often is about bragging rights. But there will come a time (now? probably not) when everything the consumer can buy is "fast enough" and the primary concern switches to what's easiest/most cost-effective.
Air Canada sucks ass. I flew to and from Ireland at the beginning and end of the last school year on AC, and boy, was I not impressed. Still, drinks were free, so that was a plus. And they were on time.
And I don't care if your phone has more megahertz's and memory than mine, as long as I can make my phonecalls and store my numbers easily. It is not a question of technical superiority any more.
The same (IMHO always) will happen someday to servers, networking equipement, storage devices.
It isn't like the people who are Sun's core market, i.e., large companies with serious data processing needs, are comparing notes on MHz or memory size or penis size. The reason they need to buy serious hardware is because they have serious needs. If they didn't have serious needs, they would buy something cheaper.
So it may not be an issue of technical superiority for the general public, who just wants to browse the web and type up their reports. But for those who actually need to get stuff done, they'll pay for the performance they need.
They aren't advertisements any more than the CDs themselves are ads. They're a value-add, which is just what people have been saying the record companies need to put with CDs if they want people to buy CDs instead of just downloading the music.
I know I appreciated it when my Zwan CD came with a free DVD as well. And, horror of horrors, the DVD was region-free as well. So I was able to buy it while I was studying in Ireland and bring it home to America with me.
Actually, those numbers I just quoted are wrong. Using the most up to date stock information, Vivendi is $20 billion, and GE is $312 billion. So. GE is still definitely bigger.
(I got the other two from news stories that were a few months old. Sorry...)
> Heck, even at Harvard there were several hate crimes > against gays last year.
This is offtopic, but I don't understand the term "hate crime." Why should a particular crime be better or worse because of the reasons of the perpetrator? Are you saying that John McWhiteGuy's murder is somehow less significant because he happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, but Jimmy GayBlackMan's life is more valuable because he was killed because he's gay and black? Well, I think that's wrong. Both crimes are equal, and they should be treated as such. Don't give the perpetrator the satisfaction of acknowledging his or her reasoning.
Read the thread. If there is no doubt about someone's guilt, then who is going to harass an innocent bystander? The whole point is that in most cases you don't know for sure who is behind the spam, because things are so easy to forge and obfuscate. Thus, people shouldn't go around harassing people they think are spammers because it's likely that every now and again innocent people will get caught in the crossfire.
What if you're not American? What if you're American but advocating something illegal in America, like smoking weed or fourth trimester abortion? Or something especially controversial, like child pornography?
There are good reasons that anonymous speech should be protected, and political speech is the main one. Some of the most important documents in American history, the Federalist Papers, were written anonymously in a different era. That same ability should be maintained in this new form of communication.
You do realize that in the corporate world, no one actually builds their own computers. The fact that Apple will provide support for the machine if there happen to be any problems is definitely worth the difference.
Secondly, where do you get $1500? I don't believe that you could build a full machine with new parts that can match a $2000 Mac for $500, even if you do leave out less obvious features like support and hardware that has been tested together and completely supported by the hardware manufacturer/producer of the operating system.
I guess this is really more of an argument for buying a brand-name machine instead of rolling your own, but this really is how the corporate realm works. You need to have someone to call if one of those machines breaks down.
Finally, how much is your time worth? How long is it going to take you to research the parts involved with getting the price down to $500, then ordering them, waiting for them to come in, and finally putting together and testing them?
So really, the whole comparison that "I could build that machine for $500 if it was running Linux on x86" is moot. If you want to do that for your home, go for it, I'll keep my iBook, thanks. But this discussion is about why Apple isn't in the corporate world, and rolling your own machines simply isn't an option there.
People can be fired for being baked on the job, just the same as people can be fired for being drunk on the job. Come on, surely you can come up with something more intelligent than that.
> There's that weird US thing to do with CAPITOL > The US capital is the capitOl, but States have > capitAls, and other countries have capitAls...
I've never seen any educated person spell those words like that. CapitAl is like a capital letter, while capitOl is the seat of government of a state or country.
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It has nothing to do with HTTP responses. This is DNS we're talking about, which operates on an entirely different level of importance, because it affects so much more than just the web.
Actually, there is a project at the Beckman Institute at the University of Illinois (through the NCSA) which does basically that. They have 32 off-the-shelf projectors, and each one handles like a 17in viewable area. Each is backed by a machine, which are in turn linked to a single control machine.
It's called the Display Wall, apparently. I remembered it being something different. It's been a couple of years since I've done any work over there. It's really pretty neat stuff.
Alright, I see what you're saying. I think it still is about technical superiority... in that a large datacenter-type computer is technically superior to that super-high-Mhz box you have sitting on your desk at home.
Actually, I think that the idea that the "numbers" don't matter so much anymore is really more important to Apple than Sun. Sun boxes are generally purchased by people who (hopefully) have a clue, and therefore know what they need. Apple, to some extent, has to compete with the Mhz myth because for consumer purchases, it often is about bragging rights. But there will come a time (now? probably not) when everything the consumer can buy is "fast enough" and the primary concern switches to what's easiest/most cost-effective.
Disclaimer: I use an iBook.
Air Canada sucks ass. I flew to and from Ireland at the beginning and end of the last school year on AC, and boy, was I not impressed. Still, drinks were free, so that was a plus. And they were on time.
Don't even get me started on the Toronto airport.
It isn't like the people who are Sun's core market, i.e., large companies with serious data processing needs, are comparing notes on MHz or memory size or penis size. The reason they need to buy serious hardware is because they have serious needs. If they didn't have serious needs, they would buy something cheaper.
So it may not be an issue of technical superiority for the general public, who just wants to browse the web and type up their reports. But for those who actually need to get stuff done, they'll pay for the performance they need.
Actually, that isn't true. The Model T got about 25 miles to the gallon, while the modern Ford fleet averages 22.6 mpg.
Of course, the modern fleet has much better emissions, air conditioning, sound system, automatic transmission, etc.
See here for reference.
Irregardless isn't a word. If it were a word, it would mean that one of the choices is held in regard; that is, the opposite of regardless.
HTH. HAND.
Well, technically, in Photoshop you can simply invert the colors just before saving them. But you're right, that's not a very good solution. LOL
They aren't advertisements any more than the CDs themselves are ads. They're a value-add, which is just what people have been saying the record companies need to put with CDs if they want people to buy CDs instead of just downloading the music.
I know I appreciated it when my Zwan CD came with a free DVD as well. And, horror of horrors, the DVD was region-free as well. So I was able to buy it while I was studying in Ireland and bring it home to America with me.
Actually, those numbers I just quoted are wrong. Using the most up to date stock information, Vivendi is $20 billion, and GE is $312 billion. So. GE is still definitely bigger.
(I got the other two from news stories that were a few months old. Sorry...)
You do realize how ridiculously big GE actually is, right? And ALL the different things they're into?
According to CNNMoney, Vivendi has an $18 billion market cap. GE, on the other hand, has a $275.5 billion market cap. I'd say GE is just a tad bigger.
(GE is, in fact, America's largest corporation.)
> You know, you can buy a similar piece of plastic for
> around 25c. Oh wait... it doesn't come with any music on
> it.
Don't worry about that, you can download the music for free online. Not a problem.
This I very much agree with. Absolutely. My little rant was off-topic, and just a general comment.
So it seems we're in agreement.
> Heck, even at Harvard there were several hate crimes
> against gays last year.
This is offtopic, but I don't understand the term "hate crime." Why should a particular crime be better or worse because of the reasons of the perpetrator? Are you saying that John McWhiteGuy's murder is somehow less significant because he happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, but Jimmy GayBlackMan's life is more valuable because he was killed because he's gay and black? Well, I think that's wrong. Both crimes are equal, and they should be treated as such. Don't give the perpetrator the satisfaction of acknowledging his or her reasoning.
Read the thread. If there is no doubt about someone's guilt, then who is going to harass an innocent bystander? The whole point is that in most cases you don't know for sure who is behind the spam, because things are so easy to forge and obfuscate. Thus, people shouldn't go around harassing people they think are spammers because it's likely that every now and again innocent people will get caught in the crossfire.
What if you're not American? What if you're American but advocating something illegal in America, like smoking weed or fourth trimester abortion? Or something especially controversial, like child pornography?
There are good reasons that anonymous speech should be protected, and political speech is the main one. Some of the most important documents in American history, the Federalist Papers, were written anonymously in a different era. That same ability should be maintained in this new form of communication.
So is it better to lock up for life one innocent bystander for murder or let 10 murderers go free? I would say you should let the 10 go free.
If you feel differently, go live somewhere where you can be locked up on a whim for the "public good."
The two are one and the same. Come on, I know we hate spammers, but seriously, this is going a bit far.
You do realize that in the corporate world, no one actually builds their own computers. The fact that Apple will provide support for the machine if there happen to be any problems is definitely worth the difference.
Secondly, where do you get $1500? I don't believe that you could build a full machine with new parts that can match a $2000 Mac for $500, even if you do leave out less obvious features like support and hardware that has been tested together and completely supported by the hardware manufacturer/producer of the operating system.
I guess this is really more of an argument for buying a brand-name machine instead of rolling your own, but this really is how the corporate realm works. You need to have someone to call if one of those machines breaks down.
Finally, how much is your time worth? How long is it going to take you to research the parts involved with getting the price down to $500, then ordering them, waiting for them to come in, and finally putting together and testing them?
So really, the whole comparison that "I could build that machine for $500 if it was running Linux on x86" is moot. If you want to do that for your home, go for it, I'll keep my iBook, thanks. But this discussion is about why Apple isn't in the corporate world, and rolling your own machines simply isn't an option there.
You aren't buying a decent computer for $500, you're building it. That is fundamentally different than what you get from Apple.
Eh, you're right, I agreed with your point all along. Long day at work, I felt like flaming someone. LOL. No hard feelings, I hope.
People can be fired for being baked on the job, just the same as people can be fired for being drunk on the job. Come on, surely you can come up with something more intelligent than that.
"Bedides"? "Mute" point? "Regluate"? I support legalization, but it doesn't help when people argue about it while they're high.
I don't think that's true. I have read in a couple of places that if Davis gets recalled, he is forbidden to run in the run-off election.
The recall process really isn't fair.
> There's that weird US thing to do with CAPITOL
> The US capital is the capitOl, but States have
> capitAls, and other countries have capitAls...
I've never seen any educated person spell those words like that. CapitAl is like a capital letter, while capitOl is the seat of government of a state or country.
Heh... when I first read that I thought you wrote "WSAD layout" and I wondered what IBM's dev tools had to do with gaming.
I've been at work for too long... Bring on the weekend...