You can get some really high performance out of it, you don't need anything better than for example a Pentium 100! and all the information you need on setting up a Virtual Server is on the site.
NTL, the main cable company in the UK will fit an E1 line (2Mbps), and let you start at 128K and increase the bandwidth as required. They only need 10 days notice, so as long as you keep an eye on the amount of traffic you're getting, you should be able to plan ahead.
Co-location is fine, but the cost (certainly in the UK) adds up if you want to have several machines hosted - eg. several load-balanced static servers, cgi servers, an image server, MySQL server, etc, which you'll need if your website generates a lot of traffic.
Usually you only get 1 or 2 Gigabits per month for each machine and have to pay per MB after that.
So, if it's going to have a low bandwidth requirement and won't have thousands of hits per hour, then just co-locate one machine with an ISP, otherwise go for a full set-up like Slashdot (there's info on their set-up in the Slashdot FAQ).
Although attention has been focused on Rambus because of Intel's failure to ship product supporting it, Richard Gordon, senior memory analyst at Dataquest Europe, thinks that it will eventually pull through. He said that technologies such as DDR, a souped up version of PC100/PC133 memories, were likely to disappear. "DDR is really just an interim measure on the way to Rambus," he said. "It's not as scaleable." The interim technologies were likely to appear and disappear. His view is that over the next three quarters the market is likely to see Rambus memory technology start to appear in some volumes. "Sooner or later, Rambus will win out," he said. And he expects it to become the mainstream technology by the end of next year.
Now - either he has no idea of the problems Rambus currently faces, or he has a vested interest in talking up the price of Rambus, Inc. I think Analysts should stick to analysing P/E ratios, and avoid technology that they don't understand. J
The whole point of terminator seeds is to prevent cross-polination. One of the big problems with GM foods is that once they are out there, you can't get them back (as they will cross-polinate with normal crops), and with pesticide-resistant GM versions of grains you could end up with superweeds. So, terminator seeds are good, as the adult plants won't be able to cross-polinate natural organic produce. That way, people who choose to eat natural, organic, non-Frankenstein foods, can do so safe in the knowledge that their food hasn't been cross-polinated with some untested genetically modified food that may cause severe allergic reactions in some people.
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You can get some really high performance out of it, you don't need anything better than for example a Pentium 100! and all the information you need on setting up a Virtual Server is on the site.
Cheers,
J
NTL, the main cable company in the UK will fit an E1 line (2Mbps), and let you start at 128K and increase the bandwidth as required. They only need 10 days notice, so as long as you keep an eye on the amount of traffic you're getting, you should be able to plan ahead.
Co-location is fine, but the cost (certainly in the UK) adds up if you want to have several machines hosted - eg. several load-balanced static servers, cgi servers, an image server, MySQL server, etc, which you'll need if your website generates a lot of traffic.
Usually you only get 1 or 2 Gigabits per month for each machine and have to pay per MB after that.
So, if it's going to have a low bandwidth requirement and won't have thousands of hits per hour, then just co-locate one machine with an ISP, otherwise go for a full set-up like Slashdot (there's info on their set-up in the Slashdot FAQ).
Luckily Hawking didn't say it would be a 50/50 chance in the next 21 years, or we'd have to wait until 2150, according to Weinberg.
Jam Master J
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The whole point of terminator seeds is to prevent cross-polination. One of the big problems with GM foods is that once they are out there, you can't get them back (as they will cross-polinate with normal crops), and with pesticide-resistant GM versions of grains you could end up with superweeds. So, terminator seeds are good, as the adult plants won't be able to cross-polinate natural organic produce. That way, people who choose to eat natural, organic, non-Frankenstein foods, can do so safe in the knowledge that their food hasn't been cross-polinated with some untested genetically modified food that may cause severe allergic reactions in some people.