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Article #625204Re: Microsoft's PDP-10s
From: Charlie Gibbs
Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2018 00:25
Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2018 00:25
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On 2018-08-02, Ahem A Rivet's Shot <ste...@eircom.net> wrote: > On 2 Aug 2018 19:08:42 GMT > Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote: > >> On 2018-08-02, Ahem A Rivet's Shot <ste...@eircom.net> wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 1 Aug 2018 16:51:44 -0400 >>> Michael Black <mbl...@pubnix.net> wrote: >>> >>>> It may actually be the same thing, an expectation of centralized >>>> computers taking care of everyone, instead of a whole lot of computers. >>> >>> That is certainly the picture that appears in every science >>> fiction mention of computers pretty much right up until reality did >>> something different. >> >> And now, under reality v2.0, the wheel is coming around again. >> We're going back to centralized computers taking care of everyone >> (FSVO "care"). There are still lots of computers everywhere, >> but they're just being used as terminals. > > Except the centralised computers aren't really there, many of the > ones we use are virtual and prone to moving about as the physical hardware > is changed. As for the hostnames many of those are setup to direct you to a > nearby data centre where a load balancer will decide which stateless > virtual machine will handle this request for you (often they all have the > same IP address - as well as another unique one). The next request could go > somewhere completely different. True, the hardware is no longer quite as centralized. Control, however, is. -- /~\ cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid (Charlie Gibbs) \ / I'm really at ac.dekanfrus if you read it the right way. X Top-posted messages will probably be ignored. See RFC1855. / \ Fight low-contrast text in web pages! http://contrastrebellion.com
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