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Article #625203Re: Microsoft's PDP-10s
From: Ahem A Rivets Shot
Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2018 21:01
Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2018 21:01
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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. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith | Directable Mirror Arrays C:\>WIN | A better way to focus the sun The computer obeys and wins. | licences available see You lose and Bill collects. | http://www.sohara.org/
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