This is why the last mile infrastructure should not be owned by ISPs. Or, they should be required to lease access at regulated rates.

I have to admit, I have no idea what you are trying to imply.

I was just logging in to post this same thing. Just having access to the power switch on a server does not magically make it more secure.

Along the same lines, simply having control over where your cloud server is physically located, doesn't make it not a cloud server.

True, but if you start streaming video of the Loch Ness monster to every amateur cryptozoologist on the internet, you will probably be noticed by your ISP.

I knew as soon I pressed submit I would be getting this in reply. You're right I extremely over-simplified (probably to the point of being incorrect) series charging with a balancing circuit.

However, charging an 85kWh battery at 12v is still silly. The Tesla pack (which I'm assuming was being referred too) is most assuredly not charged off a single 12v feed.

Where are you coming up with 12v? What lithium battery charges at 12v? The individual cells charge at ~4v, and most high capacity batteries are made up of many cells, and each cell has to be charged individually.

It's important to remember that electrical systems and codes vary wildly from country to country. Where i live (northwestern US) I don't believe you can even get a service smaller than 200A and it's simple to upgrade to a 400A service. I've even seen a few houses with 600A services (I'm a residential carpenter). Also, code here requires radial circuits.

So, around here, it isn't too much trouble to supply 130kw off a residential service.

Also, the patient didn't bleed, vomit, or defecate all over the plane. So the risk of infection is pretty much nil. Come on people this isn't the flu! The transmission vectors are much more similar to HIV than influenza.

You've certainly bought into the fear-mongering. The US isn't "infected", and it's exceedingly unlikely to become so. Ebola simply isn't very infectious in populations with decent sanitation.

Clearly, he's not talking about Texas.

Because if you are doing one check a second on a 4096 bit number you will need 6.62x10^1223 centuries to check it all! Even assuming that on average you will only have to check half the numbers, you're still well outside the expected life of the universe.

One has to wonder just how closely that map correlates with median incomes as well.

Stop with this stupid argument! Why ids your multi-thousand dollar specialized peripheral not firewall away from the internet? Oh, it is? Then stop whining and just keep using XP. It has to be, because of some weird edge case? Then realize you are an edge case, and it pretty much always sucks to be an edge case. Either way, I'm tired for that rubbish argument.

You're absolutely right that must people don't actually need a PC anymore.

Why use OpenOffice when Google docs does everything the average person uses an office suite for.

The web version of QuickBooks works just fine under Linux. And most people don't use accounting software unless they own a business anyhow.

Except that, more and more, all grandma wants to do is check the newest baby pictures on Facebook, send emails and run a few web apps. All of which work fine Linux.