This sort of problem is going to be inherent to a system that makes decisions entirely based on the lowest bid.

I was pretty excited about this concept in 1999. In the interim, there has been no revolution. I'm not saying that one isn't on the verge of happening, but I am saying I'm through trying to predict it. When it comes, I will adapt. Until then, yeah yeah flying cars, of course, sure.

One problem with this idea is that I think many advocates for Cloud computing are making assumptions about infinite resources that are not, in fact, infinite. I don't see a lot of discussion about this problem when cloud computing is brought up.

It is because MADD is a very powerful lobby. What these people should have done was spend that money on badgering the courts to stiffen penalties instead of trying to hit the Court Lottery.

Yes.

That is an interesting page.

In Chrome on a Windows 7 desktop: DHTML 80 FPS; Canvas 60 FPS; SVG 120 FPS; and SWF 59 FPS.

I also looked at the tests with shadows since you mentioned complexity being a factor:

Canvas 31 FPS; SVG 110 FPS; Flash 58 FPS.

Not very convincing for your argument; you clearly have variables other than the animation technology to consider.

Yeah. Sarcasm never works.

The RIAA was asking for $4.5 million, so maybe this seemed almost reasonable at the time.

It's like I bought a car and then it just worked!

Arguing about bias is a distraction. The real problem with FOX isn't actually bias; it is lying.

My definition of 'success' is fine if you're not myopic. The Xbox is a success because it has established Microsoft in an entirely new market, put their interface and marketplace in front of millions of new people, and perhaps most importantly, it has introduced revenue streams from an industry utterly unconnected with the success of Windows. This will all contribute to the long-term health of the company. In a company that is already not ailing, that's much more important than short-term profits.