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...same as it ever was...
i do not disagree that sl is not your ideal stable platform.
as one of my jobs has been a few decades in internet operations, i need to say that no one ever blogs "the net is working." like our cars and other objects we expect to just work, we only notice when it does not. the ny times makes a big deal about skype being down for a day. but did they publish a lot about skype being up? no, it's not 'news.'
otoh, the sl platform continually shows symptoms of hokey ops architecture, single points of failure, lack of standard redundant practice. i suspect this is inherited from sl's very hokey ad hack roots, and is slowly being fixed. i sure hope so!
Posted by: espresso saarinen | August 18, 2007 at 05:43 PM
FEAR THE P4TR10T1C N1GR4S ANONYMOUS DOES NOT FORGIVE.
Posted by: zewb | August 19, 2007 at 04:21 AM
It may be worth considering that everything that can be economically done is being done, or worse, has been done. It is very common in tech to encounter certain crushing events that go something like this:
A system depends entirely on a piece of hardware. Time passes. The company making that hardware item moves on to "next generation" hardware, and the costs of making it backward compatible are not recovered by new pricing -- so the "next generation" is simply, explicitly not backward compatible. The costs of adjusting software or systems in general to be able to use this next generation face the customers of this device, and only the customers.
And sometimes the customers can't afford to adjust the software or systems. The investment required simply won't ever earn a return at current pricing, and higher pricing won't be accepted by end users.
That is a grim situation. No telling if SL faces it, but given how many years the same design has been in place the odds start to increase that something like this unfolds.
Posted by: Obscure Doodad | August 19, 2007 at 09:46 AM
Hehe, I'm pretty sure a lot of these questions will be raised - often - at SLCC next weekend.
Posted by: FlipperPA Peregrine | August 19, 2007 at 11:40 AM
Funniest thing, I last logged out on July 28th, and as RL unfolded, I was unable to log back in until August 18th. I'm glad somebody was able to show me that I didn't miss anything.
Posted by: Tootsie Humphreys | August 20, 2007 at 07:07 PM
"Hehe, I'm pretty sure a lot of these questions will be raised - often - at SLCC next weekend." FlipperPA
But not acknowledged or answered...I am pretty sure. :)
Posted by: Maklin Deckard | August 20, 2007 at 09:24 PM