[wellylug] Nightmares on Paradise (solved)

Jamie Baddeley wellylug at vpc.co.nz
Wed Aug 11 21:45:58 NZST 2004


On Wed, 2004-08-11 at 21:41, Rob Giltrap wrote:
> Jamie Baddeley wrote:
> 
> >> Everything is stored and operated 
> >>at the Telco/ISP, if the unit breaks they just courier you a new one. 
> >>Very cool.
> >>
> >Yes but what happens if the Telco is broken?
> >  
> >
> Same thing as happens to your internet connection... it stops working.
> 
Yes but at least I can use my machine for local things. A computer can
be more than an internet terminal.

> The backend can be architected to be very high availability.
> 
Like the Tui ad says: Yeah right. 

On the upside, it's a good way to fix brain dead users with Microsoft
Zombie machines inflicting spam on the rest of the world.







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