Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> The average person can't afford to buy a hundred big computers. But 
> then, the average person can't afford to rent a hundred big computers in 
> a cloud either. 

Nonsense. Amazon's computers are like $0.09/hour.

http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/#pricing

100 "small" amazon computers are $9/hour.

> If things like maintenance, backups and disaster planning are important 
> to you, then yes, cloud computing probably makes a lot of sense. But if 
> you're just some dude trying to render stuff with POV-Ray, it makes far 
> less sense.

It depends how fast you need things.

> Only makes sense if you're using the system to provide a service to 
> somebody else. If you're just running a computation for your own benefit 
> then there aren't going to be "rushes" or "overflows".

You asked for a good reason; I gave you several.  Some of us actually make 
money with computers.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Forget "focus follows mouse." When do
   I get "focus follows gaze"?

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