Timeline for A big primitive computer in orbit, very big, powerful but old technologies from 80's, V2.0 on-topic revamp
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| Aug 7, 2021 at 18:43 | comment | added | Otkin | @MolbOrg Connection limitation information makes this question outside of my area of expertise and my understanding of the question is no longer sufficient. I will retract my vote since I do not have the qualifications to judge the question in its current form. As for meta, I will try to write a brief summary of my thoughts, but I am a bit busy so it may take some time before I get to it. | |
| Aug 7, 2021 at 17:01 | answer | added | The Square-Cube Law | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 7, 2021 at 15:37 | history | edited | MolbOrg | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 7, 2021 at 14:33 | answer | added | David R | timeline score: 2 | |
| Aug 7, 2021 at 7:45 | history | edited | MolbOrg | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 7, 2021 at 6:28 | comment | added | MolbOrg | @Otkin we can discuss problems associated with the question on meta I'm very interested in doin so and looking forward to your takes. Atm q is sufficiently different, due connection limitation, which was not present or implied in another one. | |
| Aug 7, 2021 at 3:28 | answer | added | Goodies | timeline score: 2 | |
| Aug 7, 2021 at 1:39 | comment | added | Otkin | @KeizerHarm I do not like questions being closed. And I often find the duplicate rationale for closing questions to be questionable. However, in this case, I agree with L.Dutch. This is not a new question. It is the same question reposted instead of the old one being edited. Most of the content of this edit is superficial and the original question can be improved without incorporating it. | |
| Aug 7, 2021 at 1:34 | comment | added | Otkin | @KeizerHarm The backstory for this question was changed because someone did not like the idea of building the described computer today. Just this signifies that the backstory is completely irrelevant. I would recommend closing this question and editing the original to tidy it up a bit and include necessary information while explicitly mentioning which parts of the backstory are irrelevant (answers can be safely merged). One could also argue that if the backstory is of such paramount importance then this question is also 'too story based'. | |
| Aug 6, 2021 at 23:44 | answer | added | David R | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 6, 2021 at 22:24 | comment | added | KeizerHarm | @Otkin But if people already wrote answers based on Mary and John's story, changing the earlier question to get rid of unnecessary backstory would invalidate that - and edits that invalidate answers are illegal. So if this question is a duplicate then you are basically preventing MolbOrg from ever asking this question in any shape or fashion. | |
| Aug 6, 2021 at 22:16 | answer | added | Escaped dental patient. | timeline score: 5 | |
| Aug 6, 2021 at 21:43 | comment | added | Otkin | [...] suggesting to use 2 last apples in the pantry to make some sweets. Mary nodded and started to prepare baking ingredients. How many apples can Mary use for her sweets? |||| Questions 1) and 2) are the same question, just different wrapping. | |
| Aug 6, 2021 at 21:42 | comment | added | Otkin | @MolbOrg Take for example 2 questions: 1) 2+2=? ; 2) One day Mary went for a walk. She met a couple of her friends and had a nice chat with them. On her way to a shopping district, she saw an apple tree and grabbed two low hanging ripe apples. She visited a tailor, a butcher, a grocer, a chemist and got everything that was on the shopping list her Mum gave her. On her way home she met John. John is a handsome boy Mary fancies. They spent 2 hours chatting. Then Mary returned home. On a credenza, she saw a note from her Mum saying that they are going to have guests in the evening and [cont.] | |
| Aug 6, 2021 at 21:32 | comment | added | Otkin | @MolbOrg The main difference between this and the previous version is gift wrapping. The previous version includes more irrelevant information that people have a hard time disregarding. This version explicitly states which information is irrelevant. However, this does not make this version substantially different from the original. If some people think that this version is fine, but the other version is off-topic or too story-based, it speaks more about their reading comprehension ability and their interpretation of your question than the actual merits of your question. | |
| Aug 6, 2021 at 20:52 | history | edited | MolbOrg | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 6, 2021 at 20:15 | comment | added | MolbOrg | @Alexander true, thank for the catch, i really totally missed the limitation and it turns out to be huge. totally forgot about that problem, updated the q with relevant info. | |
| Aug 6, 2021 at 20:13 | history | edited | MolbOrg | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 6, 2021 at 19:39 | comment | added | MolbOrg | @Otkin I'm interested in specific use cases which I do not know about. I can make a list for use as-is or free use cases, have no problems with that, I do not know where are money for it can be, and I have no experience which helps me in that regard, and there are few limitations which cut off your typical general stuff, hosting vps VPN and all that low level typical datacenters stuff. Cost benefit analysis - I can do it myself, profitability never was a question, direction where money are for the thing - that is the q and I was surprised to discover I had no good suggestions, that why the q. | |
| Aug 6, 2021 at 19:28 | comment | added | MolbOrg | @Otkin, unfortunately, no, it does not answer my q, but also you may look more carefully at the first line of the q, there is a hint, so as comments at both of those (yes, technically they are dupes, but the q you refer was closed as off-topic and if this isn't off-topic then there is a significant difference between those, I hope - it is an effort refine off-topic q to be an on-topic q - if it fundamentally possible, fingers crossed - problem is real, the answer is required, if possible) | |
| Aug 6, 2021 at 18:58 | comment | added | Alexander | "I can Telnet to it, I can play games on it" - but what kind of bandwidth can you get? With 50 years old technology, you will be pretty much limited to telnet speeds, massive parallelism or not. | |
| Aug 6, 2021 at 18:56 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Aug 6, 2021 at 18:39 | comment | added | Otkin | Does this answer your question? A big primitive computer in orbit, very big, powerfull but old technologies from 80's, what is a potential fiat money value for its use? | |
| Aug 6, 2021 at 18:37 | comment | added | Otkin | It is the same question, just different packaging. I never thought the original question was too story-based, but if it was this one is no different. Switching Mr X to grandpa's inheritance does not change the essence of the question. The main difference between the two is that the original question lacked some details needed for cost-benefit analysis. However, this version asks to exclude operational costs, which is a big no for any proper business plan, especially the one about a monstrous old-tech computer in orbit. Are you looking to generate cash or to put this thing to some (any) use? | |
| Aug 6, 2021 at 14:55 | answer | added | McTroopers | timeline score: 3 | |
| Aug 6, 2021 at 11:41 | comment | added | MolbOrg | @notovny Sun-earth L1. but in general, ping is one of the problems which limits the use. 10 seconds better than 16 minutes, buuuut not exactly a realtime | |
| Aug 6, 2021 at 9:43 | comment | added | notovny | Which Lagrange point is it at? If it's at Earth/Sun L4 or L5, all communications with it are going to be about 16 minutes, round-trip. | |
| Aug 6, 2021 at 7:46 | answer | added | Joe Bloggs | timeline score: 3 | |
| Aug 6, 2021 at 6:54 | comment | added | MolbOrg | @L.Dutch consensus on meta was, 5 votes, that it has a problem to be too story dependant. posting a new seems reasonable as this angle\edit may invalidate existing answers. Be a judge, if it is the right course of action in this case. But yeah, a little bit of mess created, srry ups | |
| Aug 6, 2021 at 6:44 | comment | added | L.Dutch♦ | Strictly speaking this is an attempt to circumvent the system by reposting a closed question instead of editing the old one | |
| Aug 6, 2021 at 6:30 | history | asked | MolbOrg | CC BY-SA 4.0 |