Because Google demands extreme reliability. No better way to get that than with 20,000 Linux systems (or possibly some sweet, sweet massive UltraSPARC Sun systems hooked up to EMC hard drive farms... *drools*).
Orkut, on the other hand, is meant to provide a forum for relationships. Relationships are buggy, untested, and experimental - a new "next-generation" standard like ASP.NET, especially with the gaping holes in .NET implementation present in any operating system produced after the year 2000. But ASP.NET, as Microsoft's bitch, is also very pretty in its insidious refusal to work - much like relationships.
Furthermore, without a flawed system, how would romantic chance work? How could some happy couple recount the time that the system served them the wrong page because some moron programmer forgot XML's case-sensitivity rules in handling an ASPSESSIONID random hash? How else would an Ontario lesbian and a Ukrainian dwarf find true love?
Fie on you, Mr. MacLeod, for your implied criticism of such a process.
A.) Such an oddity is considered an undesireable tertiary characteristic in sexual selection and thus decreases the reproductive and lascivious capacities of the specimen.
B.) Equally difficult will be the matter of mailing it.
a) perhaps with those specific characteristics. Knowledge of both "how to kill a sabre-toothed tiger" and "how to build a fire", fairly unrelated, would be highly valuable under certain circumstances (i.e. thousands of years ago), but are far less valuable today. Times change. Reproductive capabilities of this specimen (me) are not terribly important.
b) I see no reason for it to be difficult. I have much experience with the selecting, packaging, addressing, and mailing of not-yet-selected things.
A.) The aforementioned "specimen" is an elaborate means of referring to the post's author in the third person. Both Latin and knowledge of SESSIONID fall under the "nerd" umbrella, subsets "arcanely pretentious" and "unspeakably geeky," respectively. As the goal of all members of the species is the pleasure associated with the act, viable or non-viable, of genomic propagation, such traits will eventually become removed from the gene pool.
B.) The Canadian postal service has still neglected to bring you your "toy" you ordered on eBay. What "toy" would this be, exactly?
a) yes, I realized that it was you. I suppose it might be removed from the genetic pool, though love often leads to non-Darwin-appropriate results. That, and teen pregnancy.
b) Ahh, but I was not responsible for the packaging or mailing of that item. It is in fact a Tungsten T3, not some other, more obscene and unsuitable for Superbowl Half-time Show toy.
A.) It's a pity that teen pregnancy has not been removed from the gene pool. Nature seems to have forgotten that quality, not quantity, should define reproductive characteristics. Assortative mating my ass.
B.) Everything is now suitable for half-time shows (including sun-shaped nipple caps and massive silicone sacs) with the exception of Justin Timberlake's shiny chest. Much to your chagrin.
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Date: 2004-02-04 01:36 am (UTC)Orkut, on the other hand, is meant to provide a forum for relationships. Relationships are buggy, untested, and experimental - a new "next-generation" standard like ASP.NET, especially with the gaping holes in .NET implementation present in any operating system produced after the year 2000. But ASP.NET, as Microsoft's bitch, is also very pretty in its insidious refusal to work - much like relationships.
Furthermore, without a flawed system, how would romantic chance work? How could some happy couple recount the time that the system served them the wrong page because some moron programmer forgot XML's case-sensitivity rules in handling an ASPSESSIONID random hash? How else would an Ontario lesbian and a Ukrainian dwarf find true love?
Fie on you, Mr. MacLeod, for your implied criticism of such a process.
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Date: 2004-02-04 01:46 am (UTC)Re:
Date: 2004-02-04 02:24 am (UTC)A.) Such an oddity is considered an undesireable tertiary characteristic in sexual selection and thus decreases the reproductive and lascivious capacities of the specimen.
B.) Equally difficult will be the matter of mailing it.
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Date: 2004-02-04 02:34 am (UTC)b) I see no reason for it to be difficult. I have much experience with the selecting, packaging, addressing, and mailing of not-yet-selected things.
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Date: 2004-02-04 02:42 am (UTC)B.) The Canadian postal service has still neglected to bring you your "toy" you ordered on eBay. What "toy" would this be, exactly?
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Date: 2004-02-04 02:48 am (UTC)b) Ahh, but I was not responsible for the packaging or mailing of that item. It is in fact a Tungsten T3, not some other, more obscene and unsuitable for Superbowl Half-time Show toy.
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Date: 2004-02-04 02:58 am (UTC)B.) Everything is now suitable for half-time shows (including sun-shaped nipple caps and massive silicone sacs) with the exception of Justin Timberlake's shiny chest. Much to your chagrin.
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Date: 2004-02-04 03:28 am (UTC)b) ach, 'tis true. I am chagrined.