Absolutly not. You keep defending Jim's point that it makes sense for Canada to use the US system. That part is understood, the question is how can the US do that? We have nobody to cover our extra needs. A 20 hour flight to India for someone having a heart attack is not the answer.
On 8/19/07, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sam wrote: > > I don't understand your point so I'm bailing :) > > > > Lucky for you I'm good with analogies :) > > The article stated that the Canadian system only worked because of > America filling a gap (4 baby incubators or whatever). > > So here's analogy #1: > -------------------------------- > Let's say you want internet access, but only for email, so you get a > 56.6 dial-up connection. A friend comes over and wants to download > 500Mb quickly; obviously he can't on your slow connection. > > Would he be right in saying the internet has failed because he can't > dl his file fast at your house? No, you simply stock the connection > that you use 99% of the time. It would be dumb to buy a T1 for email, > so you don't spend the money on a 1% chance of a friend coming over. > > Moral #1 > -------------- > That's way Canada doesn't have 60 incubators or whatever: why stock > machines for the 1% occurence? > > > Analogy #2: > ------------------- > Let's say that same friend in #1 needs to do the dl every day to keep > his biz running, but can't afford a T1 himself. You don't want to get > a T1 for your friend to use, but you have a neighbor who has a T1 > he'll let your friend use for a same fee. > > Do you say the internet has failed because you and your friend don't > want to buy a T1 so you rent some time from a neighbor? No. > > Moral #2 > ----------------- > If Canadians can go to the US to get that 1% coverage (4 incubators), > why should Canada build the capacity for it? Just outsource to > America. Of course if America wasn't there, it'd be different, but we > are. > > Does that help? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Download the latest ColdFusion 8 utilities including Report Builder, plug-ins for Eclipse and Dreamweaver updates. http;//www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs%5adobecf8%5Fbeta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:240802 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
