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Amazon and Microsoft's Azure have both went down recently, causing havoc for many businesses.

We don't use either of these services since we don't really need the scale but I would imagine that provided they didn't go down too long, money is still saved in the aggregate. You have to look at the numbers and strike the right balance. What is the likely downtime of $CLOUD_IAAS_PROVIDER? Will that much downtime cost us more in money, goodwill, and customers than just building and maintaining our own gear? What hurts is just jumping on the bandwagon with both eyes closed. We use Google Apps here but we also keep copies of all of our documents and emails on the premises. The value adds like collaborative editing, etc. are nice but we could go a few hours without them. And we might not be able to get new emails during an outage but we can definitely read the old ones and send what we need to with different accounts temporarily. Running our own mail server isn't really something we're interested in getting into but so far Google's been pretty reliable and they'd be damn fools to misuse the little amount of strategic info they could glean from our communications as the goodwill fallout if something like that came to light would destroy them.

When Megaupload went down, it caused a huge loss for many legitimate customers as well.

A stack of blank DVDs is like 10 bucks at the walgreens down the street. There is no way I would make the mistake of thinking that something like filestube.com or 4shared.com is some kind of legitimate back up service. That's pretty much laughable. Hopefully the word got out to people that don't realize this and they won't be making the same mistake again.

If your Steam account gets suspended, or you disagree with the new TOS - you're shit out of luck, all that you "own" is gone for good and you can't do shit about it.

I've never bought anything through Steam but as far as I can tell, the only thing you actually have to pay for is the games and DLC for the games you have. The social features are just added stickiness keeping people there but you aren't directly paying for them. I have a Steam account but only as a test of installing the client on Linux. It works, I can browse stuff and participate but I've never spent a dime. I say that to say this, if I lost access to my games, I'm pretty sure I could find some backups somewhere. I paid so I wouldn't feel bad at all doing that.

Dropbox lost a shitload of emails due to a security breach

That didn't have anything to do with their cloud stuff though as that was chalked up to an employee's stupidity of having a weak password on a laptop or something. It could have happened to anybody that happened to have some personal info about users. I think the UK lost a bunch of data a while back by some goof being careless.

Sony lost the details for 70million+ customers for a similar reason

Heh. Sony. No sympathy. Their customers didn't deserve that though. My suggestion is use a different email for all of your online stuff. Maybe use some pattern like oakgroveSony@gmail.com or whatever floats your boat. Same thing for passwords. Of course nobody does that but it is a solution.

Every single example of a cloud operation that I can think of, be it a service or a product, has had issues and it's not going to change.

Yeah, if it's a server hooked up to the 'net, it has the potential to be hacked. Act accordingly and encrypt your data if you're uploading files, make backups, don't use the same credentials across different sites as you are trusting the security of the person you gave those credentials to and always assume that the provider will go under at some point or be bought out. Personally I use "cloud" services like its going out of style but I keep my wits about me and have had no problems yet.

not by default but google apps for business does have the ability: http://www.google.com/enterprise/apps/business/benefits.html [Stay connected from anywhere>On your Android] google apps I would say is comparable to iCloud

Citation needed.

Here are a couple of places to look to get you started. This practice is generally disguised as "Lawful Intercept". The net effect is that any government agency can trap any data that they want to. If you look at the Google search, you will see Cisco configuration guides on how to set this feature up.

https://www.google.com/search?q=cisco+lawful+intercept
http://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-dc-10/Cross_Tom/BlackHat-DC-2010-Cross-Attacking-LawfulI-Intercept-wp.pdf

Keep in mind, this is just the published part that we know. What other capabilities exist that aren't published? It would probably scare all of us.

The reason that the government (and everyone else) is so concerned about Huawei is because vendors here in the US already have the capabilities to capture whatever the government wants. Why would China be any different? The only difference is that Huawei isn't publishing configuration guides for their implementation...

What's strange about this is that the ASB are a self-regulated *COUGH* *COUGH* group from the advertisers which are infamous for dismissing complaints by the public. The scuttlebutt with self-regulation of advertisers, medical professionals, lawyers, anybody, is the hope that if you pretend to do the job yourself the government won't do it for you. Their investigations inevitably end with: "Further finding that the advertisement did not breach the Code on any other grounds, the Board dismissed the complaint."

But don't take my word for it. Their determinations are online here:
http://www.adstandards.com.au/casereports/determinations/standards?browse

There have been many stories published accusing the ASB of being biased towards advertisers:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-04-29/advertisers-blamed-for-increasing-child/2701322
http://vimeo.com/2788853
http://mumbrella.com.au/asb-investigates-lynx-dry-ads-featuring-women-who-look-hot-wet-27383
http://www.abc.net.au/cgi-bin/common/printfriendly.pl?http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2008/s2287201.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s3029145.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s2598826.htm
https://www.google.com/search?q="media+watch"+"advertising+standards"&site:abc.net.au

The crazy thing is the standards are voluntary so there is no penalty even if they do catch you out. Here they did catch Subway for passing off manufactured meat as fillet, but the penalty was, ummm... nothing. Subway said they would change the menus. That was it. (This article says it could be referred to the ACCC, but they are a statutory body and can do that anyway without the ASB. You can complain directly to the ACCC anyway. The ASB has the same legal status that you and your footie mates head out to a game.) http://www.ausfoodnews.com.au/2012/06/27/food-companies-asked-to-apply-for-government-money-2.html

Advertisers take advantage of the weak penalties by doing such bad taste ads they're bound to get reported and get a 6:30PM news story asking "Has XYZ gone too far with this sexy ad? stay tuned and we'll show you after the break." Most infamous was the blow jobs for shoes ads: http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/240602_s4.htm

So why on Earth has the ASB come down hard on Facebook? For a fervently pro-advertiser organisation this is quite weird. I doubt it's because they're suddenly "siding with the consumer". I think there is something more going on here. Perhaps it's because advertisers hate losing ad revenue while firms start advertising directly on the Internet? Perhaps this is an chance to scare wayward customers back into their arms?

And there is the punchline: The ASB has no power anyway, so despite the buzz this news story has created Carlton Breweries can flip them the bird and keep using Facebook. Must suck when Self-regulation comes back to bite you, eh, ASB? ;-)

We are not alone

Warning *Plug*

I was looking for a sidebar gadget for NASA TV and found the ones out there out of date (and not working). For those who care, you can grab my 2 hours of boredom in creating a working sidebar app at: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BydS_KYWdjtXMVNTbkdjZjdsWE0

It isn't perfect, but I am enjoying it. I hope you do as well.

I think cioppino started that way.

"The name comes from ciuppin, a word in the Ligurian dialect of the port city of Genoa, meaning "to chop" or "chopped" which described the process of making the stew by chopping up various leftovers of the day's catch."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cioppino

now it's $30 a bowl (and delicious)

hungry? https://www.google.com/search?q=cioppino&aq=f&sugexp=chrome,mod%3D19&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=Js4eUO6jJ43jigKowIGwAg&biw=1413&bih=728&sei=Y88eUM2vKMqhiALXiYCABw

That's first thing waylanders keep said on media http://www.google.com/search?q=%22waylanderskeep.com%22+and+%22jewish-talmud-quotes%22&btnG=Search&sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&site=&gbv=1

... but I like having No Script... which Chrome does not have...

There's a Noscript equivalent for Chrome/Chromium called NotScripts.

Actually, startup and memory use is the reason I don't use Chrome.

Firefox has a setting to only load tabs when you click on them, and Chrome doesn't. Because of how many tabs I keep open from session to session, Firefox is a much better choice for me at the moment.

If and when Chrome ever closes this bug, I may well jump ship too. But Firefox 15 will be out in a few weeks, and many of the memory leaks will be fixed, so we'll see. ;-)

http://www.google.com/search?q=posner+apple

In other news, it's not the first nor the last time zdnet publishes idiotic opinion pieces

http://www.google.com/search?q=claim+chowder+site:daringfireball.net+link:zdnet.com

What's to buy at Nokia? Like RIM, they laughed out loud when the iPhone came out, all the way to their current situation, and likely into bankruptcy. Where I feel sorry for the employees (I couldn't bother shedding a tear for the shareholders) is that they won't manage to pull out a Motorola, meaning they'll be bought at the vilest possible price.

Price: 4.99 Installs: 100,000-500,000

Price: 6.99 Installs: 100,000--500,000

I really don't have the patience to do this all day for you, AC, but at least do some research before you have your arguments blow up in your face.

Price: 4.99 Installs: 100,000-500,000

Price: 6.99 Installs: 100,000--500,000

I really don't have the patience to do this all day for you, AC, but at least do some research before you have your arguments blow up in your face.

Price: 4.99 Installs: 100,000-500,000

Price: 6.99 Installs: 100,000--500,000

I really don't have the patience to do this all day for you, AC, but at least do some research before you have your arguments blow up in your face.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Ubuntu+for+Android%2C

My 1st computer was a TRS-80 Color computer 2. I still own it and its still in use hooked to a Tandy "Plug 'n Power" X10 controler. It runs some outside lights and the attic fans. As long as it keeps working i have no real reason to ever replace it. It just sits in the basement doing its job year after year.

I also have another CoCo2 hooked up to my bigscreen and DriveWire4 in the living room. Every once in a while I'll fire it up and play some MicroChess or Bedlam.

Believe it or not there is actually a small but active community of TRS-80 coco users. The Drivewire project is pretty active ( https://sites.google.com/site/drivewire4/ ) and so is the coco mailing list ( http://five.pairlist.net/pipermail/coco/ ). Cloud9 is still in business coming up with cool new hardware and support services. ( http://www.cloud9tech.com/ )

Ok - when you can show us you've done MORE, earlier & to better acclaim than I did only a year outta my studies for a CSC degree (AAS level then) that's in my p.s. below? Then, you may have a point, speaking as my "peer", but not until then (& that was while you were probably STILL IN DIAPERS I wager)...

"Alexander Peter Kowalski is a well-known spammer and author of viruses and other malware. Google his name to learn the truth." - by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 03, @08:31PM (#40874463)

Time to expose truth, since "the truth shall set ME free", as it ALWAYS does!

1st - I've knocked over Computer Associates on that account no less!

(Who had to sell of their AntiVirus & entire utilities suite in fact, lol, largely because of that & how terrible it was with "false positives" + the email scanner tore up emails on folks left & right (did that @ a place I worked for in 2008-2009 & we REMOVED IT, even though they sold it too, lol!)).

Yea, CA... real "nice guys" (not) - see here:

http://www.google.com/search?sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&site=&source=hp&q=%22Computer+Associates%22+and+%22Accounting+Scandal%22&btnG=Search&gbv=1&sei=vXkcUL7dDMqm6wHC1IGoBQ

BUSTED in ACCOUNTING FRAUD!

Real criminals no less!

(They had the NERVE to call a 5 line program I wrote a "malware", well... "lil' ole me" took it to them, & the program PASSED ALL 21 OF THEIR QUESTIONS FOR REMOVAL no less, & was downgraded to ZERO THREAT LEVELS!).

Some "malware maker" I am, lol... & when I found out WHO submitted it to them, a Thor Schmuck guy?

I confronted him & asked "Why doesn't Spybot 'Search & Destroy' appear on their lists? It violates their requirement about HOSTS files" & why PING isn't on there, as it could @ THAT time, issue a "ping of death"...

On Spybot though - Albeit in a good way, as does my program I noted here in fact!

They all shut up in the end & more... I love it!

(or in CA's case, got shot down by "yours truly" easily, & shut up, sold off... lol!)

Yes - Couldn't happen to a 'nicer' bunch of guys, & Karma is a bitch (since "what comes around, goes around", everytime - this, is life!)

No skin off MY behind!

The same's happened to Nir Sofer of NIRSOFT (good programmer, makes TONS of utilities, & I thought I did over time... he's a "next gen" developer after my group really, & works hard + does well) - ask him yourselves.

He & I had HUGE long discussions on it in fact & he did a tremendous blog on it that influenced many!

He agreed, as do many others, "False Posities" happen way, Way, WAY too much & often, & we BOTH have a feeling that the "big software houses" fear the "little guys" like he & myself... I agree - they *try* to crap on us with libel!

The same happened to Dr. Mark Russinovich having his pstools suite used & abused in malwares plus, some of his many wares also being called "malwares" too, because they are OR can be, double-edged swords... ask him, he won't deny it either!

My attorney @ the time whom I consulted with, a Mr. John Lowe of HISCOCK & BARCLAY said I had a winning case to the tune of 250k++ for libel - but, he wouldn't take it on a 33.3% std. fare deal as his cut of the "take"/award... he told me:

"They'll drag it out for 20++ yrs. with FLEETS of attorneys they keep on retainer, & by the time I get done? My part would be MORE than the entire award..."

This is life in the 20th-21st century in the USA: You aren't rich? You get NO justice (& certainly NO LAW either).

Anyhow/anyways:

My code's always "clean", proven by the 2 guys who are hosting THIS app for

Cassette tapes unreliable storage? That's one of the kinder ways to describe it. :) But seriously, I taught myself programming with the Z-80 assembler/debugger and would make multiple backups to tape to counter the occasional read glitch that rendered the tape contents lost for all practical purposes. (Although in a pinch attempting to read it in over and over with fingers crossed hoping that one time it would work was occasionally successful, at which point you wrote it out to a new backup tape.)

Wrote Double Deck Pinochle as my first program, later rewrote for DOS (is freeware out there somewhere), rewrote it in Java a few years ago (seriously proper OO architecture, but an interesting experience to rewrite 8086 to Java), and just so happens am now rewriting from Java to RPG for my IBM i (iseries AS/400) web server. Again an interesting experience. :)

For those who might wander about RPG looks like these days, I have open sourced a couple of projects:

http://code.google.com/p/rdwrites/downloads/list

(the ascii source downloads can be viewed in a text editor.)

And I have the TRS-80 to thank for it all. So happy 35th, TRS-80.

Maybe you haven't seen the SLA printer projects that use lasers or DLP such as LemonCurry for curing photopolymers? Feature sizes are often down to 1 micron per layer and only a few microns for X and Y.

Photopolymers are available in a wide range of properties that are tough enough for use as end products and not just product concept look-a-likes. Photopolymers for inkjet have also come a long way and are also used to create rigid and durable end products with features down to 25-50 microns. What you might be used to seeing are the FDM or FFF (fused filament fabrication) RepRap type printers that print with molten plastics with much lower resolution in the order of 0.3mm.

The derivatives market is $1200 trillion dollars or..

1.2 quadrillion seconds: 38,026 Millenia

BTW Google says 1 trillion seconds is 316.888 Centuries

In the market, there's FreeNote, which rivals OneNote, and it's just great. I usually put it into ideographic mode - it let's me write with my finger or a stylus in large text, and then it shrinks it to fit on each line. Allows for freehand drawing, image, hyperlink, typing, etc...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.suishouxie.freenote&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd

I don't even have a "real" android tab - I just have an HP touchpad - only downside is that there's no pressure recognition or anything, but using my finger works best for me so far...you have to use the larger point stylii with this type of screen, anyway.

"Actually, a sort of One World Government is precisely what makes it possible to reach the same resource when you type http://google.com/ from anywhere in the world"

NO, it isn't. Organization, but with a LACK of government, is what allows that. Your argument is exactly backward.

WNYC's excellent program, RadioLab will have a Google Hangout and possible a meatspace meetup somewhere in the Lower East Side in NYC.

Headliners for their event include:

• Packing for Mars author Mary Roach
• A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines author and physicist Janna Levin
• Martian Summer author Andrew Kessler
• Other unspecified scientists and journalists

Side note: RadioLab is a production of New York's NPR affiliate. Apparently the show is just a couple years old and apparently it's not carried on stations everywhere. If you haven't heard it, and you like science, check out their podcast. It's quirky, incredibly well produced, and overall very well done.

His guarantee and his opinion is worth just as much as yours.

I didn't provide a worthless "guarantee" and never have (google it!). If I make a guarantee, it'll be with money attached. Sure, our opinions may be equally worthless, but look at who puts an artificial and worthless gloss of certainty on their claims.

Modern science is more recent, only a few centuries old. While "practical science" has been funded privately, I strongly suspect that the "pure science' has always been dominated by government and universities. Things like Bell Labs and Watson Research are very new - less than a century old.

In other words, a totally new system for funding and doing science was created in the past century. And we killed it.

Finally, reflexive "Government can't do squat right," is about as thinking, insightful, and accurate as "A government program can solve about any problem."

It does have the virtue of more supporting evidence. But one doesn't to support such an extreme position to note that government research funding just isn't all that effective.

All I can say from personal experience is that the few times I've done research, it's been for one to two orders of magnitude less than the government contractor. For example, last year I worked with a group to put up a high altitude airship (and made a world record no less). It wasn't sexy, large, or very maneuverable, but it did have the virtue of costing only $30,000 plus volunteer labor. In comparison, the airship with the second highest altitude was part of a DoD program which burned several hundred million dollars including many tens of millions on that particular vehicle, which was the primary outcome. It looked a little sexier and it had a little more gear. But it wasn't worth three orders of magnitude cost difference.

We have a similar example in this story. NASA did a study on the development of the Falcon 9 and concluded that NASA would cost the contract at a factor of ten more than SpaceX actually spent (and the study authors apparently audited SpaceX's books as part of the study!). And that's before the typical contract cost inflation.

After experiences like that, I now divide the costs of large government contracts by ten to get a better idea of how much that research actually costs.

If you, like me, disapprove of the way how Google deals with that matter, tell them! Send them your opinion as feedback. Rate down this page - http://support.google.com/plus/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1228271 - and click "the solution is not ideal". Comment on posts of Google employees.

As long this is just a matter that affects a couple dozen people amont millions, Google won't give a shit, but if a large group of people complains, they will have start to start moving their asses.

So, it is the same effort but the effect will be bigger if you post/address Google instead of the Slashdot forums.

Or just a few lightyears away in the center of our own galaxy.

God bless Slashdot, where ~26,000 light years is considered close.

Oh, sorry, I forgot to give that in standard units: Sagittarius A* is approximately 2*10^18 James Madison Memorial Building widths (ie. largest building in the Library of Congress complex) distant. I apologize for my initial faux pas.

You know, it might help to just do a little simple research on your part.

https://www.google.com/search?q=MC+Grew&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

Gee, no wonder it got suspended. It has too much in common on its own with other business sites with the same name. You probably got hit with a trademark dispute and didn't even know it, since you forgot to add your first name or initial.

The internet is intended to be a network of networks. There's no reason why that wouldn't include a network of national networks of networks, and lots of reasons why not. Unless, of course, you've got one world government.

Actually, a sort of One World Government is precisely what makes it possible to reach the same resource when you type http://google.com/ from anywhere in the world. A flat address space and flat naming space are only possible if everybody coordinates at some level, and the global Internet would be awfully convoluded without those things.

Right now the One World Government of the Internet is the United States, which is fine with me because I think we do a better job than the global average. But I can see why benevolent dictatorship is less attractive to those outside of it.

I'm having a tough time seeing the stupidity

Clue: Those systems use all of that (especially redundancy for said 99.999% "fabled 5-9's" uptime), and IF you *think* it can't be "scaled upwards" OS + Software-wise?? Think again!

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See here on SQLServer and Clustering:

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22SQLServer%22+and+%22Cluster%22&btnG=Search&sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&site=&gbv=1

or

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22SQL+Server%22+and+%22Cluster%22&sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&site=&gbv=1&spell=1

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See here on Windows Compute Cluster Edition:

http://www.google.com/search?sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&site=&source=hp&q=%22Windows+Compute+Cluster%22&btnG=Search&gbv=1&sei=q-8bUJf_HeHj0QGq4YHwAg

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"Nuff said", as the saying goes...

Especially since of what I noted in Windows Compute Cluster Edition Server (and in the case of business, SQLServer can handle THAT much too) & especially if you distribute the data across many systems with a good solid programmatic algorithm/engine...

Plus, I've actually done that kind of work (both database, OS, & programmatic architecture as well as inputs into the hardware design required with network topology too), & for some of the companies noted in my last post, using Borland Delphi &/or Microsoft Visual C++ as the language used (for performance we went with non-interpreted languages & either Oracle OR SQLServer)!

So - have you done the same? Somehow, I doubt it...

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"It doesn't matter what OS you use or how big your data is, if you work carefully (don't pull the wrong cable or drive) and follow The Secret, you can have 100% uptime." - by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 03, @11:18AM (#40868427)

Uhm, did I state otherwise? No. You should read up on some of the case studies on the examples I noted, they use that.

* By the way? You OMITTED power redundancy protection, in UPS (uninterruptable power supplies)...

APK

P.S.=> So, what so-called "point" were you *trying* (vainly) to make here? That you can stalk/troll/harass me by ac posts?? You proved that much... thank-you I suppose!

... apk

Clue: Those systems use all of that (especially redundancy for said 99.999% "fabled 5-9's" uptime), and IF you *think* it can't be "scaled upwards" OS + Software-wise?? Think again!

---

See here on SQLServer and Clustering:

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22SQLServer%22+and+%22Cluster%22&btnG=Search&sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&site=&gbv=1

or

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22SQL+Server%22+and+%22Cluster%22&sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&site=&gbv=1&spell=1

---

See here on Windows Compute Cluster Edition:

http://www.google.com/search?sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&site=&source=hp&q=%22Windows+Compute+Cluster%22&btnG=Search&gbv=1&sei=q-8bUJf_HeHj0QGq4YHwAg

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"Nuff said", as the saying goes...

Especially since of what I noted in Windows Compute Cluster Edition Server (and in the case of business, SQLServer can handle THAT much too) & especially if you distribute the data across many systems with a good solid programmatic algorithm/engine...

Plus, I've actually done that kind of work (both database, OS, & programmatic architecture as well as inputs into the hardware design required with network topology too), & for some of the companies noted in my last post, using Borland Delphi &/or Microsoft Visual C++ as the language used (for performance we went with non-interpreted languages & either Oracle OR SQLServer)!

So - have you done the same? Somehow, I doubt it...

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"It doesn't matter what OS you use or how big your data is, if you work carefully (don't pull the wrong cable or drive) and follow The Secret, you can have 100% uptime." - by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 03, @11:18AM (#40868427)

Uhm, did I state otherwise? No. You should read up on some of the case studies on the examples I noted, they use that.

* By the way? You OMITTED power redundancy protection, in UPS (uninterruptable power supplies)...

APK

P.S.=> So, what so-called "point" were you *trying* (vainly) to make here? That you can stalk/troll/harass me by ac posts?? You proved that much... thank-you I suppose!

... apk

Clue: Those systems use all of that (especially redundancy for said 99.999% "fabled 5-9's" uptime), and IF you *think* it can't be "scaled upwards" OS + Software-wise?? Think again!

---

See here on SQLServer and Clustering:

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22SQLServer%22+and+%22Cluster%22&btnG=Search&sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&site=&gbv=1

or

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22SQL+Server%22+and+%22Cluster%22&sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&site=&gbv=1&spell=1

---

See here on Windows Compute Cluster Edition:

http://www.google.com/search?sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&site=&source=hp&q=%22Windows+Compute+Cluster%22&btnG=Search&gbv=1&sei=q-8bUJf_HeHj0QGq4YHwAg

---

"Nuff said", as the saying goes...

Especially since of what I noted in Windows Compute Cluster Edition Server (and in the case of business, SQLServer can handle THAT much too) & especially if you distribute the data across many systems with a good solid programmatic algorithm/engine...

Plus, I've actually done that kind of work (both database, OS, & programmatic architecture as well as inputs into the hardware design required with network topology too), & for some of the companies noted in my last post, using Borland Delphi &/or Microsoft Visual C++ as the language used (for performance we went with non-interpreted languages & either Oracle OR SQLServer)!

So - have you done the same? Somehow, I doubt it...

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"It doesn't matter what OS you use or how big your data is, if you work carefully (don't pull the wrong cable or drive) and follow The Secret, you can have 100% uptime." - by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 03, @11:18AM (#40868427)

Uhm, did I state otherwise? No. You should read up on some of the case studies on the examples I noted, they use that.

* By the way? You OMITTED power redundancy protection, in UPS (uninterruptable power supplies)...

APK

P.S.=> So, what so-called "point" were you *trying* (vainly) to make here? That you can stalk/troll/harass me by ac posts?? You proved that much... thank-you I suppose!

... apk

Almost everything I buy in the continental US is shipped/flown in

Most of your food is grown domestically, not just meat. Vegetable oil comes from corn, soybeans, or canola, all three of which we export megatons of, most vegetables are grown here as well.

Copper, gold, bauxite, and other mined materials also come from here. The US is blessed with an abundance of raw materials. Your wire and pipes are likely produced domestically (I used to work at that factory). "Japanese" and "Korean" autos are built in the US, as well as domestic models.

US manufacturing's death has been greatly exaggerated.

More info here:

https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/c7c2fbd2gil25fjimln1jnr1134/110701307803962595019

Little fit-and-finish things like that let you know Google didn't pump nearly as much time and effort into QA as Apple did.

Try to switch Wi-Fi on or off on iOS. Or bluetooth. Or GPS. Or change brighness. Oh yeah.

The iOS experience is unflaggingly smooth and responsive

UI animation is smoother and more responsive than on most androids. Overall OS experience is more than animations. Try to get a nice calendar or weather plugin on in iOS device. Try to make it switch off at night.

For instance, compare GoodReader with ezPDF or anything else in the Android ecosystem...

One can write (or port) any iOS app to android.
But try to get app like timerific on iOS.

...chaos of the current Android ecosystem...

Is just a myth. There are usually many ways to get the same thing done on Android. It doesn't mean it's inferior in any way. Quite the opposite. My Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 does all I want, without restricting the way iPad would.

Oh, and I'm about to buy Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 for my dad, makes me wonder how it fits with TFA pathos

It's called the Apple cycle for a reason....

I'm thinking about taking some spare cash and putting a ridiculous short option on Apple stock for the next 12-18 months. Only part that makes it high risk is the capricious nature of jurists in Apples' many lawsuits and their currently health cash reserves. Might be 24-36 months until we are looking at the desperate Apple of the 90's again, but it will happen.

So these numbers are about to get a whole lot worse.

Because having too many links in one paragraph is both visually annoying and just plain fucking stupid.

Because having too many links in one paragraph is both visually annoying and just plain fucking stupid.

Then again, you could probably run it in your homebrew portable raspberry pi running android

I don't see how. From Installing Google Authenticator: "1. Visit Google Play." Downloads from Google Play require the Play Store app to be installed on the device, and this app comes only on certified devices. A Raspberry Pi running AOSP Android is not a certified device because as I said yesterday, I'm not aware of a profile in the Android CDD for desktop or set-top devices.

> The only way to do this was to go down the list, click install - for every app.
> Because this is hard and slow, even technically adept users are not likely to always do this.

No, go to the Play Store on the web, look for an app (Torch, in this case) then click on the Permissions tab:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.colinmcdonough.android.torch&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5jb2xpbm1jZG9ub3VnaC5hbmRyb2lkLnRvcmNoIl0

You can then install (or ininstall) from the web.

If you have an Android, iPhone or Blackberry device, you can also use the Google Authenticator app. Granted, if you have one of these devices you probably also have a mobile service, but at least with the app you are not reliant on the mobile network delivering your SMSs in a timely manner. Then again, you could probably run it in your homebrew portable raspberry pi running android connected with bluetooth to your pebble watch. No mobile service required, only a little hacking. :-)
See http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1037451

As a very nasty side-effect of Google requiring all in-app purchases to go through Checkout, only US and UK based companies can develop apps which use in-app purchases and still be in the Play store.

The actual list of supported countries is slightly longer. Currently:
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Hong Kong
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Russia
Singapore
Spain
South Korea
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
United Kingdom
United States

Grow and search GOOGLE "Google Sky" and "hiding" and "leo" ala http://www.google.com/search?sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&site=&source=hp&q=%22Google+Sky%22+and+%22hiding%22+and+%22leo%22&btnG=Search&gbv=1&sei=-88ZUPSqPMb86gHruYAQ

Might want to look into methane digester if you have a few animals (cattle, sheep, chickens, etc) around on your off grid place.

Indeed, re-inventing the wheel isn't the hallmark of a quality leader, IMHO.

In fact, it points in a very different direction.

Why does a '90210' kid have a phone with a custom shell? (not a snap-on case, but actually custom-made OEM casing) I'll tell you why; to set them apart, make them feel like they're important and part of an exclusive group.

So... why would the 'Rominee' have a special "VP App" made, when all it really does is send and receive messages like a boatload of other vetted wares? Same reasons, I betcha. Does that sound *united* to you?

Dunno how the reviews look on the AppStore® side, but the Android Play Store listing for "Mitt's VP" is- blo. wing. up. Astroturf and flames make for one especially polished turd, apparently. Caveat emptor! The 'droid version is roughly 12MB, requires registration (or FB link) and has to run in the background. It must be loaded there, patiently waiting for the announcement to come and <sarcasm>couldn't possibly be steering a metric crap-ton of ads in your direction</sarcasm>.

Here's the questions I'd have for him: Why did you have a special app made, rather than use existing social communication apps? Why not use a hash-tag, a Facebook page or some other medium that's readily available? What makes the existing infrastructure so un-worthy that you have to make a somewhat insignificant-, yet very public decision through an exclusive channel? Does your campaign value this style of "exclusive membership" over public transparency? And how would that be reflected in your as-of-yet-imaginary administration?

The last questions, I put to the reader: Why would you vote for a guy that behaves and speaks as if <pointing@>you</pointing@> don't matter? How much would it take for you to vote against such a candidate, (i.e., voting for someone else) just to make sure he doesn't win? How much exclusion would you be willing to tolerate from your government?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.timscott.sliderule

Indeed, I am in full agreement with Google on this one. There are shitty apps on there because they don't check them like Apple, but even Apple has a few shit ones on there too. I think this new policy is on top and at least will get most junk apps out.
http://play.google.com/about/developer-content-policy.html

No secret. I just made a game that I wanted to play.

I had a game on my previous phone, a Palm Treo, that I played often. It is similar to the free and open source Einstein. When I couldn't find a similar game on Android I decided to make it myself. By the time I finished the book on learning Android from the library, I had the game done. It helped that the main example in the book was a Sudoku game and mine is also a grid based logic game. Change the numbers to pictures and add a horizontal scroll view and first pass at it was done. Check it out, Einstein's Logic. I find that many of the comments from people show that they are as hooked on it as I was. It is a niche game though as not everyone likes logic puzzles. Plus, there is a bit of a learning curve to understand the clues. I could use some sort of tutorial mode to help people learn to play.

Recently I did find my game out on some Android piracy site. Rather than cry about it, I figure I should be proud that my game is played enough to have made it into the piracy world. It's not like the pirates would have bought it anyway. I have payed for apps that were free with a donate version in the market and I have pirated apps that I did not think were worth paying for. Assassin's Creed to name one - crappy company policies and no fun on an Android device anyway. So glad I didn't buy that one.