I actually appreciate that you can see the "cached" version of a Facebook Google result without having to log in to Facebook (or even have an account).
I'd say that preserves your privacy by allowing you to not have a Facebook account!
Well, if you get two VPS's from the same provider, you can back each of them up on the other. The private bandwidth is/should be fast and free.
Granted, you should still have backup aside from a single provider, but the route to that provider, again, will have faster pipes than you probably have to your house.
Assuming you go with a halfway decent provider, their hardware will probably be better than yours. It seems easier to let them worry about the hardware. Yeah, their hardware might go down too. The difference is you just have to wait instead of swapping out parts.
Also, are you going to run the website from your development computer? Or a separate one? Now you're having to set up a network as well.
Some ISPs might not give you a static IP address.
Finally, some antispam filters block on home IP address ranges. This is an issue when you send out notification emails (rewewals, password changes, whatever).
The guy above said you're not qualified, but the young and inexperienced have come up with plenty of new and innovative stuff, so:
I think the question is: If not cloud, what?
In no case would I run the site from home. You'll probably get your home Internet yanked.
Cloud usually implies the ability to instantly increase/decrease the size of your server. I don't think you need that at the start.
You could go with a cheap VPS. In fact, I think that's what you should do. You should be able to take a stock Windows VPS and install your application, and have everything working. Either write an installation how-to, or reduce the steps to a script (PowerShell or whatever).
After you're able to do that, you could start looking into cloud provisioning, separate database server, database replication, DNS proxying, round-robin DNS, backups/rsync, https and SSL certificates.
You'll need to run email on the server, too, if only to send notification messages to your users (or to yourself). So you need to learn about how to administer and email server. Or rent and Exchange Server.
You also need to learn about CANSPAM requirements.
You'll need to have some kind of monitoring service to alert you to problems with your server. collectd is great for this on Linux.
You also need to look into which ad service you'll be using. Or alternatively, which payment service. Don't keep credit card numbers on your site, don't manage subscriptions by yourself. Let the payment processor do it.
What would be totally funny is to actually come up with a complete web-2.0-colors site about this new antispam method, complete with a logo like that used by Verisgn Verified, BBB, etc.
This. There was a time when buttons where buttons. Then, somewhere (was it during or after the time of Internet Explorer 4?), someone got the idea that it would be cool to not have "buttons" per se, but rather just draw a bunch of pictures on the screen.
You're supposed to "know" that they are buttons, and they change color, pop up, or do something else when you hover over them.
This all, of course, has more to do with the ego gratification of program managers on a particular project than actual benefit for users (old and newb).
I always hate it when Windows fanbois pulled that kind of switch in debate tactics: First they claimed that switching to Linux and OpenOffice would entail all kinds of expensive training costs. Then after Office 2007 came out, suddenly retraining costs weren't a problem.
So, similarly, I don't feel like brooking people who seem to feel a need to engage in apologetics for Gnome. First: Switch to Linux from bloated Windows. Then: Bloat? So what?
The schools thing they're getting one over the kids.
But hidden within the proposition that Internet learning is an acceptable substitute for school learning is the germ of the schools' own demise: what happens when someone proposes all-Internet education?
Hmm, I'm trying to poke holes in it before TPTB do. Will they be able set up Bitcoin nodes of their own, and track what's coming from where, like with BitTorrent and Tor?
Well, OK, but while you might be able to pay someone operating a web hosting service in Bitcoin, I doubt Rackspace (from whom he's renting a server) will be taking Bitcoin.
That's what I mean by exit node.
It seems like Bitcoin will remain in the hacker/anarchist realm like Liberty Reserve/eGold/etc.
The EU is bound by prior agreements just like the American states are. The EU can't change tax policy without unanimous agreement, thereby letting Luxembourg have the lowest tax rate at 15%, which attracts a lot of e-commerce companies (Amazon, Skype).
It's not just about corporate tax dodges. It's also about the mom-and-pop small business who now wants to sell their kitsch on the Internet. But thanks to the ruling that you want, they have to deal with 20k different jurisdictions.
Well, lots of people? People use the various tools (arrow keys, space key, PageUp/Dn, scrollbar, scroll wheel) in various ways; I dislike the new fad of telling people that they have to use a specific, hipster-approved method of manipulating their computer anymore.
Four things the scrollbar do are: -tell you how big the document is (depending on the GUI) -tell you where you are in the document -let you go up/down by pages instead of by lines (scrollwheel) -let you go to a specific point in the document
It seems strange that they can create a tax on "using" equipment (other than that operated on public highways). It it were really a tax on usage, it would seem you'd have to pay it every year, logically.
But, no, it's only paid once, at the time of sale. So I guess the courts basically can make any sort of legal reasoning to justify anything they want.
Mark Shuttleworth pushed through the left-side window control buttons change by using the excuse of "less mouse movement" (which is ridiculous since the scrollbar is on the right side, so you're often on the right side).
Then he goes and puts the menu all the way on the top of the screen. How much mouse movement does that take? And what does it do for keyboard control?
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I actually appreciate that you can see the "cached" version of a Facebook Google result without having to log in to Facebook (or even have an account).
I'd say that preserves your privacy by allowing you to not have a Facebook account!
Well, if you get two VPS's from the same provider, you can back each of them up on the other. The private bandwidth is/should be fast and free.
Granted, you should still have backup aside from a single provider, but the route to that provider, again, will have faster pipes than you probably have to your house.
Assuming you go with a halfway decent provider, their hardware will probably be better than yours. It seems easier to let them worry about the hardware. Yeah, their hardware might go down too. The difference is you just have to wait instead of swapping out parts.
Also, are you going to run the website from your development computer? Or a separate one? Now you're having to set up a network as well.
Some ISPs might not give you a static IP address.
Finally, some antispam filters block on home IP address ranges. This is an issue when you send out notification emails (rewewals, password changes, whatever).
The guy above said you're not qualified, but the young and inexperienced have come up with plenty of new and innovative stuff, so:
I think the question is: If not cloud, what?
In no case would I run the site from home. You'll probably get your home Internet yanked.
Cloud usually implies the ability to instantly increase/decrease the size of your server. I don't think you need that at the start.
You could go with a cheap VPS. In fact, I think that's what you should do. You should be able to take a stock Windows VPS and install your application, and have everything working. Either write an installation how-to, or reduce the steps to a script (PowerShell or whatever).
After you're able to do that, you could start looking into cloud provisioning, separate database server, database replication, DNS proxying, round-robin DNS, backups/rsync, https and SSL certificates.
You'll need to run email on the server, too, if only to send notification messages to your users (or to yourself). So you need to learn about how to administer and email server. Or rent and Exchange Server.
You also need to learn about CANSPAM requirements.
You'll need to have some kind of monitoring service to alert you to problems with your server. collectd is great for this on Linux.
You also need to look into which ad service you'll be using. Or alternatively, which payment service. Don't keep credit card numbers on your site, don't manage subscriptions by yourself. Let the payment processor do it.
>The "proper" value of a stock is the net present value of its future dividend stream.
Future dividend stream for how long?
And how do you calculate the net present value?
Wow, someone actually modded my post to 0? What, was it a Facebook fanboi?
Or hunter-gatherers.
Anyway, they actually made something which is the basic necessity for life.
Then there were middlemen, wholesalers, and retailers of grain. They made more than farmers.
Then there were big industries and steel. They also made more than farmers, but at least they were making something.
Then came companies like Apple made something with that steel (and plastic). They earn a lot. And IBM earns a lot for, basically, consulting.
But, most mind-blowing of all is Facebook, which is set to be huge for nothing other than letting people update their statuses.
Meanwhile, there are people unemployed.
If you've got the modern economy figured out, feel free to respond.
What would be totally funny is to actually come up with a complete web-2.0-colors site about this new antispam method, complete with a logo like that used by Verisgn Verified, BBB, etc.
Or another option:
Both:
1) There is hypocrisy.
2) They do what they can, according to the law.
>15km into the air
Speaking of which, does the air extend 15 km up?
This. There was a time when buttons where buttons. Then, somewhere (was it during or after the time of Internet Explorer 4?), someone got the idea that it would be cool to not have "buttons" per se, but rather just draw a bunch of pictures on the screen.
You're supposed to "know" that they are buttons, and they change color, pop up, or do something else when you hover over them.
This all, of course, has more to do with the ego gratification of program managers on a particular project than actual benefit for users (old and newb).
>It is simple Slashdot editors don't like Unity
If this is really true, expect to see new Mint releases hyped like Ubuntu releases used to be.
If not, then not.
I always hate it when Windows fanbois pulled that kind of switch in debate tactics: First they claimed that switching to Linux and OpenOffice would entail all kinds of expensive training costs. Then after Office 2007 came out, suddenly retraining costs weren't a problem.
So, similarly, I don't feel like brooking people who seem to feel a need to engage in apologetics for Gnome. First: Switch to Linux from bloated Windows. Then: Bloat? So what?
The schools thing they're getting one over the kids.
But hidden within the proposition that Internet learning is an acceptable substitute for school learning is the germ of the schools' own demise: what happens when someone proposes all-Internet education?
Hmm, I'm trying to poke holes in it before TPTB do. Will they be able set up Bitcoin nodes of their own, and track what's coming from where, like with BitTorrent and Tor?
Well, OK, but while you might be able to pay someone operating a web hosting service in Bitcoin, I doubt Rackspace (from whom he's renting a server) will be taking Bitcoin.
That's what I mean by exit node.
It seems like Bitcoin will remain in the hacker/anarchist realm like Liberty Reserve/eGold/etc.
At some point or another, you have to interface with the Real World (TM), do you not?
Or will you pay your rent/mortgage/food in Bitcoin, too?
That's where they'll get you. Or Visa/Mastercard will stop processing for wherever bitcoin.org is hosted after a friendly call from a Senator.
Well, wait: they can't just throw their desktop chips on mobile. They consume too much power (right?).
The EU is bound by prior agreements just like the American states are. The EU can't change tax policy without unanimous agreement, thereby letting Luxembourg have the lowest tax rate at 15%, which attracts a lot of e-commerce companies (Amazon, Skype).
It's not just about corporate tax dodges. It's also about the mom-and-pop small business who now wants to sell their kitsch on the Internet. But thanks to the ruling that you want, they have to deal with 20k different jurisdictions.
Ubuntu was a perfect Linux-newbie distro
There, I fixed that for you.
Great idea, now that's actually might be usable.
Again, it would be great for a netbook, but not really needed for a desktop, where you both have space, and are doing serious work.
Of course, the whole global menu thing makes sense for netbooks, because you barely have space to have 1 application maximized.
Continuing to shake my head at where Mark Shuttleworth thinks he's going.
Well, lots of people? People use the various tools (arrow keys, space key, PageUp/Dn, scrollbar, scroll wheel) in various ways; I dislike the new fad of telling people that they have to use a specific, hipster-approved method of manipulating their computer anymore.
Four things the scrollbar do are:
-tell you how big the document is (depending on the GUI)
-tell you where you are in the document
-let you go up/down by pages instead of by lines (scrollwheel)
-let you go to a specific point in the document
That's interesting (and actually reasonable, in a sense).
It seems strange that they can create a tax on "using" equipment (other than that operated on public highways). It it were really a tax on usage, it would seem you'd have to pay it every year, logically.
But, no, it's only paid once, at the time of sale. So I guess the courts basically can make any sort of legal reasoning to justify anything they want.
No wonder people hate lawyers.
Inconsistency and hypocrisy are what kill me.
Mark Shuttleworth pushed through the left-side window control buttons change by using the excuse of "less mouse movement" (which is ridiculous since the scrollbar is on the right side, so you're often on the right side).
Then he goes and puts the menu all the way on the top of the screen. How much mouse movement does that take? And what does it do for keyboard control?