Yes its like those Mars Rovers that only lasted days instead of weeks and months and years- their primary mission wasn't even accomplished! What poor workmanship and slave labor have wrought!
That just is NOT true anymore. Windows 7 has been stable from the word go. Uptime measured in days and weeks for a DESKTOP computer that is only interrupted by important updates and other administrative tasks that require a reboot. Otherwise, it Just Works. This coming from a guy who LOVES Linux- on servers.
In 2010 I bought an AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition and a motherboard I could afford. I ran it as a quad core (unlocked cores) at 3.3ghz until that motherboard died. The only one I could get in a pinch did not have a southbridge that would unlock my other cores. I still ran it at 3.4ghz without issue.
Fast forward to 2013 and I just bought a new motherboard with DDR3 ram (8gb of it, double the 4 I had before) and unlocked my cores again. Its like a new computer.
I took the old mobo and ram and bought a cheap AMD processor for $55 (Athlon II X2 3.4ghz, VERY servicable!) and gave that to my son who was still on a P4 3.2ghz. We're both happy. AMD is cost effective for those of us who aren't made of money and still want decent computers. I love them for it.
Its pretty well established that you don't need people in the mix to explore Mars. Certainly not to choose a good landing spot for habitats. And if I'm going to risk life and limb to step foot on Mars (or to get into LEO for that matter) there had better be a place to sleep, a place to poo, and plenty of food to eat when I get there. Right now we know enough about Mars to pick a good landing spot. We've done it several times for rovers etc. To get humans on there is not only a fantastic challenge, but at this point its not necessary. It will always be cheaper to build a civilization of robots to inhabit- at least they can be solar or nuclear powered. Humans are incredibly difficult to keep alive.
A cheap Linux based VPS (Virtual Private Server) will do what you want. You can set up a VPN connection between your home server and the VPS, and then connect to the VPS on its public IP and have it route to your home. I haven't set up such a thing myself, and it will be a bit laggy, but it should works for what you need.
I'm not sure how you'd handle a DOS against a home server.
You unplug it. This is a small hobby server. Redundancy, five nines uptime not needed.
Another thing is security - if you've got your tax returns and other personal documents accessible on your home network - the same one the minecraft server is running on - you may be putting those at risk to a security breach.
I honestly don't see how port forwarding one port to an internal box does this. Now, if the box gets owned or something sure. But, no external SSH, FTP, or anything else will be open to the world.
So yeah, it's cheaper to run at home, but you're not getting all the extras that a VPS has, either. Right, and we don't need them, and that was part of the point.
The kid is 17. I don't want him working before he actually has to. When he's 18, he is going to get a job. Right now he is learning- a lot, by his hobby (minecraft) and is also well balanced with other things, doing manual labor work for some friends who run a winery, doing construction work (which he loves) here and there. I'm amazed what what people read in between the lines that just isn't there.
I know exactly what it takes to run a a server, having run over 100 of them at a time for a previous employer, all Linux boxes. Eyes wide open here. And yes, my son is learning from this too. Its new to him, and a good experience.
We're using Comcast. I actually do work for Comcast through a company that they hire as a contractor doing tech support. If this were a huge commercial venture, I might be in trouble. That being said, I've assisted Comcast customers with port forwarding and DMZ's for their game, web, and other servers. Its not an issue.
This is why "vortex" generators for carburetors are still sold http://www.vorteccyclone.com/ , Magnets for your fuel lines to "align the molecules" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_saving_device are still sold, and oddly shaped bicycle cranks http://z-torque.com/ are still sold. Its really no surprise that it happens in the software world too. Really, its been happening for a long time. Regcure, anyone?
They don't need batteries You can buy them used without DRM They smell interesting Old books have their own story aside from what is printed in them Each book feels different Do not require infrastructure to maintain I don't have to buy something to reads my book- I just buy the book, the "reader" is free.
While an e-book is technically the same thing, content wise, the *experience* of reading a book is something that cannot be duplicated. A large, LARGE portion of the population apparently agrees.
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I was being sacrastic. Those two little rovers far outlasted their mission goals.
Yes its like those Mars Rovers that only lasted days instead of weeks and months and years- their primary mission wasn't even accomplished! What poor workmanship and slave labor have wrought!
"What is Tautology?" is a rhetorical question.
Sweet!!
For a while there I was thinking it wasn't diverse enough. At least its not based on Ubuntu.
You can turn the automatic reboot off. Its easy. On my blog:
http://tidbitsfortechs.blogspot.com/2011/06/turning-off-automatic-reboot-when.html
That just is NOT true anymore. Windows 7 has been stable from the word go. Uptime measured in days and weeks for a DESKTOP computer that is only interrupted by important updates and other administrative tasks that require a reboot. Otherwise, it Just Works. This coming from a guy who LOVES Linux- on servers.
This x1000.
In 2010 I bought an AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition and a motherboard I could afford. I ran it as a quad core (unlocked cores) at 3.3ghz until that motherboard died. The only one I could get in a pinch did not have a southbridge that would unlock my other cores. I still ran it at 3.4ghz without issue.
Fast forward to 2013 and I just bought a new motherboard with DDR3 ram (8gb of it, double the 4 I had before) and unlocked my cores again. Its like a new computer.
I took the old mobo and ram and bought a cheap AMD processor for $55 (Athlon II X2 3.4ghz, VERY servicable!) and gave that to my son who was still on a P4 3.2ghz. We're both happy. AMD is cost effective for those of us who aren't made of money and still want decent computers. I love them for it.
Its pretty well established that you don't need people in the mix to explore Mars. Certainly not to choose a good landing spot for habitats. And if I'm going to risk life and limb to step foot on Mars (or to get into LEO for that matter) there had better be a place to sleep, a place to poo, and plenty of food to eat when I get there. Right now we know enough about Mars to pick a good landing spot. We've done it several times for rovers etc. To get humans on there is not only a fantastic challenge, but at this point its not necessary. It will always be cheaper to build a civilization of robots to inhabit- at least they can be solar or nuclear powered. Humans are incredibly difficult to keep alive.
A cheap Linux based VPS (Virtual Private Server) will do what you want. You can set up a VPN connection between your home server and the VPS, and then connect to the VPS on its public IP and have it route to your home. I haven't set up such a thing myself, and it will be a bit laggy, but it should works for what you need.
Open an Administrative Command Prompt (click Start, type "cmd" then Ctrl+Shift+Enter) and paste in this command.
REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Setup\10.0" /v "DoNotAllow IE10" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
From my blog: http://tidbitsfortechs.blogspot.com/2013/02/blocking-ie10-on-windows-7-heres-how-to.html
I'm not sure how you'd handle a DOS against a home server.
You unplug it. This is a small hobby server. Redundancy, five nines uptime not needed.
Another thing is security - if you've got your tax returns and other personal documents accessible on your home network - the same one the minecraft server is running on - you may be putting those at risk to a security breach.
I honestly don't see how port forwarding one port to an internal box does this. Now, if the box gets owned or something sure. But, no external SSH, FTP, or anything else will be open to the world.
So yeah, it's cheaper to run at home, but you're not getting all the extras that a VPS has, either.
Right, and we don't need them, and that was part of the point.
The kid is 17. I don't want him working before he actually has to. When he's 18, he is going to get a job. Right now he is learning- a lot, by his hobby (minecraft) and is also well balanced with other things, doing manual labor work for some friends who run a winery, doing construction work (which he loves) here and there. I'm amazed what what people read in between the lines that just isn't there.
That is a fantastic idea that I had not considered! A few scripts and a SSH tunnel should take care of that. Thanks for the tip!!
I know exactly what it takes to run a a server, having run over 100 of them at a time for a previous employer, all Linux boxes. Eyes wide open here. And yes, my son is learning from this too. Its new to him, and a good experience.
We're using Comcast. I actually do work for Comcast through a company that they hire as a contractor doing tech support. If this were a huge commercial venture, I might be in trouble. That being said, I've assisted Comcast customers with port forwarding and DMZ's for their game, web, and other servers. Its not an issue.
I think the PC is going to be dedicated only to Minecraft, since he was upgrading the RAM just enough to run the Minecraft server and nothing else.
You are correct.
Everybody knows that Linux wins.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njos57IJf-0
"I'm on Linux, bitch. I thought you Gnu."
and explains why its a piece of crap
This is why "vortex" generators for carburetors are still sold http://www.vorteccyclone.com/ , Magnets for your fuel lines to "align the molecules" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_saving_device are still sold, and oddly shaped bicycle cranks http://z-torque.com/ are still sold. Its really no surprise that it happens in the software world too. Really, its been happening for a long time. Regcure, anyone?
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They don't need batteries
You can buy them used without DRM
They smell interesting
Old books have their own story aside from what is printed in them
Each book feels different
Do not require infrastructure to maintain
I don't have to buy something to reads my book- I just buy the book, the "reader" is free.
While an e-book is technically the same thing, content wise, the *experience* of reading a book is something that cannot be duplicated. A large, LARGE portion of the population apparently agrees.