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  1. Re:Yay on Amazon Outage Shows Limits of Failover 'Zones' · · Score: 1

    I'd say they are all marketing terms, sort of like MS and their DNS from days of yore. That said, hosted scalable VPS instances are damn useful, provided you actually understand them

  2. Re:caps on Ask Slashdot: Are You Streaming-Only For Home Entertainment? · · Score: 1

    Comcast offers a 'managed DVR' thing, which you might have been referring to.

  3. Re:caps on Ask Slashdot: Are You Streaming-Only For Home Entertainment? · · Score: 1

    internet streaming or DVR streaming? DVR streaming doesn't count towards the cap, and the, ahem, content I've gotten in HD is closer to 1.5G/hr

  4. Re:Yea.. not a big deal on Google, Microsoft In Epic Hiring War · · Score: 1

    it means the time from unemployed without notice to having a job was a day.

  5. Re:Availibility zones must be done PERFECTLY on Amazon Outage Shows Limits of Failover 'Zones' · · Score: 1

    you could host the stylesheet somewhere sensible.

  6. Re:have your own servers on Amazon Outage Shows Limits of Failover 'Zones' · · Score: 1

    If one can afford that kind of redundancy, then sure. Two independent lines coming in from two independent providers that individually will adequately handle all traffic for an extended period of time.

    Why would you do that? It's enough to do things like run two DCs that can each handle 60% load or three that each handle 40% load. Not that much more expensive, and downtime turns into "the site is slow". There are architectural concerns, especially with data replication, but this is definitely doable, and it doesn't cost a mint.

  7. Re:Yay on Amazon Outage Shows Limits of Failover 'Zones' · · Score: 1

    the cloud cannot theoretically work because it's not a paradigm.

    What the fuck is that supposed to mean? It's got words in it, but is entirely vacuous.

  8. Re:Yea.. not a big deal on Google, Microsoft In Epic Hiring War · · Score: 1

    BTDT, 2002 was absolutely awful. I'm in Seattle, and 2% is about right over here. Had a contract end early last may and got a job in one day (24h), so it's not like I had much trouble.

  9. Re:have your own servers on Amazon Outage Shows Limits of Failover 'Zones' · · Score: 1

    One? Lose a raid stack and you're toast. It's always been at least N+1 redundancy for your tier one crap. The cloud stuff is there so you can scale up quickly. Shouldn't be base load or anything.

  10. Re:Yea.. not a big deal on Google, Microsoft In Epic Hiring War · · Score: 1

    Unemployment is closer to 2% for tech workers. Basically, anyone who's reasonably good and wants to has a job.

  11. Re:Severe weather in Virginia likely the culprit on Major Outage At the Amazon Web Services · · Score: 1

    Which is why you design nuke plants that don't actually need power to avoid disasters. If only we could build some of those...

  12. Re:I don't understand how this is 'orchestrating' on Cisco Accused of Orchestrating Engineer's Arrest · · Score: 1

    It is a hell of a coincidence that a guy who's likely to be a witness in a civil trial got arrested just in time to prevent him from testifying. Is it really hard for you to conceive that Cisco could be playing dirty?

  13. Re:Breaking news, someone charged with a crime on Cisco Accused of Orchestrating Engineer's Arrest · · Score: 1

    It occurs to me that he might want to take a direct flight to switzerland and possibly never leave the EU.

  14. Re:So what? on The End of the "Age of Speed" · · Score: 1

    Well, it's not like you're packed into a single square meter - with only solar, you may just have to deal with a lower population density.

  15. Re:indeed trains will be faster on The End of the "Age of Speed" · · Score: 1

    - Start a laddered reduction in social security:

    Sure, I'll start paying half on the front end.

  16. Re:Actually very true on The End of the "Age of Speed" · · Score: 1

    maybe we could, ya know, raise taxes on the rich? Let's try going back to the mid 90s levels and see how that feels.

  17. Re:Law enforcement... on Self-Wiping Hard Drives From Toshiba · · Score: 1

    If it exists, then the product is worhless; why would toshiba even bother?

  18. Re:What... on Self-Wiping Hard Drives From Toshiba · · Score: 1

    But you said he was an experienced IT guy - he should expect that sort of thing.

  19. Re:Law enforcement... on Self-Wiping Hard Drives From Toshiba · · Score: 1

    What makes you think that?

  20. Re:How many are actually studying computer science on Computer Science Enrollment Up 10% Last Fall · · Score: 1

    Nope, I'm responding to the idea that colleges should be producing what industry demands. If they want it so damn much, they can start training people again. Bunch of greedy whores, the lot of them.

  21. Re:for pete's sake on AT&T Lowers Data Access To Just $500/GB · · Score: 1

    $50/GB isn't awesome, but it isn't enough to get my blood boiling either. I'd like to see it similar to verizon's plans, which are around $10/GB for monthly plans.

  22. Re:What is ironic about the dot com era... on Computer Science Enrollment Up 10% Last Fall · · Score: 1

    Alternately, graduate during a slump and either get an MS or start a company. You don't have to work for someone else.

  23. Re:How many are actually studying computer science on Computer Science Enrollment Up 10% Last Fall · · Score: 1

    This is also what industry wants. So why are all schools still teaching Algorithm Science, while only a few teach what everyone in that major actually wants?

    Because colleges are not trade schools. If industry is so hot for it, then they can damn well pay for it instead of demanding that people take out loans to study it. He who pays the piper calls the tune.

  24. Re:I'm 37.. I'm not old! on Computer Science Enrollment Up 10% Last Fall · · Score: 1

    sure, he made good on that, but it isn't the common case. I talked to one of those guys (built the audio chip for the C64) and he told be that the BS was important. Coming from him, I'd say that has weight.

  25. Re:Finance! on Computer Science Enrollment Up 10% Last Fall · · Score: 1

    Hey, it's the free market, right? Don't teabaggers worship at its feet?