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Comment Re:Doesn't add up (Score 5, Informative) 198

Your house uses more than 10kw? I really have to ask, what the heck are you doing??

I have a modest 4x2 house, with a stay-at-home wife and 2 kids. Big screen TV, and all the other creature comforts and I wouldn't even come close to use 10Kw.

In this instance I have to say 'you're doing it wrong'.

Comment Re:Scumbags (Score 1) 90

And this is one reason why caped internet plans are actually in the customers interest. If you use more, you pay more, so it's in the interest of the ISP to keep you downloading stuff as fast as humanly possible.

The only time they do throttle you is when you hit your monthly quote. Then they "shape" (throttle) your connection to entice you to upgrade your plan to something more suited to your usage requirements. At which point, you click the "upgrade plan" button and you're back up to speed.

Sure, Unlimited internet is all good in fantasy land, but I really can't see how it's a sustainable business model unless you're paying for a business-grade connection on a megabit per second basis.

Comment Re:Like who again? (Score 1) 446

Easy... And it almost happened, right up to the point where Google started shipping Android. Apple made the hardware, Google provided the online services. Google and Apple were best of friends.

Then Google decided to make handsets and entire OS to directly compete with Apple. Fast forward to present day, and here we have this mess.

Comment Web In-A-Box for .AU (Score 1) 375

If you need hosting in Australia, then go for someone like Web In-A-Box. Disclaimer: I'm a reseller of theirs.

Standard home page.
Referral link if you want to be nice to me.

They have their own racks and servers and are a decent and honest bunch of guys. On a technical note, they run Xen and allow you to boot whatever OS you like.

Remember, trust but verify.

Comment Re:Explains a lot about the economy (Score 1) 171

Wow... way to show your total lack of understanding.

Firstly, the Australian economy is in pretty good shape comparatively. (Mostly held together by Western Australia and Queensland)

Secondly, the Mint is required by law to hold a certain amount of gold. What difference does it make if that gold is in house-brick size blocks or moulded into this coin?

The Mint isn't selling this coin, they just made it for funzies.

Comment Re:mmmm (Score 1) 323

Apple bought CUPS for 2 reasons;

1. To have some control over a core component of their operating system.
1a. To stop the possibility of CUPS moving to GPLv3 (see point 1)
2. To hire someone who REALLY knows printing software.

Nothing more, nothing less.

Points of reference...
http://www.cups.org/documentation.php/license.html
CUPS is still available under GPLv2

Comment Re:Maybe your have some phobias and prejudices? (Score 1) 106

A soldiers' job, by definition is to kill/destroy various people/things. How is professional killer not an accurate description?

That's like saying an explosive device shouldn't be called a bomb because it also stops pieces of paper from flying away while it's sitting on a desk.

I don't think it about a phobia it's quite a rational reaction. The point of the firearm is to intimidate. No doubt that any person entering the facility would have been searched prior, so there is no immediate need for a firearm. Especially when that guard would have been assigned to watch the tenant, not actively patrol.

Comment Re:What the hell is Thunderbolt? (Score 1) 568

Thunderbolt IS LightPeak. The only difference is they moved the optical transceivers from the mobo to the cable itself. (smart move actually). Lightpeak never included fibre switching, just inexpensive transceivers. Moving to copper also solves the "you cant send power over fibre" problem. ...Developed by Intel (under the code name Light Peak)...

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