Comment There is a 100% DC Coming online soon (Score 1) 63
Way down in Tasmania.
The WISP is expanding in the DC arena - http://www.tasmanet.com.au/data-centre/
Comment Re:Yes lets all celebrate! (Score 3, Insightful) 57
My thoughts exactly. I get that the shuttles were aging technology. But NASA did describe them as "pickup trucks", well I've seen some beat up pickup trucks on farms that still keep going.
I saw the Challenger disaster live, but without risk there is no gain. Several lessons were learned from that.
It is a sad end to an era, and people seem to be cheering it on.
Now it is the Russians and for-profit industry that will make those science/adventure movies reality.
Comment D-Link (Score 1) 463
That's it if D-Link is involved it is bound to be success!
Comment Re:Make it send data to you (Score 1) 360
Make your software send it...
You can not teach the world, so why try?
Absolutely should have been part of the software...
But let's face it most software now is about the pretty pictures....
Our two main kits of software generate error codes that can be submitted to the IT Helpdesk and assigned accordingly.
Comment Re:Apple isn't a parenting service! (Score 1) 161
+ 100
Comment Aussie ISP Internode is a sponsor (Score 1) 34
http://www.internode.on.net/news/2011/09/247.php
Makes the 1% of me feel better that when I am surfing I'm green about it...
Comment Re:You can already do this... (Score 1) 113
...with a script for Greasemonkey called Unfriend Finder. You have to install Greasemonkey addon for Firefox first.
+1000 been using for two years now, I guess they want to make it for the ~85% of people on IE6....
Comment Re:Mikrotik (Score 1) 319
Well, being an Australian - I have nothing but caps. But the MikroTik solution is a very good option. I'm running RouterOS 5.2 x86 on my embedded PC and works like a treat, though the 80Gig HD is a bit overkill....
Florida Man Sues WikiLeaks For Scaring Him 340
Stoobalou writes "WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been accused of 'treason' by a Florida man seeking damages for distress caused by the site's revelations about the US government. From the article: 'David Pitchford, a Florida trailer park resident, names Assange and WikiLeaks as defendants in a personal injury suit filed with the Florida Southern District Court in Miami. In the complaint filed on 6th January, Pitchford alleges that Assange's negligence has caused "hypertension," "depression" and "living in fear of being stricken by another heart attack and/or stroke" as a result of living "in fear of being on the brink of another nuclear [sic] WAR."' Just for good measure, it also alleges that Assange and WikiLeaks are guilty of 'terorism [sic], espionage and treason.'"
Comment Re:Don't worry (Score 1) 433
Don't forget about Canada http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=people+per+square+mile+in+Canada
Or Australia http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=people+per+square+mile+in+australia
But back on topic, I've know no internet WITHOUT download caps...
Man Sues Rockstar Saying GTA:SA Is Based On His Life 124
dotarray writes "From the article: 'Rockstar Games are no strangers to legal action, but it doesn't come stranger than this. An American model, Michael Washington (known as "Shagg") is suing the publisher — as well as parent company Take Two Interactive — because they based Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas on his life.'" It's a good thing Washington never learned the infinite ammo cheat.
Google +1: Screenshot and Details 73
An anonymous reader noted that a screenshot has leaked showing Google's response to the Facebook 'Like' button that is used to track your every movement throughout the web. It's called Google +1. The product is not announced or launched, nor is the updated toolbar also discussed in the story.
Comment $1K Desktops? (Score 1) 606
If you are buying 1000 of them, I would expect the price to be *MUCH* cheaper than that.
I work for a local council - and my last PC refresh I got the PC and a 22" monitor from our supplier for just over $1K/system. I only ordered 60. All components come with 9-5/5 3 year warranty, got access to (thank godness) the ENGLISH HP Government Helpdesk.
I only need to do basic diagnosis of hardware faults - HD Dead, loud fans, PC/Monitor dead. We pay for warranty, we let our HP techs figure out the problem. One or two spare desktops is all we have ever needed.
I haven't crunched the numbers, but rolling your own is gunna cost you more down the track.
We also get our integrator to do the heavy lifting of swapping out desktops.
Comment Re:It's not even done yet. (Score 1) 68
Sorry, but IBM is up there with Dell and Acer for me.
Down here in Tasmania, we are told we are suburb of Melbourne...
Server down, critical app out? Can you download this app and run? Yeah, SLA's don't mean much to us.
Yeah that drive to get the app server going again won't be to you until next week. Tasmanian rep? He's in Melbourne...
Sorry, IBM, if you can't look after us "small fry" I pitty those that drink the Kool-Aid...
Lost Online Games From the Pre-Web Era 186
harrymcc writes "Long before the Web came along, people were playing online games — on BBSes, on services such as Prodigy and CompuServe, and elsewhere. Gaming historian Benj Edwards has rounded up a dozen RPGs, MUDs, and other fascinating curiosities from the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s — and the cool part is: they're all playable on the Web today."
What old games were good enough for you to watch them scroll by on your 300 baud modem?
