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Comment Re:I live in the Twin Cities and can run servers (Score 1) 375

We did a decent amount of reverse DNS setup when I worked for Time Warner Business Class (which in the Minneapolis area became Comcast later on). At the time of the transition, the Minneapolis area Time Warner Business Class did more sales/service in one month than Comcast Business did nationwide in an entire year. The Comcast guys couldn't believe we provided fiber to the business to those that wanted it with some having 1000Mbit point to point connections or even 1000Mbit internet connections. With time Comcast has now learned and has expanded their business services.

Comment Re:Try Comcast (Score 1) 375

Yup, it's dynamic IPs for residential service but as long as you don't have your modem unplugged for more than 24 hours straight (at which time the lease would expire) then you can keep that same IP for years. At the same time you can upgrade to home based business from Comcast Business for a bit more a month which offers static IPs, ability to host your own servers (you can with residential but aren't suppose to although they'll never know or care) and 24/7/365 trouble calls should you need a tech to come out and fix things.

Comment Twin Cities (Score 1) 375

You can get Comcast Business Class which offers static IPs and allows you to host a server. You can also do the home based business option which isn't much more than normal residential service, has higher speeds, and gives you 24/7/365 trouble calls among other advantages.
Unix

Submission + - Dennis Ritchie, creator of C programming language (google.com)

WankerWeasel writes: The sad news of the dead of another tech great has come. Dennis Ritchie, the creator of the C programming language and a key developer of the Unix operating system, has passed away. For those of us running Mac OS X, iOS, Android and many other non-Windows OS' have him to thank. Many of those running Windows do too as many of the applications you're using were written in C.
Desktops (Apple)

Submission + - Hidden Wi-Fi Diagnostics application in OS X Lion (subrosasoft.com)

WankerWeasel writes: The latest version of Apple's operating system, OS X 10.7 Lion, has a hidden Wi-Fi Diagnostics application that allows the user to view information about their wireless network performance, record performance and also capture raw frames. Hidden away in the System folder the application is meant for Apple tech diagnostic use but is also very useful for any user interested in diagnosing wifi problems or checking network performance.
Iphone

Submission + - Find my iPhone used to locate plane crash in Chile (9to5mac.com)

spagiola writes: Late last week, a military transport aircraft with 17 people on -board went missing near Robinson Crusoe, Chile. The relatives of one of the crash victims logged into Find My iPhone and were able to isolate the coordinates of the last known whereabouts of the plane before it crashed.
Apple

Submission + - Creating a Mac OS X 10.7 Lion bootable flash drive (subrosasoft.com)

WankerWeasel writes: With the release of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion this month, Apple will no longer offer a bootable installer DVD and is making 10.7 Lion available only through the App Store. This guide provides quick instructions on how to use the OS X 10.7 Lion installer to create a bootable flash drive (instructions for making a bootable DVD are also included on the blog).
Apple

Submission + - Apple App Store Hits 15 Billion Download Mark (gizmocrazed.com)

Mightee writes: "Apple has announced that more than 15 Billion apps have been downloaded from its App Store since its launch back in July 2008.

The download mark surpassed 3 Billion in January last year, then exactly an year later Apple announced that the App Store has hit 10 Billion download mark. So from 10 to 15 Billion downloads it took just 6 months — Pretty Amazing, No??"

Medicine

Submission + - Twitter yields valuable public-health data (infoworld.com)

tsamsoniw writes: Scientists from John Hopkins University ran two billion public tweets through a specially configured filtering system — and came away with valuable information about public-health trends across the U.S., including where and when flu and allergy outbreaks occurred as well as that types of medications users were using — or misusing.

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