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

by SJ (#38480714) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Best Inexpensive VPS Provider?

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

by SJ (#37867154) Attached to: World's Biggest Gold Coin Minted In Australia

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

by SJ (#37083304) Attached to: Patent Applications Hint Apple Wants To Eliminate Printer Drivers

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

by SJ (#36807008) Attached to: Inside Las Vegas' Biggest Data Centre

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

by SJ (#36200920) Attached to: Why Thunderbolt Is Dead In the Water

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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