How often do you use this line? :)

-Matt

Evolution doesn't make things better in the sense that we know. You might be best adapted to your current environment, but this doesn't necessarily make you better than your predecessor, only more likely to pass on your genes in the current situation.

Check out Irish Elk. There's a lot of different thoughts as to why they died-out, most involving their massive antlers. These were thought to be for mating display, where the most "evolved" had the biggest antlers and got all the girls. Along comes humans and a climate change which makes the antler advantage less appealing, and they're now extinct.

-Matt

While cloud computing follows the air acronym trend, I think what you're really referring to is SkyNet

Just think: in 50 years you'll be thanking Obama for shutting down datacentres that would have one day caused nuclear war

-Matt

For years. Seriously, who DOESN'T need a couple old Dell 2950's kicking around.

Ignore the excessive power bill, or fist-sized power outlets if you need to go with larger units :)

-Matt

Since customers can create email accounts for other users it was a must that we run an outbound spam filter. It's picked-up on some servers, substantially. Luckily none of it sees the light of day, but the processing power required to send/receive email gets spiky.

Funny enough it tends to be the smaller accounts causing the most problems. Larger hosting packages tend to come with in-house support on the client side, and they create smarter passwords and smarter users :)

-Matt

mdmeier at gmail dot com

Thanks!

-Matt

I've love one :)

mdmeier at gmail dot com

Thanks!

-Matt

mdmeier 'at' gmail.com

Thanks!

-Matt

I work with a couple oil companies here in Alberta, and at their drilling sites you'll usually only have internet via a shared connection from data logging companies.

You barely get high-speed, but if you use a lower quality codec and are careful about setup the call quality is as good as a cell phone call. Which compared to nothing makes satellite internet awesome! :)

-Matt

Botnet shuts-down You!

But seriously, this is scary stuff. I like the idea of a big IT house using the best and brightest to shut-down malware, but who decides what malware is? How are they making money from this?

-Matt