locusm

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   by locusm 13y ago

   I wonder if Dropbox are caught up in this too?
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   by locusm 13y ago

   My personal experience with reselling Google Apps here in Australia is quite different, privacy of data is almost always the first or second question they ask. I also rejoiced at AWS coming to Sydney, but having servers physically located i
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   by locusm 13y ago

   I can put it another way - of the 9 offshored projects I've encountered this year it would seem one was a moderate success for the client (think the company was Indonesian). The others range from average through to unmitigated disaster. My
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   by locusm 13y ago

   I love potential clients that have gone down the "offshore everything to India" route, whether it be SEO or development. Their experience usually borders on a complete basket case of a project - usually turn out to be a slam dunk sales wise
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   by locusm 13y ago

   Have used Duplicity for a couple of years now, works very well although tricky to get it to store data other than in the US-East region. Currently backing up about 8 servers with it, mix of Ubuntu & Amazon Linux.
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   by locusm 13y ago

   Their VPS licensing still perplexes me given the movement to VM based infrastructure. "VPS license is a limited edition with the restriction of 2G memory and 500 concurrent connections. VPS license will NOT run on a server with more than 2
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   by locusm 13y ago

   Make sure you benchmark the VM's if you intend to use them - performance was horrible during the preview. http://openbenchmarking.org/result/1206086-BY-1103157IV31
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   by locusm 14y ago

   You shouldn't have to install Facebook to play any game. So you lost me 5 seconds in.
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   by locusm 14y ago

   Any idea what legal options this kid would have now? I mean is this not the worst kind of defamation? I would think the stigma will take years to shake.
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    by locusm 14y ago

    "What kind of immoral, capitalistic people are in charge in the US?" The Lesters of course. http://www.ted.com/talks/lawrence_lessig_we_the_people_and_t...
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    by locusm 14y ago

    I'm tempted to lick that interface, but alas am at work.
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    by locusm 14y ago

    Blood diamonds are no different to blood coltan. http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/blood-coltan/
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    by locusm 14y ago

    What about the precious metals that go into your smartphone? Those same "bunch of scum" generally are responsible for digging that out the ground too. Love an idealist, so unpractical though.
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    by locusm 14y ago

    Good review but how do you know these services arent setup by those very people wanting to intercept our activity?
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    by locusm 14y ago

    Found it http://openbenchmarking.org/result/1206086-BY-1103157IV31
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    by locusm 14y ago

    There are a lot of things to like in Azure but performance isn't one of them. Disk IO is so dismal for VM's, we benchmarked against OrionVM and Zettagrid and the difference was about 10 to 1.
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    by locusm 14y ago

    A bit like "The most terrifying robot video yet" after seeing the Transformers trailer.
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    by locusm 14y ago

    I wonder if there will be similar stories about CSG mining in 30 years from now...
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    by locusm 14y ago

    Great post Nathan. What tools did you use to author the ebook and are you looking beyond pdf format?
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    by locusm 14y ago

    I second the ROI comment. The Queensland Govt ran a scheme here for a while called Climate Smart http://www.climatesmarthome.com The meter cost $50 and was one of those clip on passive devices. Ended up identifying about $300/qtr of waste
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    by locusm 14y ago

    Look forward to reading these, have never coded games but been meaning to have a crack for years. Whats your opinion on the Ouya?
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    by locusm 14y ago

    Why is it when you enable dictation it needs to send your contacts to Apple?
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    by locusm 14y ago

    My Binney delivered a keynote at Hope9 too recently http://privacysos.org/node/759
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    by locusm 14y ago

    Yes, Americas National Security Letters and lawful interception laws are sparking a lot of concern over this.
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    by locusm 14y ago

    > Just because someone secures their servers better than you can doesn't mean you automatically have to trust them with your data. When coupled with credibility of course it does. > Let's assume for a moment that I have the safest v
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    by locusm 14y ago

    I live in the Southern Hemisphere and like most 40 something year olds I follow whats happening in the States from a distance. I've been reading and watching a fair bit of Jacob Appelbaum and reading Glenn Greenwald's posts which seem to b
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    by locusm 14y ago

    +1 for cert patrol
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    by locusm 14y ago

    It becomes a priority when there is serious lobbying by an industry with very deep pockets.
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    by locusm 14y ago

    I like it a lot and wish I had your html/js chops. Quite intuitive too. I could quite easily sit at some cafe with a client and throw round ideas with this.
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    by locusm 14y ago

    Just as interesting as the leaks themselves has been the pathological hatred traditional journos seem to have for Assange/WL or new press in general.