There should only be one candidate for the next CEO of Playboy. Will Ferrell. Case closed.
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paulmwatson
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paulmwatson
Interesting look at how the Obama campaign logo came to be.
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paulmwatson
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paulmwatson
Rapleaf crunch the numbers on Amazon EC2 vs. co-lo. I think the “co-lo is cheaper” conclusion is too simple. A mix of co-lo for your permanent, 365/24/7 needs and EC2 capabilities for your ramp-up needs is best. You don’t need 2000 machines 365/24/7 so don’t pay for them at your co-lo. (via Justin Mason.)
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paulmwatson
According to Wattzon It would take a 176m2 solar-panel or an 8.2m wind-turbine to sustain my energy needs each year. §
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Raffi Krikorian
Running continuously, and in ideal conditions, of course
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paulmwatson
Wattzon qualifies it as “This assumes a panel that is 15% efficient, with 200 watts/m2 of incident solar radiation per day”
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sean
yes but you have a roof on your gaff that cost say 10 grand to put on would one buy the nessacery soler pannels to do the job for say 35 k but would have a next to 0 carbon count and little or no engery costs so would that make sence
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paulmwatson
The updated Flickr contacts manager is nice but still rubbish at bulk processing. I need to clear out my 1000+ contacts. §
Bryan Duxbury 3:30 pm on December 12, 2008 Permalink |
We definitely looked at the mixed approach. However, shipping a 2TB dataset to EC2 (and getting the results back) gets to be a miserable proposition when you’ve only got a 100Mbps internet connection.