World: r3wp

I used the NXServer software from nomachine.com to connect to it.

ok, in any case for 20$ its not going to risk me selling my arm to 
do the test... I mean, it costs more to go out for one lunch at the 
restaurant  ;-)

What are you talking about? Using some virtualised server providers?

yep

setting up and booting a vps on linode takes exactly 4 mouse clicks! 
 and you can log into it using ssh right there and then !  :-)  this 
is going to be really nice.

are those servers fault tollerant? backed-up?

So maybe I will not build my new server, but rent some virtualised 
one, create tunnel to it (to allow sendmail on our local network), 
install Ubuntu server, and be done ...

yep, linode has free backups for the os, automatic fall-back to other 
server on crash, auto-reboot. all runs on raid, with ups, etc.

I have one server here, which just takes 220Watts ... it costs really 
X-times more, than to rent that server ....

yep, for 20$ a month per 200mb transfer, its pretty cheap.  obviously, 
you are sharing CPU bandwith, but for most uses, this is a non-issue, 
unless you have a heavily visited site (several hundred hits a minute)

sorry..thats 200GB/month

Pekr, I decided against buying a new HD for my old server. The Linode 
is much cheaper and there is of course much more bandwidth. I think 
there is a big advantage to it.

I can get what... 5-6 months of Linode for one disk? That's pretty 
good.

Well, I need secondary router anyway for fail-over, so I might use 
it for my linux server too. We are buying currently 50mbit, having 
something like 550 ppl

But - I never tried Xen based virtualisation and Mikrotik will not 
allow me to use my favourite vmware ESXi.

I'm like a Ghost

Weird, because when my name got removed it gave me certain permissions 
back.

The permissions must be tied to the name of the ALTME user.

LOL.

technology is surprising sometimes...   my DNS provider just sent 
me a mail to confirm my phone number.... 
- I click on the link in the mail, 

- a web page opens up with a form to verify my number (it was wrong!)
- I click a little link that says... call now!

- not 1 second after hitting the link, *my phone actually rings* 
and it spells out a magic number

- the next web page that arrives after "call now!", has a field to 
enter the number!
- press submit.
- done!

the most advanced captcha I've seen so far.


this mixing of web and physical space is always a bit strange... 
is it not?

my cellphone provider does this type of thing .. sends me a  passkey 
to my cell to enter online.

:-) "Knock, knock, Neo"

heheh

what was a bit unsettling was the speed at which their server called 
me when I hit call now... I think the phone wrang before the page 
refresh occured!

wrang.... hehehe

Qtask does this for your SMS...

Which SMS provider does Qtask use?

I'm using one based in SA.

We wrote our own.

For Illinois residents but all of us should be alarmed by this:

http://www.axthesoftwaretax.com/

Now that none is gone, are there any other Illinois residents in 
the community besides me?

none is gone?

I think if any state gets away with taxing software developers for 
producing software then it wont be long before other states follow.

BrianH:  I live in the west suburbs of/go to college in Chicago

Really? I live in Chicago, on the north edge near the lake.

Which college do you go to?

IIT (not to be confused with ITT)

All my classes are on the main campus, just south of the Loop on 
the green line

That's a good school, congrats. What are you studying?

Computer Science - I just finished my third year as an undergrad. 
 Just one more to go - I don't plan on doing any more school after 
getting a B.S., at least not for a while.

Chicago :-) I think of gansters 80 or so years ago and ... Al Bundy. 
I know, probably a cranky view. How is Chicago?

That's probably for the best, Izkata. After graduating, switch to 
learning environments where they pay you to learn (less loans).

I like Chicago, and have lived here more than everywhere else. It 
would be hard to leave :)

I've been thinking more and more that I'd rather live in the city 
than in the suburbs, too.  But this is the only city I've even been 
to, so I can't really compare to other parts of the US  ;)

More diversity in the city, and more to do. None of my friends who 
have moved from the suburbs have regretted it.

How far is it from the suburbs to the center of the city? I live 
in the suburbs of Copenhagen, and it takes about half an hour with 
train or car to get to the center. I guess, the distances are greater 
where you live?

I'm in Bartlett, it's about 45 minutes to an hour on average by car. 
 A couple times it's taken about an hour and a half, though.  Also, 
I don't have my own car - there's 3 vehicles to share among 5 people 
in my family.

Yeah. I live on the north edge of the city, my parents live in a 
west suburb (Naperville, not the furthest west), and it's an hour 
drive each way. Between gas and tolls it costs me $12-16 to visit 
my parents. I have friends who live 260 blocks from me.

Is it common to use triain, metro and bus, or do eveybody travel 
by car? Anyone going by bicycle?