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From: Joerg on 29 Apr 2010 11:56 Jan Panteltje wrote: > On a sunny day (Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:16:49 -0700) it happened Joerg > <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in <83rtv8FoffU3(a)mid.individual.net>: > >> Jan Panteltje wrote: >>> On a sunny day (Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:03:25 -0700) it happened Joerg >>> <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in <83rm55Fh2vU1(a)mid.individual.net>: >> [...] >> >>>> Anyhow, I have me site and all that hosted professionally and even when >>>> a ferocious storm knocked power where the server farm is there was no >>>> outage. They have their own backup power, mirror sites and so on. All >>>> for around $80 a year. >>> Why,. the server is mine, it sits here in my house, why bother with some ISP >>> with a help desk that has no clue most of the time? >>> Last time I had one they charged 1 guilder per minute, having no clue makes a lot of money that way :-) >>> >> Guilder? That must have been a looong time ago then. > > More than 10 orbits around the sun. > > >> My web hosting provider never charged me for support calls or emails. >> Plus the computer and Internet gets shut off at night. The power savings >> alone probably make up the $80/year. Although it's more like $45 because >> if I had no host I'd have to pay InterNic $35 for the domain name I >> guess, unless that price has come down by now. > > Well, if I wanted for free I could use one of those add filled sites, > and upload from my laptop via the Vodafone GPRS / HSDPA modem, - from the attic - > as the signal is completely useless downstairs. > It is great on the road though. > > As that PC controls everything in the home, heating, also records satellite TV, plays audio, > runs the security cam recording 24/7, I think it is indispensable (right word?). It's the correct word. But I wouldn't trust a PC to run heating and stuff. Limited adjustments of it, yes, but no more. The rest is all de-central here because we live outside most of the time. Well, used to until "global warming" came and made the winters much longer and quite cold (the wood stove is running right now ...). > And you have to give it, that Tyan mobo has been running 24/7 now for 10 years :-) > The power supply is some Chinese cheap thing, need replacing now, still a decent lifetime I think. > > I guess ultimately I need no internet at all.... But it is still a lot of fun. > Also any datasheet you want in seconds... > My dad completely signed off from it, doesn't even need email. It can be done :-) -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ "gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam. Use another domain or send PM. |