by nolovelust
17. April 2011 21:45
I don't like cloud computing! Count this post as another reason.
Just a minute ago I have tried Rackspace's Cloud Servers Cost Calculator to see how much a normal server would cost. I was moderate, asked for a server
that have 15.5 GB RAM
that runs for a month
that have 15 TBin and 15TB out bandwidth
Calculator said, $5784 for a month please! I didn't even bother with Amazon. Rackspace supposed to be a lot cheaper!
Now, have a look at Hetzner's top server. It is only €109/$157!
Ok, bandwidth is limited to 5TB but after 5TB they (only) reduce you to 10Mbit.
You could buy near enough 50 servers!
by nolovelust
24. March 2011 15:44
As IPv4 blocks deplated, their value started to increase.
IGP reporting that Nortel, in bankruptcy, sells IPv4 address block for $7.5 million. 666,624 IPv4's sold to $11.25 per ip. It is quite hight when you think about buying 4 blocks of RIPE IP costs around 3-4 Euros.
by nolovelust
17. March 2011 16:06
by nolovelust
15. March 2011 22:09
Do you want to disable clear type on the new Internet Explorer 9? Unfortunatelly currently there is no way to do that! I know, it sucks! I hate it too. Clear Type stings my eyes!
I even tried adding below registry key! Nothing changed. It looks like Clear Type hardcoded to the IE 9.
Clear Type settings from IE 8
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\AdvancedOptions\MULTIMEDIA\CLEARTYPE]
"UncheckedValue"="no"
"CheckedValue"="yes"
"PlugUIText"="@C:\\Windows\\System32\\inetcpl.cpl,-4734"
"RegPoliciesPath"="SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\Main"
"RegPath"="SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\Main"
"HKeyRoot"=dword:80000001
"HelpID"="iexplore.hlp#59999"
"RequiresReboot"=dword:00000001
"DefaultValue"="no"
"ValueName"="UseClearType"
"Text"="Always use ClearType for HTML"
"Type"="checkbox"
Update on 18/03/2011: After 3 days I've decided to remove IE9 from my computer. It is half cooked, has really bad UI and makes my eyes ichy!
Update on 26/03/2011: There might be a way. See comments below
by nolovelust
5. January 2011 13:56
Since I've decided to start developing for Android I have bought Nexus S as development phone.
First of all I was in love with N900 against Android and phones without physical keyboard as general.
N900 is a geek’s dream phone. It is more like handheld PC. It is as open as a phone/OS can be and performance is unbelievable.
Main problem with N900 is that Nokia already killed it! It was a trial by Nokia and they decided to leave N900 and its OS Maemo in favour of MeeGo.
You hardly find commercial applications. Most apps for it are created by enthusiastic users. Lack of commercial intent is huge drawback for N900.
On the other hand Nexus S comes with latest Android OS gingerbread. You can be assured that Nexus S will get latest OS updates at least one more year. Android has many rough edges but way better than Maemo. You have 200K apps on the market (although only couple of hundred of them are actually useful) and every day you see new ones uploaded.
On the keyboard end I was surprised how easy to use software keyboard. Integrated auto complete make a lot easier to search and type.
So far I am happy with my new development phone and looking forward to learn Java and Android development.
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