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Well, I was very surprised to be asked if I wanted a Gear Neo from my fairy godfather. It turned up today and right now I feel like Dick Tracey wearing it. My wife agrees with this. At least I think that is what she meant when she said I looked like a Dick.
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I was offered one as well, but I had to turn it down - my phone won't pair with it. 
Ah well - it's not my style anyway. 
Good luck - I'll look forward to the article!
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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you should get one of those security type earphone[^] to go with it and then will you look like a Dick.
I'd rather be phishing!
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: At least I think that is what she meant
Um, er... never mind. 
Do provide a review, is this thing actually useful?
BTW: What ever happened to the musical collaboration with ah, um, I can't remember his name from CP?
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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S Houghtelin wrote: BTW: What ever happened to the musical collaboration with ah, um, I can't remember his name from CP?
Sadly it fell through. The video series that Chris was putting together met with an untimely end, so Christian and I were left without a video outlet. I live in hope that we can revive it though.
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: were left without a video outlet.
I've been hearing good things about this place called, I think, UChoob...
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I know I sound old by saying this, but oh well...
You know, back in my day we had cell phones we actually had to take out of our pockets, and we liked it fine that way!
Jeremy Falcon
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We're going to need a pic to prove this.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote: We're going to need a pic to prove this.
That Pete's a Dick? I think that's self-evident.
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington
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Oooh - tough crowd today!
cheers
Chris Maunder
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His jealousy is so transparent 
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But I'm waiting for the iWatch before I decide if I too want to look like a pretentious idiot. 
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington
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You don't need the iWatch for that
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True, but I'd sleep better at night if I could use the iWatch as an excuse. 
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington
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I'll put one in the article.
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"what she meant when she said I looked like a Dick" - ROTFL - since we being blokes can never read a females mind, we'll never really know
Thanks for the laugh of the day so far POH
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I was surprised that they offered me one, too - Had to turn it down because I lack of time and a phone to pair it with. I started an article on this topic, because it somehow bit me. I got a fair bit of prep work done, however there is no code yet. Take a look[^], if you want to.
[Especially the Tizen Wearable SDK can be a PITA if you rely on the Installation Manager]
I will never again mention that Dalek Dave was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel.
How to ask a question
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 Too funny
Along with Antimatter and Dark Matter they've discovered the existence of Doesn't Matter which appears to have no effect on the universe whatsoever!
Rich Tennant 5th Wave
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Anyone have any experience on this? I'm about to order a dedicated cloud server for a new project, but I haven't used any virtualization on the web. It makes me a bit worried.
I know modern CPUs support virtualization shortcuts these days, and companies like ScaleMatrix offer SSD servers and that can make a huge difference. And, I'm starting to think the idea of being able to add a truck load of processing units and memory at will would easily offset the virtualization overhead at some point.
From a maintenance standpoint it's freaking awesome. I want this app to handle at least a few hundred concurrent users. N servers pretending to be one so I don't have to load balance or distribute a web app across a farm. Just still concerned.
Any hardcore web types have any pointers before I pull the trigger on what to look for or if I'm barking up the wrong tree?
Jeremy Falcon
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"Cloud" only helps if you do not have a predictable demand. It is much cheaper to purchase a dedicated machine or machines for a fixed demand than to pay for the equivalent cloud services. Maybe you could consider renting rackspace somewhere?
Now if you have flexible load and dynamic peaks then Cloud is great. You can spool up 100 servers at $0.15/hr or whatever you rate is and then spin them down when you don't need them.
Cloud is not a panacea but a good solution to specific problems. Now, if I were Netflix I would move away from AWS immediately and do a few things slightly different but then I do things differently.
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Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote: Now if you have flexible load and dynamic peaks then Cloud is great. You can spool up 100 servers at $0.15/hr or whatever you rate is and then spin them down when you don't need them.
It's for an organization so we know the amount of users we add so we won't suffer from unknown peaks.
My concern isn't really price either, it's more performance, which I'm totally anal about over the web. The existing users we do have, have had it rough in that regards too. So far nobody has been able to give me a direct "overhead cost" in percentage compared to a real machine with the same specs. Just been hearing a bunch of sales fluff.
Jeremy Falcon
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Let me tell you a little about myself. I own a mid-sized company I inherited from my parents. Its a great place to work and makes a fortune for me, my current wife, my 7 kids, my 3 ex's and my dead-beat siblings. It became extra profitable a few years ago when I hired a freshly minted MBA to run things - he really shook up the HR department. Leaves me plenty of time to pimp out the new Bentley! Employees look a little haggard these days but honestly... who cares? 
Anyways... about the birthday. I hope nobody throws me a party. 
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington
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If they do - sack everyone who attended. It's the only way...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Excellent idea! I'll have them all sign a guest book to find out who attends because I'll be on Bimini with the mistresses. Ta ta!
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington
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