On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 2:16 PM, Grant Shipley <[email protected]> wrote:
> Wait? People actually run their own home servers nowadays for development > and filesharing? I thought that went away several years ago. Kind of > kidding but not really. ;) > > I use www.openshift.com for all development (disclaimer: I work on this > project so I am biased). Free to use. > I use dropbox for photo sharing > amazon cloud player premium for music storage (up to 200,000 tracks for > 25.00 a year) > Movies, I stopped storing and just use netflix and hulu. > > Total cost: 45.00 a year. > > Before you flame me, I meant to say 25.00 a year + 9.99 month for netflix and roughly 9.99 for Hulu. > > On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 12:17 PM, Charles Curley < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 11:56:17 -0700 >> Levi Pearson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > To restate my point a bit more clearly, buying a refurbished top-spec >> > machine with a bunch of noisy fans for a low up-front purchase price >> > means that you've probably bought a power-hog of a machine and over >> > its remaining lifetime the power budget is likely to play a >> > significant part in its ownership costs. >> >> I agree with your analysis, but will take it a step further. You are not >> the only person in the world to make it. I suspect the market has >> already discounted the discounted future cost of power to run the >> things. >> >> In a sense, buying cheap power hog equipment is a bet that fracking and >> coal will continue to be legal. >> >> -- >> >> The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, >> and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be >> violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, >> supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the >> place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. >> -- U.S. Const. Amendment IV >> >> Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB >> >> /* >> PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net >> Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug >> Don't fear the penguin. >> */ >> > > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
