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alternizeon We're giving out free 1CPU, 2GB, 10GB SSD -servers, celebrating our launch.

here's another localisation error:

servers > server > setting:

"Deployed: 13.03.2013 klo 11:11"

alternizeon We're giving out free 1CPU, 2GB, 10GB SSD -servers, celebrating our launch.

just checked out the service, and i really like the administration pages. i could see this as a viable alternative to other vps services, but would love to see some more server location choices.

what i was wondering tho: the activation sms originated from the same number as google's calendar reminders, what's up with that?

alternizeon How Ink Is Made

impressive. but only leading to the next question: how are the pigments produced?

alternizeon Wikipedia over SMS: Getting Wikipedia to the people who need it most

does anyone have some insight how that would work? the best rate i could find for sending sms in europe is around 0.015€/sms at a large volume - still that would probably be way too expensive for such a project. will Wikipedia Zero have to rely on the cooperation of the mobile carriers for that distribution channel as well?

alternizeon How I work with Postgres – psql, My PostgreSQL Admin

i'm pretty happy with ems' sql manager - while not free, it has everything i ever needed from a postgres gui. working with psql to query large data sets seems a bit tedious to me - i prefer a multiwindow gui application with a decent tabular view that i can browse through. i heavily use psql for maintenance stuff tho.

alternizeon Twitter Bootstrap

bootstrap is excellent for developers that aren't designers, and still want to put together something that looks nice without having to spend money on elaborate designs. not all startups are blessed with loads of money.

alternizeon Taking payments online in Europe in 2013

we're using them as well after having tried many of the other options. they are quite far ahead from other european cc payment providers like f.e. saferpay. and from experience, their support is way better when it comes to technical/api questions.

alternizeon Mega has launched

hum, is it just me or is there really no way to change the email address and/or the account password?

alternizeon Dear Apple, DUNS is a scam, but you already know that

in several (european?) countries, incorporated businesses automatically are assigned a DUNS number by D&B. head to http://www.upik.de/en/upik_suche.cgi and search for your company before requesting a number. surely enough, all of my companies already had one, even the one incorporated two weeks ago.

alternizeon Google Disabling Exchange Sync for Free Accounts

right, i guess thats also why gmail/mail for apps has a message attachment size limit of 25mb, because it's so much more than enterprise-quality...

google mail for apps has still a long way to go to be real enterprise quality. but then again, it's simplicity to maintain and relatively low cost IS much more attractive than maintaining your own enterprise system.

alternizeon The End: NZBMatrix closes

running your own custom tailored usenet indexer seems pretty easy nowadays thanks to http://www.newznab.com/ - if you have a need for one in the first place, that is.

alternizeon Parallella reached $750k funding goal

here are two links that show the project's progress during its kickstarter life:

http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/adapteva/parallella-a-super... http://canhekick.it/project/5064d31d8f647c24e5ad60d0

alternizeon Why 4K TVs are stupid

So if your eye can't tell the difference between 720p and 1080p on nearly all modern televisions, what's the need for 4K?

that's the quote that made me stop reading the rest of the article: I can clearly spot the difference between 720p and 1080p content on my 50" "modern television", sitting on my couch 1.5m away.

alternizeon PostgreSQL 9.2: Full-throttle Database

there's an official postgres debian repository now which has the latest versions: http://pgapt.debian.net/

alternizeon 1and1 ask for passwords over the phone

while I agree 1&1 shouldn't ask for passwords... why not just temporarily change your password to something stupid, call support, and then change your password again?