[QUOTE=TObject;328203]Now the physics question: how fast does the server need to move relative to the observer so that the when the observer counts 744 hours on his or her watch, 750 hours had passed on the server. LOL[/QUOTE]

A bullshit question.

Given that the server and the user are (mostly) in the same time-space continuum, 744 hours of the user's time will be *very* close to the server's observed time.

[QUOTE=chalsall;328204]A bullshit question.[/QUOTE]

You are no fun.

[QUOTE=TObject;328205]You are no fun.[/QUOTE]

Agreed.

I can't visualize how this service would work. Would you sign into something and your monitor and keyboard would appear to be hooked to an Amazon computer?

It could be as easy as that.
They even have a Java-based MindTerm that let's you ssh.

Windows session (that I expected to be even easier) didn't let me remote-login yet. Will debug later (from home); maybe it's our institute's firewall.

[QUOTE=Chuck;328213]I can't visualize how this service would work. Would you sign into something and your monitor and keyboard would appear to be hooked to an Amazon computer?[/QUOTE]

Very far from.

Absolutely no disrespect intended, but unless you know how to use SSH don't bother attempting.

Chris, granted there's documentation there (even too much), but there are some silly traps set up everywhere in their interface.

Would you write a short and sweet step-by-step tutorial for the rest of us?

I've stumbled through some ditches (and will try to learn better later), but here are a couple things that I would have already done differently if I did everything from the start:
1. The default location of Virginia escaped my attention. It is only on the second try that I switched a drop-down box in the wizard to north California.
2. I should have probably walked though IAM wizard first. Because I didn't, the role on the wizard log pages defaults to "None"
3. Do you have recommendations on which tiny instance to choose?
4. Can you give an advice how to make jobs nohup if the terminal goes away?

[COLOR=green]Updates: [/COLOR]
[COLOR=green]1. nohup works[/COLOR]
[COLOR=green]2. imported ppk into putty[/COLOR]
[COLOR=green]3. ubuntu doesn't have gcc! but it is relatively easily installed. works ok[/COLOR]

[QUOTE=chalsall;328217]Very far from.

Absolutely no disrespect intended, but unless you know how to use SSH don't bother attempting.[/QUOTE]

I can SSH into the NAS server I have on my network (mildly hacked Buffalo Terastation), but that is Linux; how would you use a Windows instance?

You don't mean a command line Windows interface do you?

[QUOTE=chalsall;328204]A bullshit question.

Given that the server and the user are (mostly) in the same time-space continuum, 744 hours of the user's time will be *very* close to the server's observed time.[/QUOTE]

-100 points for using "time-space continuum". His question was perfectly well defined.

[QUOTE=Chuck;328220]I can SSH into the NAS server I have on my network (mildly hacked Buffalo Terastation), but that is Linux; how would you use a Windows instance?

You don't mean a command line Windows interface do you?[/QUOTE]

Yich. I might have considered trying if it was at least a Linux interface. Good luck with getting it to work :smile:

[QUOTE=Batalov;328219]Chris, granted there's documentation there (even too much), but there are some silly traps set up everywhere in their interface.

Would you write a short and sweet step-by-step tutorial for the rest of us?

I've stumbled through some ditches (and will try to learn better later), but here are a couple things that I would have already done differently if I did everything from the start:
1. The default location of Virginia escaped my attention. It is only on the second try that I switched a drop-down box in the wizard to north California.
2. I should have probably walked though IAM wizard first. Because I didn't, the role on the wizard log pages defaults to "None"
3. Do you have recommendations on which tiny instance to choose?
4. Can you give an advice how to make jobs nohup if the terminal goes away?

[COLOR=green]Updates: [/COLOR]
[COLOR=green]1. nohup works[/COLOR]
[COLOR=green]2. imported ppk into putty[/COLOR]
[COLOR=green]3. ubuntu doesn't have gcc! but it is relatively easily installed. works ok[/COLOR][/QUOTE]

I dug into the pages. It seems that we Europeans have some small clauses to watch against...

Luigi

[QUOTE=ET_;328264]I dug into the pages. It seems that we Europeans have some small clauses to watch against...[/QUOTE]

Such as?