[thelist] Instance-hour

[Dave Stevens]

sbeam wrote:
> no expert myself but having just looked into EC2 this week, it seems they just 
> start a timer when you "boot up" (initialize) your virtual server. Timer goes 
> off when you shut down. It's that simple AFAIK.
Ah ok, that makes sense. I am also looking at EC2. This certainly seems 
like an affordable way to have the power I require.

Thanks for the explanation!
Dave