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I steadfastly maintain that history majors make the best technical support staff. They've been trained to research and analyze an event - usually coming up with information that doesn't answer the question with a simple "yes" or "no" - and then develop a working theory as to what really...

Thanks jtr! :) That is such a classic cat look. My guess is, "I'm mildly interested in what you're doing, but I'm going to pretend I find you intensely boring." Also, for the Gremlins fans: :)

I'd like to see that one too. There is a Washington Post article about "Lost in Translation". I loved Freddy vs. Jason. It fit my mood perfectly. I went to see it with exactly the right expectations - primarily just an expectation to be entertained in a cheezy way. It delievered 100%. I...

Wow. Lots of good suggestions. Hmm. [Side note: jtr1962, do you have a larger picture of your avatar anywhere? There was a thread ages ago I remember reading where someone commented on the priceless look on that cat's face and I tend to agree. It's hard to see when it's so small though. I...

I used to name the print servers I managed after cats I knew / had known.

So far I'm at a loss for a new avatar. I did make a subtle change this afternoon to the one I currently have, but something tells me it won't help any of the people who found my old one disturbing. Any suggestions?

I wasn't sure if this really fit into the "Toolbox" category, but as the description on the forum index page didn't say this was for storage-only tools, I figured I'd post this: http://www.zytrax.com/tech/web/browser_ids.htm Anyone found a better or more complete list somewhere? Of course...

What about one of those new-fangled "your filesystem is a database" options that I keep reading about on Slashdot? You know ... the ones that I always skip reading and thus can only speak of vaguely while waving my virtual hand around. Yes, those ones! :wink: I always skip reading about them...

Full body tattoos made easy!

Let me guess ... I'm the only one who went to see Freddy vs. Jason.

Thanks Handruin. I went to the page and was about to (grudgingly - I'm feeling lazy today) fill out that form. But then I went to their "Purchasing" page. I can't believe how much CPanel costs. Those guys must be rolling in cash given how many hosting companies by their product. And it's...

How about Greenland?

Thanks for checking blakerwry. I guess I should let the support people at cphosting know about it. When I first ran into this problem (and before I had figured out what was causing it), I sent them an inquiry. They sent me back a very prompt reply saying they didn't see any such problem. I'm...

Congratulations JoJo! :) So ... are they still hiring?

Nope, but I remember he was doing well financially. I think he wound up next to me because this was back in the good old days when I could occasionally scrounge up a business class ticket. He also seemed to be very fond of the color white - wore a white suit jacket, and a white hat. I...

I was once trapped next to a total nut on a 3 hour flight from Toronto to Raleigh. He went on and on about the snuff flicks he and his wife were branching into. That and the OJ Simpson trial. (This was several years ago.) I believe he worked for IBM before starting his own adult video business.

That really does sound like a psychology experiment waiting to happen. In my experiment, the button-phobic user would discover that pressing the button on the computer didn't turn anything on or off at all. Instead, someone would show up at the door and deliver a donut each time the button was...

I can't remember ever having problems with ampersands on UNIX systems (I have a % and an & in at least 2 account passwords). Windows software has sometimes given me trouble with punctuation symbols. That said, software that won't accept punctuation symbols for passwords should always warn you...

Perhaps that's part of the story blakerwry. But that doesn't forgive CPanel for behaving the way it does. It gives no warning whatsoever about "illegal" characters in the password field. It prints the standard success message regardless of what you type into that password box. That's...

I think I just nailed my first bug in CPanel. This worries me because if I'm correct, it may mean that the code monkey(s) who produce CPanel are failing to consistently validate user-provided data. Can someone help test my theory? Steps to produce unexpected behavior in CPanel: 1) Go to the...

Well, the poor spelling is one thing - it makes it seem as though it was thrown together by a group of 8th graders. Appearance matters. Small faults can sour the otherwise professional look of a software package. What's more, if the creators of this software package can't stop to correct the...

Thanks for the cake Cougtek. And yes, I'm complaining too much these days - I fear I seem more and more like a grumpy old man when computers are concerned. I blame the IT guys at work. :wink:

One of your personalities? Excuse me, i don't think so.

Go away.

I'm trying cphosting for now. My first thought has little to do with cphosting though: CPanel is awful. Do people like this thing? I see it everywhere when I search for webhosting so I assume they do. That baffles me. Case in point, what exactly is "Forwading"? Is it something you do...

We're not sure yet. He apparently tried to update the email address for his account ... and now his account no longer exists.

I think we need more members. I'm going into withdrawl here ...

CityK ... I feel badly for you. I remember what it's like when a pet falls seriously ill. My family's cat was just approaching age 17 when illness finally caught up with her. During all those years, she was one of the few pieces of consistency and stability I'd had in my life. It was a...

*lol* I didn't expect to laugh that hard this morning. Thanks. :) In the interest of preserving the peace, I'll see if I can find an alternate eyec ... errr ... icon. For the record, it's not a self-portrait. Actually, I believe ... brace yourselves ... it's an Australian eyeball.

Huh? :eekers:

Oh yeah, I believe CPHosting's web page is out of date. They are apparently runing CPanel 7.4.2-STABLE.

See ... that's what I count on here at StorageForum. I can finally approach making a decision, and I can have faith that a discussion here will suddenly leave me back at square one. (Just kidding. :wink: ) Seriously though, I really have no idea what the right answer is. I'm just going to...

Umm ... what does bootvis do?

Thanks for the update Handruin. That's an interesting situation at Voxtreme. I'm still leaning towards CPHosting. It's a shot in the dark to some extent as I don't know anyone else using them, but their bandwidth rates are much better than Voxtreme's. That's the primary thing I'm wary of...

Thanks blakewry. I sent xcensus an email back on Tuesday with a very basic question about one of their hosting options, but I never received a reply. I also considered voxtreme (I have a couple of family members who'd consider sharing a hosting package), but based on Handruin's recent...

I wish I could find a Serial ATA optical drive. Anyone seen one?

Have I mentioned I'm a bit obsessive sometimes? :) For important stuff, I write at least two copies, to two different kinds of CD-Rs. One CD will be a Kodak CD-R Gold Ultima. The other CD-R(s) will be totally different brands and dyes. Furthermore, I buy the blanks from two different...

Wow...do you have a link? The cheapest one I could find on their site was a CTX at $250.

I had several Sony CDRs go bad back in 2000. They were only a year or two old. If you looked at the underside (i.e. not the label side), you could see strange cloudy patches developing across the CD. They were kept in a filing cabinet, inside a thoroughly climate-controlled environment. Some...

Hmm ... well, as far as potentially fatal traps go, as satisfying as they might be conceptually, in reality there's probably always a risk for unintended harm. Take that store owner for example. Electrifying something only a thief could reach is a great idea at first, but suppose a fire had...

Is setting a trap for a thief illegal?

Hmm ... looks interesting. I happen to be in the market for a hosting service and have been trying to do some comparisons. Anyone have any other suggestions?

Of course, if you had left your doors unlocked, your car would've sustained a lot less damage. :wink:

A few years ago while still recovering from a really rough period in my life, a friend asked me this question: "so you want to meet people, but you don't want to meet people?" Of course I answered "yes". Doesn't help you much Mercutio, but I think I've been there (though not to the extent...

When was the last time you took a vacation?

Hmm ... on the other hand (that'll teach me to look at this stuff late at night) it looks like the Hypermicro surplus stuff only has a 1 year warranty. I didn't think they equated "surplus" with "refurbished", but I guess they do. Hmmm.

Hey thanks everybody! :) I think I'm going to go with the Ultra 2 drive (technically I guess it's a Wide Ultra 2). That way, if the SPARC 5 dies at some point in the near future, I'll still have a reasonably speedy drive I can use elsewhere. That's a small advantage over the used or...

I have an old Sun SPARCstation 5. I believe the "best" SCSI transfer mode it can handle with its integrated controller is SCSI Fast Wide. It's an SCA-based interface. I've taken a look at StorageReview's reference. Currently the system has a 2.1 GB hard disk. I'd like to upgrade (as much as...

Hmm ... I placed 4 or 5 orders (all <=$200) with them over the past year and a half and never had a problem. Lots of email confirmation about what they were doing at each stage which was reassuring. I've haven't tried buy.com before. I'll have to take a look sometime. How are their prices...

Thanks Handruin. 7 hours after ordering (and being charged), I got an email from Jump Domain saying they'd noticed my order and registered the domain. I guess I've just been spoiled by Dotster ... they have always been pretty fast. Something else I've just learned: there's apparently a...