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  1. J

    New forum idea: Water Cooler / Laundry Room for drama threads.

    Read what I said again. I was specifically refering to the overuse of the "go to the Cest Pit" for anything vaguely off-topic (or anything somebody didn't like, for that matter). You're arguing against a point I never made to begin with. EDIT: And no, "somebody tells you to so there's probably...
  2. J

    Do you accept Bitcoins as a payment method? Why? Why not? (Plus other questions)

    Both are registered MSBs. Coinbase in all states, BitPay in Georgia.
  3. J

    Do you accept Bitcoins as a payment method? Why? Why not? (Plus other questions)

    Are people actually, like, reading the posts in this thread before responding? The past two pages have been nothing but a cycle of "but it's too volatile" -> "yes that's what BitPay and Coinbase already solve"... Perhaps an edit of the original post is in order?
  4. J

    New forum idea: Water Cooler / Laundry Room for drama threads.

    Locking down / changing / removing / hiding critical ("drama") threads: Not acceptable. A hugbox does nobody a favour, in the long run. Having these threads in a separate subforum: Probably a good idea. Hiding these threads from "View new content": Only if opt-out and visible by default (but I...
  5. J

    Madadsmedia publishers affected

    I wonder if this is why PirateShore and their blog are blocked for malware by Google.
  6. J

    Gatsby.im discontinued

    Wow. Looks like he just baleeted all the blogs. @ElliotJ What were you thinking?
  7. J

    Gatsby.im discontinued

    Is there a list of Gatsby-hosted blogs somewhere?
  8. J

    Gatsby.im discontinued

    So, what happened to the blogs he was already hosting?
  9. J

    ColoCrossing / VSNX Starts it's Hostile Takeover of the LOWEND VPS Market

    They're changing thread titles all over the place now, to make them more "politically correct", so to say. It's not just limited to ColoCrossing threads. That said, I'm absolutely not happy about this new moderation trend. What's wrong with a [solved] tag?
  10. J

    Down to 4 VPS

    Multiple things, actually. Currently I use it as my incremental backup target (for both my desktop PC and a bunch of stuff on my servers), using Tahoe-LAFS. It's also used as a backend for some sites, and I'm currently working on an S3-like API and CDN frontend to turn it into a proper CDN...
  11. J

    Down to 4 VPS

    Hehe. I might consider it in the future, but currently I have no additional budget :)
  12. J

    Down to 4 VPS

    Oh dear.. time for a list, I guess. Some of these are paid, some of these are freebies / donations / borrowed. Also, aside from what is mentioned, most of these also run Tahoe-LAFS, and a slave daemon for my monitoring system. Most of them also run archiving scripts from time to time. I'll...
  13. J

    Future VPS Company Dead Pool Wager Hall

    Tonight's trivia question: what VPS company name fits in the black rectangle?
  14. J

    What Backup Software Do YOU Use?

    Or just make your backup target append-only.
  15. J

    Target confirms leak of 40mil CC data

    There are actually a few notable differences (assuming it works the same as the Dutch chip + pin system): Your 'secret key' (CVV2 for a credit card, PIN for a chip card) is never transmitted to a third party that is not a bank. You would, for example, never enter your PIN on an e-commerce site...
  16. J

    When it comes to hardware hacking

    Quite cool. Have a parts list by any chance?
  17. J

    BuyVM Legal Defense Fund? LOL

    No. It's because you're an arrogant asshole.
  18. J

    Tool for detecting if a VPS node is "slabbed" or not

    But you are a provider! :)
  19. J

    Gotcha!

    Ah, but see, that's Chris Faboozi, not Chris Fabozzi! Clearly it's a different person!
  20. J

    Gotcha!

    This would be business suicide; as far as ICANN and such are concerned, the domain is owned by the person in the WHOIS details. As long as ColoCrossing is listed as domain owner, they can take control of the domain at any point in time, and Chris would be screwed. Perhaps that is because BuyVM...
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