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  1. Damian

    Sanity check: OScam?

    And eventually you'll get someone from the tin-foil-hat crowd going "OMFG PRIVACY" or whatever... this group also tends to think that giving money to another entity implies ignorantia legis neminem excusat, or that because they've given you money, that they're then allowed to do whatever they...
  2. Damian

    Free 1U server, you pay tech time & shipping.

    We have a retired server available to anyone who wants to pay the tech time for unracking and packaging, plus shipping to you. It's one of our first VPS nodes. HP DL365 G1 I think. I know it's a DL365, but don't know the generation. 2x dual-core AMD Opterion 2216 HE processors 24gb DDR2 RAM...
  3. Damian

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

    Good response, I do fully understand it now. The original posts had a "LOL WE'VE GOT THEM NOW" feel to it.
  4. Damian

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

    Anyone else feel that this is a case of "OMFG WE'VE FOUND A PROBLEM THAT WE MADE OURSELVES LET'S HAVE A HUGE DEBACLE ABOUT IT" for something that's not actually a problem? It's not like anyone's running on single-core Xeons from 2004; if the server can handle nested virt, what's the big deal...
  5. Damian

    Kloxo installations compromised

    We had been considering dropping the Kloxo "Host In A Box" template anyway, since it hasn't been updated for 2+ years, but now the final nail has been driven into the coffin. Our clients are getting their Kloxo installations compromised with a randomly-named PHP file placed...
  6. Damian

    Raspberry Pi powered by solar module

    So what do you guys have in place for overnight power? Nevermind. Reading is a mystery to me....
  7. Damian

    Do you guys use FraudRecord or similar blacklists?

    It's another tool in our arsenal... there's a lot of reports from butt-hurt pump n' dumps, but the reports from established companies have merit and are useful.
  8. Damian

    Google buys Nest

    I hope that Google improves the Nest's track record. I was looking at them, but read a few too many negative reviews on them. Sure, any popular product will have a few bad reviews, and there's a large pile of crazy people out there, but there were a few too many negative reviews with bad...
  9. Damian

    Mass drive failings linked to accidental gas (fire suppression) release in Sydney data centre

    Drives are sealed against dust and contaminates, not air pressure changes. The point of these... ... are to equalize the air pressure within the drive. The intended purpose to release pressure as the drive heats up and to prevent a vacuum as the drive cools down. As hard disk heads work on...
  10. Damian

    The Good VPS Provider thread

    I'm surprised this doesn't get us more butthurt individuals posting about their butthurt, really. Most people realize that this is a two way street: you can't bullshit us, and in return, we aren't going to bullshit you either. We have nothing to hide, and it's easier to sell cheap and tell the...
  11. Damian

    Target confirms leak of 40mil CC data

    My bank cancelled and issued me a new card today because of this.
  12. Damian

    FitVPS pre-Xmas special offer - Atom with 3TB HDD for $30/month

    I'll buy it, if still available and I qualify.
  13. Damian

    Lottery is up to $550,000,000... what would you do if you won?

    Donate 90% of it to family and friends. The remaining 10% is mine, all mine! Oh, and that remaining 10%? Yeah I'm not going to be all humble with it because I want others to think better of me: i'll be up in a luxury car manufacturer's show room the next day.
  14. Damian

    Datacenter locations and companies I don't like.

    All of us generally use the same locations because they meet the price point that we need. This list is similar to saying that you're not going to drive an automobile from <insert automaker here> because many other people own an automobile from the same manufacturer. 
  15. Damian

    WHMCS' security bounty program

    From http://www.whmcs.com/security-bounty-program/ : This seems like a good step towards ensuring that us providers don't need to put our WHMCS into maintenance mode weekly, or even take it offline altogether. I just hope it doesn't bankrupt them :X
  16. Damian

    (BETA TESTING) 256mb IPv6-only OpenVZ in Los Angeles for $1/month!

    Hey earl, are these good speeds relative to other services you have, or no?
  17. Damian

    Digital currency "mining" process names

    So, I said it best in IRC this morning: This is the 4th or 5th sign-up this week that we've had this issue, and it usually spikes any time flavor-of-the-week-coin has price peaks. I've had it. It's written in our AUP/TOS that digital currency mining isn't allowed, and it's getting to be a...
  18. Damian

    POLL: SSL for vpsBoard. Optional or forced site-wide?

    I will admit that I don't really see what the big deal is that we need to have discussion, then a vote about it? We're not running websites on a Pentium III anymore (I hope...), the 'additional CPU load' is negligible. Do it and make the clients (including me) happy.
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