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  1. raindog308

    WebhostingTalk catches the LE* disease

    ^ This "Check the offers.  And oh by the way, here is my densely bold colored signature stuffed with promo info."
  2. raindog308

    What Backup Software Do YOU Use?

    All this talk of rsync makes me nervous.  But I suppose it depends on what you want. rsync is fine if you just want another copy. Personally, I want to be able to go back in time. Something goes haywire on Friday and I don't discover it until Monday.  I want to be able to go back to Friday...
  3. raindog308

    What Backup Software Do YOU Use?

    Tarsnap is awesome but expensive.  I use it for a few critical things (my PasswordSafe files, etc.) I wrote an article for Linux Journal about it: http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/tarsnap-line-backups-truly-paranoid Got to interview Dr. Percival - great guy.
  4. raindog308

    Future VPS Company Dead Pool Wager Hall

    Used to be a regular feature on LET...before LET became ColoSelling.
  5. raindog308

    Why the hosting industry and what made you stay?

    Different story here. I've been working with computers since before CRTs were common - first machine I played on when I was ~9 was a machine where every time you hit return, a green bar printer advanced :-)  Altair, TRS-80, Apple ][e, Commodore, etc. to the present.  Been in the IT field since...
  6. raindog308

    Future VPS Company Dead Pool Wager Hall

    The way they party, their livers won't hold out that long...
  7. raindog308

    WebhostingTalk catches the LE* disease

    I think the WHT/LET problem is the perfect storm of:   - industry with an extremely low barrier to entry.  You can start a web host for, what, $20?   - very generic, commodity product that is difficult to differentiate   - product that, by its nature, people tend to find on the web.  Most...
  8. raindog308

    GVH suspended after minor use of 100TB plan

    You use words like "subsidiary" and "brand" and "acquisition" and we giggle. Children, you evidently read BusinessWeek to pick up the lingo, but you should be aware of the following: 1. No one takes you seriously because we know you're 17-year-olds. 2. Because you're ColoCrossing-powered...
  9. raindog308

    DDoS Filtering: CNServers VS Staminus VS BlackLotus VS CloudFlare

    Given that I live in Portland, I agree :-)
  10. raindog308

    100TB a month challenge

    I'd like to point out that he's not promising 100TB of bandwidth. He's promising 100TB of premium bandwidth.
  11. raindog308

    I guess DamnVPS/ThrustVPS got hacked

    News even made The Register: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/01/21/thrustvps_penetrated_by_phishing_attack/
  12. raindog308

    I guess DamnVPS/ThrustVPS got hacked

    Their site is still offline - guess they're gone - ? Not that I really care.  I thought their service was garbage when I tried it.
  13. raindog308

    I guess DamnVPS/ThrustVPS got hacked

    http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1340822 I haven't been a customer there since at least 2008, and I think it may have been a couple years earlier than that even.
  14. raindog308

    I guess DamnVPS/ThrustVPS got hacked

    Just got this email.  Sheesh.
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