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  1. MannDude

    Happy New Year

    I just wanted to take a moment to wish everyone here a happy and prosperous New Year. Be safe in your celebrations and best of luck to you and everyone in 2016 whether you're a business owner, a end user of servers or anything in between. May 2016 be a good year for you.
  2. MannDude

    Comcast begins man-in-the-middle attacks to showcase copyright notices

    As per: http://www.neowin.net/news/comcast-begin-man-in-the-middle-attacks-to-show-copyright-notices-on-websites This is the actual code they inject into web pages ( https://gist.github.com/Jarred-Sumner/90362639f96807b8315b ). I guess this is yet another reason why normal websites...
  3. MannDude

    The Black Friday / Cyber Monday thread. Where are all the good deals going to be?

    Well, it's that consumerism time of year again. I'm not actually in search of anything particular or need anything but I do enjoy 'window shopping' at good deals. What sites are known to do great Black Friday deals or what places have already announced products/pricing for the Black Friday /...
  4. MannDude

    Happy Veterans Day

    To those of you who have served, are serving, or related to those who served: Happy Veterans day.
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    Leaked document shows that Comcast's 300GB data cap has nothing to do with network congestion

    Anyone else see this today? On the front page of Reddit but for those who don't lurk it, here is the full article: https://www.yahoo.com/tech/s/leaked-comcast-docs-prove-300gb-data-cap-nothing-003027574.html The relevant part of the leaked document shown in the image below: I don't...
  6. MannDude

    Bob Ross marathon stream on Twitch.TV

    For those of you who grew up watching Bob Ross, you'll enjoy the Twitch.TV marathon stream of his television show. Usually Twitch.TV is used for streaming online gaming, but in this case it's got 40,000 live streaming Bob Ross' Joy of Painting Television show that aired in the 80's and 90's. I...
  7. MannDude

    Are you able to replicate this forum error?

    Hey guys and gals, I need your help diagnosing an error I and someone else ( I forget who reported it ) is experiencing on this forum. I tested it on IPB's own community forum and the issue persisted there, however I was informed that it must only be me as their users were unable to replicate it...
  8. MannDude

    Your favorite Google tips and tricks?

    Kind of a silly thread but I'm curious what all people use Google for besides search. Seems like over the past few years they've really added a lot of random functions in the search results to give you what you want. Lately I've been using Google as a digital timer. Just typing in: "Timer...
  9. MannDude

    The UPS man saved my day

    I wanted to sing some praise to UPS, who really made my day today. I got home from work today and when getting out of my car and with my hands full, my keys fell into my seat and my door closed with it locked. Thursday was my Friday meaning Sunday is my Monday so it was the last day of the...
  10. MannDude

    How do you exclude a sub-directory via bash?

    For example, say you want to create an archive of a directory to back it up: tar -zcf /some/backup/folder/yoursite_www_$(date +"%m_%d-%Y_%H:%M").tar.gz /home/someuser/somesite/public_htmlSo that'll create an an archive of everything located in /home/someuser/somesite/public_html. Great. But...
  11. MannDude

    Best benchmarking script?

    What is, in your opinion, the best server benchmarking script to run on new servers? What do you prefer? Use the upvote buttons on the response to signal your agreement and comment with any/all opinions.
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    Is SolidShellSecurity still in business?

    Just curious if anyone knows if they're still in operation or not. Haven't seen anything from them anywhere recently and they don't appear to be reachable.
  13. MannDude

    Quadranet down?

    Lot of chatter in the IRC-sphere about Quadranet being down and unreachable. @QuadraNet_Adam or @QuadraNet.Dustin, what's going on?
  14. MannDude

    BitCoin for sale. 756,241.23 bits, currently $175~ USD

    Looking to sell some BitCoin. I've got 756,241.23 bits in my BTC wallet and would like to convert that to USD so I can pay some bills. Will accept BitCoin from trusted people. We'll figure out the details at the time of the sale but as of right now 756,241.23 bits = $174.91USD . Asking price...
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    Your predictions for the future of the VPS hosting industry?

    Taking into consideration the upcoming depletion of IPv4 addresses, the increase in things like computing power, storage capabilities and network throughput, and things like political changes that may effect how virtual goods are perceived as well as the increase in popularity of virtual...
  16. MannDude

    Happy Birthday HalfEatenPie

    Skype tells me it is your birthday. Have a good birthday @HalfEatenPie!
  17. MannDude

    vpsBoard summer newsletter

    Just sent out the vpsBoard summer newsletter. A copy of it is below for you to discuss if you wish to do such things. Otherwise check your email, it'll arrive shortly. Instructions on how to unsubscribe are shown in the email.
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    AT&T has effectively banned Bitcoin nodes by closing port 8333 via a hidden firewall in the cable bo

    As per: https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2015-September/010798.html FCC guidelines however should prevent this ( https://www.fcc.gov/openinternet ) What other things are generally blocked besides inbound port 80 and 25 traffic? I wonder if we'll see more bitcoin related...
  19. MannDude

    Anyone else experiencing PayPal 2 factor authorization errors?

    When ordering a service and viewing the due invoice, trying to subscribe to recurring payments sends you to a PayPal page to login. Afterwards, you are then sent to a page to input a 2 factor auth code. When clicking, "Send SMS" to retrieve the 6 digit code an error stating, "We're sorry...
  20. MannDude

    Selling industry related OpenVZ domain. Three letter .IO

    A couple months ago I purchased this from a fellow vpsBoard member however I have no need for it and I'd rather just sell it. It would be unfair of me to ask for more than what I paid for it, as such I am listing it at the same price I paid which was 60 pounds or $94~ Also open to reasonable...
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