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Looks like the Host Nuns are giving up their habit and moving on.   I think this is a good move. Host Nun has had its day and will be closing come the end of May. In short, HN clients will be transferred to my new initiative, Ellipsis Node: http://ellipsisno.de What does this mean for...

Taken from their site: http://members.cloudatcost.com/ Network Outage local Fiber Cut. We are having an issue accessing some of our network subnets due to a local car crash that caused fiber to be cut. Network Update: Our fiber technicians have confirmed that the target for full restoration...

It happened again.  Thread on vpsB posted 9+ hours ago, yet not appearing in "View New Forum Content" link I use on top of the site. This is second time lately that someone has sent me a link to a thread on vpsB then I find it has been up for hours yet not in new content silos. I even triple...

I've been transfixed on the television tonight (while tending to my under the weather family). This Baltimore rioting, what the hell...  I know exactly why I can't stand cities and remember the lessons of the MLK fueled summer riots of the 1960s.  Cities aren't safety zones, no matter how big...

I am interested in converting my Debian install into an image I can open up and run inside some virtual environment.  Virtualbox would be fine, but Xen would be more ideal.  This is a desktop install. Any done this recently and can recommend a how-to?

Have a company with an OVZ server knocked offline.   Strange error.   # vzctl umount 15019   Warning: Unknown iptable module: xt_connlimit, skipped Container is unmounted   # vzctl start 15019 Warning: Unknown iptable module: xt_connlimit, skipped Starting container... Container is...

Cloudflare is threatening to boot a customer running a Pirate Bay proxy.  Reason?  The UK is blocking IPs due to piracy / IP protectionism and the IP belongs to Cloudflare and fronts many websites. Is the end of Cloudflare as a useful decoy? Source article...

Seems like SolusVM has a multiple year bug involving cancelled accounts and containers that are still online. Customer has VPS service, but cancels.  Yet the container is still online eons after termination should have happened. Folks seeing this and zombie containers?   Someone pegged this...

Breaking news on the wires is that Comcast won't be pursuing Time Warner in their buy/merger idea. The merger met scrutiny from every direction and regulators weren't seeing any benefit to consumers. So up next, which cable company is buying which? Comcast has the money and is going to buy...

Good read over here: http://www.autoblog.com/2015/04/20/automakers-gearheads-car-repairs/ TL;DR - General Motors and John Deere are out seeking to protect gearheads and mechanics from working on their vehicles.  Deeming them dangerous and all that sort of nonsense. This is where we are headed...

I've been a customer of so very many companies.   Big common shortfall that annoys me monthly and which I just can't understand why providers don't see it: WHY DON'T YOU ACCEPT PRE-FUNDED ACCOUNTS? This is to say, accepting deposits of funds. Every month I have a basket of invoices that show...

I was looking at surge power strips to finish off my current workspace. Seller in California, so same country. Ebay showing additional surcharge to purchase from such company: Import charges: $9.33 (amount confirmed at checkout)  No additional import charges on delivery Anyone seen...

Popular e-retailer Newegg recently put Intel's new PC on a stick devices up for pre-order. These sticks feature a quad core Atom processor, 1GB RAM, 8GB of on board storage and are targeted at Linux users. $109.99...  These are direct HDMI powered and look like a great addition to your big...

Today I finally did a glass front break on an older Samsung tablet I've long used.  Just lucky shot of tablet onto cement floor. My fault since the tablet wasn't in a protective case, again.  Not the first time I've dropped a device hard on ground. Looking for group input on cases they use to...

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been found guilty for the Boston Marathon bombing...

I posted elsewhere on a necro'd thread. BuyVM has finally launched a website for their BuyShared brand.   They offer shared cPanel hosting and cPanel reseller hosting via BuyShared. Prior to tonight, only way to find and purchase from BuyShared was via random forum posts directly to cart. New...

AT&T cannot get the US Federal Trade Commission to toss a lawsuit over ripping off an estimated 3.5 million "unlimited" data plan customers who they routinely threshold met throttled. Now word is that the FCC is coming after AT&T for the same behavior. AT&T argued that the FTC doesn't have...

Iran tentative deal has been reached! http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/iran-nuclear-deal-announcement-expected/story?id=29952510 Iran agrees to slow its nuclear program and allow inspections plus reduce it's weapon stockpile and exchange loosening of economic sanctions.  Read:  embargo. Elected...

Not a brand we've seen here on vpsBoard, LoveVPS.   This comes from Webhostingtalk (http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1468554)

I am interested in using Bitcoin, as a holder of such, as an end customer.  Late to the party and probably about right time to jump in. Looking for a wallet solution for Bitcoin, that runs locally, in Linux (Debian). Ideally something that is flexible enough to support offline (isolating a...