Amitz
New Member
So it was you who asked imgur to take down the images?
Colocrossing's Million Dollar Routers are Switches... Top of Rack Server Porn. Old Cisco.
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Aldryic C'boas
The Pony
Yeah, it's pretty well known that Matt is in close with us (he was a groomsman at my wedding, and Fran basically got him the job at EGI when they and us were still on good terms); the above accusation is most likely them just using him as an easy scapegoat, and trying to slam one at us at the same time.
jarland
The ocean is digital
You have openly stated your intentions to reverse the decision to do business with them. An attempt to try to smear your name is par for the course here. I'm not trying to be dramatic or act like I'm shocked by this, it honestly just falls dead in line with what I know to be true, fits with what I think to be true, and it is what it is. They have never handled losing business gracefully, that's just a fact that is so apparent from spending time reading reviews of them under their various names throughout the years. I speak of it so casually that I don't even care to back it up. It just is.
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Aldryic C'boas
The Pony
Actually, there's even more drama behind the scenes. We haven't announced it yet (and I'll open a separate topic about it in a bit), but we were served a 60-day eviction notice by Biloh earlier today, before EGI made their post here. This notice (which was a phone call to Fran with the excuse "We should just part ways while things are good between us"; and later an 'official letter' that was basically a 'fuck you' with a signature) did not list any valid reason for revoking the contract. Now, we're having to plan out a short-notice move, which is a bit inconvenient... but Biloh did us a pretty big favour here. We've been wanting to sever the contract for months, and they kept telling us 'No'... not only have they given us what we wanted, but we now have some very interesting answers to give when someone asks us why.
Here's another interesting fact - if you notice all the threads regarding EGI and us in the past, they have never had the balls to openly accuse or come after one of us. Hell, the one guy I met when we were in San Jose looked absolutely terrified to have us just standing there. And yet all of a sudden, Matt is being fingered (with no proof, mind you) and we're dragged into it by EGI.
My bet at this point: EGI and CC are in bed against a common 'enemy' - us. The petty accusation at Matt, along with CC using a weak justification to sever the contract, is just a childish attempt to 'stick it' to BuyVM. But like I said.. this is absolutely perfect, as they're pretty much just giving us what we want. Several DCs have already contacted Fran personally, making offers; so even if we don't go with Choopa, there's plenty of options.
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RiotSecurity
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What's the horrible smell? It smells like bull shit.
Oh fuck, someone get me a gas mask.
I hate to inform you, but I cannot access your website.
Error 503 Service Unavailable
Service Unavailable
Guru Meditation:
XID: 727375783
Varnish cache server
Would you mind fixing it?
Far as I know we've had no take down requests from either nor a DMCA from either.
Francisco
Aldryic C'boas
The Pony
Confirmed. I haven’t had any DMCA at all the past couple weeks, actually.
drmike
100% Tier-1 Gogent
I am still stumped as to why/how imgur would pull the images... What basis? A DMCA with what basis?
But it's sheer coincidence that the images committed suicide there then when reappeared elsewhere (in house) that the internet decide to DDoS the server 2 hours after being made public
Cause you know, that's how the machines roll these days... Full automated attack network.
But it's sheer coincidence that the images committed suicide there then when reappeared elsewhere (in house) that the internet decide to DDoS the server 2 hours after being made public
Cause you know, that's how the machines roll these days... Full automated attack network. 
peterw
New Member
Just report a image on any image hoster and it is deleted if it does not have a lot of social links. Common way to solve the need for support stuff.
It is even faster if a company name is involved.
drmike
100% Tier-1 Gogent
Photos have been moved again... to prevent another bogus takedown.
This time they are with Bayimg.com. It is an offering from PirateBay... so good luck with the DMCA and takedown stuff...
"Offers free, uncensored image hosting with an emphasis on free speech. As long as stored images are legal under Swedish law, they won't be removed."
This time they are with Bayimg.com. It is an offering from PirateBay... so good luck with the DMCA and takedown stuff...
"Offers free, uncensored image hosting with an emphasis on free speech. As long as stored images are legal under Swedish law, they won't be removed."
You should host them on a DDOS protected BuyVM VPS, then they would either stay up and be uncontested or you would at least find out who is contesting them to begin with
just a thought.
just a thought.
EricGregory
New Member
Regardless of the situation and what's going on, posting photos of other peoples' stuff inside of a datacenter is bad form. I've seem some absolutely atrocious wiring in my day at various data centers but would NEVER publicly display any photos without the property owner's explicit permission.
Photography is one of my big side hobbies and while it's usually kosher to photograph something that's visible on private property from public property it's a whole other ball of wax when you're on property belonging to someone else and clandestinely snapping a photo of something that's not visible from public property. People get sued for that kinda shit.
Take for example the image of the Korean War Memorial that's been used on a USPS stamp, the photog (well, the USPS got whacked) who shot the pic for use on the stamp got sued by the sculptor who created the memorial. Granted that's copyright related territory, but it shows that photographing something can have repercussions.
http://petapixel.com/2013/09/23/sculptor-awarded-685000-photo-korean-war-memorial-used-stamp/
I've been at this game for around 13 years and know that when a provider does dumb crap, it's only a matter of time until karma bites 'em in the ass. It's generally good practice to steer clear, leave grudges and ego at the door, and move on.
Just my $0.02
Photography is one of my big side hobbies and while it's usually kosher to photograph something that's visible on private property from public property it's a whole other ball of wax when you're on property belonging to someone else and clandestinely snapping a photo of something that's not visible from public property. People get sued for that kinda shit.
Take for example the image of the Korean War Memorial that's been used on a USPS stamp, the photog (well, the USPS got whacked) who shot the pic for use on the stamp got sued by the sculptor who created the memorial. Granted that's copyright related territory, but it shows that photographing something can have repercussions.
http://petapixel.com/2013/09/23/sculptor-awarded-685000-photo-korean-war-memorial-used-stamp/
I've been at this game for around 13 years and know that when a provider does dumb crap, it's only a matter of time until karma bites 'em in the ass. It's generally good practice to steer clear, leave grudges and ego at the door, and move on.
Just my $0.02
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Jack
Active Member
Would you of sent hardware via UPS ect and had them set it up?