Not only have I not heard anyone officially with The Planet plead Murphy, I've got a pile of "sorry we fucked up" and "we're going to make it right" messages from them...and my servers are not even in the affected data center.
I am not the original submitter. But I am a long-time Planet customer. Obviously the only way I could answer your question 100 percent would be if I were a Planet employee. But speaking from a decade of (satisfied) customer experience, including several other "events" of this sort of nature that were handled so well that no one outside the data centers would have known anything happened if it were not announced by them, yes, they probably did do everything they could to prevent such things. I can accept that possibly this was a problem that no one thought of. I'd laugh hysterically at the idea that this was a problem they knew about but convinced themselves it wouldn't happen.
I agree that in many instances "shit happens" is a total copout. But this is not one of them.
I see someone else has already called "bullshit" (heh!) on your "knowing" this guy, so I'll skip that part.
Besides that one, every other case like this that I am aware of that involved so-called "obscenity laws" ended with either an outright dropping of the charges when local officials realized how stupid they looked, or were overturned on appeal.
I can stand on a public street corner and say "George W. Bush sucks big hairy donkey dicks!" all I want, and the government can't do a damned thing about it that would stand up in court. The only thing one can't do here, as far as insulting government officials goes, is make a direct threat against the life of the President (or other federal official).
Can't do that...my "barn area" is roughly two acres, and the "garage area" is roughly the same size. To get a decent view, the first floor is too close to the ground.
"Second story", at least in my house (a typical midwestern country farm house) is not as high as it might sound. People in the driveway are easily identifiable, even when wearing ball caps.
Besides, while the person starting this topic may have different reasons for his cameras, the purpose of mine is not to identify the subject for the police. The purpose of mine is to tell me (or my neighbors on either side, who also have access to the cams) if I need to get up and get the shotgun or the rifle when I hear the dogs barking. And there is no smiley face emoticon behind that statement because I'm very serious.
I have a pair of AirLink101 AIC-250 wired network cameras monitoring my driveway/garage area and my barn area (I live in the sticks). I've been pleased enough that I intend to acquire two more of them. Normal price is in the $80 range, but Fry's runs them as cheap as $49 at times.
Their performance in almost darkness sucks, but that's going to be true of almost any camera unless you spend big dollars. Their performance from pre-dawn to post-dusk, however, has been phenomenal for such a cheap camera. However, on the opposite side of the coin, if the perps are very far from the camera, you are not going to get facial-recognition quality from them.
Mine sit in a second-story window, so by the time someone would break in and mess with them or put a ladder up to the side of the house to spray paint the window, their photo would already be recorded (and saved off-site):-)
I'd post a link for you to see them in action, but I don't want to see my cameras or home network burst in to flames from being slashdotted.
I've been using AirLink's own software, which is somewhat limited. But after seeing the link in another reply here, I'm going to go check out ZoneMinder for myself.
Why spend time reading an article that claims to be leaked information about the service pack. You can just install the also leaked service pack and see for yourself. Anyone who claims to be worthy of reading/. already knows at least a dozen places to download it:-)
And I've had no problems with the three machines I've installed it on.
Since this article hits on both, conveniently I am both diabetic and have vision problems (I can see, but I have a horrid prescription to do so, and even then cannot see anywhere near 20/20).
While I think its nice if businesses accommodate those who are visually impaired, and I think its in their own best interest to do so (just because I have trouble seeing doesn't mean I don't spend money:-) ), I am (almost rabidly) opposed to the idea of government enforcement to do so. The quickest way to ruin something good is to add government intervention.
There are a number of websites, both commercial and not, that I have trouble reading. Know what I do? I go browse somewhere else.
What are we going to require next? Special keyboards at public internet stations for those who are prone to hangnails?
If I had a commercial website and someone or some government entity *demanded* or *required* that I arrange my page a certain way, etc, quite frankly I'd tell them to go get fucked.
Believe it or not, and even now as well as 30 years ago, quite a bit of business is conducted without formal contracts. And for big dollar amounts. In the UK I can't say for sure, but in most US states, a verbal agreement is binding...but it then boils down to who what to who and when they said it. But as this case points out, its always best to get paper. And that's true even when all parties are "friends"...its amazing how fast money can change that friendship.
Microsoft has already made a great stride in this market...they convinced Asus to release a Windows version in the first place. They may not win, but they're certainly in the game.
This is a service I find interesting and appealing in many ways, and I intend to investigate it further after reading this thread. But upon using Amazon's handy calculator, my costs for comparable services would be roughly *6 times* what I'm currently paying for leasing two physical machines and the bandwidth to go with them. For quick projects to test out something, this would be a good service. But for a day in/day out stack, I don't think this is it, at least not for me.
Even if XM and Sirius combine, there is little incentive for the resulting company to raise prices. Neither company has ever made one thin dime in profit, and the companies, either combined or individually, are still quite some distance from doing so. Even with a merger, the company will still be in no position to risk pissing off a sizable portion of its customer base.
While I agree with many of the posts that state this is realistically not going to happen anywhere near as fast as this guy thinks, at the same time its obvious that many of you making replies have never been in situations where your job depends on net access and DAMMIT I NEED IT NOW!!! And that's precisely why I carry a Verizon Wireless card for my laptop and don't (often) bitch about the price. Major metro areas of the US may have free wi-fi on every corner. But just as many places don't. Its not always as simple as "go to another shop down the road with free wi-fi"...the nearest shop with free wi-fi may be a hundred miles away. My time is valuable too...we don't all have time enough to drive around with a Pringles can sticking out the window while looking for Joe Bob Chickenrancher with an open wireless port. Slow net access and net access with a fee always beats the hell out of no net access what so ever.
There's another disadvantage to hardware encryption like this product, even if it worked correctly, and why I also favor something like TrueCrypt (which is infact what I use) even if it might make a bit more work for the computer. The maker says "this is our special chip, and here's the source for our firmware for you to inspect"...now, how do you *know* that's really the firmware that's on that chip? Very few of us are in a position where we could take that source and make our own chip. In a situation where I want to be assured of security, I'm going to not only use TrueCrypt, I'm going to compile it myself.
Right now, I have 4 systems running at my desk. A desktop running Vista (that I'm typing this on), another desktop running Leopard, a laptop running Mandriva 2008, and another laptop running XP. And ya know what? They all have their problems. The Leopard box and the Mandriva box have locked up as many times as the Vista and XP box. My Vista box runs for weeks at a time without reboot, its stable, and I use it (and compile software on it) every day. It, like the XP box, has never had a virus, adware, or malware on it, nor do I run eleventybillion packages of "protection" software on them...I use intelligence and common sense when I surf and read email. The only hardware compatibility issue I've had with any of the boxes is its apparently a bitch to find a Mac-compatible sound card without spending bags of money.
Everyone claims Linux and Macs "just work". Funny...I see just as many pleas for help in all the Mac and Linux magazines and web forums as I do in the Vista and XP magazines and forums.
If you don't like Vista or it doesn't work for you, fine, run something else. Get what works for you and makes you happy. But the constant Vista/Microsoft bashing (mostly, or so it seems, from people who don't actually use it) when Linux and OS X have their issues too is getting tiresome.
There's another difference between Bush and Clinton. Even if he was found guilty of perjury, I'd vote for Bill Clinton for a third term as President tomorrow. But I'd vote for Vladimir Putin for US President before I'd even consider voting for Bush or anyone in his administration.
I don't hold the episode against Clinton because its all just a game. The Senate gave Clinton a rough time because the Republicans were in control. Likewise, back in the 70s Democrats controlled things during the Nixon fiasco...had the Republicans been in control, it would have been swept under the carpet and Nixon would have never resigned. And if Democrats had enough votes now, they'd try to bring charges against Bush...but that doesn't happen because Republicans control the Senate.
These two jokes say it all:
Q. What's the difference between a catfish and a politician? A. One is a scum sucking bottom feeder. The other one is a fish.
Obama and Clinton are both competent and capable leaders. But thanks to the buffoon currently holding the office of President, the first and biggest job of the new occupant will be to unite the citizens and repair the fractures created and damage done by Bozo W. Bush. And there is so much anti-Hillary rhetoric going on (mostly by anal-retentive conservatives who think its bad that Bill lied about getting some pussy but its okay that GWB lied to start a war), that I don't think she can be that peacemaker.
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Not only have I not heard anyone officially with The Planet plead Murphy, I've got a pile of "sorry we fucked up" and "we're going to make it right" messages from them...and my servers are not even in the affected data center.
I am not the original submitter. But I am a long-time Planet customer. Obviously the only way I could answer your question 100 percent would be if I were a Planet employee. But speaking from a decade of (satisfied) customer experience, including several other "events" of this sort of nature that were handled so well that no one outside the data centers would have known anything happened if it were not announced by them, yes, they probably did do everything they could to prevent such things. I can accept that possibly this was a problem that no one thought of. I'd laugh hysterically at the idea that this was a problem they knew about but convinced themselves it wouldn't happen.
I agree that in many instances "shit happens" is a total copout. But this is not one of them.
I see someone else has already called "bullshit" (heh!) on your "knowing" this guy, so I'll skip that part.
Besides that one, every other case like this that I am aware of that involved so-called "obscenity laws" ended with either an outright dropping of the charges when local officials realized how stupid they looked, or were overturned on appeal.
Sorry, wrong answer, but thanks for playing.
I can stand on a public street corner and say "George W. Bush sucks big hairy donkey dicks!" all I want, and the government can't do a damned thing about it that would stand up in court. The only thing one can't do here, as far as insulting government officials goes, is make a direct threat against the life of the President (or other federal official).
Dude, I'm not the original poster, but your second link is *exactly* what I've been needing for a project. Thanks for the link!
The only button on my TiVo remote with noticeable wear on it is the skip forward button.
I haven't bought in to DDR3 yet for one simple reason...I was an early adopter of RDRAM, and look where that went.
Can't do that...my "barn area" is roughly two acres, and the "garage area" is roughly the same size. To get a decent view, the first floor is too close to the ground.
"Second story", at least in my house (a typical midwestern country farm house) is not as high as it might sound. People in the driveway are easily identifiable, even when wearing ball caps.
Besides, while the person starting this topic may have different reasons for his cameras, the purpose of mine is not to identify the subject for the police. The purpose of mine is to tell me (or my neighbors on either side, who also have access to the cams) if I need to get up and get the shotgun or the rifle when I hear the dogs barking. And there is no smiley face emoticon behind that statement because I'm very serious.
I have a pair of AirLink101 AIC-250 wired network cameras monitoring my driveway/garage area and my barn area (I live in the sticks). I've been pleased enough that I intend to acquire two more of them. Normal price is in the $80 range, but Fry's runs them as cheap as $49 at times.
Their performance in almost darkness sucks, but that's going to be true of almost any camera unless you spend big dollars. Their performance from pre-dawn to post-dusk, however, has been phenomenal for such a cheap camera. However, on the opposite side of the coin, if the perps are very far from the camera, you are not going to get facial-recognition quality from them.
Mine sit in a second-story window, so by the time someone would break in and mess with them or put a ladder up to the side of the house to spray paint the window, their photo would already be recorded (and saved off-site):-)
I'd post a link for you to see them in action, but I don't want to see my cameras or home network burst in to flames from being slashdotted.
I've been using AirLink's own software, which is somewhat limited. But after seeing the link in another reply here, I'm going to go check out ZoneMinder for myself.
Why spend time reading an article that claims to be leaked information about the service pack. You can just install the also leaked service pack and see for yourself. Anyone who claims to be worthy of reading /. already knows at least a dozen places to download it :-)
And I've had no problems with the three machines I've installed it on.
I want a scene where Gandolf and Hellboy fight a monster together :-)
Since this article hits on both, conveniently I am both diabetic and have vision problems (I can see, but I have a horrid prescription to do so, and even then cannot see anywhere near 20/20).
:-) ), I am (almost rabidly) opposed to the idea of government enforcement to do so. The quickest way to ruin something good is to add government intervention.
While I think its nice if businesses accommodate those who are visually impaired, and I think its in their own best interest to do so (just because I have trouble seeing doesn't mean I don't spend money
There are a number of websites, both commercial and not, that I have trouble reading. Know what I do? I go browse somewhere else.
What are we going to require next? Special keyboards at public internet stations for those who are prone to hangnails?
If I had a commercial website and someone or some government entity *demanded* or *required* that I arrange my page a certain way, etc, quite frankly I'd tell them to go get fucked.
Believe it or not, and even now as well as 30 years ago, quite a bit of business is conducted without formal contracts. And for big dollar amounts. In the UK I can't say for sure, but in most US states, a verbal agreement is binding...but it then boils down to who what to who and when they said it. But as this case points out, its always best to get paper. And that's true even when all parties are "friends"...its amazing how fast money can change that friendship.
Microsoft has already made a great stride in this market...they convinced Asus to release a Windows version in the first place. They may not win, but they're certainly in the game.
This is a service I find interesting and appealing in many ways, and I intend to investigate it further after reading this thread. But upon using Amazon's handy calculator, my costs for comparable services would be roughly *6 times* what I'm currently paying for leasing two physical machines and the bandwidth to go with them. For quick projects to test out something, this would be a good service. But for a day in/day out stack, I don't think this is it, at least not for me.
Even if XM and Sirius combine, there is little incentive for the resulting company to raise prices. Neither company has ever made one thin dime in profit, and the companies, either combined or individually, are still quite some distance from doing so. Even with a merger, the company will still be in no position to risk pissing off a sizable portion of its customer base.
You read the article??!! What are you, some kind of damned troublemaker?! :-)
While I agree with many of the posts that state this is realistically not going to happen anywhere near as fast as this guy thinks, at the same time its obvious that many of you making replies have never been in situations where your job depends on net access and DAMMIT I NEED IT NOW!!! And that's precisely why I carry a Verizon Wireless card for my laptop and don't (often) bitch about the price. Major metro areas of the US may have free wi-fi on every corner. But just as many places don't. Its not always as simple as "go to another shop down the road with free wi-fi"...the nearest shop with free wi-fi may be a hundred miles away. My time is valuable too...we don't all have time enough to drive around with a Pringles can sticking out the window while looking for Joe Bob Chickenrancher with an open wireless port. Slow net access and net access with a fee always beats the hell out of no net access what so ever.
There's another disadvantage to hardware encryption like this product, even if it worked correctly, and why I also favor something like TrueCrypt (which is infact what I use) even if it might make a bit more work for the computer. The maker says "this is our special chip, and here's the source for our firmware for you to inspect"...now, how do you *know* that's really the firmware that's on that chip? Very few of us are in a position where we could take that source and make our own chip. In a situation where I want to be assured of security, I'm going to not only use TrueCrypt, I'm going to compile it myself.
A major search engine aligned with Faux News. Talk about a propaganda mouthpiece...
Give it a fucking rest already people.
Right now, I have 4 systems running at my desk. A desktop running Vista (that I'm typing this on), another desktop running Leopard, a laptop running Mandriva 2008, and another laptop running XP. And ya know what? They all have their problems. The Leopard box and the Mandriva box have locked up as many times as the Vista and XP box. My Vista box runs for weeks at a time without reboot, its stable, and I use it (and compile software on it) every day. It, like the XP box, has never had a virus, adware, or malware on it, nor do I run eleventybillion packages of "protection" software on them...I use intelligence and common sense when I surf and read email. The only hardware compatibility issue I've had with any of the boxes is its apparently a bitch to find a Mac-compatible sound card without spending bags of money.
Everyone claims Linux and Macs "just work". Funny...I see just as many pleas for help in all the Mac and Linux magazines and web forums as I do in the Vista and XP magazines and forums.
If you don't like Vista or it doesn't work for you, fine, run something else. Get what works for you and makes you happy. But the constant Vista/Microsoft bashing (mostly, or so it seems, from people who don't actually use it) when Linux and OS X have their issues too is getting tiresome.
There's another difference between Bush and Clinton. Even if he was found guilty of perjury, I'd vote for Bill Clinton for a third term as President tomorrow. But I'd vote for Vladimir Putin for US President before I'd even consider voting for Bush or anyone in his administration.
I swear I can hear a fat lady singing...
I don't hold the episode against Clinton because its all just a game. The Senate gave Clinton a rough time because the Republicans were in control. Likewise, back in the 70s Democrats controlled things during the Nixon fiasco...had the Republicans been in control, it would have been swept under the carpet and Nixon would have never resigned. And if Democrats had enough votes now, they'd try to bring charges against Bush...but that doesn't happen because Republicans control the Senate.
These two jokes say it all:
Q. What's the difference between a catfish and a politician?
A. One is a scum sucking bottom feeder. The other one is a fish.
"Poli" = "many". "Tics"="blood suckers".
Obama and Clinton are both competent and capable leaders. But thanks to the buffoon currently holding the office of President, the first and biggest job of the new occupant will be to unite the citizens and repair the fractures created and damage done by Bozo W. Bush. And there is so much anti-Hillary rhetoric going on (mostly by anal-retentive conservatives who think its bad that Bill lied about getting some pussy but its okay that GWB lied to start a war), that I don't think she can be that peacemaker.