Companies like Slicehost use Xen to power their VPS servers. As a user, I have never had trouble with these servers (yet), and I suspect their user base runs at least into the hundreds, so maybe it isn't as difficult as you state.
Just two observations: (the second of which is actually relevant to this parent)
1. It took me around 3 minutes to find out that this thread applies to POSIX-like systems only (ie. won't work on this winXP). The fact should really have been mentionned in the summary. I only say this because recently, some summaries seem to have been "hastily" written.
2. I am myself wary of huge, hidden log files that either winXP itself or other programs create. As the only user and sysadmin on this system and keen to minimise disk wastage, I would want to prune all logs regularly. Trouble is, they aren't all *.log files. So, how do I find them, short of going through every single program and investigating any logs it might or might not create?
I seem to recall that a link to that page was present in each highly-modded comment in each story regarding "Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy part 3 on BBC radio 4" we had back in... September 2004?
So, old news!
Indeed, how is this "news" at all?
(I may need to "get out more" - whatever that phrase means.)
Site is either slashdotted or their hosting account has just expired.
You'd think hosting companies would by now have a special "bandwidth limit exceeded by hordes of people from./" page to put up to./ requests, and just let "normal" traffic through...
[from RTFA] The Camophone site was reportedly registered using a proxy in order to hide the identity of those who run it. They were afraid of receiving death threats like star38. Now, what would that imply about the legality/desiredness of the service?...
Could someone please explain how one would go about changing the store a particular account is connected with? I mean, I purchased music in the UK store but would now want to use the new Belgium store with my more "day-to-day" Belgian bank account. How do I ensure my bought music remains playable for me whilst changing the account to use the other store?
So, has anyone so far looked at how efficient its indexing is? I mean, how (quantitatively) does the index-file size vary with material to be indexed?
I guess this will depend on the type of data (whether it is indexable by Google or not, to start with) but it would be interesting to see how well it compares with the MS version. Objectively.
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Companies like Slicehost use Xen to power their VPS servers. As a user, I have never had trouble with these servers (yet), and I suspect their user base runs at least into the hundreds, so maybe it isn't as difficult as you state.
Have a look at: http://www.drunkenblog.com/drunkenblog-archives/00 0637.html -- it's a bit on the long side but there's some interesting material for pondering over in there.
Short answer: yes.
Long answer: yes.
Evidence: slashdot.org
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Just two observations: (the second of which is actually relevant to this parent)
1. It took me around 3 minutes to find out that this thread applies to POSIX-like systems only (ie. won't work on this winXP). The fact should really have been mentionned in the summary. I only say this because recently, some summaries seem to have been "hastily" written.
2. I am myself wary of huge, hidden log files that either winXP itself or other programs create. As the only user and sysadmin on this system and keen to minimise disk wastage, I would want to prune all logs regularly. Trouble is, they aren't all *.log files. So, how do I find them, short of going through every single program and investigating any logs it might or might not create?
I seem to recall that a link to that page was present in each highly-modded comment in each story regarding "Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy part 3 on BBC radio 4" we had back in... September 2004?
So, old news!
Indeed, how is this "news" at all?
(I may need to "get out more" - whatever that phrase means.)
How much later is "later"?
"Did I just say that I'd walk the dog?"
"Yes!"
"Nobody can prove that I just said that."
Site is either slashdotted or their hosting account has just expired.
./" page to put up to ./ requests, and just let "normal" traffic through...
You'd think hosting companies would by now have a special "bandwidth limit exceeded by hordes of people from
[from RTFA] The Camophone site was reportedly registered using a proxy in order to hide the identity of those who run it. They were afraid of receiving death threats like star38. Now, what would that imply about the legality/desiredness of the service? ...
Could someone please explain how one would go about changing the store a particular account is connected with? I mean, I purchased music in the UK store but would now want to use the new Belgium store with my more "day-to-day" Belgian bank account. How do I ensure my bought music remains playable for me whilst changing the account to use the other store?
(If it's even possible to do that at all!)
So, has anyone so far looked at how efficient its indexing is? I mean, how (quantitatively) does the index-file size vary with material to be indexed? I guess this will depend on the type of data (whether it is indexable by Google or not, to start with) but it would be interesting to see how well it compares with the MS version. Objectively.