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mothra - Dec 02, 2006 12:16:22 pm PST #9693 of 10003
Mothra, benevolent winged goddess, protector of the earth.

Anyone know what's going on with AOL? Every email I've sent to an AOL customer since yesterday has failed. Since I send out a monthly newsletter and a lot of my people are on AOL, I got a lot of failure notices, but it's also happening with family and friends.

Thanks for the info on Earthlink. I knew something was fishy. I'm glad I changed ISPs.

DXMachina - Dec 02, 2006 12:35:25 pm PST #9694 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

I wonder if this has anything to do with it:

As a holiday gift to consumers, AOL announced that on Saturday, December 2nd, it will offer a selection of movies for free download through the AOL Video portal! Beginning this Saturday, December 2, at 6:00 AM ET until 6:00 AM ET on Sunday, December 3 or while supplies last. (Limit one movie download per person.)

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Theodosia - Dec 02, 2006 1:23:49 pm PST #9695 of 10003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Hmm, having finally found where the free movies ARE -- you need XP to run them. Sounds like the formatting's really really picky....

tommyrot - Dec 03, 2006 4:17:21 am PST #9696 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Check out this screenshot: [link]

Yes, that's MS IE 7 and Firefox for Windows running on a Mac desktop as if they were regular Mac apps.

Info: [link]

le nubian - Dec 03, 2006 5:13:55 am PST #9697 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

thanks for the earthlink post above. I had been planning to drop earthlink for awhile (I only use it for dialup access and now that I can get the internet through the sim card on my phone, no need for dialup most places I go), but reading how several email messages didn't get through was a kick in the pants. I'm bailing.

tommyrot - Dec 03, 2006 7:13:04 am PST #9698 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

So is it common these days for a web hosting company to not give you SSH access, but instead have you do all administration via web-based control pannel stuff?

§ ita § - Dec 03, 2006 7:35:19 am PST #9699 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Yes. I've had a few accounts where I had to request (and cursorily justify) the SSH. Always got it, though.

Tom Scola - Dec 03, 2006 7:37:31 am PST #9700 of 10003
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

I wouldn't use an account if I didn't have SSH, even if I had to pay extra.

§ ita § - Dec 03, 2006 7:43:49 am PST #9701 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I've never had an account where it was an extra charge. They just didn't grant is as default.

Jon B. - Dec 03, 2006 1:22:25 pm PST #9702 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

So is it common these days for a web hosting company to not give you SSH access, but instead have you do all administration via web-based control pannel stuff?

Yep. I dropped a hosting provider because they refused to give it to me. The CS rep told me they'd lost a lot of customers becasue of the policy, but they were standing firm.

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