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

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]

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.

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?

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

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

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

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.

Anyone around who'd like to take a look at a website and give some opinions on layout, appeal, professionalism, etc.? My brother's fiancee's site - [link]

Um, don't worry about critiquing the text...

Thanks!