Freelancers Forum Messages on Wednesday April 4th 2007
Re: FN-FORUM: Anyone want a Dedi?
date posted 4th April 2007 21:45
On 4 Apr 2007 19:39:48 -0000, Punters Power [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote=
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> what will you do next year when the free one becomes a paid for one?
>
> Andrew
>
Had you bothered to read the subsequent repl...
Re: FN-FORUM: Anyone want a Dedi?
date posted 4th April 2007 20:26
what will you do next year when the free one becomes a paid for one?
Andrew
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Re: FN-FORUM: Anyone want a Dedi?
date posted 4th April 2007 17:21
On Wednesday 04 Apr 2007 3:54 pm, Peter Stubbs wrote:
> with Webfusion (Pipex) (Used to be good when they were Magic Moments) w=
ho
Eeew. Webfusion. Never again....
Re: FN-FORUM: Anyone want a Dedi?
date posted 4th April 2007 16:29
Peter Stubbs wrote:
> Adam
>
> Thanks for that. What service package do you have with them as they seem to
> do 2 either Fully Managed Server or Semi Managed Servers?
>
>
>
I just pay the £39 pe...
Re: FN-FORUM: Anyone want a Dedi?
date posted 4th April 2007 16:28
"Got to admit, those prices seem a little steep."
Yeah they are aren't they(!). I hadn't looked. I was paying the same
price with them 3 years ago for the same hardware!
Leigh Jepson wrote:
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> --...
RE: FN-FORUM: Anyone want a Dedi?
date posted 4th April 2007 15:45
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From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Tom =
Miller
Sent: 04 April 2007 15:52
To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: Anyone want a Dedi?
My co...
Re: FN-FORUM: Anyone want a Dedi?
date posted 4th April 2007 15:40
Adam
Thanks for that. What service package do you have with them as they seem to
do 2 either Fully Managed Server or Semi Managed Servers?
And yes re cheap what you get is what you pay for with host...
Re: FN-FORUM: Anyone want a Dedi?
date posted 4th April 2007 15:37
My concern with these companies has always been the fact that they are
server farms - each server has the same or similar OS with sequential
IPs - a hackers dream basically. I got raped 4 times when...
Re: FN-FORUM: Anyone want a Dedi?
date posted 4th April 2007 15:33
"and it's more than likely an old/reused box"
Unlikely; power costs more than bandwidth these days(!) so it'd be in
their interest to supply a new low power machine - not some old beast
that eats 2...
Re: FN-FORUM: Anyone want a Dedi?
date posted 4th April 2007 15:09
Think I replied already.
I use UK2 and have done for years. (6+).
I am happy with them, however I think they really have improved in the
last 2-3 years. If you google for issues, you will notice 99...
RE: FN-FORUM: Anyone want a Dedi?
date posted 4th April 2007 15:07
-----Original Message-----
In what way? One of the main reasons is as far as I know the architecture is
the same as the Cobalt RAQ's and if I change to say Redhat then I am going
to have to change l...
Re: FN-FORUM: Anyone want a Dedi?
date posted 4th April 2007 14:47
Leigh
Re: They have had an awful reputation, but apparently are trying to build it
back up again.
So anyone out there use UK2.net and what do you think?
Also, I wouldn't go for bluequartz 'just b...
Re: FN-FORUM: Anyone want a Dedi?
date posted 4th April 2007 14:44
> However, if someone just wants to
> run a few quiet websites on it, I'm sure it's more than adequate.
Yeah, that'd be me. I'm currently running a VPS with lower specs than
this dedi and it runs eve...
Re: FN-FORUM: Anyone want a Dedi?
date posted 4th April 2007 14:42
Peter Stubbs wrote:
> Tam
>
> Re Sharing dedi servers. Have you used UK2 before because I remember
> previously that their reputation was terrible? Though I am tempted by the
> BlueQuartz + CentOS...
RE: FN-FORUM: Anyone want a Dedi?
date posted 4th April 2007 14:32
-----Original Message-----
I'm not a server admin, i can do enough run the server if there are no
problems, and if there are thats what support is for. I just pick
whatever distro im most familure w...
Re: FN-FORUM: Anyone want a Dedi?
date posted 4th April 2007 14:26
Tam,
Terrible server specifications, to be honest. Not enough RAM to run
everything "comfortably", in my opinion (assuming Apache, PHP, MySQL
and SMTP/POP3/IMAP all on one box), and lack of control...
Re: FN-FORUM: Anyone want a Dedi?
date posted 4th April 2007 14:23
On 4 Apr 2007 13:21:29 -0000, Peter Stubbs [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Re Sharing dedi servers. Have you used UK2 before because I remember
> previously that their reputation was terrible? Though I am te...
Re: FN-FORUM: Anyone want a Dedi?
date posted 4th April 2007 14:21
On 4 Apr 2007 13:25:44 -0000, Anthony Cartmell [EMAIL REMOVED] wrot=
e:
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> > So if anyone is interested in that spec for =A3264 for a year (pretty
> > good deal in my book) mail me offlist and we can...
RE: FN-FORUM: Anyone want a Dedi?
date posted 4th April 2007 14:21
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Stubbs
Sent: 04 April 2007 14:22
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Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: Anyone want a Dedi?
Tam
R...
Re: FN-FORUM: Anyone want a Dedi?
date posted 4th April 2007 14:18
On 4 Apr 2007 13:20:12 -0000, Dave Fennell [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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> How much is bandwidth? That's the real expense with dedicated servers
> ... it's usually around =A375 per megabit per month...
Th...
RE: FN-FORUM: Anyone want a Dedi?
date posted 4th April 2007 14:15
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Fennell
Sent: 04 April 2007 14:21
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Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: Anyone want a Dedi?
How muc...
Re: FN-FORUM: Anyone want a Dedi?
date posted 4th April 2007 14:15
> Why install Fedora on a server ? Fedora is a *development* distribution.
> That means that it has lots of updates, that things sometimes break and
> it is only supported for 18 months or so.
>
> If...
Re: FN-FORUM: Anyone want a Dedi?
date posted 4th April 2007 14:11
> So if anyone is interested in that spec for £264 for a year (pretty
> good deal in my book) mail me offlist and we can work it out.
Note that it'll be £264 for the first year, then you'll be...
Re: FN-FORUM: Anyone want a Dedi?
date posted 4th April 2007 14:10
> Why install Fedora on a server ?
Because it works well :) I've always used RedHat Linux, and now Fedora
Core. Never had any problems, and the packages are nice and up-to-date.
You only need t...
Re: FN-FORUM: Anyone want a Dedi?
date posted 4th April 2007 14:07
Tam
Re Sharing dedi servers. Have you used UK2 before because I remember
previously that their reputation was terrible? Though I am tempted by the
BlueQuartz + CentOS Linux as I am used to the GUI....
Re: FN-FORUM: Anyone want a Dedi?
date posted 4th April 2007 14:06
How much is bandwidth? That's the real expense with dedicated servers
... it's usually around £75 per megabit per month...
Dave
Tam Denholm wrote:
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> Hey all,
>
> UK2.net are running a buy one ge...
Re: FN-FORUM: Anyone want a Dedi?
date posted 4th April 2007 13:57
On Wed, Apr 04, 2007 at 01:04:44PM -0000, Tam Denholm wrote:
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> Hey all,
>
> UK2.net are running a buy one get one free offer on dedicated servers
> and i'm going to place an order, but i dont real...
FN-FORUM: Anyone want a Dedi?
date posted 4th April 2007 13:50
Hey all,
UK2.net are running a buy one get one free offer on dedicated servers
and i'm going to place an order, but i dont really need 2 servers. So
i was just wondering if anyone wants to go halfers...
RE: FN-FORUM: funny Scam emails
date posted 4th April 2007 10:19
I actually emailed them the first time, I had my immediate suspensions but
gave them the benefit of the doubt.
I sent them a v.quick and dirty email quote and immediately they wanted to
know where t...
Re: FN-FORUM: Harddrives and SQL questions
date posted 4th April 2007 10:08
On 3 Apr 2007, at 8:11 pm, Adam Tuffin wrote:
> 2. Every now and again I have to export data from a SQL database for a
> client. The problem is when it exports it saves it as a CSV file. When
> I
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: Harddrives and SQL questions
date posted 4th April 2007 09:50
Why not do a database query from Excel and import it? Or change the
delimiter. Usually, if you export as CSV and there are commas in the
data, the app puts in " or ' as delimiters or uses ; instead of...
Re: FN-FORUM: funny Scam emails
date posted 4th April 2007 09:48
Sam M - www.wiredeyes.com wrote:
> I just can't resist, this is an email quote request I just received, I've
> had this guy (s) email me before, it is someone trying to perform an cheque
> overpayment...
Re: FN-FORUM: funny Scam emails
date posted 4th April 2007 09:09
Funnily enough I do know the jeweller that they have picked up the
website for in the first email - Jeremy Hoye. His shop is in
Brighton and I bought a ring for my wife there a couple of years ba...
Re: FN-FORUM: funny Scam emails
date posted 4th April 2007 08:37
.... and I thought I was onto a winner when I opened this email this
morning... damn ;-)...
FN-FORUM: funny Scam emails
date posted 4th April 2007 08:32
I just can't resist, this is an email quote request I just received, I've
had this guy (s) email me before, it is someone trying to perform an cheque
overpayment scam http://www.hoax-slayer.com/overpa...
Re: FN-FORUM: How much do you charge for storyboarding a site
date posted 4th April 2007 07:07
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> As a designer, your prime asset is your creativity, so the pitch work
> (visuals) is the most critical part of the job. It is much debated
> whether designers should even...
Re: FN-FORUM: How much do you charge for storyboarding a site
date posted 4th April 2007 00:03
Quoting Paul Cooper [EMAIL REMOVED]
> I've been approached by a new client asking me to update the design of
> his site. From the sound of it he has someone to code the site so
> it's just creative...
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