Hey, were is the hot chick?

[Elhuero]

Domains run on a lease basis. If for whatever reason they don't get renewed, the registrars (place that controls domain) points them to advertising while they reap the $$$$$ out of clicks until they get renewed. So, the site is up and running just fine, you just get redirected to the registrar so they can make $ off of you. Not the fault of hosting.

Domains = invented names, the net runs off of numbers (IP). Namservers point the names (co-ar15) to the numbers ( 64.202.190.182 ) Like a phonebook to names. Don't renew those and they put your name with a new "phone number" that has all your friends calling a robot telling them "Hey, please press one to learn about mcdonalds. Press two if you would like to hear google links about your old friend. Press three if you would like to learn about products we think your friend might have been interested in" .... etc.

didn't you listen? I don't need to learn new things!

but since you expounded let me restate the information so that I can be sure I've understood:

when talking about internets and stuff, the term "host" refers only to the physical location where the servers that contain the actual data of a website are located, period, and can never be proscribed to anything else not no way not no how.

so if I were to say "DNS hosting service"

sort of like this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS_hosting_service

I would be completely incorrect and in need of gentle chiding for my lack of internets knowledge, am I right?

[Elhuero]

You were not talking about DNS when you said its time to find a new host.

and how do you know that, exactly?

my original comment was brought about because the same thing happened at the same time last year.

while the site was down (this year) I searched the net and found posts on on other forums about it. specifically this one from last year:

http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=402533

in that post a TFL poster named Ridge_Runner_5 quoted another guy named named lancelot. I don't know who that is, maybe it's you, or roger... I dunno.

he said:

Originally Posted By Lancelot:
I can tell you this. I paid the bill a week or two ago. But they shut down the domain for lack of payment. The tech guys tell me that they can see that I paid the bill, but they can't turn me back on even though its their mistake. So we have to wait for the sales staff to come in to turn me back on in the morning.

That is BS.

So I expect that I'll have to take some time off from work in the AM to do some chatting with the management over there.

Sorry for this. I'm rather upset to say the least.

so I thought to myself golly, same company made the same mistake at the same time a year later. maybe someone should make sure that doesn't happen again?

hence my comment:

maybe time to look into a new non flaky host, eh?

by which I meant find a company that won't foul up the billing making the site unreachable at the same time every year.

now maybe my jargon was not up to your stringent standards of correctness, and maybe as the host of the site you got a little perturbed that someone was calling into question your superb hosting by calling it flaky, which is completely understandable.

and maybe you misread my joking reply of Learn new things? I need not this. to say "Learn new things? I need this!", hence your internet 101 lesson for which I am eternally grateful, even though it contained information I was already aware of.

I attempted to further clarify my position and was obtusely told that what I was thinking was in fact something completely different and called a smartass.

so I have received a trifecta: talked down to, told off, and insulted.

this therefore will by my last post in this thread. no point in continuing the dialog and exposing myself to more insults when you are a more informed expert on my thoughts than I am, right?

seriously, without jest or sarcasam.. everything about this site is top notch, the people here are awesome, and everyone who has a hand in keeping this place going does a great job.

so can you discern what I'm thinking now?


(if you thought "have a nice day" you're right)



interesting sidenote... when the Ridge_Runner_5 guy quoted lancelot he said: Looks like our host screwed up... he said HOST. you gonna go jump on his nuts too? don't answer that, just me kidding around again.

[TS12000]

[Monky]

You know what.. FUCK AL-GORE and his invention!

[ronaldrwl]

What the hell is all this crap. You guys are ruining my thread. I just wanted to know what all you gun nuts are doing on this site? I want my girl back.

[TDYRanger]

I was told to post this to end a discussion. So..... there you have it

[jscwerve]

I was told to post this to end a discussion. So..... there you have it

/thread


This is the win.


*wipes screen clean*

Edit:

Would love to throw a "paintball" on either of them.





uuuhhhh. Sticky the pic???

[Byte Stryke]

/thread


This is the win.


*wipes screen clean*

Edit:

Would love to throw a "paintball" on either of them.





uuuhhhh. Sticky the pic???

right click> Save picture as

[patrick0685]

right click> Save picture as

my background

[ronaldrwl]

Would love to throw a "paintball" on either of them.

All be, you're right, they do have paintball guns, didn't see that