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'Mike Toronto wrote:
"Brazil needs to consult with their good friends in China on how to manage this event."
Yes,please send them over. Brazil is in dire need of ultra-cheap,borderline-slave labor.'
Uh, utra cheap, slave labor? so sorry. they'd better send their guys there to do some serious learning.
actually the newly installed president of brazil did just that. she sent her good self over there in china last month instead, apparently on to something from china, on the double too.
Acredito que a melhor solução para a execução da Copa do Mundo de 2014 no Brasil, seria um investimento de um pool de empresas privadas para a construção dos estádios, assim como a exploração do negócio depois do evento por um tempo pré-determinado por essas empresas, somente assim, quem sabe, o prejuízo para os cofres públicos seria zero e àqueles que vivem de comissões sobre licitações ficariam com lucro zero. Mas esse tipo de atitude ainda está longe de ser verdade em nosso País, mas acredito que em breve as pessoas que estão preocupadas com o desenvolvimento do Brasil, possam mudar suas atitudes e resolvam mudar apenas para ajudar a combater a corrupção no País.
I was part of a group of MBA students that just completed an International Business course in Sao Paulo and Rio. We met with many organizations in Brazil and spoke with several of them about their planning for the World Cup and the Olympics. We were told that to date only 5% of the funds have been released for infrastructure. They are planning on ramping up construction within two years of the tournament launch (meaning 2012).. As Canadians we heard much of the cost overruns and delays associated with the Vancouver Olympics. The outcome is that the Brazilians seem prepared to suffer the criticism and cost overruns in order to mitigate the extreme bureaucracy that accompanies events of this magnitude. Further more the airport issue in Sao Paulo is a critical concern, the airport is extremely inefficient even before the world's eyes and feet passing through it.
Where's the obligatory blame on "democracy"?
My comment is not about inferiority complex, it is about reality.
In recent years we have been encouraged to believe that Brazil has become a superpower. In economic terms, maybe we are. But what about the decency of our society? Where is it?
I do not like the fact of hosting the games. I think they only serve to hide our real problems and show this false image of a superpower. Not to mention the corruption that we will quietly watch. Again.
I would love to see the same enthusiasm of the people - the proud brazilians like you - to promote an educational revolution. That is what the country needs. That would be our true gold medal.
@ J Wu
The 1986 World Cup was moved to Mexico after initially being awarded to Colombia. Colombia resigned as host in 1982 as they could not affort to host it on FIFA's commercial terms and Mexico was chosen to replace them, becoming the first country to host it twice. They beat out USA and Canada.
So one developing country was replaced with another.
I'm sure many developing countries wish they had the balls to tell FIFA they were being ridiculous, everyone else just bends over and lets FIFA have their way with them.
I think Brazil will make it, sure it will be way more expensive than planned and eventually smaller, but in the end we will have an opening match in São Paulo and final match at Marcanã, and how nail biting would it be if we had Brazil vs. Argentina for the decision game?
South Africa did it brilliantly, even though I think my neighbors in South Africa are better prepared than Brazilians and have more experience in organizing world class events (I know it sounds awkward for those who don't know both countries, but it's true). However, I don't doubt Brazil will make it just as good.
Brazil will do just fine.
There's money, politics and pride involved, things will get done.
Thanks to the internet and articles like this one (as biased as it is), people are more aware of what's going on in the country and can't be fooled as easily… Yes Globo, your time has finally come.
Now let the critics be criticized!
Unasur wrote: "This in Brazil doesn't exist."
I agree "Unasur"!
Brazil will never be able to build a tent as nice as that one.
Great job gauchos, now the only thing missing is a real soccer team! ;)
Mike Toronto wrote:
"Brazil needs to consult with their good friends in China on how to manage this event."
Yes,please send them over. Brazil is in dire need of ultra-cheap,borderline-slave labor.
hikeandski wrote:
What would anyone expect but huge bungling by a socialistic government in Brasil?
I'm sorry, what???
For your own good, please stop watching Fox News,go read a book and try forming your own opinion once in a while.
And Finally at Fabio and Rodrigo:
"Brazil should focus on educating its people"
"Considering how they vote, maybe it is..."
You guys ARE the Inferiority complexed Brazilians mentioned in this article.
You as a Brazilian, have no right to complaint unless the complaining is followed by some action.
Don't like the candidate? Run for office.
The people need to be educated? Volunteer and teach in your spare time.
Brazil is not a person, Brazil is a nation and a nation's image is only a reflection of its constituent's actions.
Stop whining and do something about it.
Familiar refrain. Whenever the World Cup is being held in a developing country, the stories of schedule slippage, potential other host nations standing ready.
When has the World Cup not been held in the designated country, ever?
There will be no world cup, the world ends in 2012 :D
Brazil needs to consult with their good friends in China on how to manage this event.
Funny. Everyone concerned about the World Cup in 2014 and no one realized that the situation is already precarious. Just ask anyone who walks with some frequency in the airports of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro what he thinks about the current situation. It's absolutely ridiculous.
Brazil should focus on educating its people, in fighting corruption, in tackling inequality, in making sure that justice is equal for all. Only after solving these problems we should think about hosting the World Cup and Olympics. Meanwhile, we should leave the organization of the games for England, Germany, Japan, USA, Sweden. They can organize the games tomorrow if they want.
Everything will be ready in 2014, the Cup will be wonderful and Dilma will be president until 2018 without problem. That's right.
Don't hate me world ... but the last world cup was a mental disaster. I wanted to love the game, I really did. Yes, I'm American (that automatically puts me in "pesky" column). But, the theatrics of the players, the corruption of the governing body, the local scams in local politics, and worse those horns ... I had a tough time enjoying the games. I hope this next World Cup offers a little more true sportsmanship than I've witnessed ... please don't throw popcorn in my hair. I know I've blasphemed the world.
If Brazil fail (like always happen), Argentina is ready.
The "City of La Plata Stadium"
This in Brazil doesn't exist.
I landed in Sao Paulo's international airport last week and things went fairly quickly and there wasn't the fingerprint hassle you get in the United States. However, the customs and baggage areas seem far too small if millions of football fans are coming to the country. Make your own predictions.
I honestly don't know what will be Brazil's performance as a host of the World Cup and the Olympic Games. As a Brazilian, I'm hoping for the best but preparing for the worst. There is NO WAY that decent infrastructure will be in place in time for all those events, image you that the designated stadium where the opening ceremony for the World Cup will be held is not even in the blue print! But of course, as the article says, one can always build some shabby (meia boca) structures quickly and let the TV cameras do the rest and create the illusion of grandeur, but is that really what the Brazilian people deserve?
Considering how they vote, maybe it is...
Everything will be alright
Everything will be alright.
but how does this compare to the most recent Commonwealth Games?
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But it was China which RECEIVED the $275 for the iPAD...so the USA still has a deficit with China.
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THE answer to the basic question is "it depends" and I will let the others describe what the issues are. But I would like to use this opportunity to discuss the fallacy of measuring bilateral trade deficits.
Consider the iPad.
According to research by Ken Kraemer at UC Irvine, the component parts of the iPad are imported to China from South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, the European Union, the US and other places for final assembly. None of the component parts are made in China: it's only role is assembly.
The value added by the final assembly in China is about $10. Nevertheless, each iPad exported from China to the US increases the US trade deficit with China by $275.
The same misleading accounting holds for other products. If China buys steel, aluminum, and machine tools from Australia and uses these parts to build a ship which they then export to the US, the total value of the ship is counted as an export for China.
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But it was China which RECEIVED the $275 for the iPAD...so the USA still has a deficit with China.
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Speaking of misleading. According to the IMF the planet earth is running a $331 billion dollar current account surplus.
. . . and we're suppose to be basing public policy of these numbers?
Yes, but the *net* exports tell the truth. In your ship example, the raw materials would count as an export from Australia to China. So China's net exports would reflect the output after subtracting input costs.
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in germany where there are local differences, but in berlin where i live i think everything is ok for barefooters. i never was sent out of class, stores, stations etc. for barefooting, so it seems to be more liberate than in the united states. what are your experiences?
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Though I haven't been to a lot of foreign countries, from my own experience I think the best country in the world for barefooting is French Polynesia.what do you think are the best countries for barefooting?
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Definatley Australia. All you need here is a pair of thongs incase you need them to get into the pub. Ha ha! Cities are less barefoot friendly but that does not stop one from being barefoot and proud anyway!
Most definitely. When I was in Australia in April 2000 I was barefoot most of the time. I wore flip flops during my journey but barefoot on the plane. When I got to Sydney I was still in my flip flops but later that day I saw a woman barefoot in McDo. So there and then I packed up my flip flops and that was it. Then I start noticing more barefooters during the day. I spent the rest of my time barefoot in Sydney and Melbourne without anyone saying anything. My feet got pretty dirty as you can guess! There wasn't many barefooters in Melbourne (sorry August Moon), I only noticed one. It was cooler in Melbourne but that didnt stop this girl waiting for a bus at night barefoot.
Keep them dirty :-)
Posted February 16 2005 - 04:37 AM
Of course, what is unfriendly to the barefooter in the UK is the weather! You can only really go barefoot outside from about May until September, maybe a bit earlier or later, but this time of year it's a no go!
Oh, and also I've found quite a lot of streets aren't kept very clean, so away from the town centre you have to watch where you're stepping!
Posted February 16 2005 - 06:06 AM
I've never experienced any problems with going barefoot in public, and I live in the UK. Occasionally people in shops have, very politely, asked me if I mind putting some shoes on, but this is mostly in big fancy department stores like John Lewis, and I don't go in there much. I don't eat in places like MacDonalds, so I don't know what their policy is, but the places I do eat don't even seem to notice my bare feet. And at sixth form college, most people are aware that I'm "that barefoot girl" and I've never been asked to put shoes on or leave a class because I'm barefoot.
Of course, what is unfriendly to the barefooter in the UK is the weather! You can only really go barefoot outside from about May until September, maybe a bit earlier or later, but this time of year it's a no go!
Oh, and also I've found quite a lot of streets aren't kept very clean, so away from the town centre you have to watch where you're stepping!
Where r u Angel Wings? Which John Lewis store was this? I used to work at John Lewis and I never knew they had such a policy.
I know its not easy going barefoot in this weather, so what r u wearing? I am in my black flip flops when I go out but barefeet indoors.
keep them dirty :-)
Posted February 16 2005 - 06:25 AM
But it's not 'friendly'; other barefooters are almost non-existant, I've only spontaneously seen less than five people barefoot in those eight years, I get comments all the time, especially now in winter (I do go barefoot year-round in this climate), there's not a day someone will stop to ask me if I'm okay, or will even offer me money for shoes. High school kids have the habit of yelling their comments across the street. I personally think it's funny but people who don't like the attention might be easily embarrassed into wearing shoes at least in winter.
Posted February 17 2005 - 06:08 PM
darwin had it all wrong...we never evolved from apes, but rather beams of light, as its conciousness that forms matter and not the other way around.
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Totino-Grace Names New High School President
Totino-Grace High School has named their new president after accepting the resignation of their former president last July, following his admission to being in a long-term same-sex relationship.
Newest Habitat For Humanity House Is 'Net Zero'
For those of us who face high winter heating and electric bills it seems impossible to live in a home that won't have them. And that's a very real possibility for the owners of the newest Habitat for Humanity home in north Minneapolis.
Personal Stories Used As Spin Over New Health Law
When Jennifer Slafter first ran the numbers, she thought the new federal health care law would cost her family an extra $171 a month for an insurance plan with a higher deductible. So the 40-year-old stay-home mom from southeastern Minnesota felt compelled to go public with her frustration.
Curiocity: First Look At Lake & Irving In Uptown
Two brothers with a passion for food left their respective warm-weather climates behind in order to open their first establishment in their home state. Luckily for us, they're bringing some of that warmth back with them — on a globally influenced menu.
Spirit Airlines Adds Service To 4 New Cities From MSP
Minneapolis travelers looking for a cheap trip now have four more cities to choose from through Spirit Airlines. On Thursday, Spirit Airlines announced nonstop seasonal service between Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and Los Angeles (LAX), Orlando (MCO), Phoenix Sky Harbor (PHX) and Tampa (TPA).
New CEO Single-Handedly Turning Best Buy Around
Best Buy has a new strategy and is excited about the holiday shopping season. But just 12 months ago, many business analysts wondered if the iconic Minnesota retailer would even survive. The stock was in free fall, the former CEO was accused of having an affair with an employee and was ousted, and the founder of the company was attempting a hostile takeover.
Proposal: Uptick In Mpls. School Enrollment Equals Expansions
Five years from now, the Minneapolis Public School District will look much different. Enrollment is up significantly and it's expected to continue to rise by 3,300 students, and that means there's a need for more space.
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When, And Where, To Trade-In Your iPhone
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quote:Anybody download a evasi0n update today and now have apps crashing? It's the only thing I have downloaded today and I can't go into my apps more than 30 seconds.
quote:I tweeked my phone so that when I hit the sleep button the screen goes black like old TVs used to.. the blackness moves from the top and bottom to the center. I'm tired of my phone doing this but can't remember what setting I changed or what I installed. Anyone know what I'm talking about?


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I have a Stilh Yard Boss and I tried for an hour to start the thing, put it away in disgust, sat down and then dragged it back out determined to make it go. Could not pull that cord one more time without my arm falling off. I suppose I flooded it because by the time I went whining with it to my neighbor, he couldn't start it either. I'll wait until tomorrow morning to see if it starts, if not, I suppose it'll have to go to the shop to have the carb cleaned out. grrrrrr. Normally I usually get it going after some cussin' but not today and today would have been the perfect day to get the dirt tilled up as rain is moving in tonight and tomorrow.
I know this isn't exactly Cottage Flower Garden related but I had to vent. :( |
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- Posted by aftermidnight Z8 V. Island B.C. (My Page) on Fri, Mar 23, 12 at 16:06
I can feel your pain, I never had trouble starting my 5hp Honda, I've gave it to my son-in-law when I no longer had big areas to till. I bought a little Mantis many years ago, pulling the cord got to be a problem so DH had to always start it for me. We learned the hard way if you don't winterize your machine you should start it up at least once a month, stops things from seizing up. Last year I passed this on to one of our sons and bought myself an electric Mantis, I just love, love, love this little machine, does everything I want it to and more. Annette |
- Posted by schoolhouse z5/ohio (My Page) on Fri, Mar 23, 12 at 17:28
Yeah, there's always some gas left in the tank over winter which is a big no-no. The engine repair place told me one time you are not suppose to use gas older than 3 days old. Well, that's probably never going to happen. My veggie garden is quit a distance from the garage where the electric outlet is, but an electric machine sounds interesting. Or do you mean it has an electric start, like with a battery? |
- Posted by aftermidnight Z8 V. Island B.C. (My Page) on Fri, Mar 23, 12 at 17:49
I think there's an additive you can add to the gas, stops things from gumming up. No electric start, I just plug it in to an extension cord. How far from your garage is your veggie garden? I've got the Mantis in the link below. Annette |
Here is a link that might be useful: Electric Mantis
I use a shovel, so I am the cultivator - all I need is a good cup of coffee to get me started, but then I can be pretty darn stupid sometimes too. |
ooh-an electric Mantis! That is what I need, Annette! I sold my gas-powered one for just the reason you mentioned schoolhouse! I just can't seem to get those gas-powered tillers or mowers started by myself! |
- Posted by schoolhouse z5/ohio (My Page) on Sat, Mar 24, 12 at 12:33
I did the shovel thing for many years, couldn't believe the difference when I finally sprung for a cultivator with a motor. Just not fond of all that work anymore, but then again if a person has to fuss all the time with things mechanical what's the difference? :) Well, I'll keep my Yard Boss for now and just learn how to take care of it. It went to the shop this morning, guy said old gas is more than likely the culprit as when he went to prime it there was no gas being pumped up into the little bubble thing. I should have seen that. I'll check out what they have in the way of electric ones when I pick mine up later. |
- Posted by sweetannie4u midOK_z6b/7a (My Page) on Sat, Mar 24, 12 at 15:26
Christine and Annette, The Heathen bought me an electric Mantis last year. I love it. It is tiny but very powerful and does everything you want a tiller to do. Has two sets of tines, so for narrow spots, I just pull the pins, remove one set, replace the pins and away I go! (this makes it easy to clean too) It has a depth lever on the back, so you can set how deep you want it to dig. I bought 100 ft of extension cord for mine, so I have plenty of length to reach my veggie garden up on the hill. Hold the handle, flip the switch, and away she goes. No yanking. You do have to be careful not to get the extension cord tangled in the tines, and I have to tie the extension cord to the handle or it comes unplugged, but other than that, it's a sweet deal! I think you would like it Christine. |
- Posted by schoolhouse z5/ohio (My Page) on Sat, Mar 24, 12 at 16:44
I think I would too. I'm going to look into it. I did wonder about the cord being a in the way but I suppose like you say you would get used to it. My Yard Boss has two sets of interchangeable tines also but I usually just use the cultivator set and keep them on all the time. There are other tools I can buy to add on. One other question about the electric version, do you think there's the same amount of power? Sometimes the longer the extension cord (which for me would be appx 100' too) the less power you get. |
- Posted by sweetannie4u midOK_z6b/7a (My Page) on Sat, Mar 24, 12 at 19:06
Oh heck ya! Turn it on and hang on for your life! Takes a bit of getting used to - that much power in such a lightweight machine, but it does the job, even in compacted soil. The nice thing about it is that if it starts to pull in a direction you don't want it to go, or it seems to be getting away from you, just let go of the handle and it stops immediately! Super powered little machine. It'll dig to China if you're not careful!!! (ha ha ha) |
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In the latest DayToday vlog, Wiz Khalifa and Taylor Gang take over Zumiez in Burbank, CA, to promote their recent clothing collaboration with Neff. New album 'Blacc Hollywood' in stores August 19th. Watch the video below. Read More
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The Future of VPS Cloud Hosting is Clear — Transparent, Even
Today, ServInt continues the ongoing rollout of customer-facing and back-end improvements to our VPS hosting platform. Here's a status report on our platform enhancements, as of Sep. 1:
- Downtime-free OS kernel updates – Available now
– Redesigned network core to increase resiliency to attack and hardware failure – Available now
– Enhanced, third-party network status update resources – Available now
– New privacy policies and procedures – Available now
– New SLA and SolidFire Site Performance Guarantee – Available now
– New, customer-accessible, to-the-minute analytics on server resources – Available now
– Reliable, customer-controlled backups, powered by R1Soft, heavily customized by ServInt – Coming soon
– New bandwidth providers and increased capacity – Coming soon
– Improved DDoS mitigation – Coming soon
You'll see that there are two or three items on the list that are "coming soon." When I say "soon," I do mean "soon." As always, we need to balance our desire to bring you platform improvements as quickly as possible with the need to make sure those enhancements are stable and customer-ready. We're almost there, and I appreciate your patience.
We're very proud of these enhancements, about which you'll be hearing more over the next few weeks. We believe they will result in a VPS hosting solution that radically outstrips anything offered by our competitors — and there's more to come. But I want to spend a little time reminding people about something we rolled out a week ago, in our first installment of these VPS platform enhancements, that may be the most significant addition we've introduced:
On August 21, all of ServInt's SolidFire-powered hosting accounts started being covered by a new SLA that guarantees our SolidFire customers' sites will never slow down because of a shortcoming in RAM, CPU, Disk or disk read/write operations per second (IOPS) on the server that hosts them. To keep us honest about that, we put a completely new, precedent-shattering set of system resource utilization graphs in our customer portal so clients can see exactly how their resources are being provisioned and consumed. What's more, if those graphs show that a running server fails to deliver the proper amount of RAM, CPU, Disk, or IOPS for more than five minutes, we're going to give our SolidFire customers an entire month of hosting for free.
Nobody else in the hosting industry offers anything like ServInt's SolidFire Site Performance Guarantee, because nobody else can. With this radically transparent approach to server resource reporting, we're literally redefining VPS and the cloud. You want to know how many cores you get with any of our VPS solutions? ServInt will tell you — and then guarantee, and then prove to you that you're getting every fraction of every core you were promised. The same goes for RAM, disk, and even IOPS. That's what we mean when we say: if you're a ServInt SolidFire hosting customer, we guarantee that your site will never slow down because of your server. And we'll prove it.
ServInt may not be the only web host to tell you how much RAM, CPU, disk and IOPS you'll be getting when you sign up — but we are most certainly the only web host willing and able to prove to you, on a near real-time basis, that you're getting what you were promised… and that's huge.
At ServInt, we have never been a simple infrastructure provider. We're a solutions provider — and our goal is to provide the best solutions for our customers by not simply following, but establishing best practices in hosting technology design and customer care. Providing this performance, while offering premium levels of security, privacy and transparency has always been the foundation of the trust we've earned from our customers over the years. Simply put, we're not willing to leave our customers' livelihoods to chance. These upgrades are the right thing to do for you, and that's the only reason we're doing them.
So welcome to the transparent, honest, worry-free, high-performance future of VPS cloud hosting. You're going to like it here.
Your Site Will Never Slow Down Because of Your Server.
We Stand Behind it and We Prove it.
If you're a ServInt SolidFire customer, your site will never slow down because of your server. Ever.
Did you know that? Have we done a good job explaining that to you? I wonder sometimes.
In past blog posts, we've examined IOPS, resource contention, disaster recovery, and lots of other very good reasons why you should choose our SolidFire-powered VPS and dedicated servers. But when you boil it all down, the main reason is this:
If you're a ServInt SolidFire customer, your site will never slow down because of your server.
That's revolutionary — and it's a genuine first for the business-focused hosting industry. No other hosting company can make this promise.
Now, as of today, we're backing our promise up with a revolutionary new guarantee — ServInt's SolidFire Site Performance Guarantee — that says this: if your site slows down because your server doesn't deliver 100% of the CPU, RAM, disk and IOPS you were promised, for more than five minutes… you get your entire month of hosting absolutely free.
How will you know whether you're getting all the server resources you deserve? By using our new, completely transparent system resource graphs — another ServInt exclusive. From this day forward, if you're a SolidFire customer, we're not just going to tell you exactly how much RAM, CPU, disk and IOPS you'll get with each hosting package. We're going to put tools into your hands to keep us honest — tools that will give you real, verifiable proof that your server is delivering what you paid for — and we're going to back it all up with the most radical system resource guarantee in the hosting industry.
Here's the punchline: ninety-nine-point-whatever percent server "uptime" guarantees are a thing of the past. As of today, ServInt is guaranteeing server performance — i.e., guaranteeing that your site is not only up and online, but also that your site or app performance is never compromised by any server resource shortcoming. Ever. We'll prove it to you.
Learning From Mistakes, Growing Through Crisis
It was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week at ServInt – the worst we've had since 10 years ago, when a fiber cut in just the wrong place brought us offline completely for seven hours. That day was one of the most professionally terrifying of my life, but we learned from it and we grew. In the wake of that event we added redundancies far beyond the "industry standard," we fixed a ton of processes and we quickly regained the faith of our customers. To this day, that date in 2004 was the very last time ServInt's entire network has gone down.
Every time we experience problems I am determined to make sure we learn from them. This week is a big learning week, because it's been fraught with some of the biggest problems we've seen in nearly a decade. Let me take a few moments to tell you a bit about what challenges this week brought — to show you what went wrong, and what we did right as we resolved them.
This week started with an announcement that the largest kernel level exploit in the history of our VPS and virtual dedicated offerings had been discovered. This exploit could have allowed hackers to access not only our customers' VPSs but also the machines that they were hosted upon. A fix would require the reboot of literally thousands of servers, while minimizing the impact on our clients' businesses — always our top priority. Within 48 hours we performed emergency maintenance on nearly every single customer in our datacenter. This meant forcing every single customer to accept at least a little downtime in the pursuit of vital security protections. Some customers did not like this, but if I had to do it all over again I would do it the same way. I am proud of the way ServInt rose to the challenge and protected our customer base from this dangerous exploit in such a swift manner.
I was really hoping that the week would get easier from there — but it didn't. Last night, one of ServInt's datacenters experienced one of the strangest, most difficult to explain, and most difficult to solve networking problems we have ever seen.
We build our networks to withstand most anything. We have stayed up through hurricanes, ice storms, and more equipment failures than I can count. We've made it through power disruption for extended periods, and other horrendous events that would have taken down providers that aren't as thorough, many times over. But this one got us good for a while.
On Saturday evening, our network was running smoothly, as it generally has for more than a decade. Suddenly our monitoring system started showing red/green/red/green/etc. The phrase "this is not a drill" had to be used as senior engineers were plucked from their lives and rushed into the datacenter. Our COO was on a plane, I was at dinner, but the engineering fix-it team that really needed to be there was there, immediately. What made this situation unique, and what made it impossible to fix in the normal few minutes, was the fact that the critical equipment that was in the process of failing seemed incapable of making up its mind whether it was healthy or not. Making matters more challenging: high levels of equipment redundancy (normally a very good thing) made it nearly impossible to determine where the problem lay. Our top engineers, without access to reliable diagnostic data, literally had to pull the network apart and put it back together to find the exact piece of hardware that went haywire (in this case a router) that caused everything else to behave erratically. In the meantime, there was simply no information to share with increasingly frustrated customers, and our Tweets and Facebook posts began to sound unnecessarily vague.
In a typical router-failure situation, as soon as the router shows "red/down" on our monitoring system, we post "we had a failed router interrupt traffic impact the network. This is being fixed and we're routing around it — we're sorry for the inconvenience." Those are facts and details, things people can get confidence from. However, with no reliable detail to pass on, our team was left to pass on rather vague updates for quite some time. It was frustrating and made us seem much worse about communication than we actually are.
In the end, last night's events pointed out some of ServInt's greatest historical strengths — and some newly discovered weaknesses. We're still the best in the business at running a reliable, robust network and data center — and, when necessary, finding and fixing complex technical problems. When it comes to customer support and communication through a crisis, however, we need to do better. Having no support/communication failover systems, and forcing ServInt and its customers to rely on Twitter and Facebook to communicate, was totally unacceptable. We will build greater redundancy into our ticketing and communication systems to make sure that never happens again.
Having said that, we can't promise that technical glitches will never happen again. They are a fact of internet life. What matters most is that we must always — always — learn from these thankfully rare events, and become a better service provider as a result. I promise you we will do so in this case as well. You'll see the results of this growth as the weeks and months unfold. I am confident you'll like what you see. Thank you, as always, for your continued faith and trust in us.
Today's Internet Isn't One-Type-Fits-All
There's a revolution underfoot in the hosting industry, but it's not what you think. The Cloud has arrived. It has gone mainstream. The revolution I'm talking about is a silent one. It's a war waged by veteran hosting customers who know the products they want, but see them mothballed or discontinued as they're forced into one-type-fits-all technologies they don't need — and by new customers who need powerful hosting but are overwhelmed by the proliferation of complex "solutions" in today's hosting marketplace.
The Cloud promised to allow massive scalability and utility billing, but for some customers that has translated into complicated deployment and unpredictable costs.
Frankly, I'm tired of seeing those who desire a simpler model of powerful hosting — the tried-and-true dedicated server — marginalized by a hosting industry intent on moving to a unified model of Cloud hosting technology for all users. Read more
SSD Hosting Isn't Good Enough. We Built Something You Can Trust.
For almost 19 years I've believed that trust should be the foundation of every action we take here at ServInt. I originally set out to share my belief with small businesses by creating a different kind of hosting company — one that strives to find ways for small businesses to succeed and for entrepreneurs to realize their dreams. I wanted to let them focus on what they do, not on what we do.
Reliability, integrity, transparency, support, and expertise are cornerstones of building such a high level of trust, and these are values all of us at ServInt share. About a year ago I realized that I remained confident in why we do what we do, but despite all the breakthroughs in cloud technology I wasn't confident in how we do it — not just as a company, but as an industry. Since that day ServInt has been working on a paradigm shift in web hosting, and today I'm proud to announce the result of our efforts.
We're solving a problem that most people don't even know exists. The most prolific example is someone with a new VPS or cloud service that complains of unreliable performance. They assume their provider sucks, or the industry sucks. It's clearly not that customer's fault and we all know it, but nobody knows what to do about it. Those types of situations make the whole industry look bad, and they should. This problem needed to be solved, and we are disrupting the industry by solving it. Nobody who cares about their business should buy a product they can't trust, but there haven't been cloud or VPS products they truly could trust without over-buying or over-engineering – until now. Read more
Build your own business in 2014 — Start Today for $1
Over the years, countless businesses have started at ServInt. We are a hub for entrepreneurs looking to turn their dreams into reality. We have talked about Etsy as one of my favorite examples of this, but the list is long. We know what it's like to start with a dollar and a dream, and we connect with the people who have that passion.
I don't know if you know this, but ServInt doesn't generally do a ton of coupons. Building the kind of value we have as an organization takes time and dedication, and we know our value. But it's the end of the year, and one of my resolutions for 2014 is to find some new companies to help. I know that takes planning, and I want to give you the tools today to make that happen.
For one week only I'm offering you a coupon to start hosting on our recently upgraded VPS platform — the best enterprise-class managed hosting platform in the world — for $1: Read more
Hey, VPS Customers: We're Doubling Your RAM, at No Extra Charge
Like any other business, ServInt periodically takes stock of the configuration of its products, and makes adjustments to ensure they remain competitive. Unlike most businesses, however, when we make these adjustments, we usually provide them to our existing customers at no extra charge. That's what we're doing this time, too. Today, we're doubling the guaranteed RAM specifications for our Essential, Essential+, Signature, and Ultimate VPS products, and we're extending that enhancement to our existing customers at no extra cost.
We're doing this for two basic reasons: one, because we want to keep our current customers happy — and two, because this is a first operational step towards a new and revolutionary platform enhancement that's on its way soon. Read more
Is CISPA The Next SOPA/PIPA?
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act is coming. If you haven't heard as much about CISPA as you did about SOPA and PIPA, you will soon. CISPA needs to change, and we need your help to change it.
CISPA is a 'cybersecurity' bill that exists in the U.S. House of Representatives, and it's only a matter of time before a counterpart appears in the Senate. Last week we explained a bit about the bill and what it does here on the ServInt Source. Prior versions of CISPA were as odious as PIPA and SOPA. The Internet community needs to be vigilant that the next version isn't as well. CISPA is not the same bill as SOPA and PIPA, but it has the potential to be just as big an affront to your civil liberties.
CISPA confuses access to information with knowledge of that information. Read more
Building Tomorrow's Internet
Last week, ServInt put out a joint press release with VC fund Runa Capital announcing a program to offer discounted ServInt hosting and advanced infrastructure consultation to Runa portfolio companies, a kind of grant program for their slate of startups. We announced at Hosting Con and put out a simple joint press release for industry types. The logic was that this partnership between ServInt and Runa Capital is something industry insiders would be interested in, but it would not be on the radar of customers in the hosting industry.
But then I got thinking about just what we are doing with Runa and the wider implications. Runa Capital's companies include all sorts of tech start-ups who are redefining the possibilities of the Internet. Their portfolio companies include Nginx, Jelastic, and StopTheHacker, and their team's previous investments include Parallels. These are the companies Christian was talking about last week when he wrote about people changing the world with the Internet. Read more
ServInt at 17: Thoughts on Loyalty
Today marked the 17th anniversary of when I founded ServInt. 17 is an interesting milestone. Last year, at 16, I marveled at the fact that if the company I had created was a human, it would now be old enough to drive. Now we're forging further into "adulthood," and I'm reflecting on what we've built and on the friends we've made along the way.
I had the unique opportunity to spend this special occasion in Hong Kong, celebrating with our friends and partners from PCCW Global. Every year immediately following the Chinese New Year, PCCW hosts a large kickoff event in Hong Kong. This year they invited us to join them as their guests.
When I started ServInt, the very first bandwidth provider I signed on was a company called CAIS, short for Capitol Area Internet Service. In 2001 they were sold to a company called Ardent Communications, which sold off its networking assets to a company called BtN, or Beyond the Network Access, in 2002. Around 2006 BtN was folded into its parent company, PCCW Global – one of the world's largest and most powerful telcos. But we still basically have the same account team we started with when I started ServInt 17 years ago. Long-term relationships like this in the Internet industry are rare to say the least! Read more


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The Sennheiser ew 172 G3 Wireless Instrument & Earset System provides dependable wireless performance for guitars and instruments on stage, rehearsals, recording applications, etc. The system also includes the Sennheiser Ear Set 4 single-ear head worn microphone for hands-free speech applications. Also features a UHF diversity receiver, bodypack transmitter and Ci 1 instrument cable with 1/4" phone connector.
The transmitter and receiver synchronize channel and frequency at the touch of a button. The bodypack allows you to charge the (optional) rechargeable pack while it remains in the transmitter. A back-lit display allows for easy operation under dimly-lit conditions and its user friendly menu makes operation quick and easy. This easy to use wireless instrument system will provide guitarists the freedom of cable free performance, with wired microphone audio quality.
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- Pilot tone squelch for eliminating RF interference when transmitter is turned off
- Automatic frequency scan feature searches for available frequencies
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- Increased range for audio sensitivity
- Wireless synchronization of transmitters via infrared interface
- User-friendly menu operation with more control options
- Illuminated graphic display (transmitter and receiver)
- Auto-Lock function avoids accidental changing of settings
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- Integrated Equalizer, Soundcheck mode and guitar tuner
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Re:Free vs. free (185 comments)
I presume Free is "Free as in Freedom" Free and free is "free as in beer" free, which is how the FSF differentiates between the two.
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Re:Free vs. free (185 comments)
I presume Free is "Free as in Freedom" Free and free is "free as in beer" free, which is how the FSF differentiates between the two.
Re:A failure of conventional hack-ism ? (53 comments)
Bogus reports; either in the form of some hack trying to grub money or somebody reporting a bug that wasn't a bug at all, perchance? Considering the amount of money on offer, I can see both being pretty goddamn prevalent.
Re:Trade-in prices (172 comments)
they'd give me maybe 13GBP for it, or 16 if it wasn't "scratched". They'd then sell it second hand for 30GBP (or 28 if it doesn't come with instructions or a box).
Funny that you mention that game. The GAME nearest to me is selling it second-hand for £39.99. A quick search on Zavvi tells me that they're selling the Xbox360 version, brand new, for £36.95
The other big game that they're not selling new, Mass Effect 3, is also £39.99 second-hand in my local GAME branch. I'd check prices for that, but I'm lazy, and can confirm seeing new copies being sold for somewhere in the £30 range.
As for price reductions for copies of games without boxes or manuals... you're a funny man. Another example from my local GAME branch - Lego Star Wars 2 on Nintendo DS. £15 with the original box and manual. The same game, minus manual and in a generic "we do not have the cover for this game" box... £15. Hell, that price tag is no guarantee of me getting a working cartridge/disc, either - they do reduce trade-in values if your disc is scratched, but it's a total crapshoot whether they'll, you know, clean the discs before putting them on the shelves. If they don't, it sets the eventual buyer back another £3. Or in the case of cartridge games, leaves the buyer with a paperweight. To be fair, they probably don't clean the discs deliberately - it's £3 of pure profit on top of the already ridiculous mark-up; and at one point, they actively rewarded sales assistants who managed to upsell disc cleaning for pre-owned games.
Re:Oh wow. (343 comments)
Now, be fair. It's available for the low, low price of one thousand pounds or thereabouts, last time I checked. Bargain.
Re:What about the Classic Menu? (81 comments)
I've given Cinnamon 1.2 a go over the course of a few hours. Sadly, the Mint Menu is mandatory, much to my own disappointment (it's usable, but I prefer the "proper" GNOME menu). That said, it's GNOME 3 done right - outside of a few incredibly minor gripes (the Super Key opens the menu rather than the activities pane; you have to move your mouse to the top left hand corner of the screen to open the activities pane though I'm sure it'll be easy enough to change that behaviour in a future version), I'm loving it so far, and can't wait to see what future releases will bring from both Clem and the wider mint community.
Re:Future of Nintendo (406 comments)
The Circle Pad Pro, as Nintendo have taken to calling it, is by no means required. Certain games (Ace Combat, Resident Evil Revelations, Metal Gear, Monster Hunter and many others I'm too lazy to name) use it as a second analogue stick (optional camera controls, basically), but none of them -require- it. In fact, I play Monster Hunter on my Japanese 3DS without the Circle Pad Pro; and it works just fine.
On top of this, none of the games announced to have support for the peripheral actually -require- it, yet. That might change over the next year or so, but until then, the Circle Pad Pro is far from a required add-on.
Re:Window close/minimize/maximize buttons (241 comments)
Hell, why use computers at all? Let's go back to smoke signals!
Re:One million! (159 comments)
As a fellow Linux user, I was tempted to try out Desura thanks to the fact that most (if not all) of the bundles so far have Desura keys for those who want 'em. Not all of the games have had Linux builds added to Desura just yet (understandable - Desura's Linux version is just an Open Beta for the time being), but getting 75% of the HIB games in a "click install and play with no hassle" format is a sight to behold, especially considering all the wrangling it took to make Crayon Physics work on Debian - in the end I gave up and "borrowed" packages from Ubuntu.
Re:A lot of us Americans did play Elite, though (208 comments)
And there's now an Open Source remake/re-imagining, OOlite. I'd post a link, but I'm at work and I'm sure you can all use your search engine or package manager of choice to obtain it.
Re:I am gonna start my own ask slashdot thread (488 comments)
Tip - install gvfs-backends, then run
sudo dpkg-reconfigure thunar
To display and browse network shares in Thunar. There's also the rather unfortunately named Gigolo, which provides out of the box share access. It's a stupid workaround, yes, but it's worth mentioning.
Re:They better stop advertising it as "unlimited". (325 comments)
They prefer to call it "enhancing the truth".
Re:Alright (143 comments)
sankakucomplex.com itself is NSFW, so why single out its *booru subdomain?
Not that any self-respecting human being would mind if sankaku was blocked by their ISP.
Re:Best improvement ... (522 comments)
No, he's on a laptop. So... yeah, I feel sorry for the nut behind the keyboard.
Re:GuerrillaMail, etc. (214 comments)
Obviously, a lot of minds have been boggled by the conundrum of Yahoo's continued existence.
Re:It feels too heavy and old (242 comments)
Most of us comb our own neckbeards, you insensitive clod!
Re:Fake uploads (227 comments)
I dunno, I'm actually half-tempted to buy this game because they're taking the inevitability of piracy, and getting a little bit of humour out of it. That and, unlike the two companies you've mentioned, the developers of this game are not actively prosecuting pirates. If anything, they're rewarding you for pirating... if you like pirate-themed games.
Re:Zelda: Ocarina of Time (585 comments)
I dunno, I use a PS2 controller for the vast majority of my emulation, and a modified Super Famicom controller for, well, Super Famicom/SNES games (and pretty much every other 8-bit/16-bit system, for that matter).
Point is, the PS2 controller suffices for Ocarina of Time (although using Wii64 with a classic controller on my modded Wii is my preferred method of playing N64 games these days).
Re:Worst merger, ever (210 comments)
I'd have to agree there, with some notable exceptions, Square-Enix's only good games post merger have been new IPs (The World Ends With You being the most notable) and... Dragon Quest. That's it.
This is, of course, excluding their constant re-releases of older games (mostly FF, Dragon Quest and a whole host of Square's PS1 games).
Re:TOS are stupid (194 comments)
Exactly. I should probably have pointed that out in my comment. Still amuses me greatly that it's newsworthy when people *gasp* lie on the internet.
Re:TOS are stupid (194 comments)
Kinda. The rules state nobody under 18 can browse 4chan, not that this is much of a deterrent for any actual underage users - the sensible ones just don't outright state their age.
Kind of like what they did on Myspace a few years back; and what kids do on facebook now. Then again, this is to be expected - most age-verification attempts online are quite pathetic in the grand scheme of things and can be subverted by any idiot.


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July 22 (Bloomberg) -- Caterpillar Inc., the world's largest maker of construction and mining equipment, posted second-quarter profit that missed analysts' estimates after the Japanese earthquake and tsunami reduced sales and demand slowed in China.
Net income rose 44 percent, to $1.02 billion, or $1.52 a share, from $707 million, or $1.09 a share, a year earlier, the Peoria, Illinois-based company said in a statement today. Profit excluding $204 million in costs related to the acquisition of Bucyrus International Inc. was $1.72, trailing the $1.75 average of 20 analysts' estimates compiled by Bloomberg. Revenue increased 37 percent to $14.2 billion from $10.4 billion.
Excluding Bucyrus, Caterpillar raised its full-year profit forecast to $6.75 to $7.25 a share from $6.25 to $6.75 previously. It also raised its sales forecast to $54 billion to $56 billion from $52 billion to $54 billion.
Caterpillar is betting on expansion in mining with its $8.8 billion acquisition of Bucyrus, completed this month, and demand for construction machinery in developing countries to help drive growth. The company forecasts earnings of $8 to $10 a share in 2012 as demand for excavators, trucks and wheel loaders grows amid greater consumption of commodities and construction of roads, bridges and buildings in countries such as China, India and Brazil.
The Bucyrus acquisition adds surface and underground mining equipment products to Caterpillar's portfolio, helping it benefit from rising populations and standards of living in emerging markets. It purchased Electro-Motive Diesel last year and its acquisition of MWM Holding GmbH in Germany is still pending.
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Joe Crozier, a businessman with a decidedly shady past, is enjoying being wined and dined, but refusing his host's request costs Joe more than he could ever have imagined... Bound and gagged, he takes a silent and deadly dip in the nearby river.
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ClearOne to Unveil Four NetStreams Products This Week at CEDIA Home Technology Expo
SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 21 /PRNewswire/ — ClearOne (Nasdaq: CLRO) (www.clearone.com), a global communications and entertainment solutions company, announced it is introducing four new products for its DigiLinX(TM) A/V and Musica(TM) audio distribution systems at the CEDIA Expo trade show this week in Atlanta. The products include hardware and software for increased connectively with iPod®, iPhone® and iPad®; an IP-based network music player that can find and play audio files from any source on a home network and Internet streams and services; and a new DigiLinX in-wall touch panel with a built-in 2×50-watt digital audio amplifier and intercom microphone. The CEDIA Expo, for professionals in home technology system design and installation, opens at the World Congress Center on Thursday, Sept. 23. NetStreams® is exhibiting in Booth 2606.
ClearOne®, based here, develops and sells conferencing, collaboration, streaming media, connectivity, and distribution systems for audio, video, PC, and web applications. It markets commercial market products under the ClearOne brand and residential products under NetStreams.
"Residential dealers want systems that give customers the greatest connectivity and integration with their preferred devices and music resources," said Zee Hakimoglu, ClearOne President and CEO. "Our primary product launches at CEDIA this year are directed to addressing that. This will be a strong show for NetStreams. I will be attending the show for one day of meetings."
"The reasons for choosing fully IP-based networks for home entertainment gets more compelling every year," Michael Braithwaite, Senior Vice President of Technology at ClearOne. "For example, our IP architecture makes it easier for us to integrate with more devices, including phones or tablets with WiFi. Our platform is the most accessible. Whatever device a customer wants to use as a source or controller for his system, it can't get any easier for a dealer than doing it with NetStreams."
Braithwaite provided an overview on the products being launched at the CEDIA Expo. The new Anthology(TM) IP-Based Network Music Player leverages the existing home network to bring the convenience of Internet radio and multiple streams of audio over the DigiLinX Network. The Anthology automatically scans for music stored on network attached storage devices and on PC's. With the flexibility and power of a StreamNet® connected network, homeowners can stream music to any room in the house. The Anthology can tune into thousands of stations of music, news, talk radio, and sports. Streaming internet radio, personal audio files or online services like Pandora and SIRIUS Satellite Radio.
The new DigiLinX(TM) IPD100 iPod Dock easily connects the popular iPod® music device to the NetStreams DigiLinX system to become an integral part of a multi-room audio system. The IPD100 also charges the iPod battery and provides control of iPod playback via the DigiLinX system. Once an iPod is placed in the IPD100, the music library on the iPod is quickly and easy be searched by genre, playlist, album, artist or individual song title from any location in the home with a DigiLinX controller, including in-wall touch screens or wireless remotes. The dock connects to the DigiLinX multi-room AV system with an audio connection directly to a SpeakerLinX local input port and is controlled via the DigiLinX Ethernet network.
The new Musica(TM) MU5066 Audio Distribution Center is the core of the Musica Multi-Room Audio system. It now includes control options for the Apple iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad and features four (4) global source inputs, up to 18 local sources and up to 18 Digital FM Tuners (Digital FM tuner required, sold separately) and Bluetooth Support with our new BP-500 BluePort interface that will enable any Bluetooth enabled smartphone, pad or laptop to wirelessly stream digital music into any room or the whole house. The robust MU5066 can distribute audio from six (6) to 18 rooms (with added ADCs) and features NetStreams' proprietary Shhh! Technology for music-to-sleep mode. Each Musica MU5066KP keypad includes a 5-band graphic equalizer, the ability to turn all room on/off, and up to 48 macro functions. The Musica system utilizes the Burr-Brown(TM) 192kHz digital-to-analog converters for the highest quality sound possible.
The new TouchLinX TLA250 IP-Based Control Pad & Stereo Amplifier for the DigiLinX system features a 2×50 watt amplifier, built-in microphone, and built-in Internet radio. Each TLA250 is capable of supporting 2 Channels at 50 watts per channel at 4 ohms and contains the hardware and software required to take TCP/IP audio packets, convert them back to audio and amplify the signal for each zone. By decentralizing the amplifier, the TLA250 can be placed closer to the loudspeaker, minimizing signal loss normally caused by long cable runs between the amplifier and speakers; thus creating better sound from smaller amplifiers. The built-in microphone allows any zone to become part of the DigiLinX IP Intercom system for monitoring, paging, or two-way intercom sessions. Also built into the TLA250 is a 4-band graphic equalizer and an OLED display capable of displaying white text on a black background.
About ClearOne
ClearOne is a global communications solutions company that develops and sells conferencing, collaboration, streaming media and connectivity systems for audio, video, and web applications. The reliability, flexibility and performance of our advanced comprehensive solutions enhance the quality of life through better communication, education, and entertainment.
NetStreams, recently acquired by ClearOne, delivers the ultimate IP A/V experience by distributing high definition audio and video over TCP/IP networks. NetStreams' products offer unprecedented levels of performance, functionality, simplicity, reliability, and expandability. By combining audio/video content, meta-data and control signals into one stream incorporating industry standards, NetStreams' newly patented StreamNet(R) solutions are a smart investment, enabling the Power of AV over IP(TM) – today.
NetStreams' StreamNet technology provides elegant solutions for streaming media & control applications such as digital signage, distribution of HD video and audio, LAN Cloud Matrix Switching(TM), and audio paging over data networks.
ClearOne Investor Relations ClearOne PR Contact: Contact: Richard S. Roher, APR Robert Jaffe Roher Public Relations PondelWilkinson Inc 914-741-2256 x303 310-279-5969 914-741-2246 (fax) 310-279-5988 (fax) 917-207-9604 (cell) email@example.com www.roherpr.com
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