Month: March 2002

I started watching the X-Files in the middle of season 1. I watched it nearly every Sunday for 7-1/2 years. I watched the reruns on FX both times when they ran all the episodes in chronological order. I voted in the Thanksgiving marathons. I saw the movie. I bought the action figures. I hooked my friends on the show. I was a bonified fan, not obsessed, but close. Last season was painful, no Mulder and Scully was reduced to the Greek Chorus role. I actually warmed to Dogett, but still the magic was gone.

This year I have pretty much ignored the show. Today at lunch with some of the friends I hooked on the show I was asked if I watched it last week. I had to say no. They wanted an explanation of what was going on and I couldn’t say. So I tuned in tonight and it was painful still. To me the show seems a parody of itself, but I guess I owe it to myself to watch it through until the end. At least I can get a rant out of it for the next couple of months. Tune in next Sunday.

Got this in an email today from support@thathostingcompany.com
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In an effort to provide better service to all of our customers, That Hosting Company, Inc., has merged our web hosting services with another web hosting company.

This transition period will begin Sunday @ 8:00am PST, March 10th, 2002. And will require approximately 5 days to complete. During this transition period you may experience unexpected downtimes. Please note that we are working to keep things running as smooth as possible, however, some downtime will be unavoidable during this transition phase.

As compensation for the recent events which caused our customers to be offline, we are happy to offer all of our customers a certificate for an additional hosting account free of charge, which you may use to host another website.
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The bolding is mine. What makes them think that I would jump at having another site hosted by these chuckleheads! I will have to see if service improves after this merger before I trust them with such things as valuable as say this blog.

Fairness disclaimer: The shoddy service from these guys is probably because they got in over their heads capacity-wise and this will be the best thing for us and them.

I have been a big fan of Law & Order since the beginning. It is still one of the 4 or 5 prime time TV shows I still watch. But they have branched out and now there are two other Law & Order: XXX’s. I know this because they are constantly plugging these puppies during Law & Order: Classic. I tried to watch the second one, L & O: SVU, a couple times. The plots are mostly like watching a Lifetime channel movie, all battered women and sicko sex stuff. The only redeeming factor was that Mariska Hargitay was easy on the eyes (she comes by that naturally, being Jayne Mansfield’s daughter and all.) I have yet to see L & O: CI, but maybe I should, there is bound to be another rant in there….

Almost 24 hours of dead air…no explanation. I’ve got to find that tech support phone number while they are up so I can call next time and ask, “What’s UP!” next time I lose internet contact.

Bonus Not Serious Rant:
My No Account Parents
If they had worked a little harder I could be independently wealthy. I wouldn’t have to work 9 to 5 for peanuts. I could afford to buy the car I just got to *sit* in for 5 minutes this evening – 2003 Mercedes Benz 500SL. One of the Miata Club members who came to the meeting tonight is the GM at the MB/Mazda dealer in Augusta and they just got this one in. He brought it over for us to ooh and ahh over and we didn’t disappoint him. 100 large! For that you get seats that are heated and air-conditioned, a hard top that folds into the trunk in 16 seconds and a credit card sized gizmo that if you have in your wallet or pocket will allow you to unlock the car and start it without the use of a key….

It was fine early this afternoon, but at 5:00 PM eastern time, poof, they were gone. 5-1/2 hours later they are still unreachable. It is not just my Miata Club site or the Bike Club site and any other number of sites they are hosting, but their’s as well. Email is also gone. It is as if That Hosting Company has been wiped off the face of the earth.

I say three in the title, but it could be four, I’m not sure. I know that since signing up in September this is the 6th major outage….I wonder how much it will take to buy my domain from them?