Annoying ISP

I just had a talk with one of my server providers. Their inability to listen to my demands (as a customer) and their constant threat of new charges for mundane services is really starting to piss me off. It is simply not acceptable to talk in a condescending way to your customers, especially when that customer pays you several thousand pounds a year. If there is one reason why I change ISP, it is because of one person and his (in)actions.

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New UK server

I got a new web server in the UK to replace the previous one that had a bad kernel and one of the drives in the RAID array failed. This one is a HP P4 3.2GHz 64Bit CPU with 2GB RAM, 250Gb SATA RAID 1 and unlimited data-transfer on a 10Mbps connection. Some of my clients have contacted me about the noticeable improvement in speed.

HP P4 3.2GHz 64Bit CPU with 2GB RAM, 250Gb SATA RAID 1

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nVidia graphics on SuSE 10.1

As I want to move some of the more CPU intensive scripts away from live web servers, I have installed SuSE 10.1 on my own computer. Unfortunately, the graphics card didn’t have the Linux drivers available on the installation disk, making 1600×1200 resolutions unavailable. One thing that I must have on my 20.1" LCD screen is the native resolution for an OS – otherwise it annoys the hell out of me.

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