Well, once ServerBeach took two seconds to look at the situation with the hard drive I could not access they discovered that they had mounted someone else's hard drive. Um, woops?!
So now that they have mounted the proper drive the server is mostly up and running. There are a few bugs and things that will need to be corrected, but at least all the images are valid again.
2005-02-23
AAAAAARRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!
Major server problem. As if the broken images or the 24 hour period of downtime is not a big enough clue.
ServerBeach claims the OS needed to be re-installed.
So, the box is back up and running, but the server is still a mess. It failed in the middle of the first ever backup. Fortunately the mail server was the first thing to get archived, so that restored quickly. The websites and all the other information is stuck on this other hard drive.
I cannot access anything on the drives. All the partitions are "hidden" and cannot be mounted. I don't know what to do. I bought a copy of Partition Magic from Symantec, but all this damn foreign support rep will say is "Not compatible with Windows Server 2003." I waited on hold 55 minutes for that!!!
ServerBeach claims the OS needed to be re-installed.
So, the box is back up and running, but the server is still a mess. It failed in the middle of the first ever backup. Fortunately the mail server was the first thing to get archived, so that restored quickly. The websites and all the other information is stuck on this other hard drive.
I cannot access anything on the drives. All the partitions are "hidden" and cannot be mounted. I don't know what to do. I bought a copy of Partition Magic from Symantec, but all this damn foreign support rep will say is "Not compatible with Windows Server 2003." I waited on hold 55 minutes for that!!!
2005-02-12
Longest Search String Ever
I did a little log analysis today and I found that someone found my webpage by searching Google with the LONGEST search string ever.
"we'll restore your access as quickly as possible, so try again soon. in the meantime, you might want to run a virus checker or spyware remover to make sure that your computer is free o"
Who would possibly type that in the little Google seach box?
Other interesting log facts:
Overall traffic has picked up big time. I never used to get more than a dozen or two hits a day. Last year things picked up and I might have seen up to 100 hits in a good day. These days I am averaging 100 visitors and 600 hits per day.
I am encouraged that this means someone must be reading this. Log analysis is good feedback, but nothing is better than comments. So if you are reading leave a comment. Say 'hi!', tell me your favorite color, tell me how much you hate my conservative values, whatever floats your boat.
Thanks for reading! Have a great day!
"we'll restore your access as quickly as possible, so try again soon. in the meantime, you might want to run a virus checker or spyware remover to make sure that your computer is free o"
Who would possibly type that in the little Google seach box?
Other interesting log facts:
- My Street is the number one listing at Google for "aolvalue".
- I am finally the number one listing for my own name Bryan Griffith
Overall traffic has picked up big time. I never used to get more than a dozen or two hits a day. Last year things picked up and I might have seen up to 100 hits in a good day. These days I am averaging 100 visitors and 600 hits per day.
I am encouraged that this means someone must be reading this. Log analysis is good feedback, but nothing is better than comments. So if you are reading leave a comment. Say 'hi!', tell me your favorite color, tell me how much you hate my conservative values, whatever floats your boat.
Thanks for reading! Have a great day!
Avril on Pork
If I were on the National Pork Board I would consider suing the pants off Avril Lavigne. Last night on Jimmy Kimmel Live Avril announced that she will not eat pork because, "If you eat pork you have a 99.9% chance of getting a parasite. Its very true."
I think Avril is very cute, and I enjoy her music, but that was a stupid thing to say. Doesn't she watch Oprah? Slandering the entire pork industry could be big trouble.
I cannot find any proof that her assertion is accurate. Maybe socialist Canadian pigs have parasites, but here in the United States, pork is safe.
According to the National Pork Board:
What was Avril thinking? Jimmy Kimmel should consider issuing an apology and correction to distance himself from Avril's uneducated opinion.
I think Avril is very cute, and I enjoy her music, but that was a stupid thing to say. Doesn't she watch Oprah? Slandering the entire pork industry could be big trouble.
I cannot find any proof that her assertion is accurate. Maybe socialist Canadian pigs have parasites, but here in the United States, pork is safe.
According to the National Pork Board:
What about trichinosis?
Because of modern feeding practices, trichinosis is a no longer a concern. Although trichina is virtually nonexistent in pork, if it were present, it would be killed at 137 degrees F. That's well below the recommended end cooking temperature for pork, which is 160 degrees F.
http://www.otherwhitemeat.com/allaboutpork/foodsafety/foodsafetyFAQ.htm
What was Avril thinking? Jimmy Kimmel should consider issuing an apology and correction to distance himself from Avril's uneducated opinion.
2005-02-09
Better than the Super Bowl Ads
Sunday was an all-around dissapointment. The game was boring, the commercials were boring. If I had to watch the frozen guy in the Mustang one more time I was going home.
A few commercials weren't so bad, the Pepsi commercial was very creative with lots of great cameos. The cat killer was also great and the Nationwide Insurance ad with MC Hammer was hilarious.
However, I saw another ad on TV tonight that has them all beat. Check out the new Dentyne ad at their webiste: http://www.dentyne.com/fire_commercial/fire_exclusive.html
A few commercials weren't so bad, the Pepsi commercial was very creative with lots of great cameos. The cat killer was also great and the Nationwide Insurance ad with MC Hammer was hilarious.
However, I saw another ad on TV tonight that has them all beat. Check out the new Dentyne ad at their webiste: http://www.dentyne.com/fire_commercial/fire_exclusive.html
Blueball Laws
Eugene at the VC points out that Oklahoma is trying to change the definition of rape to include all sex between college students and school employees.
What if...
Two students get married. One is also teacher or is otherwise employed by the school.
Because they got married after they were enrolled this married couple cannot legally consumate their marriage.
Looks like useful legislation to me. What is Oklahoma thinking?!
9. Where the victim is an undergraduate student under twenty-one (21) years of age attending any college or university in this state or the victim is attending any public or private secondary school in this state, regardless of the person's age, and engages in sexual intercourse with a person who is an employee of the same college, university or school system unless the two persons were legally married prior to enrollment or employment in such college, university or school. . . . .
What if...
Two students get married. One is also teacher or is otherwise employed by the school.
Because they got married after they were enrolled this married couple cannot legally consumate their marriage.
Looks like useful legislation to me. What is Oklahoma thinking?!
Happy New Year Spot!
For the Chinese New Year, pets go for a day at the spa.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=1756&e=2&u=/050207/ids_photos_wl/r583685012.jpg
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2005-02-08
Bye bye advertising
I am taking the Google Ads out of the sidebar. 1 click. Since this site is otherwise unprofitable, I think the advertising was just creating a liability.
Is anyone making money off Google AdSense? What is your clickthrough rate?
I am likely to use AdSense on other for-profit sites.
Is anyone making money off Google AdSense? What is your clickthrough rate?
I am likely to use AdSense on other for-profit sites.
2005-02-07
Catch 22
When it comes to law enforcement, even when you are right, you are wrong. This evening on Las Vegas Ed Deline learned the hard way when he tried to prove that the red light camera had incorrectly implicated him in a crime.
After all that work, he was right, but the judge wasn't going to let him off that easy.
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ONN is reporting that Columbus is planning to install red light cameras at 3 intersections this summer. I am becoming fed up with the crappy drivers around here, everyone becomes a crappy driver in the crappy weather. So I am all for these cameras. I am not sure that I have any problem with photographic or video evidence for speeding, red lights or other minor offenses. Certainly technology does introduce reasonable doubt. Maybe my legal readers can comment on the pros and cons of these systems.
After all that work, he was right, but the judge wasn't going to let him off that easy.
Watch the clip:
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Windows Media (48K)
MPEG (11MB)
ONN is reporting that Columbus is planning to install red light cameras at 3 intersections this summer. I am becoming fed up with the crappy drivers around here, everyone becomes a crappy driver in the crappy weather. So I am all for these cameras. I am not sure that I have any problem with photographic or video evidence for speeding, red lights or other minor offenses. Certainly technology does introduce reasonable doubt. Maybe my legal readers can comment on the pros and cons of these systems.
Did the Pope break confession?
The Scotsman is reporting that Deep Throat is near death, in this article. Obviously this rules out President George H.W. Bush.
However, Pope John Paul II, does appear to be near death. Perhaps, as Cardinal Karol Wojtyła, the Pope took confession from Bob Woodward or Richard Nixon himself?
Just a conspiracy theory to stoke the fires.
Apparently Deep Throat's identity will be revealed after his death, then it will all become clear. It had better be more clear than the Warren Commission's report on the JFK assassination. We don't need another magic bullet conspiracy for Oliver Stone to direct.
However, Pope John Paul II, does appear to be near death. Perhaps, as Cardinal Karol Wojtyła, the Pope took confession from Bob Woodward or Richard Nixon himself?
Just a conspiracy theory to stoke the fires.
Apparently Deep Throat's identity will be revealed after his death, then it will all become clear. It had better be more clear than the Warren Commission's report on the JFK assassination. We don't need another magic bullet conspiracy for Oliver Stone to direct.
2005-02-03
Liberals turn tail and run...
This post has two important messages:
1) George Bush Rocks! Last night's State of the Union was the best since Ronald Regan. Bold, intelligent, and well delivered, President Bush is going to lead this country in the right direction.
Finally a president leading the country and his political party. The last resident of the White House was being led his party, just like the Communists.
2) VC Genius! Jim Lindgren takes the MSM and the liberals to task for suggesting our military in Iraq should surrender. That's right, you heard him, surrender. Leaving Iraq before the job is done is a white flag waving, tail tucked surrender.
60 years after our occupation of Germany began we finally began reducing our presence in Germany last year. Why should anyone believe Iraq is capable of independence so quickly?
The path to self-actualization is three stages. Dependence, Independence, Interdependence. Iraq is still in stage one, highly dependent on the occupying forces.
Surely the violence will subside and our presence will shrink over time, but a timetable for "surrender" is far from appropriate.
1) George Bush Rocks! Last night's State of the Union was the best since Ronald Regan. Bold, intelligent, and well delivered, President Bush is going to lead this country in the right direction.
Finally a president leading the country and his political party. The last resident of the White House was being led his party, just like the Communists.
2) VC Genius! Jim Lindgren takes the MSM and the liberals to task for suggesting our military in Iraq should surrender. That's right, you heard him, surrender. Leaving Iraq before the job is done is a white flag waving, tail tucked surrender.
60 years after our occupation of Germany began we finally began reducing our presence in Germany last year. Why should anyone believe Iraq is capable of independence so quickly?
The path to self-actualization is three stages. Dependence, Independence, Interdependence. Iraq is still in stage one, highly dependent on the occupying forces.
Surely the violence will subside and our presence will shrink over time, but a timetable for "surrender" is far from appropriate.
2005-02-02
Gmail Invites
Gmail has just given me 50 invites. If anyone is still left without Gmail leave a comment with your e-mail address.
Liberal Academia III
Last night the MSM played catch-up to the blogosphere. Some of the talking heads have mentioned the problem of liberal bias at academic instutions, but I have not previously seen a good piece on television.
ABC World News Tonight featured a short 3 minute investigation, primarily into the censorship of "The Passion of the Christ" on certain campuses. However, in the report, filed by Dan Harris, ABC also touches on the general bias of instructors and faculty.
David French, President of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, points out, "The universities have been so captured by the left point of view, that you're going to get more political and intellectual diversity at your average suburban mega-church than you are at an elite university."
Dan begins his report with a graphic stating that 72% of academia self-identifies as left-leaning or liberal. I am not sure that there is anything wrong with this as an issue of diversity. Many have suggested that liberals are prone to prefer this type of work. I cannot disagree. Government jobs in general are probably more likely to be held by a liberal looking for an opportunity to redistribute wealth and expand the role of the government.
However, Todd at the VC makes the argument that it is not the opinion of the instructor that creates a hostile environment. The absence of dissenting opinions presented or tolerated in the classroom is the source of friction.
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ABC World News Tonight featured a short 3 minute investigation, primarily into the censorship of "The Passion of the Christ" on certain campuses. However, in the report, filed by Dan Harris, ABC also touches on the general bias of instructors and faculty.
David French, President of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, points out, "The universities have been so captured by the left point of view, that you're going to get more political and intellectual diversity at your average suburban mega-church than you are at an elite university."
Dan begins his report with a graphic stating that 72% of academia self-identifies as left-leaning or liberal. I am not sure that there is anything wrong with this as an issue of diversity. Many have suggested that liberals are prone to prefer this type of work. I cannot disagree. Government jobs in general are probably more likely to be held by a liberal looking for an opportunity to redistribute wealth and expand the role of the government.
However, Todd at the VC makes the argument that it is not the opinion of the instructor that creates a hostile environment. The absence of dissenting opinions presented or tolerated in the classroom is the source of friction.
Watch the video:
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