PSA from Host Matters re: Nick Berg Video
Folks, please do not host copies of the video within the network here. Whatever your position on the availability of the video itself may be, from a technical standpoint, the network disruption created by having it on a server within this network is significant and unfairly impacts your fellow residents. We will be going through the servers looking for any copies, so if you receive a notice that we've disabled it, please abide by the notice and do not reenable it. Thanks.
Thank you,
-Hosting Matters Management
Comments
Michele,
Do you just get these announcments because you're special, or is there a place that we can sign up to get them?
Posted by: Pete | May 14, 2004 02:26 PM
http://www.archive.org/web/freecache.php
Google's archive.org acting as host for massive download through a redirect. (Umm, well, not having downloaded the files in question because I have absolutely no desire to view them, perhaps they're too small for freecache?, which calls for >1 meg, I believe. Or maybe they don't want to cache it.)
Posted by: htom | May 14, 2004 02:38 PM
Most of these notices also appear in our forums at http://forums.hostmatters.com. This particular item is a copy of a post I made to a thread discussing the massive traffic loads we're seeing this week, available at http://forums.hostmatters.com/screens/helios05142004.JPG
Posted by: Annette | May 14, 2004 02:46 PM
Well, Annette just ruined the whole concept of me being special!
Posted by: michele | May 14, 2004 02:47 PM
Wrong cut and paste of my own on that link. The thread is at http://forums.hostmatters.com/showthread.php?t=11373
Posted by: Annette | May 14, 2004 02:47 PM
I am having so much trouble here today. It's certainly the lack of sleep I've had due to the various things we're doing to keep things orderly. To continue (and finish, maybe):
Anyhow, we've found that Michele seems to be at the epicenter of so many things that her space is the best place to get word to people who might not visit the forums on a regular basis.
Posted by: Annette | May 14, 2004 02:51 PM
I told you! I'm special! Where's my helmet??
Posted by: michele | May 14, 2004 02:53 PM
(boggle)
I guess this puts the nail in the coffin for you on the tits vs. taste debate.
Posted by: Jason | May 14, 2004 03:05 PM
I think you lost me, Jason.
Posted by: michele | May 14, 2004 03:31 PM
Special is as special does.
Posted by: Leonidas | May 14, 2004 04:18 PM
You are special Michele.
Posted by: Dave in Texas | May 14, 2004 04:19 PM
Glad the cable's working....came across this and thought of you.
Frustrated cell phone user trashes store
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/2569799
Posted by: Ryan | May 14, 2004 04:22 PM
I am still waiting for someone to explain why we need to download this revolting video.
Posted by: Steve H. | May 14, 2004 05:47 PM
"Know your enemy", Steve.
Posted by: Wild Bill | May 14, 2004 09:47 PM
Steve: I took it as more of a "stick it in the media's We'll Judge What The Public Needs to See eye." You know, they figure we need to see skanky chicks in uniform diddling tied up Helpless Brown People until our heads explode with self-hatred, but seeing what these darling little Middle Eastern hobbit people (terrorist division) are really capable of, which makes Americans look like a bunch of Little Bo Peeps, is a no-no.
Posted by: Andrea Harris | May 14, 2004 11:15 PM
And I don't even think we necessarily have to watch the video. I am already quite sure what our enemies are capable of; no blind spots left in me. But let's not let what happened to Nick Berg disappear down the "he was in the wrong place at the wrong time" memory hole.
Posted by: Andrea Harris | May 14, 2004 11:16 PM
Michele is much more special than Chrissie Hynde.
Posted by: Larry G | May 15, 2004 07:27 AM