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Comment Re:Almost signed up Friday morning, too... (Score 2) 112

I've used them for shared hosting for years, and it's been a hell of a frustration. That said, however, their VPS service actually has a good record. For the discounted price they offered me (based on the absolutely horrific service for the last few months) I couldn't refuse. It was a really good deal.

Submission + - Wordpress sites under wide-scale brute force attack (siliconrepublic.com)

NitzJaaron writes: Some of us have been experiencing these attacks for the last few days, but it's now beginning to be widely reported that there's a fairly large brute force attack happening on Wordpress users on multiple hosts, including HostGator and LiquidWeb. CloudFlare has announced that they're giving all users (free and paid) protection from said attacks with their services.

Comment JMS Star Trek Reboot (Pre-2009 movie rumor) (Score 1) 215

There was a rumor going around before JJ Abrams was announced to be helming the reboot of the Star Trek franchise that you were in the running for that role. Whether that's true or not, if you have been chosen for that particular spot, what would you have done to reboot the Trek universe? Thanks!

Comment I realize I'm going to get torn to shreds... (Score 4, Insightful) 195

...but there's something to be said for iOS being a "closed" platform with a (mostly) strict approval process. There's a lot of controversy about apps getting blocked from the iTunes App Store, but so far there haven't been any significant outbreaks of malware/trojans like the Android platform has had. Caveat: I actively develop for both platforms, so I have no "stake" in either side. Just making a point about the open vs. closed issue in related to PII leakage risks. Let the flaming begin!

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