[TopAce]

What's going on with swooh again? I cannot open my account, access my FTP. Even I am unable to step on the site itself. Is it only with me, or you cannot see it as well?

[kode]

it's you.

it's me too.

[TopAce]

so you cannot enter swooh as well?
Just both of your sentences are against each other.

[Stealth]

i don't know how many times i have to say that swooh goes down occasionally and that it's nothing to worry about.

[Petrarch of the VBB]

Even when it's working perfectly, I worry about it.

[an0n]

........A server crash is nothing to worry about?

[Knight Templar]

Apparently not when it happens four times a month..

[an0n]

If it's four consecutive occasions then I suppose it's okay. I mean we can't get annoyed at Stealth for PMS'ing and kicking the server.

[Solatar]

He is hosting our stuff for free...with no ads and stuff. I don't mind it being down a lot.

[Kamikaze]

What kind of admin would let the server crash 4 times a month? Especially a linux admin. Methinks you need to "motivate" the admin with a very dull plastic knife.

[Solatar]

Well, we are getting what we've paid for.

*grabs plastic knife. I Want my money's worth!!*

[Setekh]

So true, Solatar. (apart from the plastic knife bit !)

[an0n]

*mutters something about NW hosted projects, sites, FTP, e-mails and MySQL never being down*

[Stealth]

EDIT:

*sigh*

an0n, Knight_Templar, and Killfrenzy:  You all should know (i'd expected you particularly an0n) that just because you can't access a server doesn't mean it's "crashed"... Swooh goes offline for many reasons, sometimes ISP problems, sometimes we take it offline physically to upgrade or whatever, and sometimes we take it publicly offline remotely for reasons you don't need to know... swooh is not crashed... its webserver aspect is still functioning, you can still download and view files/webpages, so there's no major problem... it's just the FTP server that's offline, which is no biggie temporarily!

You see, this service is 100% free.  we don't require popups, ads, banners, or any form of advertisement... we don't require you even state you're hosted by us... now if you were paying for it, you'd have ever right to ***** when it goes offline, but unfortunately you don't, so when it goes offline, you have no right to start complaining.  if you're unhappy with the service you're getting, then please... leave.  send me a PM and i'll be more than happy to remove your account.

[Goober5000]

Guys, this is the only a) cost-free, b) ad-free, c) unlimited (practically) capacity web hosting service I have ever seen, anywhere.  I'm actually astonished that it comes with no strings attached.  Don't be antagonistic -- Stealth is doing this out of his own good graces and deserves to be treated respectfully.

[Kamikaze]

Eh? You'd sound better if you left out the temper and insults.

Anyhow, sure, it's a free service, but people are bound to complain if you don't explain problems routinely. Not that that makes you obligated to anything, but you really need to accept that it's people's nature to ***** like hell.

So... uhhh.. cool off.

[Stealth]

thank you goober... at least some people can appreciate.  

to tell you the truth, we've been having major problems with the ISP... they've got a router that keeps screwing up, and they're too lazy or just don't care to permanently fix it... which is why swooh's been going down a lot lately (though not near as often as four times a month, as the ignorant Knight_Templar has stated).  we were thinking of all putting money together on a monthly basis and buying a dedicated (or semi-dedicated) T1 line for Swooh... but it's events such as this thread that make me want to just say "fuck it" and let everyone just get hosted on Geocities or Tripod or something.  We don't benefit from doing this... it's being done 100% for you, the community... you're the reason swooh is hosting people... you're getting more space than any service on the internet for free, PLUS you don't have to have any banners or anything, and you can host any kind of file, and link to the file, all for free... what more can you ask for?  I'm sorry, but i'm doing my best... more than that i cannot do.  unfortunately swooh goes offline (sometimes it's the FTP server, sometimes the web server, sometimes both) sometimes, but never for a long period of time, and like i said before, you get good bandwidth, hosting size, and everything else...

i'm doing my best.  i'm sorry if it's not good enough for all of you, but i really would have hoped that i'd get a little more support when things like this happen

EDIT:
To Killfrenzy:

What kind of admin would let the server crash 4 times a month? Especially a linux admin. Methinks you need to "motivate" the admin with a very dull plastic knife.

See my previous reply about Swooh not "crashed"... in all the time swooh's ever been up it's never once crashed, and it's been up 2+ years.

[an0n]

You can't give people broken toys.

Nor can you whine about it when they come to you saying your defective toy took their eye out.

[Stealth]

Originally posted by an0n
You can't give people broken toys.

Nor can you whine about it when they come to you saying your defective toy took their eye out.

it's not a toy, it's a service.  they're guaranteed nothing... and although we try to keep it running as well as we can, some things (i.e. ISP problems) are above our control.

we're all doing our best.

[an0n]

If your **** doesn't work; It's crashed.