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[spatch]

I stopped being ambivalent about Fark today when I learned they effectively slashdotted poor growf's server (which hosts spatch.net) and cost her $240 in bandwidth overages in TWO DAYS.

So CAT TOWN and all the other great stuff hosted will be down while the webserver is being recompiled with mod_throttle, and I do believe Fark referrals will be blocked afterwards, too. It's just as well, really.

Usedta be I didn't like Fark all that much because some of its users had the collective IQ of a batch of turnips.

Now I just hate Fark because with the exception of finding one or two friends I thought were lost to the world forever, being linked there has brought me and my pals nothing but stress, annoyance, heartache, financial problems, and acid reflux.





Folks, you know my rule: I only do things for as long as they're fun...

Comments

[cheezdanish.livejournal.com]

Jesus. That is the suckiest thing ever. We should make Drew Curtis pay for that shit.

[fancycwabs.livejournal.com]

Actually, you (or growf) should send him a cease-and-desist-and-by-the-way-you-owe-us-$240 letter, which will likely be either ignored or responded to badly. It will, however, function as evidence in a civil case, should this nonsense occur again to the tune of even larger bandwidth overages.

[spatch]

Seeing as how fark referrers will be blocked, it won't happen again. And sadly I don't have fees to go a-lawyerin, nor do I particularly want to.

Vigilance is the proper thing for any "next time."

[fancycwabs.livejournal.com]

I's thinking more along the lines of:

Dear Drew,

Thanks to your linkage, my site generated $240 in bandwitdth overages in two days.

Have you considered asking permission before sending your minions over from the nether realms? (Or, in your vernacular, "greenlighting a site?")

Just a thought,

Hugs & Kisses,

Spatch.

p.s. A donation to Abbie the Cat's Mad Crazy Pledge Drive would go a long way towards easing the bad feelings--I don't have a TotalCatTown, y'know.


TotalCatTown...now THERE'S an idea...