The 1and1 Web Host Debian Etch Debacle Continues

Update : Turns out I called support and they were unavailable when my server was down again. The conversation went something like this:

Girl from some foreign place, assuming India 1:00 a.m cst - : I’m sorry sir but the Server 24×7 support team is on a break and they are the only people who can reboot your server at the moment.

Me: !! They are on break? Well when will they be back so I can get my server back on line? How long is the break?

Girl from some foreign place, assuming India: 3 hours sir.

Me: Excuse me, I think you said 3 hours.

Girl from some foreign place, assuming India: Yes sir, 3 hours.

Me: So you mean to tell me that my dedicated Server 24×7 support team, the only people that can reboot my managed server, is on break for 3 frickin’ hours??

Girl from some foreign place, assuming India: Yes sir.

Me:

Girl from some foreign place, assuming India: Is there anything else I can do for you?

Me: [Not very nice statement of facts occurred here.]

Girl from some foreign place, assuming India: Thank you for calling 1&1.

Original Article Below:

My 1and1 Hosting Nightmare or “Why Should I Keep My Business With a Server/Web Host that Suddenly Sucks?”

It is unfortunate that the sad state of performance and technical support from my server host has compelled me to write this article. Consider this a warning to others that are looking to pay premium dollars to have a dedicated server hosted on a managed platform. If 1and1 is in the running and you need any sort of guaranteed uptime with guaranteed support then look elsewhere. BTW, if you are reading this and you are a server host or have a reliable server host please email me
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Here is the final Watchers Council Tally from 2007.

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It appears that U.N. inspectors found vials of weapons grade chemical choking agents in Iraq as late as 1996. The chemical is known as Phosgene. It was the most widely used chemical weapon during WWI and was responsible for most deaths.

Somehow the vials ended up in U.N. diplomatic offices in New York instead of labs for analysis. They sat there for 11 years until someone came across them recently. The vials were suspended in glass containers and oil as characteristic of packaging for use as a chemical weapon.

A chemical warfare agent recovered from an Iraqi munitions factory in 1996 was accidentally shipped to the United Nations, instead of the Army laboratory in Maryland where it was supposed to end up, officials announced today.

The toxic substance, known as phosgene, remained for more than a decade in the East 48th Street offices of the United Nations agency that was responsible for overseeing the removal of weapons of mass destruction from Iraq. Today, a joint hazardous-materials team from the F.B.I. and the New York City Police Department went in to remove the substance. The authorities said there was no threat to the public.

According to the United Nations, the materials were discovered on Friday, as employees at the United Nations Monitoring, Verification, and Inspection Commission were archiving files of the United Nations special commission that had been set up in 1991 to monitor the cease-fire that followed the first Persian Gulf War.

While filing the materials, the U.N. employees found two small plastic packages, with metal and glass containers — ranging in size from small vials to the length of a pen. Inside the containers were “unknown liquid substances.”

An initial investigation determined that U.N. inspectors had recovered the items from the Al Muthanna chemical weapons plant in 1996. Chemical weapons experts sealed the packages and placed them in a safe on the sixth floor of the monitoring commission’s headquarters, at 866 East 48th Street. Experts tested the air around the package and “found no concentration of toxic vapors.”

Only today did United Nations officials locate the inspection reporting containing an inventory of the items. The inventory showed that one of the items “may have contained” phosgene and that one package contained nuclear magnetic resonance reference standards in sealed glass tubes.

The CDC details its toxicity and use:

* Phosgene is a major industrial chemical used to make plastics and pesticides.
* At room temperature (70°F), phosgene is a poisonous gas.
* With cooling and pressure, phosgene gas can be converted into a liquid so that it can be shipped and stored. When liquid phosgene is released, it quickly turns into a gas that stays close to the ground and spreads rapidly.
* Phosgene gas may appear colorless or as a white to pale yellow cloud. At low concentrations, it has a pleasant odor of newly mown hay or green corn, but its odor may not be noticed by all people exposed. At high concentrations, the odor may be strong and unpleasant.
* Phosgene itself is nonflammable (not easily ignited and burned).
* Phosgene is also known by its military designation, “CG.”

Where phosgene is found and how it is used

* Phosgene was used extensively during World War I as a choking (pulmonary) agent. Among the chemicals used in the war, phosgene was responsible for the large majority of deaths.
* Phosgene is not found naturally in the environment.
* Phosgene is used in industry to produce many other chemicals such as pesticides.
* Phosgene can be formed when chlorinated hydrocarbon compounds are exposed to high temperatures. Chlorinated hydrocarbon compounds are substances sometimes used or created in industry that contain the elements chlorine, hydrogen, and carbon.
* The vapors of chlorinated solvents exposed to high temperatures have been known to produce phosgene. Chlorinated solvents are chlorine-containing chemicals that are typically used in industrial processes to dissolve or clean other materials, such as in paint stripping, metal cleaning, and dry cleaning.
* Phosgene gas is heavier than air, so it would be more likely found in low-lying areas.

Another blow to the life was peachy keen under Saddam Hussein narrative? I doubt it, someone will come up with some bogus excuse. How long until they blame the U.S.?

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What You May Have Missed Yesterday, and What You Don’t Want to Miss Tonight

Here’s a few items that we told you about last night, and then heard everyone else talking about today:

• Giuliani Warns of Another 9/11 if a Democrat Elected in 2008
• Cpl. Tyler Rock Smacks Down White Flag Harry Reid
• Speaking of Smackdowns, Dick Cheney Also Speaks Truth to Stupidity
• The Perfect Liberal Concept: The Pay Gap Myth
• Now We Know Why Karl Rove Didn’t Want Sheryl Crow to Touch Him

New links to these stories are at teriobrien.com

As for tonight’s show, here’s some of what we’re working on:

• Obama Doth Protest Too Much
• Speaking of Obama, why are socialists so stingy when it comes to charity? Coincidence? I don’t think so.
• Bye Bye Rosie-You Knew This Would End Badly
• Was Rosie Fired, or Do You Buy the “We’re Still Friends” Story?
• Road to Nowhere Dept: Dems Flurry of Subpoenas, and You’re Not Going to Believe What They are Investigating Now
• Illegal Immigrants Indignant: Authorities Dared to Shut Down Fake ID Factory
• 2nd amendment update: Teenage Thug Killed by Law-Abiding Citizen with CC permit, Relatives Whine

Please join us by listening to live stream, 8-11 pm Eastern Time (7-10 pm in Chicagoland), Monday-Friday, at http://www.teriobrien.com, and call the show at 877.232.4855.

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T

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Firefighters were responding this afternoon to an extra-alarm blaze on the roof of a high-rise building in the West Loop in downtown Chicago.

The fire broke out shortly before noon in the Heller International Building, 500 W. Monroe St., just west of the Chicago River near the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. - Chicago Tribune

I managed to take the following pictures before finding an internet hot spot.

The eerie aspect of the whole event was perhaps the news helicopters that surrounded Union Station as opposed to the hi-rise a block away. They created an echoing whir throughout the loop; it was quite an event. I spoke with a Chicago Police Office and she didn’t know why the helicopters were above Union Station. Chicago Union Station is the main transit center for Amtrak and the Chicago Metra commuter rail system.

The fire definitively isn’t terrorist related but demonstrated that people’s curiosity may override the original fear impulse of the terrorism possibility. People were attracted rather than repelled with a plethora of hand held phone cams pointing to the sky. This is also a credit to the professionalism of the Chicago Police who are experts at managing crowds and kept everyone calm with their own calm demeanor.

Update: The fire was in a faulty air conditioning unit. The blaze was out within an hour and everything is back to normal.

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