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    Posted by Denver on 08 5th, 2009
    Web Hosting Smoke and Mirrors
    I’m a straight shooter. Instead of jumping into some grandiose and pedantic blog entry about how...
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The real DH, not me. (That's not a cocky argument, nor do I address myself in third person very often...) [denverhunter]
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DH is such a beast, able to knock out high server loads in a single SSH terminal in seconds. ;) [denverhunter]
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Alpha is a bit high on load this early afternoon. Rest assured we're getting that nipped in the bud as I speak! [denverhunter]
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February 4th
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February 1st
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RT @idologic Google ditches IE6 http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2010/01/modern-browsers-for-modern-applications.html [denverhunter]
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January 21st
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Not sure what Object Oriented Programming (OOP) means? Wikipedia has a great article on it to get the basics: http://bit.ly/s4CP [denverhunter]
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January 20th
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@Mike_Ermel Still enjoying IPB? [denverhunter]
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Heard of Mockingbird? Check out this really cool new online app for web designers to make their own wire frame mockups: http://bit.ly/2WFTIx [denverhunter]
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Interesting thoughts on the Google and China situation: http://bit.ly/78mcgT [denverhunter]
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January 14th
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I hope the cPanel mobile theme is improved - that would be a great tool for when you're on the road. [denverhunter]
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Sitting in on the cPanel webinar - almost forgot about it in spite of the two annoying email reminders I fussed about this morning. Nice. [denverhunter]
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An Introduction to Linux File Permissions: http://bit.ly/5NvBMA [denverhunter]
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Web Hosting Smoke and Mirrors

Posted by Denver in Featured Articles, Information Technology, PR & Marketing, Web Hosting Industry on August 5, 2009 | Comments Off
I’m a straight shooter. Instead of jumping into some grandiose and pedantic blog entry about how I plan to make the best posts ever on this blog, I’ll hit the ground running where the rubber meets the road. Today I am entering into rant mode to explain one of the greatest shams in business. I call it smoke and mirrors, but it’s more like steam and poorly-reflective glass. It is a scheme based upon customer ignorance and provider greed, and it almost always spells trouble. On the streets it is known as unlimited web hosting. (Not sure if you could hear the cacophonous symphonic...