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I'm a little green when it comes to managing websites, so I have another question:
Am I supposed to be paying a content delivery network to host the big files for download, as opposed to expecting my website to offer fast speeds?
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Richard Andrew x64 wrote: Am I supposed to be paying a content delivery network to host the big files for download, as opposed to expecting my website to offer fast speeds? Good question. Guess that depends on the host. I've used enterprise accounts on hosts like Netlify and they would handle that stuff automatically, as far as putting files on a regional CDN. Things like AWS and S3 will force you to use one (that's a good thing). Hosts like DreamHost, nope. You get a directory. Have a nice day. But, it's cheap, so... ya know.
Side note, hosts like DreamHost say you can have unlimited diskspace, but if they catch a really large file on your account that's not "related" to the website, they will make you delete it.
Jeremy Falcon
modified 7-Apr-24 22:00pm.
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I hate to generalize, but I think low cost web hosts are likely to provide low quality service. WinHost may be trying to get budget customers to upgrade their plans to a commercial tier. My site is hosted by the same company that hosts CP and I have no complaints about its performance.
/ravi
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Yes, I have a site on WinHost and I've been meaning to move for about a year now. Bandwidth is terrible. Unbelievably bad.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Richard Andrew x64 wrote: I contacted support and the rep responded that the speed is normal.
That's only "normal" if they're throttling download speeds. I would've asked if that's why they consider that to be normal.
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In another comment you mention unlimited bandwidth on your plan, so assuming Max?
looking through the "learn more" section: "Monthly Bandwidth/Data Transfer - Unlimited"
This tells you nothing what they mean by bandwidth. Rate of transfer vs amount of transfer. If you are getting 10mb/s and support said that normal, that might be they are limiting transfer to 10MB/s
BUT - you have unlimited amount for the month. so not like 50GB the basic plan has. Bandwidth sadly can be marketed as both amount of rate.
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You might get better results using a free cloudflare setup with their proxy setup. It means updating your DNS nameservers, but it is usually worth it. For my company website I pay for the higher tier setup for faster speeds and a better CDN.
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After a long time of being unable to find the set, I just ordered the complete set of everything he ever wrote! I'm looking forward to getting re-acquainted with the Master!
Will Rogers never met me.
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Heinlein is truly one of the greats
When I was a teenager I read numerous of his in a row
One of my favorites was Red Planet[^]
And
Tunnel In the Sky[^]
I guess their considered “juvenile” but I read Red Planet twice and it is really good adventure story
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I've read three of his anthologies so long ago I can't remember them.
When I read Starship Troopers I was surprised how much I enjoyed it. I was given 2 or 3 bags of books which has at least 2 Heinlein novels in it, these are on my reading list for this year.
Yep, also looking forward to getting acquainted.
// TODO: Insert something here Top ten reasons why I'm lazy
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Not a big fan, but enjoyed Red Planet and Starship Troopers.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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Startship Troopers so much better than the film.
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Oh yes....
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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You have seen my signature, yes? Is that the Virginia Edition collection? It's really nicely bound, good leather, good paper, more than just the published novels. I got it when the Heinlein Society first published them (#18).
Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors - and miss.
Lazarus Long, "Time Enough For Love" by Robert A. Heinlein
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Yes, it is! I heard about it years ago, but it was no longer for sale. I just received an offer for it today and had to jump on it.
Will Rogers never met me.
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You'll love it. It's got just about everything in it. All the published novels and shorts, a couple of volumes of correspondence (RAH was an avid letter-keeper and this has all of them, except the ones he ordered Ginny to burn upon his death (she did)), the political writings during his early years while married to Leslyn, the transcripts of convention addresses, the screenplay for Destination Moon, ... Each volume has an intro by RAH's official biographer.
I also have Patterson's 2-volume biography. My personal opinion: I don't agree with those who say Patterson completely white-washed him. Some yes, but not that much. RAH was an argumentative opinionated man and Patterson usually doesn't show much at all of the other side of the disagreements. Not surprising, since Patterson is a self-admitted fan and had unfettered access to RAH's personal writings and material to use as the basis of the biography.
Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors - and miss.
Lazarus Long, "Time Enough For Love" by Robert A. Heinlein
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I was playing a bunch of Helldivers 2. The steam trailer is near straight up Starship Troopers clone.
I need to read some of his stuff. What I know of him I know from wiki articles and Cliff's notes sorts of things.
I'm really partial to the specialization being for insects and his idea of the renaissance man.
"Although the American science fiction writer, Robert Heinlein, is famous for the quote “specialization is for insects”, believing that humans should be skilled at MANY different pursuits (including butchering and programming a computer!), most economists disagree."
LOL ^^ from Google
If the economists disagree then I suppose it's deduced that the humanists might not go in for it quite so hard.
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Yes!
I have most of his books in paperback. I looked into getting the Virginia Edition of all his works, but could never justify that sort of expenditure to my wife (or to myself, for that matter).
If I could find a hardcover edition just of his science fiction (doesn't have to be leather-bound), I'd buy it immediately!
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Yes. But after reading Daniel's comment I have searched for bibliography...
I knew he was prolific, but I didn't knew he was THAT prolific.
The moon is a harsh misstress and Friday are two of my favourites.
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Hah my monicker on BBO (Bridge site) is MycroftRAH. I just loved the computer in The Moon is a Harsh Mistress! I get a few comments about the brother of SH and take great pleasure in explaining the source of the monicker.
I think I have read most works published under his name but probably missed a few. I had to go ebook after Glory Road fell apart and my daughter pinched Friday.
I think it must have been the timing, I was young(ish) and impressionable, just getting into SF when I was exposed to RAH. Now I'm old and cynical so do not enjoy them quite as much.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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I grew up a rabid RAH fan and devoured everything I could get my hands on. I suspect that I have read all his works for Young Ados (Have Spacesuit..., Podkayne... etc. and Space Family Stone - don't forget, he invented the Tribble!) and probably all of his main work (and yes, Starship Troopers was one of my favourites) but my interest petered out towards the end as Lazarus Long started to become the hero of all of his tales and he seemed to be trying to include all his previous timelines.
Revisiting him some 30-40 years later much of his work has not fared well; Farnham's Freehold initially pleased me as a tale of dimension/universe hopping, now the second half just seems weird and racist. Some tales retain their magic, such as Glory Road and the eternally great By His Bootstraps; however I feel that many of his great "classics" were "of their time" and would be totally misunderstood by a new generation of readers (Stranger in a Strange Land for example).
I will however always have a place in my heart and mind for Time Enough For Love which has supplied me with so many great quotes over the years.
So old that I did my first coding in octal via switches on a DEC PDP 8
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Recommend an obscure book entitled "Sentenced to Prism" by Alan Dean Foster (1985).
Strange but intriguing story about survival on a very strange planet.
I like Alan's style and apparently many others do as well.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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Not sure if this was posted already or not, if so oops, but for the US at least it's the last one until 2044 for us to be in the path totality... So, I'm risking a repost.
NASA's Eclipse Explorer for the Deets
Jeremy Falcon
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My local astronomy club is giving an event for the public in a national park near here.
We set up our telescopes and let the public look through them. We also try to educate them a little on what they are seeing.
A fun time will be had by all!
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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