Re: [Sheflug] Sheflug - Seems to Okay Now

[Lesley Anne Binks <lesley.binks@xxxxxxxxx>]

Richard Ibbotson <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote :

> Hi
> 
> Apologies for the long outage.  This was caused by the fact that any 
> fax or e-mail or phone call to 1and1.co.uk was either ignored or not 
> answered.  The disaster was finally sorted out by Nominet.
> 
> Things should be alright now :)
> 
> 
> 

Was wondering where it had all gone.  Glad to see it back.

host shows a move to BlackFoot Hosting?  Be interested to
hear how they work out.

Anyhow : I have a slight disaster on my hands .. my main 
workstation has gone down and I am left with a 700MHz 
Pentium III laptop, a 500MHz Celeron and a 486.

Sod's law is in full force on this side of Sheffield because 
I got a 'doze based contract to get going two days before 
the box went down and that was the only box I had capable of 
running XP.

This highlights the issues of self-build or self-repair 
against a more professional solution.

I'd like recommendations on people or companies who are able 
to supply/repair Linux/BSD compliant boxen that work at a 
reasonable price without it flashing more blue neon than a 
cop car and looking like it belongs in a 15 year old's 
bedroom.

I'm also curious to know if anyone uses insurance against 
component or box breakdown to be able to get a quick 
replacement.  Or do you buy in such cover when you buy the 
box?  If so where from?

Regards and thanks in advance.  

Apologies if any of the 
lines in this email are ridiculously long - am using a web 
based mail service atm.

Lesley





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