nice
yea when we testin those suckers out
dbgi: if it works
kk
am i srsly this retarded..  why can't I make single quote (') become an escaped single quote (\')
irb(main):019:0> "foo's".tr("'", "\'")
=> "foo's"
irb(main):020:0> "foo's".tr("'", "\\'")
=> "foo's"
irb(main):021:0> "foo's".tr("'", "\\\'")
=> "foo's"
irb(main):022:0> "foo's".tr("'", "\\\\'")
=> "foo\\s"
irb(main):023:0> "foo's".tr("'", "\\\\\'")
=> "foo\\s"
"'".tr("'", "\'")
should be fine
your first one
irb doesn't show char's escaped
oh
it just shows them
irb(main):006:0> '\''
=> "'"
lol
well, it doesn't show it in my output either (in my Rails view); so guess i gotta find another way, or say f*ck it
it's not so important if it is gonna be this whiny about it
why does it need to escaped?
b/c I want:
'Garry's Company' -> 'Garry\'s Company'
so I can copy & paste onto command line
but I could just double quote it
and be done with it
that is very silly
until you've had to type the same thing 50 times
but with different names
yea one sec I'll figure ito ut
it's not all that important really, cuz I can double quote it and be on my way
mmk
hah: "foo's".sub(/(\')/,'\\ \1').tr(" ", "")
sub and tr won't do it
alone
omfg
and if you take that space out
in the sub
the \1 turns into a literal 1
for whatever fucking reason
do something like: "foo's".sub(/(\')/,'\\#\1').tr("#", "")
so you can not remove spaces
that's insane
heh
f*ck
F*CK
i guess this is a problem i want to have
but
i just spent the last 30 minutes writing code that I found I already wrote
6 months ago
hah
all nice and tested too
yep, works like a charm
hahaha
Happy new customer here :)
Rada!
Rada: welcome to #arpnetworks :)
Rada: what kinds of things are you doing with your new VM?
i always wonder what my boxes are up to...
hacking some gibsons
with vim's ctrl-p completion, I feel like half my coding is just hitting <ctrl-p>
up_the_irons: I'm probably gonna use it for irssi in a screen, a lot of web serving, a little unrealircd and some mail
And thanks :)
Rada: nice :)
My current server got shut down because of political issues at work =/
To think I had free bandwith and electricity all this time.
hehe
god... i love the way you just give a good generic install.
:)
i'm quite a minimalist myself
Rada: how'd you find out about my services anyway?  I noticed 2 orders from DK yesterday, within an hour, was wondering if I got on some danish forum or something...
Oh it's my friend whom I hosted on my server at work, he found you somehow and told me he ordered from you
I'm pretty sure he found you via google.
Rada: ah ok
but yeah, serious quality BSD hosting is rare these days.
I aim to change that
:)
although I do hear RootBSD and JohnCompanies come up a lot, and people have good things to say
but i guess that *is* only 2 other companies
not like the thousands of Linux VPS providers out there ;)
exactly
rootbsd is a lot more pricey than your plan
yeah they're expensive
kinda like Slicehost
You know what, after actually looking at the alternatives out there I'm happy my friend told me about arpnetworks. He really did his research.
yeah, apparently :)  cuz I don't do any paid advertising
although a search for "FreeBSD VPS" on google brings me at #4 now
I'd aim to be #1 at something more generic like "freebsd hosting"
i'm quite impressed i actually achieved that; i must know something about SEO, but i really don't
yeah, that'd be a good one to get
man, i'm nowhere for that keyword ;)
What kind of people buy ip transit?
Rada: web hosting companies, colo companies, big gaming companies, lots and lots others
oh
So they just buy... bandwith? like how? Do you relay their traffic then?
oh and my friend Rasmus hasn't heard anything about his vps yet
Rada: they just buy bandwidth, yeah.  They order a cross connect to me (copper or fiber), and I light up the port.  Most will request a large block of IPs also, and I'll assign those as downstream
oh, nice.
Rada: yeah I know about Rasmus, I'm behind.  is he @nerdd on twitter?
nerdd!
:D
Yup
speak of the devil
nerdd: your VPS is coming in like 30 minutes or less
Rada tipped me about this channel ;)
up_the_irons: Uh, nice!
nerdd: In english it's "Oh" not "Uh",
LOL
even the sounds we make depend on culture and language.
Rada: Tss.. A minor error, wouldn't you say? I'm sure the meaning translated well enough
uh, yeah...
:D
nerdd: done, just sent you the welcome package
up_the_irons: Thanks, I've just read the mail :)
:)
up_the_irons: Unless you write a lot of Makefiles, I recommend this: imap <Tab> ^P
(Also, I'm sure you know about this already: ^N, ^X^L, and using ^L in incremental search mode.)
mike-burns: nah, I actually need real tabs; so gotta keep the tab key
mike-burns: i've done some work with ^X^<other> , but haven't got in the habit of using it much
mike-burns: regarding ^X^L, I usually just use '*'
i wish i could code man
damnit
Hello people
Just wondering if I should know anything about policies procedures at arpnetworks, I just got myself a new account
same deal as the topic for the day
What kind of policies?
I am not really sure..anything that stands out?
This also happens to be my first hosting account of any sort..
so pardon my ignorance in general
Aside from anything that you've seen in the emails from Garry (which wasn't much), I've just been following a "don't be a dick" philosophy with regards to what I use my account for.
But I don't know of anything formal.
up_the_irons will do RDNS for you, and in general is super-helpful for anything you need him to do.
fair enough :) Yeah I am not into any spamming or anything..just did not want on start on the wrong foot
ah ok
Yeah just don't do something illegal.
And if you do, make sure to split the profits with up_the_irons .
lol
aight..noted
So i see that the forward dns to the server would be <servername>.cust.arpnetworks.com ?
You can run your own DNS if you want something custom.
cool
and finally, is the irc channel an acceptable medium for any support requests?
not in the main channel of course
I don't know how up_the_irons feels about it, but we do all make requests here (or via private message) and he takes care of them.
I suspect he's okay with this, until he gets too many customers.
very nice. yep, I won't be a bother, just curious.
Thanks for coming forward mike-burns :) I really do appreciate it.
bithash do you have some server admin experience?
Yes, I do manage a few servers
apache, mysql heavy
ah good. chances are then you won't have many requests... you get a VPS and in this case they really do look like a machine - if you care to compile and install your own kernel, go for it. Not like OpenVZ.
Other than working with Garry while he was doing some beta testing on a new platform I can't say that I've had a need for a support request... the thing just keeps on ticking. Boring. I like boring.
Yeah I got the VPS which is the topic of discussion today .. working on configuring it at the moment, I like the download speeds already :)
blah
hey bithash, welcome to #arpnetworks
bithash: you can ask for support in here, but usually I'll just refer you to support@arpnetworks.com if I'm busy
and yeah, "don't be a dick" is a great policy, I should replace my AUP page with <div class='web-two-point-oh'>Don't Be A Dick</div>
;)
thanks up_the_irons. :)
no problem
div.web-two-point-oh { shininess: off-the-hook; beta: hell-yeah; }
bithash: where you hear about my services btw?
visinin: haha nice
yeah I just wanted a better understanding abt arpnetworks
I saw a few forum posts on webhostingtalk.com which recommended you guys
sroute: I'm glad you're bored; i'm having more fun than you ;)
bithash: ah cool
yeah that blew up yesterday, had like 2 popular threads mention me
Oh, so its just you?
I mean, are there more people involved?
just me
awsome
i have some other guys help me when needed, but for the most part it is just me
gotcha
sroute: I've been wondering, since you run SMP and APIC is enabled on your VM, does "date; sleep 1; date" produce the correct output? (1 second)
up_the_walls, so how do I use the vnc service for console view?
heh..sorry up_the_irons I meant ..
bithash: get a VNC client and give it the IP and password listed
bithash: there is also another way to get console view, in an up-and-coming new feature, where you SSH into a console server and can see your VM; think of it like serial-over-IP :)  Email support@arpnetworks.com your SSH pub key if you want to try it out
slick
so with method 1, I am not sure if I follow the "password listed", is it the one that I got with the welcome email?
bithash: oh, thought you saw -- log into the portal and click on your "Services", you'll then see the VNC info
up_the_irons: thanks, yes I got it now:)
bithash: :)
missed the vnc section earlier
no problem
Is the VNC server common to all vps boxes?
bithash: what do you mean?
nvm. got it :)
it's specific to the VPS host you're on.  So if your VM moves to a different host, the VNC IP will change
sorry abt that
no worries
different host?
physical machine you mean ..?
yeah, physical machine
aight
do you add the forward dns entry for a new vps hostname by default?
bithash: yeah i do
hmm..mine did not seem to propagate yet
can you please double check?
lmk if you need the hostname :)
I can wait if its just a propagation delay
works for me
its rig
bithash: you don't have to use that hostname either, most people change it
the server hostname is fine
just the dns
bithash: ooh right, you requested a special hostname
:)
bithash: what would you like it to be, "rig.cust.arpnetworks.com" ?
you don't have to use my domain, most people find it boring anyway ;)
yeah , that would be just fine :)