Okay, I’ve had to change web hosts half a dozen times in the last year and I’ve noticed a pattern. It’s a very clear and simple pattern, actually a series of behaviors on the part of web hosting companies. These behaviors cause these companies to lose customers and gain poor reputations.

To sum it all up in a single word: ethics. Web hosts need to act ethically. As long as they are ethical towards their business and customers, they thrive. When they become unethical, they will fail.

What are web hosting company ethics? This is a code which all hosting companies need to follow if they want to stay in business for the long term.

The most important goal is up-time – Almost anything can be forgiven as long as sites are up and running, as close to 100% of the time as possible. Every feature provided by a hosting company needs to be working and working properly. A small amount of downtime (an hour or two in a month long period) is acceptable, but more than that is not.

Every time I’ve had to change web hosts, this was the base reason. Unexplained and unexpected downtime. Oh, there were many excuses and many reasons which I’m sure were perfectly valid. But the basic reason why I create and maintain a web site is so people can see it – and they cannot see it if the site is down.

To make it even worse, sites which are down for a significant length of time have side effects. Webrings owners often check for broken rings using automated code – down sites will trigger suspensions and even deletions. Search engines tend to drop sites which are down too often or for too long a period of time. And, of course, visitors may remove your site from their bookmarks, thinking you have closed it or moved on.

The second most important goal is performance – I understand that you want to jam as many sites on a single server as you can. This is how you maximize your profits. Please understand that all of the web sites which you host must perform well. So don’t overload your servers.

Stay in communication – We all know that things happen. Sometimes servers do crash and once in a while they require maintenance. Let your customers know about important events. If you are concerned that they might consider it spam, give your customers the option to receive updates if they desire.

I had one host (Hostrocket) which performed, in my opinion, one of the most hostile acts that I have ever seen against a paying customer. I had a CGI script on my site which logged each 404 error in a text file. Normally this script was harmless and used little CPU. Unfortunately, with the new breed of worms striking the internet, 404 errors went way up and the script began using large amounts of processor.

One day I tried to reach my site and didn’t get my friendly front page. I got a “forbidden” error. I freaked out and sent off a quick email to the web host support group. I didn’t receive a response. Not a word (and it was only early afternoon). I sent another, then another. Nothing. Finally, 18 frantic hours later, I received a note that my site was closed down because of the script.

The number of four letter words that spewed from my mouth that day would have turned a street girl’s face red. I was so angry – not because they closed my site, but because these idiots (again, Hostrocket) didn’t tell me what they had done. Because of that, I wasted almost an entire day trying to figure out what was wrong.

What I would have done had I been the technical person in their company is simple. Just disable the script and send off an email to the web site owner explaining why and telling him not to do it again. If the owner ran the script again, then shut down the site (and, of course, send another email).

Needless to say, I regained access to my site, copied my databases to my hard drive, then switched web hosts. Within two days I had moved my site to another, much better hosting service (and, of course, I deleted the offending script).

Don’t test on your production servers – I know you want to upgrade your Apache to the newest version or install the new control panel right away, but please don’t immediately install anything on your production servers. Believe me, your customers don’t care about any of this – they want working sites. Saying “everything is going slow because we upgraded” is not acceptable – the host should know ALL side effects of any upgrades from actual testing long before any change, however, small, is made to a production system.

Do what you say you are going to do – I was with a hosting company called Bizland for over a year. They were good most of the time except for (a) excessive downtime, and (b) they didn’t deliver on their promises. They kept saying CGI will be released in April, then May, then June. Finally, I decided I could not wait anymore (and also concluded the host was down too much) so I moved my site.

Free hosting companies seem to have a bad habit of using production systems as test beds. This is one of the strong downsides to using free hosts – they really don’t care if your site is up or not, as long as the advertisements are displayed.

Acknowledge your trouble tickets – One web hosting company that I was with for quite a long time was Addr.com. These guys had easily the best support so far. What stands out in my mind is every single message that I sent got acknowledged by a human being.

The sequence was as follows: I would send a trouble ticket and get an automated response. A short time later, I got a note that the ticket was handled. I always respond with a “thank you”, because I’ve been a support person before and I understand the power of getting thanked. Addr.com even responded to the thank you with a “you are welcome” message!

To contrast, another hosting company (hostrocket again), had a nasty habit of just closing tickets. I’d send in a question and get an answer, then ask another question as follow-up. I would never get a response, then check to see that the ticket was marked “closed”. This is not the way to keep a customer happy.

Actually read your trouble tickets – I write very clearly in trouble tickets, precisely because I’ve been a support person and I know exactly what is needed. I’m constantly surprised at how many times web host support people simply don’t read the ticket and thus do the wrong thing.

One particularly glaring example was a ticket which I sent in which said to set up a certain domain with bigmailbox. The support person (from Hostrocket) changed the MX record for an entirely different domain, in spite of my message clearly stating “change it for domain xyz”. This caused my site to lose email capability for two days until they eventually figured out what they messed up.

Most importantly, remember where you get your money from – This message is for all web hosting companies everywhere. Your money comes from those people called webmasters. Free hosting companies get their money indirectly via the content provided by webmasters. With paid hosts the relationship is direct and to the point – money is paid by webmasters.

If you annoy your customers or don’t provide service, then you will find yourselves out of business. And in these days of a looming recession, good customers are gold. Keep them happy and your company will prosper.

Let us talk about inkjet photo prints. Since they are considered as one of the best digital printers for all printing needs, chances are, you may want to have your business cards printed in one. And why not? With all the reviews these printers are getting, you want some piece of the action. Do digital prints fade?

It is difficult to give an accurate estimate for either of this types of prints. First, because manufacturers are constantly improving ink longevity. However, in the general sense, it can be said that the best pigment-based inks, used with their appropriate photo print papers, have a lifetime of more than 100 years before noticeable fading occurs. While a top-grade dye-based ink provides prints that last about a decade or two under good conditions.

Note that inkjet inks are engineered for best longevity when used with particular photo print papers. This is because the paper is designed to absorb and “lock in” the ink formulation.

Most printer manufacturers want you to use their brand of ink and paper. However, as long as both the ink and paper are from quality independent suppliers and are compatible, they are just as reliable. The third-party brands are often more economical.

A type of digital color photo is the thermal dye-sublimation print. This is most often made on small desktop printers that produce 4-by-6-inch snapshots. This at-home printer employs a print-wide ribbon with three dye panels of magenta, cyan, and yellow.

Some printers have a fourth clear panel that lays down a protective coating on the print’s surface. With a computer or direct camera hookup to the printer, each dye layer is transferred by heat onto the paper one color at a time, producing the color photo.

At best, dye-sublimation prints, when displayed under glass, have a life without noticeable fading of about five to 20 years, depending on the dyes used by the manufacturers.

Digital color prints do fade, to answer the question. But then, so does everything else. That much depends upon how the prints are protected. Two major causes of color fading are long, continuous exposure to bright sunlight or ultraviolet light, and high heat and humidity.

Just try to know the different steps and techniques you can use to make your prints last a long time. Nothing like a solid and strong card to stand the time that the company itself is capable also.

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Every kid who has ever lived has wondered what it would be like if they could travel to the Moon. Originally I assume they would have imagined it as a giant white disc that one could fall off of if you got too close to the precarious edge. Now we know that the experience is much more tangible and that it would involve the wearing of spacesuits and jumping and floating around in very low gravity. Did your parents used to tell you that there was a ‘Man in the Moon’, or that really the Moon was made of cheese? We’ve come to a new time and place in human history, and now you can travel into ‘outer space’ and to the Moon in more ways than one.

First of all you’ve got to sit down at your computer and type in http://moon.google.com/ into your search engine (most probably Google as it has been deemed as the ‘coolest’ by the pros and the kids alike). Now check it out. Just like http://earth.google.com/ you can traverse along the Moon’s surface searching out all the craters and bumps. You can zoom in and out so you can get the Moonbird’s perspective down to the Moonworm. This is the real thing people. It even points out where the different Apollo missions landed. If you zoom in all the way you may even discover that the Moon’s surface is composed of a different material than you thought previously!

The second new way you can travel outside of earth’s atmosphere is even more spectacular. Well actually, it’s incredible. The only problem is that since it is such a new technology, the only people that can take advantage of the opportunity are the super-rich. Check out http://www.virgingalactic . This new venture from hip, cool billionaire Richard Branson is one of many that new companies are investing in the area of private commercial space travel (as opposed to government-controlled like NASA). Currently Branson’s company is already taking money for the flights that travel into sub-orbit; you can deposit $20,000 towards the current price of $200,000. Eventually they believe that it will become much more affordable so that everyday people also get an opportunity to see the continents from above.

Click on the category entitled ‘What will it be like?’ The way they describe the experience is beautiful. They believe that this is just the first step in a long line of space travel experiences by humanity. Next will be the Moon, and then onwards out into the deeper reaches of ‘Space’. Read about the technology behind this new spacecraft on the link ‘How is this possible?’ This is truly science -fiction that has once again come to fruition in reality, and isn’t that always the way? The first trips are scheduled for 2010; better save up your pennies.

Living in the US makes one feel free – free to do anything, free to live, free to love, free from traditions. While this is true, there are still many practices done during wedding that renders this memorable event with a distinct American touch. Here are some:

Starting from the engagement, Americans can think of unique ways to personalize their wedding. As there really isn’t any engagement tradition, the more unique the marriage proposal is done, the better.

For most wedding preparations, the engaged couple visits their parents to inform them of their recent engagement.

At times, the engaged couple hosts an engagement party. The engagement party costs less than a wedding reception since most of the time, the menu will only include cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. Therefore, if the couple is on a tight budget, they can just invite more guests to the engagement party if they plan to limit the number of guests during the wedding.

Most wedding preparations have a bridal shower given by the maid of honor and the bridesmaids. The groom may also have a bachelor party the night before the wedding but he has to be careful not to drink too much.

Wedding invitations should include response cards to quickly inform the couple whether the person has accepted or declined the invitation. The wedding invitations should also be sent within four to six weeks before the event.

Usually, there is a rehearsal dinner in which the wedding party and guests came from far places to be present at the wedding attend. It was practiced that the groom’s parents pay for this dinner.

A bridal luncheon may be hosted for the bride’s attendants during the wedding day. However, time constraints may not permit this to be part of the schedule for the wedding day. Likewise, the groom may also host a groom’s dinner for his groomsmen.

Interestingly, even if the couple is not very religious, they still prefer a religious ceremony. However, this may pose a problem since in America people of different faiths and religious backgrounds get married.

Even if there are few people who believe in bad luck, some couples still make sure that the groom does not see his bride until she starts waking on the aisle.

It is still practiced that the groom and his groomsmen enter the church through a side door. The bride will then walk down the aisle with her father. In some cases when both her father and stepfather brought up the bride, she may ask them both to escort her.

During a formal reception, there is usually a bridal table where the couple and the attendants sit. Also, food and drinks should be served as the guests appear at the reception.

Before, gift giving used to depend on what the guest will feel useful for the couple. Now, it is better to register for gifts so the guests will know what to bring that the couple will need.

Upon receiving an engagement or wedding gift, it is better to send a thank you note apart from saying “thank you” to the giver. This should be sent within two weeks upon receipt of the gift. Make a personalized thank you note, instead of using an impersonal generic thank you note.

These are just some American practices during weddings. Whether one chooses to this or prefers to have a very different wedding, what’s more important is that American’s still believe in the wedding vow, “For better or worse, ’til death do us part.”

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As every one knows, chips are formed during the machining of workpieces. The side of the chip in contact with the cutting tool is normally shiny, flat and smooth while the other side, which is the free workpiece surface, is jagged due to shear.

It is important to study the formation of chips during the machining process as the former affects the surface finish, cutting forces, temperature, tool life and dimensional tolerance. Understanding the chip formation during the machining process for the specific materials will allow us to determine the machining speeds, feed rates and depth of cuts for efficient machining and increased tool life in the specific actual machining operation. During the machining process, three basic types of chips are formed. They are discontinuous chips, continuous chips, and continuous chips with built-up edge.

Discontinuous chip formation normally occurs during machining of brittle work material. This type of chips also occus in machining operation with small rake angles on cutting tools, coarse machining feeds, low cutting speeds. Discontinuous chip formation results in poor workpiece surface finish.

During continuous chip formation, a continuous “ribbon” of metal flows up the chip-tool zone. This is considered to be the ideal condition for efficient cutting action.

Continuous chip with built-up edge formation is basically the same process as continuous chip formation, except that as the metal flows up the chip-tool zone, small particles of the metal begin to adhere or weld themselves to the edge of the cutting tool. As the particles continue to weld to the tool, it affects the cutting action of the tool.

This type of chip formation is common in machining of softer non-ferrous metals and low carbon steels. Common problems are the built-up edges breaking off and being embedded in the workpiece during machining, decrease in tool-life and final poor surface finish of the workpiece.

Studies on the built-up edges have shown that the chip material is welded, deformed and then deposited onto the rake face of the tool layer by layer. It is thus possible to observe the presence of built-up edges by studying the back face of the chip during the machining process. This is normally used in micro or ultra precision machining operation.

To reduce built-up edges, improve the lubrication conditions, use sharp tools and better surface finish tool and also apply ultrasonic vibration during the machining process.

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