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Why the fuck do i have this on my google toolbar while visiting my blog?? I used to have around 2..or something, after changing my domain name. And i can’t see information about how google is indexing my website because i can’t pass their verification test, for them to see it’s mine. And that’s because i can’t have direct access to the files on wordpress. Damn it!!

Well, i’ve started looking for another online storage. And, i got into mozy.com. They look nice, they’re cheap, there’s unlimited storage, but they have a fucking shitty EULA. Why is it shitty? ..well, i’ll just copy and paste my whole e-mail that i sent to them, because i’m too fucking lazy to just write all of that again. So, here it is..

Hello,

i just made a test account to see if this worth paying or not, and, what can i say?..the software and backup system works great. But i also discovered the terms for this service, and i have some questions about some parts of it:

• You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Decho and its suppliers from any and all loss, cost, liability, and expense arising from or related to your data, your use of the Service, or your violation of these terms.

By this, you mean that in case of data loss, because of your server fail, or anything not related to the customer, thus related to the provider, i have to “indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Decho and its suppliers”? or it’s just related to data loss because of the customer?

• The Software and Service may collect certain non-personally identifiable information that resides on your computer, including, without limitation, statistics relating to how often backups are started and completed, performance metrics relating to the Software, and configuration settings. This information collected will be sent to Decho and may be used by Decho without restriction.

What exactly “without limitation” means? I know what non-personally identifiable information means, but maybe you’re interested on how much time i make use of yahoo messenger?..or mozilla thunderbird?..or you might install a keylogger to see how many “A” i press on the keyboard ..please explain “without limitation” better to me.

• When you back up data via the Service, you agree that we and our service providers may copy and store such data as part of the Service.

I’m not sure what “as part of the Service means”. Because i don’t want my data to be stored anywhere on your hardware without my consent and someone to have physical access to the hardware involved in the storage.

• Decho reserves the right at any time to modify, suspend, or discontinue providing the Service or any part thereof in its sole discretion with or without notice.

So, today i have my whole hard-drive backed “as part of the Service”, but tomorrow when i reinstall my operating system and try to restore things, i see my account disabled without notice? I really hope you’re kidding about this.

• Decho reserves the right at any time to modify this Agreement in its sole discretion, without liability to you. This Agreement, as amended, will be effective upon acceptance of registration for new users and effective for all existing users 15 days after the posting of any amended terms on the Mozy.com website. You agree to be bound by this Agreement, as modified. If you do not agree to any changes to this Agreement, you must terminate your account immediately.

Hopefully, i will be noticed on my e-mail about agreement changes?..or do i have to browse your website every day to see if something is changed to the agreement, and see if i still comply or not. In case i’m not, hopefully get a refund on my money paid.

And in “payment + refunds” i found this:

• You are free to cancel your account at any time. Similarly, Decho reserves the right to cancel any account at any time, for any reason, including, but not limited to, a breach of this Agreement or the EULA.

What exactly “for any reasons” means? If it rains too much, and my first name initial draws itself magically on the window of your office, and this upsets you, i get my account revoked and i loose all my files?..and that of course, “without notice”?

Please correct me if i’m wrong, but i must be out of my mind to pay for something like this, no matter how cheap this could be. If i want some online storage, and trust me, i tried almost every usable online storage there is, that has no guarantees and preferably cheap (or free), there’s always www.mybloop.com, which is free, and i didn’t even read their license agreement, and that’s because it’s free, and i can understand terms and agreement like you have on your website.

I know that not everybody reads the licence agreement, but i wanna know what happens to my personal files, pictures,..everything, and first of all, i don’t wanna loose any of them, so i need some guarantees.

Thanks in advance.

Best regards,
Radu

[update]: Motherfuckers still didn’t reply to my e-mail. I guess they’re still thinking of a reason for me to pay for their crap service.

Unfortunately, they let me down. First, they restricted access to upload page of their website, now i can’t install blooploader on my newly install vista, and i can’t even use the website upload flash utility… Too bad, i thought i searched enough…

Well now…searching again, for some online storage…

[update]: i gave it another shot to mybloop. Windows client doesn’t install right because it can’t download some zip file from they website, and the linux version of the client keeps crashing like a motherfucker…i’ve had it with this website and their tool..Maybe they’ll hire some good programmers sometime soon and i will try them again. For now, they suck..

So, yesterday i just reinstalled windows vista x64 ultimate on my laptop, after unsuccessfully trying to get a linux desktop on it. I fucking tried every fucking driver for my ATI Radeon Mobility HD3470, but none of them worked. So, back to windows.

I wanted to have my hotmail accounts directly into a mail client software. So, after being sick of Mozilla’s webmail software that suddenly didn’t work ..that was before i formatted everything..i tried using vista’s Windows Mail. Well, that was unsuccessful as well. But, nice thing, they recommended me to install Windows Live Mail. And i did, and beside that, some other Windows Live software, ..like Windows Live Writer.

So, Windows Live Mail eventually worked with my hotmail accounts, so now i have almost all accounts in one place – the one it’s missing is yahoo…and i am not going to pay to them very soon just to read my e-mail, and the new software i discovered was this Windows Live Writer. Despite all microsoft shit i have been using for years now, well, this one i like, mostly because it’s not only supporting blogging to microsoft blogging platform ..spaces, but also has support for different platforms like wordpress, blogger..and so on.

Well, this is my first post from this nice microsoft software, but if i don’t have problem with it, there’s more to come

[update]: it also recognizes wordpress categories…nice job!

So, 2 days ago i was getting my external hdd almost full, and i started looking for online storage that can fulfill my needs. Well, i needed something that can be easy to administer, large storage, no bandwidth limitations, and a desktop client/protocol to manage downloads/uploads. So i started trying everything out there. Bad part is that i’m going to enjoy a lot of spam to my only gmail account that didn’t had any..till today Anyway, after trying few solutions that were highly recommended on some reviews websites, i got over www.mybloop.com . So, what they offer?..well, about exactly the same with my needs. They offer unlimited space, unlimited bandwidth, and they offer a tool called “blooploader” for people to manage files they own over there. Good part is that the client is cross platform, has windows, mac and linux version, and the best part is that all this is completely free.

Some weeks ago i was looking for a bigger external drive, ..somewhere around 2TB, …but now, i’m just testing my internet speed, to see how much time it will take me to upload everything to mybloop )

I tried testing the client at home today, because i had some problems with it at work on both linux and windows platforms. And, i saw they don’t have the download link anymore for their client, because they  said people have problems connecting. So, now i understand it wasn’t my secured bank connection that stopped me from using blooploader, it was their servers.

Hopefully, they’ll solve this issue very soon, and of course, they’ll get ready for massive uploads from me