Seems like a similar thing is happening with GMail. The difference, though, is that most GMail users aren't paying a bean ;-)
My Gmail is fast again
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Re: My Gmail is fast again
#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
This problem was very easy to fix: move his account to another server. It took an amount of one blog post to trigger the solution. He got special attention. Remember that facebook non-deleted picture discussed yesterday? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1400128 It's 404 now. I suspect (purely guessing) they specifically took that one picture down, but did not also "solve" the problem that left it there in the firs…
don't mean to be a (french) grammar nazi, but it's spelled "voilà" "voila" (without the accent) would be perfectly acceptable as well. sorry! :)
Would that be a grammar Vichy?
"it's spelled "voilà"
Right. The dash was in there to emphasize mispronunciation of a mis-spelled word, to indicate mock astonishment in context.
Thanks. :)
Re: My Gmail is fast again
#23Or in other words, yet another example of: "How to get meaningful support from Google" - be an internet personality in a community with enough clout to make noise - write blog post - wait - profit?? :) Seriously, though, glad it was all worked out (and, more to the point, we now have a teeny tiny indication as to where this issue stems from - for other users with problems)
This guy is more than just an Internet celebrity though, this guy runs a search engine as a competitor to them -- why are they watching his blog? (Or did they come across it by accident?) Speculative comment ahoy!
Re: My Gmail is fast again
#24I'd love to use Google Apps for my business, all employees already have Android phones so from that point of view it's a great idea. Things like this are what is stopping me from actually doing it.
That and I don't know if I could stand to be parted from mutt.