I wouldn't advertise the "Made in USA", especially not after the NSA scandal.
At least change it to "Free NSA monitoring!"
Instant Server - Click the button to get a virtual private server
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#12I never thought "Made in the USA" would make me so nervous.
Me too. Is like putting "NSA passed".
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#13One big question I don't see answered- why are they providing this service?
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#14You need to add a queue system, filling in a captcha to just get "No servers available right now :(" is pretty annoying.
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#15One big question I don't see answered- why are they providing this service?
Because you can pay to get longer sessions?
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#16This is brilliant. I'm flabbergasted why every single virtual server I've ever tried has had some gotcha that made it agonizing. Why is it so hard to have one-click templates that give you a server that can run 90% of what a user needs, say apache/php/ruby/node/mysql/postgresql/ssh with cpanel (or equivalent), already installed and set up "the right way" so you can easily add domains? I know the reasons why this hasn't happened, but I don't care. I want to know the real reason it hasn't happened, and I think it has a lot to do with every problem looking like a nail. I laugh at hosting providers, for failing so spectacularly at giving customers what they want. Good on this site for finally pointing out the obvious.
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#17Ok. Now that "Open Terminal" thing is awesome. Nice job.
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#18I never thought "Made in the USA" would make me so nervous.
Exactly my thought. Funny how things can change their meaning - it used to be something to be shown with pride and now it's more like a warning.
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#19I don't mind CAPTCHA per se but this one seems to be surprisingly difficult. Other that that - nice idea.
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#20The CAPTCHA really cramps your 'instant' style :( It would be great if it had more convenient ways of preventing abuse. Perhaps look at IP/current server load/user agent patterns/etc to give most people the benefit of the doubt, and only fall back to a CAPTCHA in edge cases? Thinking about it more, just using an easier CAPTCHA would go along way to making it more user friendly. ReCaptha is hard. It usually takes me 2…
I'm the creator. I didn't want to use a captcha, but had to put one on with all the demand. I'll switch to an easier one, if anyone has any other ideas let me know! Requiring signing in with a google account would also stop abuse, but that seems equally annoying.