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On FTP, delete, and things that go ‘bang’ in the night
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Sometimes it doesn’t pay to get out of bed. Or, it pays to go to bed early. Last night I was helping Ron set up our new ad server software. Add my Mac, my FTP utility, the Delete button, and “bang”, suddenly things just disappeared.
Reader Comments
Kate MacKenzie said:
Good question. I thought about sticking it in there but didn’t figure many readers would care.
We’re currently using OpenX, an open source ad server (which uses PHP and MySQL, both of which I know how to spell), which used to be OpenAds, then before that it was phpAdsNew, and before that something else.
We have three or four OpenX servers running for various sites, but the one I screwed up merely an update to the latest version. One of our original phpAdsNew servers is still running after four years and serves millions of ads a month.
I know Ron has also set up the new Google AdManager ad server but I can’t tell you how it’s doing.
D said:
I didn’t see a mention of which ad server you were using and what you switched to. Curious what features you were looking for and why you switched.
Thanks.
kitty kat said:
For all the praise that OS X and Linux get over Microsoft, one thing they’re all lacking is an ‘undo’ for Delete. Sure, in OS X the deleted file goes into the trash, but not when handling files remotely, such as through FTP or SSH.
How hard would it be to set up a multiple ‘undo’ feature somewhere in the OS for that?
You’re right, it’s reckless deletion that causes the problem. But it’s reckless spelling that got us ‘spell checkers.’
Patrick said:
I believe that the existence of these backups causes you to be less careful when deleting. Your solution is not more-backups-with-more-reckless-deleting, but more-careful-deleting.
You’ve identified your problem - some personality quirk that causes you to overclean. Again, the solution is not more backups, which just enables your overcleaning, but to reform yourself and become a better person.