Just in case this is going to flow on to international sites over the next little while I figured I'd give you some advance warning...
Today ebay australia announced that by June the only payment methods that will be acceptable are paypal and C.O.D - that's right - no bank payment, no money orders, no cheques... effectively (because who uses cash on delivery really?) ebay is now Paypal only for Australia.
They're trying to sell it as a move to improve the security for buyers - because of course it isn't about them being able to charge sellers fees twice, no that's just a lucky side effect.
http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,25642,23516566-5014108,00.html
Are these the people you're supposed to see?
Speaking as someone in the midst of a critical network failure (now into recovery reload) I feel it is my duty as a friend to remind you that backups are your friend - they may take a while to perform (and then if ever needed reload) but damn they'll save your butt.
All that lovely artistic work on your hard drive, all your business stuff, eTax, mp3s, movies, game save files - whatever is closest to your heart... BACK IT UP!!! Stuff on Flickr, deviant art, Vox and your own website... BACK IT UP!!!
Because you never know when someone will turn off the server room air conditioning!
I really can't wait until this movie is released, even if just to find out what the monster actually is...
