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When it comes to web hosting servers, here are the questions that always come to mind:
- Does this web hosting server have good support?
- How often is this web hosting server down?
- Is the server fast enough?

This review is based on my previous experience with Dot5Hosting, a low cost web hosting server like JustHost.

It’s not easy to find reviews and feedback on shared servers or dedicated hosting, so I wanted to share my experience with my shared server at justhost.com. I have been a customer of theirs for eight months now. Before JustHost, I used Dot5Hosting for four months.
The major problem with Dot5Hosting was the slow speed of my shared server. For example, I was running WordPress PHP script and it took between 10 and 15 seconds to load a page. This was awful even with cache plug-ins installed. The other problem was the support. I constantly explained to the support staff that the server was slow but they took no action. They told me that it was fine. Well, 10 to 15 seconds to load a page is NOT fine so I decided to move on.

Here are the criterias I was after:
- Reliable server: I can’t imagine my server being down too often;
- Fast server: as I said, 10 seconds to load a page is too much; and
- Fast support response: when you have an issue with your server, you don’t want the support to reply a day later.

I looked around and decided on JustHost web hosting.

Here are the details of my hosting contract:
* Unlimited GB’s of Space
* Unlimited GB’s of Transfer
* Unlimited Domain Hosting
* Unlimited E-Mail Accounts
* Unlimited MySQL Databases
* 1 to 3 Free Domains For Life

I did not try the “Free Domains For Life” but it looks quite interesting. For some of you who don’t already have an URL yet, you can simply register one domain with them!

Here are the details of my server
* MySql Version: 5.0.90-community
* Apache version: 2.2.11
* Php Version: 5.2.10
* Cpanel version 11.25.0-STABLE

First, let’s start with the good points:

- The support is very responsive. I usually contact them using the chat function, which is on 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Let me tell you that this is AWESOME. It usually takes no more than five minutes to reach someone when the chat is busy. Otherwise, you can talk to someone within one or two minutes. I can say that 90% of the time, they have been able to fix the issue.
- In case they cannot fix the issue, you can email the support staff. They usually take no more than 15 minutes to fix the issue. This is the great point.
- My server is quite fast compared with my previous experience at Dot5Hosting. The pages load just fine and my WordPress blog is no longer so slow.
- You can manage lots of settings on your server with their Cpanel. I rarely need to request support to change the setup on my web shared server, I can usually do it on my own.

Now, what about the down sides?

- In my opinion, the server has been down a lot of the time. It was once down for more than two hours. Well, trust me, you don’t want your server to be down at all.
- A minor problem is their PHP version. They are using PHP 5.2.1. This is not bad at all but I need some of the functionality of PHP 5.3.0. The company staff told me they are not going to switch over to PHP 5.3.0 for a few months.

When shopping around for a low cost shared server, don’t expect to get all the services you request for the price. You won’t find the best web hosting, but you will find the web hosting that best suit you. My overall feeling is that JustHost is a pretty good Linux hosting company for the price you pay.

I’m currently looking for a Windows server for another project. I’m still going to keep my account at JustHost to host my current project. I might choose a VPS solution. I will let you know how it goes in another post.

If you guys have good feeback on windows vps server, let me know

You can get the details of their hosting plans here: http://www.justhost.com/

Hi guys,
This is a quick announcement regarding our future posts
We will soon be talking about:
- How to learn C#. I will post some links to some C# tutorials.
- What is the best C# book at the moment? We will review some C# books.
- I will review Justhost, which is my hosting server. I’m running my website on a shared server and I will share with you guys my feedbacks. Feedbacks are always more than welcome when looking around for a shared server or a dedicated server.

I think this is quite existing. I will edit this post as soon as these posts are ready.

David

Hi guys,
Here are the new tools we recently pushed live:

• Ascii to Binary converter
• Ascii to Decimal converter
• Md5 encoder: Hash any string with our md5 online encoder
• Sha1 encoder: Hash your string with this sha1 online encoder
• Md5 decrypter: This is a pretty cool tool. You can reverse any hashed message. We use a large database to store these md5 hashes. If you get lucky, you may find the original message that has been hashed. We keep adding hashes on a daily bases in our large database.
• Sha1 decrypter: Reverse any sha1 hashes.

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MD5 is one of a number of solutions to providing security to static data elements. It is simply defined as a fixed-length 128-bit hexadecimal string derived as a function of the hash-generating program that is a representation of a plain-text string. Any computer language with string function manipulation can be used as an MD5 encoder or MD5 converter, albeit some are more efficient than others in the implementation. It is most often seen as a callable MD5 function.

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The concept of binary systems is based on the existence of two clearly defined and opposite states. Examples of binary states include: TRUE or FALSE; ON or OFF; and OPEN or CLOSED. Read the rest of this entry »

Decimal to Binary conversion is accomplished easily by determining whether the decimal number is odd or even, then successive division by 2, recording the result in binary form.
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Hi guys,

Sometimes, videos make it easier to understand things. Here’s a video that explains how to convert hexadecimal to binary and how to convert binary to hexadecimal.

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Hi guys,
First of all, I want to say thank you everyone for your support!
Most of you asked me to add more functions.
Don’t forget, I add string functions on a weekly basis, so come back to check new string functions
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The Uniform Resource Locator (URL) comprises several distinct parts. The Uniform Resource Name (URN), Uniform Resource Identifier (URI); and, in many cases, the appending of parameters or code elements. The traditional term for URL encoding is “Percent Encoding”, which is a less ambiguous Read the rest of this entry »

In computer programming, computers only understand a binary numbering system – based on 2s. Currently, many programmers use a hexadecimal system, which is based on units of 16. Although there are many online tools to help with conversions, an understanding of manual ASCII to binary to hexadecimal conversions is helpful. Read the rest of this entry »