Run like Hell

Sep 27, 2019

Oracle cloud: sign up: after nearly 2 weeks...

After trying to get around my problems with my

e-mail account (don't use gmx.de - gmail.com works)
veryfying the authorization amount for my credit card (Thanks to my bank for supporting me!)

i was able to sign up at Oracle cloud services.
Thanks to Oracle support for the e-mails with tips and explanations what i have to do!

And after some seconds i got the following e-mail:

And the sign in worked:

With the next postings i will try to get some VMs etc. running inside Oracle Cloud...

Sep 24, 2019

500 blog posts (in 12 years)

Last week i did my 500th posting - not really "run like hell" but i think better than nothing.
Here some statistics:

33% of all postings are related to Oracle
nearly on post per week
766000 pageviews

I think, i will continue for another 500. The exciting point is, wether i will find enough topics, which i am interested in...

Sep 13, 2019

Oracle Sign up: more problems

I thought, i was successful, but:

I received a mail with the following content:

"We have re-authorized a new, specific amount on the credit/debit card used during the sign up process."

and

"To verify the account you have created, please confirm the specific amount re-authorized."

My problem: there is not any "re-authorized amount" on my banking account. I do not know, what is "re-authorized"?
Is this: this amount is charged on my credit card (then i should see it).
Or is this process buggy and i was for some reason not charged?
Or is re-authorization something else?