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J. M. Pescado
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Due to persistent inadequacies in bandwidth, and various other tech support related issues, and the fact that our billing period expires in about 4 days, the time has come to move to an alternate hosting arrangement:
Our options are as follows:
1. We can move to Kofistan, home of TPB with a hardened service provider that will withstand all but the most determined attack. This will somewhat increase our present costs and our warchest will therefore need refilling earlier than originally projected.
2. We can take up with an El Cheapo outfit that usually hosts stuff like porn. This will lower our existing costs, but stability will be unforseeable, as they may fold up unexpectedly. The bandwidth situation will not improve.
Either way, we will get a cool flag.
This decision must be made soon, or the server will be shunted to the crappy backup hosting and you will get to lag horribly while reading about this.
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Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I cannot accept, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of those I had to kill because they pissed me off.
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nanacake
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To the high ground! * nanacake awaits flag raising. |
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snowbawl
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El Cheapo is always cheap. You get what you pay for. Besides, I hear Kofistan is a swell place.
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LVRugger
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Pirates or porn? I have a porn convention at work this week, so I've had enough of that. Pirates!
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zanzertem
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Kofistan!
Mainly because I'm hoping for another donation drive so I can get a supah suweet title!
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AloeOwl
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Over population was always predicted to destroy our world. I say, Throw out and ban all the N00Bs out of here that use useless emoticons, so that there's more space for awesomeness!!
Why not just clean out the site? Are you willing to do that? Anyway, I go with Kofistan just cause it's more stable.
EDIT: Is the bandwidth problem (here) caused by too much posting and stuff or just over population?
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« Last Edit: 2010 January 11, 20:01:55 by AloeOwl »
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~ Condemnation without investigation is the peak of ignorance ~
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sewinglady
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Definitely a 'you get what you pay for' kind of thing... it's why I didn't go the 'cheapo' route when I got my own website.
I don't mind tossing a few bucks into the hat earlier rather than later...if it weren't for AM, I wouldn't even bother installing the game.
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Tikkititi
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I vote for Kofistan, and I'm happy to cough up some money to help pay for it when the time comes.
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captaincaliena
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My vote goes to Kofistan as I am willing to donate to help with the costs.
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Whako
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Why not just clean out the site? Are you willing to do that?
Based on what? Stupidity? Or the easy way, date of registering? I would suppose to wipe out everyone who registered before 2009 November 26, 03:36:26, not caring how long the lurked around here and did shut up when others were talking. |
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22:28 Tigerlilley
Ok, cuz where I come from your name reads like Fucko
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virgali
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Do you see a midget Hitler?!
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Kofistan all the way, wouldn't want my favourite porn sites to start lagging because of MATY! Unfortunately I cannot give you any extra donations, the monthly fee here is expensive enough.  |
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Do you need someone to organize your sock drawer?
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Whako
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Really sorry for the double post but the "edit" function is out of order.
For sure, we should delete all accounts before 2009 November 26, 03:37:00 to get all the dummbarts out of the system, including myself.
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22:28 Tigerlilley
Ok, cuz where I come from your name reads like Fucko
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velvetongue
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Kofistan! It's more stable in the long run.
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nanacake
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Why not just clean out the site? Are you willing to do that?
Based on what? Stupidity? Or the easy way, date of registering? I would suppose to wipe out everyone who registered before 2009 November 26, 03:36:26, not caring how long the lurked around here and did shut up when others were talking. Really sorry for the double post but the "edit" function is out of order.
For sure, we should delete all accounts before 2009 November 26, 03:37:00 to get all the dummbarts out of the system, including myself.
Deleting accounts wouldn't save bandwidth. The forum is still accessible for public view. You don't need an account to see most of the sections of the forums. Every request to access and download a website's data is what eats at the bandwidth limit. |
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Assmitten
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Over population was always predicted to destroy our world. I say, Throw out and ban all the N00Bs out of here that use useless emoticons, so that there's more space for awesomeness!!
Why not just clean out the site? Are you willing to do that? Anyway, I go with Kofistan just cause it's more stable.
EDIT: Is the bandwidth problem (here) caused by too much posting and stuff or just over population?
Love the design and feel to this. Will test it later.  I hope you don't mean I'm the second one  I did nothing. I've been here long enough to actually know when to agree with you and when to shut up. (By the way I agree with you on what's going on ) Also BRAVAAA to immortelleMuse . You hit it. good. I LOVE it when my posts turn into fights  *runs off and hides behind rock in anticipation for nuclear warHey, it's like the retarded leading the blind! Good times.
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<notovny> Aww, yeah, WOODBEAST.
<kutto> Keep it in your pants, notovny.
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Tyyppi
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Even more arrows in knees!
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Kofistan. Stability for the win.
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Lorelei
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I like pie. A cake is fine, too.
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Stability is MOAR important in this case IMHO than saving a buck or two. The aggravation likely with the cheaper but dubiously reliable service will more than negate any savings that this cheap pr0n buttocks might offer.
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J. M. Pescado
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Really sorry for the double post but the "edit" function is out of order.
For sure, we should delete all accounts before 2009 November 26, 03:37:00 to get all the dummbarts out of the system, including myself. This is an utterly moronic proposal that demonstrates a complete failure of understanding. |
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Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I cannot accept, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of those I had to kill because they pissed me off.
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Sparks
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Can we make a distinction between Smelly N00b and Uber Lurker? That would suck if I was shunted because post count or something on a rudimentary level.
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I Can Haz Portal 2?!
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rufio
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Can we make a distinction between Smelly N00b and Uber Lurker? That would suck if I was shunted because post count or something on a rudimentary level.
Such a thing already exists - it is called the "member since" date. As for the poll, definitely in favor of Kofistan. Will donate. While we're demanding new features, would it be possible to make a non-Horror-related forum for general-purpose announcements? I hardly come here anymore because I've more or less permanently moved back to TS2. |
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I was thinking about these things and I am a feminist.
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J. M. Pescado
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I suppose next time I could announce it in the newsbox. |
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Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I cannot accept, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of those I had to kill because they pissed me off.
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Whako
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This is an utterly moronic proposal that demonstrates a complete failure of understanding.
Sorry, Pescado, you got this one wrong. I was referring to the proposal of AloeOwl by looking at his profile, which will explain my totally nutty idea and, unfortunately, would delete myself as well. But, as obvious as it is, this would not bring ease to the bandwidth, just to the brain drain problem. |
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22:28 Tigerlilley
Ok, cuz where I come from your name reads like Fucko
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snowbawl
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I vote we don't give a map to the retarded Owl so that it ends up in GetFuckedistan instead.
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Marchioness
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Kofistan. I'd rather donate a bit more/often to guarantee a decent service.
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snapzit
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Moar bettar is Kofistan. Donate I will.
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Perfected the golf clap here.
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