mars Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Hi Welcome back after TWELVE ****ing days of downtime !!!!!!!!!! A nasty DSL modem issue this time. The power supply was screwed up, which I couldn't believe at first, until it was tested -deficient-. Then it took one week to order and receive a new dc adaptor. For once it wasn't the server... While everyone was trying to spend his/her nights elsewhere than on these boards, I called my friend Manu, the owner of http://www.psysurfeur.com/ and he agreed to share his dedicated server with us. Thanks to him. It means 2 things : - Psynews will be more reliable and will have a bigger bandwidth - We may be forced to put some ad (ouch) somewhere to cover the costs. Not sure yet. There are more details to discuss and we'll study that in detail when Manu is back from the Full Moon festival. Anyway I'll try to make the migration in August, so you can expect one of downtime then, but i'll warn about that here. mars + the mods team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerto Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Welcome back everyone. Good to psynews back again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patroller Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Hi Welcome back after TWELVE ****ing days of downtime !!!!!!!!!! A nasty DSL modem issue this time. The power supply was screwed up, which I couldn't believe at first, until it was tested -deficient-. Then it took one week to order and receive a new dc adaptor. For once it wasn't the server... While everyone was trying to spend his/her nights elsewhere than on these boards, I called my friend Manu, the owner of http://www.psysurfeur.com/ and he agreed to share his dedicated server with us. Thanks to him. It means 2 things : - Psynews will be more reliable and will have a bigger bandwidth - We may be forced to put some ad (ouch) somewhere to cover the costs. Not sure yet. There are more details to discuss and we'll study that in detail when Manu is back from the Full Moon festival. Anyway I'll try to make the migration in August, so you can expect one of downtime then, but i'll warn about that here. mars + the mods team Glad to see it back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathPosture Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 That's great news. How about we started a Psynews Fund Raiser to avoid the banners? I'm sure most people would chip in a buck or two... Right!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mars Posted July 30, 2007 Author Share Posted July 30, 2007 1) Web hosting is what we're gonna do. Psysurfeur machine is a dedicated server hoted by Infomaniak. 2) The current DSL line is minimum 6Mbps down / 1Mbps up which is faaaar enough. Psynews selfhosting started with a 512kbps modem in 2000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mars Posted July 30, 2007 Author Share Posted July 30, 2007 Yes, a fundraising is a good idea but I wouldn't like to see situations in which we would hesitate to take action against some donator...you know how it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathPosture Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Yes, a fundraising is a good idea but I wouldn't like to see situations in which we would hesitate to take action against some donator...you know how it is. True. That would cause some potential problems. But I'm sure we could work out a way around it. Let's have a brainstorm session soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malevol3nt Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Yeeeeeeeeeeeeey welcome f********ing baaaack!!! :posford: :posford: :posford: And :clapping: :clapping: :clapping: Mars Woah, alot happened these long days. I actually got a job Earning a living rite now, soon enough gonna buy my studio wohoo. hehe. Welcome back everybody!! - We may be forced to put some ad (ouch) somewhere to cover the costs. Not sure yet. I smell penis enlargement pills somewhere Ed: Btw, is that a new psynews icon I see in my favs? Awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abasio Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Welcome back! Malevol3nt, you got a job while this place was down? That's too bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senobyte Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Nice to see Psynews up and running again. I'm definitely in for the donation idea, just give me a paypal address etc to send my money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drosophila Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 I thought this never happen, I had almost given up hope Well great the site is up and running again, thanks mars! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moni Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 That's great news. How about we started a Psynews Fund Raiser to avoid the banners? I'm sure most people would chip in a buck or two... Right!? Yes, a fundraising is a good idea but I wouldn't like to see situations in which we would hesitate to take action against some donator...you know how it is. Well, first let's find out what amount per month we are talking about, and then let's decide how we pay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el brujo Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 yeag find that out and then if we can pay through paypal I guess many of us have one considering the trades we do or the cd s we buy off the net i would be happy to contribute thanks mars for the efforts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaze Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Is it possible to organize anonimous donation? This way it would be more fair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xochi Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Pie anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest antic Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 +1 for the idea of donations I guess most of us can resign from a CD / smokes / booze / drugs to support this place once in a while? I know I would. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moni Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 +1 for the idea of donations I guess most of us can resign from a CD / smokes / booze / drugs to support this place once in a while? I know I would. Well, the only thing we have to make sure of is that we don't miss 1 month of payment. So my proposal is to to donate according to our pockets. And Mars should administrate that money, and announce us at least 2-3 months before the balance come to 0, so we can donate again. If we can't pay for 1 month, then psynews goes down. So the fund raising should make sure that we can pay the hosting for let's say... 1 year in advance. Or 6 months. I remember that at psy-forum.co.uk they organised a big party, and the money gathered were used for the costs of the website. But it's impossible to do the same at psynews. The travelling time & costs would kill hopes for many of us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moni Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 I'm gonna pin this topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reger Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Nice to see Psynews up and running again. I'm definitely in for the donation idea, just give me a paypal address etc to send my money.please send to: reger@regerwantssomemoney.com thank you! im actually joking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerto Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 If we donate will we get any special treatment here at psynews? Like custom user title for us who don't have 3000 posts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reznik Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerto Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaySatanicHippie Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Why is everyone so freaked about ads? I have a perfect ability to block out all ads whatsoever, I dont notice anything I dont wanna notice. And if they pay by click-through rates, we could have a big psynew click-in where everyone clicks the addds like crazy once a month to raise some money? Even the poorest member can click!! I am for pr0n ads, then I would even look at them once in a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malevol3nt Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 I am for pr0n ads, then I would even look at them once in a while. Nah. There are kids on this forum too u know! Some high-tech-audio gadgets for banner ads wud be nice tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerto Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 I'm also for pron ads. But the ads will probably distract me from psynews Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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