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Eagle
Site Owner
Joined: Wed Sep 15, 2004 1:09 pm Posts: 14631 Location: Pittsburgh
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 Regarding World of KJ -- Please read.
Ok everyone.
I want to inform all of you as to the things that have been going on. Basically ... the server went down today due to the oscars.
My web host informed me that we crashed and overloaded the server, we were causing performance issues, and they took the site offline because of it. They graciously put it back up, and we should be ok for the time being.
I have talked with baba, who has been amazing in helping me run both the foum and the site. We know that this is not going to work out, and are looking for options to allieviate the problem. It will be handled this week, so please bear with us.
I am really sorry about any inconvience, please throw any questions you want, I will get back to you.
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Mon Feb 28, 2005 1:13 am |
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Terminator1997
George A. Romero
Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2004 10:30 pm Posts: 9773 Location: Enjoying a cold pint
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it's ok eagle, just glad to see the site working again, if only temporarily
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Mon Feb 28, 2005 1:16 am |
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Passionate Thug
Top Poster
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 1:01 am Posts: 5264 Location: Wakanda
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Man Eagle that was bad it only took 50-60 visitors to crash the site? Do we need to chip in some funds to get a bigger server?
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Mon Feb 28, 2005 1:18 am |
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Eagle
Site Owner
Joined: Wed Sep 15, 2004 1:09 pm Posts: 14631 Location: Pittsburgh
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Boyfresh,
We are going to a bigger server.
Shared hosting just isn't working, and while dedicated hosting is the solution it is also expensive.
Regardless the server has been bought, and after the setup time of 72 hours, I will go ahead and get eerything working. We should have a new home, and a much faster home with noone on the box besides us, by the weekend.
Also there will be a new site design when we go to the new box, so look for that.
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Mon Feb 28, 2005 1:21 am |
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Mister Ecks
New Server, Same X
Joined: Wed Oct 13, 2004 7:07 pm Posts: 28301 Location: ... siiiigh...
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New site design, eh? *holds Kiefer avatar* I'm ready.
I hope everything runs smoothly for you, Eagle.
_________________ Ecks Factor: Cancelled too soon
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Mon Feb 28, 2005 3:40 pm |
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zingy
College Boy Z
Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2004 8:40 pm Posts: 36662
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Mr. X wrote: New site design, eh? *holds Kiefer avatar* I'm ready.
I hope everything runs smoothly for you, Eagle.
No you don't. You want everything to work smoothly for you. =;
I appreciate your time into this project, Eagle.
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Mon Feb 28, 2005 3:43 pm |
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A. G.
Draughty
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:23 am Posts: 13347
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On other sites of this nature they sometimes ask people to pass the hat and donate 5-10 dollars each to pay for bandwidth. Would that help in this case or is it solvable without that?
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Mon Feb 28, 2005 3:49 pm |
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Impact
Kiera Knightly is my lady!
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 1:18 pm Posts: 8773 Location: New Mexico
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Well we did pass the record last night.
_________________ Isn't it ironic that Hollywood mocks Gibson for drunk driving yet praises Polanski who molested a child? Or praises Edward Kenedy who killed someone while drunk driving?
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Mon Feb 28, 2005 3:51 pm |
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Jeff
Christian's #1 Fan
Joined: Sat Oct 23, 2004 8:25 pm Posts: 28110 Location: Awaiting my fate
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I hope everything works out KJ.
_________________ See above.
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Mon Feb 28, 2005 4:13 pm |
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zingy
College Boy Z
Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2004 8:40 pm Posts: 36662
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Archie Gates wrote: On other sites of this nature they sometimes ask people to pass the hat and donate 5-10 dollars each to pay for bandwidth. Would that help in this case or is it solvable without that?
It's being considered. Torrino and I think it'd be good, and if you sign up for Paypal, they give you $5 to sign up anyways. If everyone donates $5, that'll pay for atleast half of the yearly cost.
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Mon Feb 28, 2005 4:15 pm |
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bABA
Commander and Chef
Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2004 12:56 am Posts: 30505 Location: Tonight ... YOU!
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Palpal is being looked into. I believe the server has been bought and the paypal option will be the last resort thing that kj has planned.
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Mon Feb 28, 2005 4:18 pm |
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Eagle
Site Owner
Joined: Wed Sep 15, 2004 1:09 pm Posts: 14631 Location: Pittsburgh
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After recieving an actual notice that my account was going to be canceled from my ISP, I went ahead and bought us our own server.
It is a DP-Sempron 2600
80GB Hard Drive
512 MB DDR Ram
Bandwidth 1000GB
5 IP adresses
Private VLan
It is our own server, noone else will be on the box with us. Noone at all.
It is however expensive, but it should make things MUCH faster, and MUCH smoother. Fingers crossed everyone.
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Mon Feb 28, 2005 9:12 pm |
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rusty
rustiphica
Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2004 7:59 pm Posts: 8687
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I'm pretty sure I can whore out mr. x to get some money in for WoKJ.
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Wed Mar 02, 2005 5:03 pm |
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lovemerox
Forum General
Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2004 10:16 pm Posts: 6499 Location: Down along the dixie line
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how much did it cost you ?
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Wed Mar 02, 2005 6:24 pm |
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zingy
College Boy Z
Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2004 8:40 pm Posts: 36662
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Let's just say it's not cheap...
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Wed Mar 02, 2005 6:26 pm |
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Impact
Kiera Knightly is my lady!
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 1:18 pm Posts: 8773 Location: New Mexico
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Well if we dont get one soon this place will have to much traffic and who knows what will happen!
_________________ Isn't it ironic that Hollywood mocks Gibson for drunk driving yet praises Polanski who molested a child? Or praises Edward Kenedy who killed someone while drunk driving?
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Wed Mar 02, 2005 6:27 pm |
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torrino
College Boy T
Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2004 7:52 pm Posts: 16020
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lovemerox. A baseline dedicated server is around $80 per month.
$5 to $10 per person would be very nice. Even if Eagle doesn't need it, we should set up PayPal anyways.
He'd invest it well...assuming he won't waste the money on poker...
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Wed Mar 02, 2005 6:28 pm |
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Impact
Kiera Knightly is my lady!
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 1:18 pm Posts: 8773 Location: New Mexico
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torrino wrote: He'd invest it well...assuming he won't waste the money on poker...
Darn it! there goes my poker game with Eagle now!

_________________ Isn't it ironic that Hollywood mocks Gibson for drunk driving yet praises Polanski who molested a child? Or praises Edward Kenedy who killed someone while drunk driving?
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Wed Mar 02, 2005 6:29 pm |
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torrino
College Boy T
Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2004 7:52 pm Posts: 16020
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Impact wrote: torrino wrote: He'd invest it well...assuming he won't waste the money on poker... Darn it! there goes my poker game with Eagle now! 
If you donate more, he'll have more to put in (and lose...  )
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Wed Mar 02, 2005 7:00 pm |
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TonyMontana
Undisputed WoKJ DVD King
Joined: Thu Oct 14, 2004 8:55 am Posts: 16278 Location: Counting the 360 ways I love my Xbox
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I'd throw in if you'd set up PayPal.
Actually I would rather buy the space above baba's avatar.
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Wed Mar 02, 2005 11:27 pm |
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Mister Ecks
New Server, Same X
Joined: Wed Oct 13, 2004 7:07 pm Posts: 28301 Location: ... siiiigh...
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rusty wrote: I'm pretty sure I can whore out mr. x to get some money in for WoKJ.
Laugh it up, fuzzball.
This has been the Random Star Wars Quote of the Day
_________________ Ecks Factor: Cancelled too soon
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Wed Mar 02, 2005 11:30 pm |
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Impact
Kiera Knightly is my lady!
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 1:18 pm Posts: 8773 Location: New Mexico
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Eagle never made it clear what we should donate here if we have to.
money? gold? candy? food? girls?
_________________ Isn't it ironic that Hollywood mocks Gibson for drunk driving yet praises Polanski who molested a child? Or praises Edward Kenedy who killed someone while drunk driving?
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Thu Mar 03, 2005 12:06 am |
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