does anyone else feel like they're watching Charlie Brown and the teacher is speaking?
not really. ita is making a lot of sense. I would like to pitch in - where to send $?
No power in the 'verse can stop me.
River ,'War Stories'
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Do you have problems, concerns, or recommendations about the technical side of the Phoenix? Air them here. Compliments also welcome.
hippocampus - May 06, 2008 12:11:18 pm PDT #1644 of 4673
not your mom's socks.
Laga - May 06, 2008 12:54:29 pm PDT #1645 of 4673
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I understand money is needed but that's about it.
where to send $?
this.
§ ita § - May 06, 2008 12:57:58 pm PDT #1646 of 4673
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Money can always be sent to donations courtesy of buffistas.org.
I just want to make sure I'm not charging off down some geeky route with everyone else's money in hand. I get distracted by shiny things, see.
NoiseDesign - May 06, 2008 1:13:29 pm PDT #1647 of 4673
Our wings are not tired
This all makes sense to me. If we don't move forward it will be like keeping the system running on Win98. Some things just won't be options and won't work. We should keep current on upgrades and on security patches.
amych - May 06, 2008 1:19:40 pm PDT #1648 of 4673
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
The upgrade need and plan make a lot of not-charging-down-some-geeky-route sense to me (I'm very prone to the shiny distractions, but that's for personal flooping around and I appreciate the relative caution here; but it's time that an upgrade is really needed.)
OTOH, that's just a vote of confidence and not practical advice -- I have no clue at all about what the market's like for dedicated server hosting for projects this size.
And, as others have said, I'm always happy to donate -- I try to do so when I remember anyway, but if any unusual push is needed for a board-health project, just say.
Laura - May 06, 2008 6:00:14 pm PDT #1649 of 4673
Our wings are not tired.
As a complete surprise I received an email from our website host that said I could move to a new faster server with more room and it would cost less. An hour or so downtime for the transition. I didn't see the downside and moved. They actually refunded me for the past few months that we paid at the higher rate. Still shocked, but a month or so later no problems. (ICDSoft)
but I don't see how our code is that crap
Certainly not for us! Have we looked at other sites recently? This board = a beautiful thing.
§ ita § - May 06, 2008 7:38:46 pm PDT #1650 of 4673
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
So I guess it's down to financial feasibility. And timely commitment on my part.
Rob - May 06, 2008 8:15:33 pm PDT #1651 of 4673
I wonder if looking at Amazon EC3 for deployment makes sense now? I know a lot of web startups are using it because it is cheaper than dedicated servers.
§ ita § - May 06, 2008 8:22:08 pm PDT #1652 of 4673
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Please to elaborate? I'm on the phone so googling isn't practical.
Rob - May 06, 2008 8:35:20 pm PDT #1653 of 4673
Actually, its Amazon EC2, and it's a service they provide where you rent virtual machines by the hour. You can run any software you want on them.
It's hard to be sure, but I'd guess that we'd spend less per month on that than on our dedicated server.