Giles ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Do you have problems, concerns or recommendations about the technical side of the Phoenix? Air them here. Compliments also welcome.
I guess I just feel like the non-Stompy techies are being slighted somehow.
Frankly, Lyra Jane, I wasn't slighting anyone. I don't even know who's a Stompy and who's not, other than ita and DX. And from what I see, the Stompies are consulting with all of the Geekies in the community to come up with a solution. I don't see anyone having a problem with this.
Please don't assign to the entire community a problem you appear to have with the way I phrased something.
16.2 GB a month averages to 51.78 Kbps.
Could you explain the math, Tom? I would have thought that the translation was GB/month ~= Kbps*30*24*60*60 / 1000000
What am I missing?
8b = 1B
D'ohh. OK. On their website, where they talk about bandwidth, they talk about bytes not bits, so I assumed kbps was also bytes.
I'm unsure how the culture of the board changes by the amount we spend to keep it live.
I'm a little nervous about whether we can come up with the entire $2400 for a year up front. Speaking for myself, I'd be happy pledging (say) $5/month, but sad as this is, I couldn't give $60 right now, and I think I can safely say I'm not the only Buffista who's kinda broke.
2400/100 regular posters = $24.
IJS.
I think in the long term a $200/month fee might become a problem for fundraising, but in the near term? NSM.
Well, I'm assuming that some regular posters won't be able to give at all.
The thing is, and I speak from experience here, it only makes a difference if we let it.
If disagreements start being peppered with accusations of "freeloader" or "just cuz you gave money to the server doesn't mean you can run roughshod over everybody else"- then the culture rapidly will take a nosedive into unpleasant divisiveness.
But, like all other community standards, if we're vigilant of ourselves, it may cause some intermittent hiccups, but no substantive change.
I just want to chime in with one thing. I do a lot of work with places that deal with bids, and that have to choose the lowest bidder for products, and this almost never works out well. I see that we are looking at a lot of solutions, and that is very good. However, the cheapest solution is not typically the best. A Hyndai and a Mercedes both fit the definition of a car, however there is a world of difference between the two of them.
I'm happy to pitch in so that we can move to a good solution. Let me know where I need to send my money. I'm happy to pitch in and help keep things running smoothly here.