Just to chime in on the money issue (and this applies no matter which option we go for), a smoothly running and accessible Phoenix board is worth a LOT more than $24 a year to me, for the entirely selfish reason that I'd prefer to pay the money to our webhost than to the loony bin I'd doubtless be committed if you folks weren't around to chat and blow off steam with.
Kaylee: So, uh, how come you don't care where you're going? Book: 'Cause how you get there is the worthier part.
'Serenity'
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Do you have problems, concerns or recommendations about the technical side of the Phoenix? Air them here. Compliments also welcome.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 23, 2003 2:45:50 pm PDT #5625 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Wolfram - Oct 23, 2003 2:49:23 pm PDT #5626 of 10000
Visilurking
...taanstafl... (ETA: anything)
t pedantic
It's tanstaafl. (Because I have nothing better to do with my not-so-free time.)
t /pedantic
I think that we're more like the diner who sends the food back several times while all the other diners eat the same food without complaint. So the cook doesn't know if it's the food or if it's us, and after three times back they don't much care anymore because they can't meet the needs of the other diners while worrying about our one dish.
ETA: And I scoff in your general revisionist-editing direction because you can't change the quote. In fact, in my quote I could make you say anything. See? And in my quote we're beltless.
Katie M - Oct 23, 2003 2:49:32 pm PDT #5627 of 10000
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
*whispering*
You know, the board went down completely for me about twenty minutes ago for a little while, and now that it's back, I'm not getting the error anymore. Did something happen?
Katie M - Oct 23, 2003 2:52:23 pm PDT #5628 of 10000
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
...yeah, never mind.
Gandalfe - Oct 23, 2003 2:52:37 pm PDT #5629 of 10000
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
You know what I like? I like the fact that we're not afraid to talk about it on here, talk about our options, as opposed to when we were thinking about leaving HostSuckit, we were all coy and talking elsewhere about it.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 23, 2003 3:03:22 pm PDT #5630 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Well, I think it's a matter of being treated respectfully as customers even if the news we hear from our ISP isn't the sort we'd prefer to be hearing. Whatever our decision, I don't get the impression that we have to gather our stuff and move in the dead of night like deadbeat renters whose landlord is threatening to change the locks.
DCJensen - Oct 23, 2003 3:24:38 pm PDT #5631 of 10000
All is well that ends in pizza.
It's tanstaafl. (Because I have nothing better to do with my not-so-free time.)
It's called a typo. fixed it.
Kristen - Oct 23, 2003 3:32:59 pm PDT #5632 of 10000
Since we really aren't using our alloted bandwidth and resources, and it does seem to be more of an MSQL error, how much would buying a higher support level for what we do have cost in relation to the cost of a whole new package?
The problem is you can't buy more MySQL connections. We have the highest allotment allowed in a shared hosting environment [which is 50 BTW]. It's just not an option. IH has other clients on this server to consider. FanGeek has a semi-dedicated, of which you're one account. The only higher support levels would be for you to be a semi-dedicated account on our dedicated server or for you to go out and get your own dedicated server.
And let me clarify something. They're not saying "pony up or leave." I guess, if anyone's saying that, it's me. You can stay here forever if you want on your $20 plan. But you're going to keep getting error messages. I haven't gotten the sense that anyone really wants to do that.
I'm in a weird position. One on hand, I totally see where you guys are coming from. But on the other, I do see their point. This account has gone over on connections so often in the past that, when no one else on the server is experiencing the problem, it's not surprising that IH doesn't believe the fault is on their end.
Which reminds me...
ita, I had a thought. We put in those explicit closes to cut down on our connections. But since going over and crashing the server isn't an issue anymore, do you want to try taking them back out and seeing what happens?
And I like the week idea, I think my fears are probably unjustified and I'm reacting to the the time crunch imposed earlier.
Also, just to be clear, the week is for you to find hosting elsewhere. The FG/IH offer still expires tomorrow.
Cindy - Oct 23, 2003 3:34:14 pm PDT #5633 of 10000
Nobody
What the bleeding hell is tanstaafl?
meara - Oct 23, 2003 3:45:25 pm PDT #5634 of 10000
There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch, Cindy.