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Mayday...Mayday

Postby Chris Edwards » Mar 25, 2001 @ 2:18am

Ok, I admit it... I'm a student.<br><br>Most students can't afford to pay for 200GB of transfer/month which is what this site is going to amount to for march.<br><br>You do the math... 200GB @ $2/GB... that's $400.<br><br>I've put $800 of my hard earned money into this site :(...<br><br>You can help! :).<br><br>.<br><br>I thank you for your support; I'm going to do anything that is in my power to keep this site up forever and ever.<br><br>If you have a company that would be willing to sponsor us ($220US/month) please send an email to [url=mailto:chris@pocketmatrix.com]chris@pocketmatrix.com[/url]. We would offer your company lots of advertising space on our well visited website.<br><br>For those of you wondering why our banner ads aren't paying for the hosting: The advertising industry is in a huge slump and we are getting paid around $50/month from FastClick for the banners on our site.<br><br>Everybody donate $1. :)<br><br>Moderators: I'm tired and mad, please edit my message to make it make sense.<br><br>Last modification: Chris Edwards - 03/24/01 at 23:18:08
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Re: Mayday...Mayday

Postby Moose or Chuck » Mar 25, 2001 @ 7:41am

LOL, it makes sense, or maybe I just don't know either
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Re: Mayday...Mayday

Postby SonicSilicon » Mar 26, 2001 @ 9:39pm

Why is the donation going to WebNoggin.com? (Of which site I cannot reach.)
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Re: Mayday...Mayday

Postby Mark Rejhon » Mar 27, 2001 @ 8:43am

I donated some money too - It said the same for me.
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Re: Mayday...Mayday

Postby Moose or Chuck » Mar 27, 2001 @ 2:42pm

WebNoggin is the company that host's the PocketMatrix Website.
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Re: Mayday...Mayday

Postby Dr. Phat » Mar 27, 2001 @ 4:00pm

Go to Intel- they've got the cash.  i just dont know how this site it 2 gigs!
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Re: Mayday...Mayday

Postby randall » Mar 27, 2001 @ 6:17pm

Good thing your not a webmaster, Phat.
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Re: Mayday...Mayday

Postby SonicSilicon » Mar 27, 2001 @ 11:07pm

Thnaks for clearing that up Moose! :)<br>Phat, that's 200 GB of TRANSFER per month, the site itself is not 200 GB large.<br><br>To help out (beyond donating) I've optimized my habits of reading this site to reduce the bandwidth used here's some tips for regular readers:<br>* Use the pull-down menu at the bottom of the page to jump to forums. One less view of the main forum page times the number of forums times all the other people here is a lot of saved bandwidth.<br>* Bookmark the Forum Login page<br>* Once logged in, take note to which forums have new posts. That way when you finish reading the last new post [of interest]  you can jump to only those forums (unless, of course, you want to post.)<br>* Disabling graphics may help on the news page, but most other pages recycle graphics so it's pulled from your cache. It helps a little, but only a very little.<br>* Don't post unless you really have something to add to the discussion. :P<br>* Re-read a post before replying to it if possible. I know many of us have little free time to do so, but this will help by there being one less post for the view-any-new-post people (like me :D) to read.<br><br>TIm, Moose, Phat, Chris, whomever - feel free to copy, edit, add to, and repost this list.
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Re: Mayday...Mayday

Postby Sparky009 » Mar 28, 2001 @ 2:47am

yup, PM's got 200 GB of data... and one person managed to transfer it all in one month :D ;).Last modification: Sparky009 - 03/27/01 at 23:47:31
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Re: Mayday...Mayday

Postby Mr Visitor » Mar 28, 2001 @ 3:28am

Careful sparky, that last post of your must have used at least 5K of bandwidth :)
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Re: Mayday...Mayday

Postby Dr. Phat » Mar 28, 2001 @ 7:16pm

oh, transfer bandwith, i was confused with server space.
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Re: Mayday...Mayday

Postby Moose or Chuck » Mar 28, 2001 @ 8:13pm

yes you were
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Re: Mayday...Mayday

Postby Mark Rejhon » Mar 28, 2001 @ 9:24pm

How about third party hosting for the files only?  I'm sure that there's some cheap sites available for hosting the download files!  <br><br>Since the files are over 100 times bigger than the webpages themselves, you could save a bundle.  Probably cut your costs by 90%!
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Re: Mayday...Mayday

Postby Dan East » Mar 28, 2001 @ 9:54pm

Yeah, the pak files would be the first thing to go (in a dire situation). The exe's are pretty reasonable.<br><br>Dan East
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Re: Mayday...Mayday

Postby SonicSilicon » Mar 28, 2001 @ 11:09pm

I wonder if PlanetQuake would be interested in serving the .PAK files. I'm not sure if PlanetQuake doesn't have their files hosted by FilePlanet, though. Worth a look in to.
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