The Board that shall not be named...

bokbadok · Senior Bucketkeeper

RE: The Board that shall not be named...

arbilad · Head Chef

bokbadok wrote:

There are also the non-tangible contributions to consider...
Ahh, I see. Because you share your bottomless wisdom with the huddled masses you figure you deserve a free ride. I get it.

If his wisdom is bottomless, how does it sit?

Cat Herder · Understander of unimportant things

bokbadok wrote:

There are also the non-tangible contributions to consider...
Ahh, I see. Because you share your bottomless wisdom with the huddled masses you figure you deserve a free ride. I get it.

With all due respect... thou mayest now silenceth the moutheth...

It is most unbecoming to subtley pressure others via guilt into making a financial contribution when you really don't know what others individual situations are like. The forum has been in existence for 8 months, and aside from Arbilad, there have probably only been half a dozen folks who have contributed to the financial upkeep prior to today's donations (yes, in case it got overlaid by someone else's donation, I did donate the equivalent of one month's charges)... And even with today's donations, size of donation has not given any donor any more influence or stake holdership in the forum.

So, folks, if you want to donate, feel free to do so. You aren't obligated to, but you can if you want, and Activeboard does not require anything other than a minimum of $5.00 per donation.

bokbadok · Senior Bucketkeeper

Subtle? Who was being subtle? Certainly not I.

rayb · Hot Air Balloon

Anyone can donate... and this board is not currently a quivering mass of meat-jello... (spam) like other boards... :)

--Ray

Mahonri · Senior Bucketkeeper

We could ask for contributions based on posts made?????

rayb · Hot Air Balloon

I think most of the top posters have contributed something...

--Ray

Mahonri · Senior Bucketkeeper

OK... so how do I contribute? Or am I considered a "top poster".

Mahonri · Senior Bucketkeeper

BTW... I hadn't tried to read over at that other board in quite sometime but tonight I went over and this is the message I get...

"Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /ubb/cgi/ultimatebb.cgi on this server.

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Apache/2.0.46 (Red Hat) Server at www.nauvoo.com Port 80"

Whatever... I've spent so little time there in the past 8 months that it really doesn't matter a bit to me.

Melissa · Veteran Member

I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who is forbidden!

arbilad · Head Chef

Mahonri wrote:

OK... so how do I contribute? Or am I considered a "top poster".

There's a link at the bottom of the page under "Community Funding". We have a pretty good balance right now, and I was hoping to prepay for a year to get two months free. But as someone wisely pointed out to me in a private message, if we get a permanent boost from the Nauvoo board's troubles our current hosting plan is going to be insufficient. On our busiest day recently we had 3,000 views (every time someone loads a page). If that were to continue over the course of a month, we'd have 90,000 views - and our current plan only covers 50,000 without additional charges.

TitusTodd · Senior Member

BTW... I hadn't tried to read over at that other board in quite sometime but tonight I went over and this is the message I get...

"Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /ubb/cgi/ultimatebb.cgi on this server.

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Apache/2.0.46 (Red Hat) Server at www.nauvoo.com Port 80"

Whatever... I've spent so little time there in the past 8 months that it really doesn't matter a bit to me.

Everyone is getting that message. The board is down as the front page of Nauvoo states.

salesortonscom · Wise and Revered Master

Ha Ha, Ray makes his wife wear a Burqa!

rayb · Hot Air Balloon

Everyone gets the forbidden message... Cat got it before the board went down! (Hey Cat, here's your face... rub rub rub!) Now we all know what it's like to be Cat... biggrin

Cat Herder · Understander of unimportant things

rayb wrote:

Everyone gets the forbidden message... Cat got it before the board went down! (Hey Cat, here's your face... rub rub rub!) Now we all know what it's like to be Cat...

Had to think about that one for a minute before the light went on... doh

Guess it's safe to say this is a forced march in my mocassins for many? Make sure we have sufficient blister treatment kits on hand for all those going through withdrawal... wink

rayb · Hot Air Balloon

We just need one big group hug.

Mahonri · Senior Bucketkeeper

Cat Herder wrote:
Guess it's safe to say this is a forced march in my mocassins for many?

"my mocassins".... how about OUR mocassins?

Dyany · Senior Member

In case anyone is interested, AndrewR has set up a temporary forum to fill the gap of the broken forum. the address is http://andrewr.info/forum/

rayb · Hot Air Balloon

Make sure you go mention Bountiful to everyone over there... :)

PollyAnna · Senior Bucketkeeper

Mahonri already did... which is how I found you all... I had never even visited here before today... but I really miss my friends, and at least a few are here... I am seriously one of the LEAST political people I know, I am registered independent in fact, cause I vote very "eclectic"...

Today I am a physical prisoner to my body, which is rebelling to the last 8 weeks of life... I do like all your emoticons...

-- Edited by PollyAnna at 14:57, 2007-04-28

rayb · Hot Air Balloon

Your opinions will be a blast of fresh air, Polly! We all need a reminder that we're not the only ones on earth, and our viewpoints are not the only ones that matter. . .

I'm glad you made it here!

--Ray

PollyAnna · Senior Bucketkeeper

I was having a pithy day... as my momma used to call it... meaning that I was stuck in a situation NOT of my choosing and wanting out of it... I was wishing that the issues with the other forum would hurry and get resolved so that I could catch up on my reading, when I got KQ's message about Andrew's temporary solution... followed Mohonri's link... I have to say I have really missed HIS wisdom... And I missed so many others... I read up on the doings while I was waiting to be accepted...

I have to admit that I don't really have the time and energy for 2 forums all the time, however I suppose if they never get the problems resolve over there I will have to pitch in to help keep this one going... All y'all have hooked me into your lives!!!

bokbadok · Senior Bucketkeeper

Wow Mahonri - did you sell that Beemer to raise the funds for that mammoth contribution?

nitasmile · Senior Member

Exactly, it isn't anything personal Mahonri. I am getting that message at our work computer. (though I wondered if my employer had "banned" me from accessing Nauvoo at work even though I don't check it til I've signed out). But on my home computer, I get a different message, the one about it not being a recognized website.

TitusTodd wrote:

BTW... I hadn't tried to read over at that other board in quite sometime but tonight I went over and this is the message I get...

"Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /ubb/cgi/ultimatebb.cgi on this server.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Apache/2.0.46 (Red Hat) Server at www.nauvoo.com Port 80"

Whatever... I've spent so little time there in the past 8 months that it really doesn't matter a bit to me.

Everyone is getting that message. The board is down as the front page of Nauvoo states.

nitasmile · Senior Member

Thanks for the info on the temporary forum, I did try signing up but "no code" appears. So I emailed Andrew and will see what happens. Like you PollyAnna, I really need to avoid forums. Nauvoo is good but I need to spend more time away from the computer forums in general. Sometimes I put too many things on the back burner to attend to the forums.

rayb · Hot Air Balloon

You and me both, Nita.

I could stand to do more good stuff... and get more writing on my novels done... but instead... I tik-tik-tik-tak-tak... on bountiful... :)

--Ray

Cocobeem · Keeper of the Holy Grail

At least bountiful doesn't take as long...

arbilad · Head Chef

BTW, in case anyone is wondering what has happened to their generous contributions, I have upgraded the board from 50,000 views per month to 100,000 views per month, and prepaid for a year. So we're set for increased traffic and we don't need to worry about the rent for a while.

Cat Herder · Understander of unimportant things

Arbi, you may want to make a note to that effect somewhere in the forum news / rules area so that folks will know that we may not need further financial contributions for a while.

PollyAnna · Senior Bucketkeeper

Cat, the savings account is down to $35.80... that is NOT enough! I am FIRM believer in savings, savings and MORE savings... And I am willing to put my money where my mouth is... I am just waiting until payday, cause I already spent my personal "pin" money for last payday...

nitasmile · Senior Member

arbilad wrote:

BTW, in case anyone is wondering what has happened to their generous contributions, I have upgraded the board from 50,000 views per month to 100,000 views per month, and prepaid for a year. So we're set for increased traffic and we don't need to worry about the rent for a while.

Arbibald: what = 1 view? does this mean any time we "click on" to bountifuL"?

example, if I log on once and stay for 5 minutes does that mean 1 view?

If I log on look for 1 sec and come back 4 more times for 1 sec each, does this = 5 views?

Cat Herder · Understander of unimportant things

A view is everytime a page is loaded (or for better concept refreshed) in your browser. So, if you look at 5 threads all in the same discussion area (assuming you hit the back button instead of refresh... hitting the back button will usually pull the page from your browser's memory cache as opposed to from Activeboard's server), you will probably have had at least 8 views (bring up Bountiful, log on to Bountiful, go to the discussion group, go to the thread, back out, go to next thread, back out, go to next thread, back out, go to next thread, back out, go to next thread. It adds up pretty quickly, particularly if when posting new comments is added in.

Did I get that essentially correct, Arbi?

TitusTodd · Senior Member

The Not Nauvoo site is down now. Probably too much traffic.

arbilad · Head Chef

Cat Herder wrote:

A view is everytime a page is loaded (or for better concept refreshed) in your browser. So, if you look at 5 threads all in the same discussion area (assuming you hit the back button instead of refresh... hitting the back button will usually pull the page from your browser's memory cache as opposed to from Activeboard's server), you will probably have had at least 8 views (bring up Bountiful, log on to Bountiful, go to the discussion group, go to the thread, back out, go to next thread, back out, go to next thread, back out, go to next thread, back out, go to next thread. It adds up pretty quickly, particularly if when posting new comments is added in.

Did I get that essentially correct, Arbi?

That is, in essence, correct. But I'm not sure of the exact method they use.

PollyAnna · Senior Bucketkeeper

TitusTodd wrote:
The Not Nauvoo site is down now. Probably too much traffic.

Naw... it just had to burp! wink

Hoss Cartwright · Senior Member

Interesting. Hatrack is back up, but Nauvoo is not. confused

Cat Herder · Understander of unimportant things

Maybe they determined that Hatrack was not the phishing risk...

Maybe EDG and the staff behind the scenes are taking advantage of the down time to take a break from the pressure involved in keeping it a mostly sane place!

LEVE · Veteran Member

FYI... as of this morning, Nauvoo's back up and running.

rayb · Hot Air Balloon

Sweet!

Just in time for the Aaronic Priesthood Priesthood Commemoration campout!