First off, I hope your server is still okay. I tried to login, and after my 3rd pasword attempt (I use multiple paswords so I tend to forget which one to use for what), the connection terminated and I haven't been able to reconnect. I hope it just blocked my ip instead of that I caused the server to go down.Probably just a minor blip with SSH, no worries. Your data doesn't take up much space anyway!
Anyway, you are free to delete all data in my personal folder. I don't need it to be backupped and I don't need it to be transfered to the new server, so that it won't give any problems during the migration. It was for a school project that's over now and I already have backups for it myself.
Didn't it go down in August due to lack of donations?Nope! I mean, I make fun little threat about donations, but I think it'd be a little too evil to pull the plug!
True although not to be rude, in the past two years there were several messages that made it look like Withgusto was in constant danger of closing if it did not meet a certain donation goal. It might be best to avoid "Boy who cried wolf" scenarios as people will start taking the service for granted while donating less, thinking it's not needed after all. (Not to mention if people discover you are 18+ they might be less tempted to donate as they'll assume you have a job to pay the server)First off, I hope your server is still okay. I tried to login, and after my 3rd pasword attempt (I use multiple paswords so I tend to forget which one to use for what), the connection terminated and I haven't been able to reconnect. I hope it just blocked my ip instead of that I caused the server to go down.Probably just a minor blip with SSH, no worries. Your data doesn't take up much space anyway!
Anyway, you are free to delete all data in my personal folder. I don't need it to be backupped and I don't need it to be transfered to the new server, so that it won't give any problems during the migration. It was for a school project that's over now and I already have backups for it myself.Didn't it go down in August due to lack of donations?Nope! I mean, I make fun little threat about donations, but I think it'd be a little too evil to pull the plug!
It's true that the lack of donations kinda hurts my wallet, but that's pretty much why I'm trying to get the migration going! :D
True although not to be rude, in the past two years there were several messages that made it look like Withgusto was in constant danger of closing if it did not meet a certain donation goal. It might be best to avoid "Boy who cried wolf" scenarios as people will start taking the service for granted while donating less, thinking it's not needed after all. (Not to mention if people discover you are 18+ they might be less tempted to donate as they'll assume you have a job to pay the server)But it was in danger of being closed. Albert is a poor student. He doesn't have a steady income like I do. Omni is never going to go away while I'm still making money. I do wish I didn't have to pay for it all, but not enough people to monthly donations for me to reimburse myself yet.
True although not to be rude, in the past two years there were several messages that made it look like Withgusto was in constant danger of closing if it did not meet a certain donation goal. It might be best to avoid "Boy who cried wolf" scenarios as people will start taking the service for granted while donating less, thinking it's not needed after all. (Not to mention if people discover you are 18+ they might be less tempted to donate as they'll assume you have a job to pay the server)
But it was in danger of being closed. Albert is a poor student. He doesn't have a steady income like I do. Omni is never going to go away while I'm still making money. I do wish I didn't have to pay for it all, but not enough people to monthly donations for me to reimburse myself yet.Alright, time for some clarification...
It's not a boy who cried wolf situation, it's a "Money is getting really tight here, and I need help to keep paying for the server, otherwise I might have to eat less this month" situation.
Just noticed, why isn't this on http://withg.org/blog/ (http://withg.org/blog/) ?Good point - done! http://withg.org/blog/index.php?post=1409006396
Good to hear. As for the tuition fee issue, this is why you have to move to Quebec province, where college tuition fees are under $200 and university ones about $2000 :trollface:I wish it were that cheap... let's just say the total for tutition here is ~$20,000...
What sucks is that when you start using a new service, they often remove a feature you like immediately. For example, just as I upgraded to unlimited bandwidth in 2007 with my ISP, they decided to add a 100 GB cap. Or in late August, I started preparing a CD music store on Reverbnation and even ordered myself three samples, only to get told the next day that this service will be terminated in a month. All of those incidents are coincidences, but sometimes it always fall on the same person and I tend to be very unlucky with that >.<Yeah... for some businesses, they like to pull the rug out fast. For others, at least they give a heads up and are honest about it.
nah, IRCd is only for the omninet node :PTrue, but I am a little worried that this ban will extend to other IRC related things...
Not according to their appropriate use policy. The only concern on there is about IRC serves, not for any other IRC related services.nah, IRCd is only for the omninet node :PTrue, but I am a little worried that this ban will extend to other IRC related things...
Maybe they'll even disallow OmnomIRC and any other type of shoutboxes? O.O I know that 1and1 disallowed any kind of chat on shared hosting plans that used MySQL because it apparently puts extreme load on their MySQL databases, but I don't know what were the rules anymore for non-MySQL-dependent shoutboxes and for VPSes.There would be no rules for shoutboxes on VPS's. They don't care how much you stress your MySQL servers.
There are active users on Omni? O.OPerhaps... :P
Actually my last post was a joke in reference to the incredibly low activity last weekend (there were like 10 posts one day and 14 days the next one or vice versa) but I think it might have been due to the ACT or something. :PProbably. It's SAT/ACT season around here!
A suggestion in the future would be to PM and e-mail the people who need to fill their surveys in addition to posting here, in case they miss that thread due to not visiting Omni much. But again if they still don't bother no matter what then I guess they have been warned about their possible data loss (if any) resulting from the migration.It's my mistake to not collect emails, so... :P
Am I dreaming or is this really happening?Yes, we're really moving! :D (I hope...)
Well if an user doesn't bother replying despite getting notified privately and loses his account or even files then it's their fault and maybe they didn't need those, after all.Especially considering that the form was available online for 2+ months...