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Title: Keep Those Fingers Crossed!
Post by: SysAdmin on March 05, 2011, 03:56:44 AM

If everything goes as planned Amiga.org will be completely transferred to a new hosting account in the next 24-72 hours. During that time we may or may not be in maintenance mode so don't fear the worst if you can't always access the site. If you have ever wanted to donate to help Amiga.org now is a good time. We are totally out of disk space on Wayne’s old reseller account so this much needed upgrade/move must be done.

 

Thanks again Wayne for all the dedicated years of service to Amiga.org. Your baby has grown up and moved away from home.

Title: Re: Keep Those Fingers Crossed!
Post by: Franko on March 05, 2011, 04:48:35 AM

:eek: what happens if I can't post something for a few hours :eek:

I'll get withdrawal symptoms and have to go cold turkey... :nervous:

Good luck with the move... :)

(PS: you should have said, I've got a spare A1200 here with a whopping big 4.3GB HD and a bit of string to connect it to the net you could have had... :))

Title: Re: Keep Those Fingers Crossed!
Post by: Franko on March 05, 2011, 05:51:37 PM

Pyro was right... a lot of posts have gone poof... :(

Title: Re: Keep Those Fingers Crossed!
Post by: A4000_Mad on March 05, 2011, 06:50:43 PM

Quote from: Franko;619837

Pyro was right... a lot of posts have gone poof... :(

I'm concerned as you haven't posted since the one above Franko. I know we went back in time, but has time now stopped? :confused:

Title: Re: Keep Those Fingers Crossed!
Post by: A4000_Mad on March 05, 2011, 07:28:09 PM

It feels really spooky to see nothing happening on here! So I'm gonna try to get back to the future when this thread had 11 replies. :D

(http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o164/Cyberstorm604e/Future.jpg)

Title: Re: Keep Those Fingers Crossed!
Post by: nicholas on March 05, 2011, 07:32:14 PM

Quote from: Franko;619837

Pyro was right... a lot of posts have gone poof... :(

"Shut that door!" ;)

Title: Re: Keep Those Fingers Crossed!
Post by: A4000_Mad on March 05, 2011, 07:34:02 PM

Quote from: nicholas;619850

"Shut that door!" ;)

:lol:

Pheeew! Am I glad to see you nicholas :)

Title: Re: Keep Those Fingers Crossed!
Post by: Franko on March 05, 2011, 07:43:55 PM

@ Nicholas & A4000_Mad

Methinks Larry Graysons ghost has gotten into the system and made a lot of things go poof round here... :eek:

It's either that or I've taken took much of me meds today and I'm having lucy nations ere... :nervous:

Are you two still out there, are you real, am I just talking to meself, or is this all just one of them weird dreams I have after my fourth vindaloo... :afro:

Oh look a dancing spoon...

Who said that...

We are the diddy men, doddies little diddy men...

Hello, Hello, Hello

Title: Re: Keep Those Fingers Crossed!
Post by: TheGoose on March 05, 2011, 08:43:33 PM

Hey, I was just kidding about the DELETE FROM 'topics' ...
thing...

or are we in bizzaro amiga.org now ... :nervous:

Title: Re: Keep Those Fingers Crossed!
Post by: Karlos on March 05, 2011, 10:32:43 PM

Quote from: Transition;619903

Test

Worked?

Title: Re: Keep Those Fingers Crossed!
Post by: nicholas on March 05, 2011, 10:40:21 PM

Quote from: A4000_Mad;619851

:lol:

Pheeew! Am I glad to see you nicholas :)

I managed to escape the matrix shortly after the switchover, but Piru is still MIA. :)

Title: Re: Keep Those Fingers Crossed!
Post by: Franko on March 05, 2011, 10:46:14 PM

Quote from: TheGoose;619862

Hey, I was just kidding about the DELETE FROM 'topics' ...
thing...

or are we in bizzaro amiga.org now ... :nervous:

Hello... is that you Goose... I'm trapped in here with you... oooh it's dark... mummy... :eek:

Quick... don't go into the light... follow Nicholas... quickly this way... :nervous:

Title: Re: Keep Those Fingers Crossed!
Post by: Kesa on March 05, 2011, 11:20:08 PM

Quote from: nicholas;619875

but Piru is still MIA. :)

No great loss there then :hammer:

Title: Re: Keep Those Fingers Crossed!
Post by: Piru on March 05, 2011, 11:35:57 PM

Quote from: nicholas;619875

I managed to escape the matrix shortly after the switchover, but Piru is still MIA. :)

(http://mrldust.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/1147793694386.jpg?w=364&h=364)

Title: Re: Keep Those Fingers Crossed!
Post by: nicholas on March 05, 2011, 11:37:20 PM

Quote from: Piru;619883

(http://mrldust.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/1147793694386.jpg?w=364&h=364)

:lol:

Title: Re: Keep Those Fingers Crossed!
Post by: Bodie_CI5 on March 06, 2011, 01:02:25 AM

Quote from: Piru;619883

(http://mrldust.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/1147793694386.jpg?w=364&h=364)

As Col. Klink would say in this situation:

(http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m81/Bodie_CI5/ColKlinkbrill.jpg)

Title: Re: Keep Those Fingers Crossed!
Post by: Argo on March 06, 2011, 05:30:49 AM

Are we there yet?

Title: Re: Keep Those Fingers Crossed!
Post by: SysAdmin on March 06, 2011, 07:51:57 AM

Quote from: Argo;619913

Are we there yet?

Looks like we might be done.

:)

Title: Re: Keep Those Fingers Crossed!
Post by: Buzzfuzz on March 06, 2011, 07:55:27 AM

Quote from: Transition;619923

Looks like we might be done.
 
:)

It seems to be a bit faster :)

Title: Re: Keep Those Fingers Crossed!
Post by: SysAdmin on March 06, 2011, 08:39:58 AM

Relax in our new server home and enjoy. If you have those rare Amiga pics that you have never uploaded to the gallery before feel free. The out of disk space and bandwidth concerns are now in the past.

It's a Zen Buddha moment if you believe in that sort of thing.

:)

Title: Re: Keep Those Fingers Crossed!
Post by: Franko on March 06, 2011, 09:49:23 AM

Well no more posts seem to have disappeared into cyberspace unlike yesterday when I was starting to think I was caught in a time loop (either that or me meds had wore off)... :)

Suppose it's a bit like moving house... now has anyone seen the cat lately... :)

Title: Re: Keep Those Fingers Crossed!
Post by: Kesa on March 06, 2011, 09:57:55 AM

Quote from: Transition;619933

Relax in our new server home and enjoy. If you have those rare Amiga pics that you have never uploaded to the gallery before feel free. The out of disk space and bandwidth concerns are now in the past.

It's a Zen Buddha moment if you believe in that sort of thing.

:)

So does this mean i can use Amiga.org as my backup harddrive? I only need about 150gb - Honest!

Title: Re: Keep Those Fingers Crossed!
Post by: Boudicca on March 06, 2011, 11:14:41 AM

dns is all over the shop atm, flip flop

Title: Re: Keep Those Fingers Crossed!
Post by: Wayne on March 06, 2011, 11:17:13 AM

Quote from: Franko;619943

Well no more posts seem to have disappeared into cyberspace unlike yesterday when I was starting to think I was caught in a time loop (either that or me meds had wore off)... :)

Suppose it's a bit like moving house... now has anyone seen the cat lately... :)

That's probably a bit of my fault.  I never thought to suggest that he turn off the site on the former hosting while DNS propogated to avoid lost posts for those few hours.

Mea Culpa (not that I care) :laughing:
Wayne

Title: Re: Keep Those Fingers Crossed!
Post by: Piru on March 06, 2011, 11:48:01 AM

Quote from: Transition;619933

Relax in our new server home and enjoy.

So how much is the hosting now? 3 times more than from competing provider and with worse service?

I don't understand why you insist on staying with the current hosting provider.

http://www.softlayer.com/ - these prices are just plain rip off.

Title: Re: Keep Those Fingers Crossed!
Post by: Wayne on March 06, 2011, 03:44:09 PM

Quote from: Piru;619971

So how much is the hosting now? 3 times more than from competing provider and with worse service?

I don't understand why you insist on staying with the current hosting provider.

http://www.softlayer.com/ - these prices are just plain rip off.

Who is Soft Layer?  They're not the current host of Amiga.org..

From what I'm given to understand -- and I don't speak for the owners or the site any more -- Amiga.org was just put on it's own account with hostgator rather than sharing my reseller account with my other (some very popular and heavy) sites.

Say what you will about hostgator.  Yes, there are cheaper places to host, but IMHO, over the last 3-4 years, they've proven themselves to be reliable and worth the cost of hosting, unlike other hosts that Amiga.org has had in the past.

Wayne

Title: Re: Keep Those Fingers Crossed!
Post by: Piru on March 06, 2011, 04:00:35 PM

Quote from: Wayne;620002

Who is Soft Layer?  They're not the current host of Amiga.org..

Hmm. This is what I get from the amiga.org IP whois:

Code: [Select]

NetRange:       174.132.0.0 - 174.133.255.255
CIDR:           174.132.0.0/15
OriginAS:       AS36420, AS30315, AS13749, AS21844
NetName:        NETBLK-THEPLANET-BLK-15
NetHandle:      NET-174-132-0-0-1
Parent:         NET-174-0-0-0-0
NetType:        Direct Allocation
NameServer:     NS2.THEPLANET.COM
NameServer:     NS1.THEPLANET.COM
RegDate:        2008-06-17
Updated:        2008-06-17
Ref:            http://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-174-132-0-0-1

OrgName:        ThePlanet.com Internet Services, Inc.
OrgId:          TPCM
Address:        315 Capitol
Address:        Suite 205
City:           Houston
StateProv:      TX
PostalCode:     77002
Country:        US
RegDate:        1999-08-31
Updated:        2010-10-13
Ref:            http://whois.arin.net/rest/org/TPCM
ThePlanet.com redirects to soft layer.

Quote

From what I'm given to understand -- and I don't speak for the owners or the site any more -- Amiga.org was just put on it's own account with hostgator rather than sharing my reseller account with my other (some very popular and heavy) sites.

Ok

Quote

Say what you will about hostgator.  Yes, there are cheaper places to host, but IMHO, over the last 3-4 years, they've proven themselves to be reliable and worth the cost of hosting, unlike other hosts that Amiga.org has had in the past.

Well indeed they're very expensive: http://www.hostgator.com/dedicated.shtml

Similar service from certain large and well respected german provider is maybe 1/3 the prices. And all of their dedicated options have more monthly bandwidth, more memory, more HDD storage and faster CPUs.

IMHO this is something that should be considered if the site is going to be run by donations. If no donations are used then I guess it's okay to waste money.

Title: Re: Keep Those Fingers Crossed!
Post by: Franko on March 06, 2011, 04:49:40 PM

@ Piru

Hmmm... I don't quite understand your fascination over who hosts Amiga.org, personally I couldn't care less if the subscription fees or donations were used by Transition & Pyro to live it up sipping cocktails on some sun drenched beach in the Bahamas all year round and Wayne, Karlos & Argo went there on a freebie vacation each year... :)

The only thing that matters to me is that the mighty Amiga.org is up and running for me to gibber keech on, where the money goes or how wisely it's spent doesn't matter to be honest, methinks you may have a vested interest and are running your own Hosting service and are trying to drum up some business for yourself... ;)

(PS: @ Transition, Pyro and the rest, if you do blow all the dosh and A.org ever closes down, then both of me and me squirrels will hunt you down to the ends of the earth with me tickling stick... just a friendly warning... :D)

Title: Re: Keep Those Fingers Crossed!
Post by: Piru on March 06, 2011, 08:46:04 PM

Quote from: Franko;620011

I don't quite understand your fascination over who hosts Amiga.org

I find it stupid to pay more for less. Especially if the money is collected from the community.

Quote

methinks you may have a vested interest and are running your own Hosting service and are trying to drum up some business for yourself...

And I think you need to check your medication. Again ;)

Title: Re: Keep Those Fingers Crossed!
Post by: Franko on March 06, 2011, 10:13:53 PM

Quote from: Piru;620054

I find it stupid to pay more for less. Especially if the money is collected from the community.


And I think you need to check your medication. Again ;)

True enough, your not a wee bit Scottish by any chance... :)

Checked me meds think I've been taking the dogs worming tablets today, but me dogs got a pretty melancholy look on his wee face and keeps saying "Wow man, that's cool dude, look at all dem pretty colours"... :)

Title: Re: Keep Those Fingers Crossed!
Post by: Karlos on March 06, 2011, 10:25:48 PM

Quote from: Franko;620081

Checked me meds think I've been taking the dogs worming tablets today, but me dogs got a pretty melancholy look on his wee face and keeps saying "Wow man, that's cool dude, look at all dem pretty colours"... :)

Ever see the episode of Only Fools and Horses when they mix up the dog's vitamin supplements and their uncle's sleeping tablets?

Title: Re: Keep Those Fingers Crossed!
Post by: Franko on March 06, 2011, 11:30:38 PM

Quote from: Karlos;620083

Ever see the episode of Only Fools and Horses when they mix up the dog's vitamin supplements and their uncle's sleeping tablets?

You mean this one... sheer classic... :D

Part 1...
[youtube]ihBhCxmDlxU[/youtube]

Part2
[youtube]P_1e68Ruj10[/youtube]

Part 3...
[youtube]fNoSkmA1yIM[/youtube]

(although I do recall another one where they gave poor old Grandad some Bob Martins instead of vitamins... :D))

Title: Re: Keep Those Fingers Crossed!
Post by: Wayne on March 12, 2011, 10:22:25 PM

Quote from: Piru;620004

Well indeed they're very expensive: http://www.hostgator.com/dedicated.shtml

Ok.  If you say so.  Yes.  That would be rather expensive.  Only thing is, no one EVER said anything about Amiga.org being run from a dedicated server.  Well, not for several years now when we were using one for a short time during the whole Amiga/Genesi debacle years ago.

Again, I don't speak for anyone but myself, but I think at least one of you is assuming facts nowhere in evidence.  Not unusual for the Amiga crowd.  I'm just sayin'...

Wayne

Title: Re: Keep Those Fingers Crossed!
Post by: Argo on March 13, 2011, 01:10:00 AM

He must think the site is running rather well, if he thinks we are on a dedicated host.