Please turn on search (i read the FAQ)

[Piratecat]

I'll be slightly more blunt. Cergorach, unless someone decides to donate a very large amount of money to EN World, search will not be turned on for non-Community Supporters. That's part of the bargain Morrus has made with the people who use the site, and that's the way it stands. I'm sorry, but complaining is not going to change that. Period.

I hope that's clearer, and I apologize if I was rude, but you don't seem to understand that this isn't a negotiable option.

Oh, and Psionicist? I don't think you understand the amount of bandwidth we use. A home cable connection wouldn't be appropriate. (Good to see you, though! You've been hiding. )

 

[Cergorach]

I hope that's clearer, and I apologize if I was rude, but you don't seem to understand that this isn't a negotiable option.

Definately not rude, just crystal clear. I wasn't getting the hint from Morrus (sorry M), but this clears up things nicely. But i would like to ask you to make this a bit clearer on the FAQ, so the next time you won't have this discussion (can't very well expect people to use the search function, now can you ;-)

Oh, and Psionicist? I don't think you understand the amount of bandwidth we use. A home cable connection wouldn't be appropriate.

As i was asking in an earlier post, i still haven't seen any numbers relating to the amonth of bandwith used and how much traffic is generated. The question i ask is that it's financially a lot easier for someone to host Enworld than it is to donate a large sum of money. The costs of hosting Enworld could be deducted as a business expense for people whon have their own company. I couldn't do that yet (if ever), but it would be very usefull to know how much traffic is generated (100 Gig/month 200?).

Sorry guys for bothering you, but hey i think it would have improved the community, can't blame a guy for trying ;-)

 

[Piratecat]

Believe me, it's appreciated. Ideas like that are great; even if it's something we can't or won't do, it reminds us what's possible. And you're right about hosting, of course. I don't know the numbers, but we use quite a bit of bandwidth, and I know we hunted for someone to host us when we recently went through the server crunch.

 

[Psionicist]

Actually somewhere around 100mbits is more than appropriate, as long as you have unlimted bandwidth. The bandwidth is not the speed of the connection, but the ammount of data transfered over a specific period, say over a month. The problem with the old server was a limited bandwidth, that is the server transfered more than Morrus payed for so the host shut down all access... you know the story.

Edit: Remember than CIHost only provide servers with 100mbits network cards, and they have lots of servers (many of them sharing connection).

 

[Blacksad]

By the way, would it be possible to make a deal with RPGnow (the same company that have a deal with ENworld, right? and they need Morrus more than Morrus need them, right?) so that one can pay the 5€ to become an epic level member without using paypal?

 

[pensiv]

what's wrong with paypal?

 

[Blacksad]

what's wrong with paypal?

their verification system didn't recognised my card, though they factured the 1$ to get on paypal, they later gave back the money, but my card is still not accepted by their system (weird, isn't it?)

you can add that they advise to not call your bank for anything related to paypal or you'll get banned from their service (even more weird)

you'll then understand that I'm not going to use their services anytime soon

edit: the advice to not call the bank is not here anymore, IIRC it was because too many people called their bank to get their verification number, and it probably made some banks angry (imagine a big angry $ )

 

[Morrus]

The problem with the old server was a limited bandwidth, that is the server transfered more than Morrus payed for so the host shut down all access... you know the story.

You are entirely misinformed, Psionicist. The problem with the old server was just processing power/memory etc.

 

[Psionicist]

You are entirely misinformed, Psionicist. The problem with the old server was just processing power/memory etc.

I mean the *OLD* server. The really old one that shut down your FTP access. The one Liquide configured for you.

 

[Morrus]

Oh, the old old server?