The DBB and going forward ....

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 12:48 pm

hey KB, i have a Dually P-II server thats just idling on FAH for DBB and BF-DC Remote Manager. i have a extra 20GB SCSI-160 drive that i can donate, but i have no idea how to set that stuff up

DCrazy · Post by **DCrazy** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 12:49 pm

Ever thought of mirroring the DBB across these servers?

KoolBear · Post by **KoolBear** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 1:04 pm

Mirroring?

I have thought about addition of languages, there's several language packs available for phpBB, I was thinking adding at least a few of the languages available, maybe we can get some of more of our worldy counterparts here!

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 1:07 pm

Yeah, but we'd still have to be able to understand what they're saying.

Lang packs only translate the board interface, not posts.

KoolBear · Post by **KoolBear** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 1:10 pm

I got that covered with a pretty nice google translator interface, I realize it wouldn't be perfect BUT it would be easier to understand than trying to read geramn

Oop's off topic here

fyrephlie · Post by **fyrephlie** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 2:00 pm

sorry i couldn't make it, my kids were being a whole lot of not sleeping trouble last night... would have liked to at least come and listen. not that im a big voice here or anything, but i think this is a good route to take. (as KB always sported the little gold paw?)

let me know how i can help, and i will put a few bucks in the pot. im not exactly wealthy, and christmas is certainly taking its toll, but i am sure i can kick soemthing your direction.

i would recommend the 6 month route so that my few dollars will stretch further, and six months from now i can give you a few more.

im really not concerned with a special image or title, i just like the dbb dammit!

AceCombat wrote:who voted the "change something and ill shoot you!"

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Top Gun · Post by **Top Gun** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 2:36 pm

I don't have any access to any method of donating online, so unless you'd accept a snail-mail check or cash, there probably wouldn't be any way that I myself could donate. That being said, I like the idea of a voluntary donation system in principle; it's not fair for only one person to share the cost for keeping the entire community going. Some small sort of recognition for donators would be nice; everybody's e-pen1s needs a little enhancement every once in a while.

jakee308 · Post by **jakee308** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 6:45 pm

Top Gun wrote:I don't have any access to any method of donating online

no credit card, bank account, atm/debit card?

i'm surprised you can get by wo a bank account. i used to, but about 5 yrs ago ppl got fussy about cashing checks unless YOU had an acct. even if the check is on their bank. (found out the law does NOT require banks to cash ANY check even their own?!

get a minimal limit credit card. it comes in handy and if the limit is low you shouldn't run into trouble with overuse. i checked and paypal doesn't say much about it. to START an account with paypal, you need a bank acct or credit card pref. both. after that you can get money into your acct. from payments or refunds from others.

KoolBear · Post by **KoolBear** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 6:48 pm

AceCombat, thanks and sorry I had meat to acknowledge your offer in my previous reply.

Regards,

KB

Top Gun · Post by **Top Gun** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 8:53 pm

jakee308 wrote:
Top Gun wrote:I don't have any access to any method of donating online
no credit card, bank account, atm/debit card?

i'm surprised you can get by wo a bank account. i used to, but about 5 yrs ago ppl got fussy about cashing checks unless YOU had an acct. even if the check is on their bank. (found out the law does NOT require banks to cash ANY check even their own?!

get a minimal limit credit card. it comes in handy and if the limit is low you shouldn't run into trouble with overuse. i checked and paypal doesn't say much about it. to START an account with paypal, you need a bank acct or credit card pref. both. after that you can get money into your acct. from payments or refunds from others.

I have checking and savings accounts, but I don't have any credit cards, and I don't plan on getting one any time soon. I don't like the idea of spending money that I don't have at the time. Besides, I'm still in college, so I really don't have any need for anything more complex. At any rate, I'm sure that Koolbear/whoever else is collecting donations wouldn't mind someone sending a check.

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 9:00 pm

I'll be sending a money order myself.

jakee308 · Post by **jakee308** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 9:41 pm

Top Gun; i hear ya about credit cards.

any bank account can be registered with paypal for sending money.

Richard Cranium · Post by **Richard Cranium** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 10:16 pm

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Dedman · Post by **Dedman** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 1:40 pm

Public/private I don't care. I will donate to keep the DBB going. There are enough of us here that a few pennyies a month each won't kill anyone. It should not be up to any one individual though.

Oh, and yay, we now have more than 4 poll options

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 1:57 pm

I don't mind kicking in. I probably excrete more in beer than what it cost to help out. All I ask is you geeks set up something that doesn't lock up every third post.

Behemoth · Post by **Behemoth** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 6:58 pm

I actually REALLY like the format this BB presents and would not like it to change, however if needed i would be more than happy to contribute funding where i can.

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 10:19 pm

I am happy to donate to the cause.

The DBB is worth at least USD20 a year to me.

dissent · Post by **dissent** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 11:43 pm

I'll kick in some coin as well.

Does this mean I get an extra Invuln (or two, in my case) when I get into some heavy traffic in the mines?

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 11:59 pm

It might be a good idea to kick in enough funding for months in advance so we won't end up running out of dough for hosting.

fyrephlie · Post by **fyrephlie** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 12:22 am

MD-2389 wrote:It might be a good idea to kick in enough funding for months in advance so we won't end up running out of dough for hosting.

from page one of this thread:

KB wrote: We can elect to cover 6 months or a year. If it's 1 year the community donations will need to total $276. In an effort to assure traceability of DBB donation funds a paypal account will be established and 2-3 DBB'rs in addition to myself will have the ability to view account transactions.

Sirius · Post by **Sirius** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 1:13 am

jakee308 wrote:Top Gun; i hear ya about credit cards.

any bank account can be registered with paypal for sending money.

Interesting to know ... it might actually be possible for me to use it if I ever have to then.

HaAGen DaZS · Post by **HaAGen DaZS** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 2:48 am

on www.talkbass.com they have whats called "the supporting member".

$20/year. Benefits? Access to the Classifieds forum, a members only forum, avatars and other things. nothing big. You might think 20 bux is a lot of money - but that site is HUGE!

I'm in for donating like a yearly fee. Give sig's back to supporting members!

Vindicator · Post by **Vindicator** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 1:28 pm

And give supporting members the options to turn off sigs!

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 1:56 pm

fyrephlie wrote:
MD-2389 wrote:It might be a good idea to kick in enough funding for months in advance so we won't end up running out of dough for hosting.
from page one of this thread:

KB wrote: We can elect to cover 6 months or a year. If it's 1 year the community donations will need to total $276. In an effort to assure traceability of DBB donation funds a paypal account will be established and 2-3 DBB'rs in addition to myself will have the ability to view account transactions.

Yes, but if you bothered to read every word in my post, you'd notice that I said in advance. Meaning have money in the pool AHEAD of time. If we elect to cover six months, then that lump sum will be paid to cover six months. Same thing if we elect to cover a year. It never hurts to have extra cash in the account, only when you don't have enough. HENSE my previous post.

Kilarin · Post by **Kilarin** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 2:09 pm

Vindicator wrote:And give supporting members the options to turn off sigs!

Good! But let's go one better. A supporting member can REPLACE any other members sig or avatar with their own, custom PRIVATE sig or avatar. Only the person who uploaded it can see it.

So, say for example, there is a certain pilot who's nick is "KingKong" (I'm making this up, hopefully there isn't any such user!). And his Avatar is, of course, a picture of King Kong looking tough.

Well, KingKong annoys you, SO, you, the supporting member, upload as a private replacement avatar a picture of DONKY KONG. Now then, everyone else see's KingKong's regular avatar, but no one will know that whenever YOU see one of KingKong's messages, his regular avatar is replaced with Donky Kong's mug.

yeah, not going to happen. But a guy can dream, can't he?

Kilarin

Top Wop · Post by **Top Wop** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 2:20 pm

Kilarin wrote:
Vindicator wrote:And give supporting members the options to turn off sigs!
Good! But let's go one better. A supporting member can REPLACE any other members sig or avatar with their own, custom PRIVATE sig or avatar. Only the person who uploaded it can see it.

So, say for example, there is a certain pilot who's nick is "KingKong" (I'm making this up, hopefully there isn't any such user!). And his Avatar is, of course, a picture of King Kong looking tough.

Well, KingKong annoys you, SO, you, the supporting member, upload as a private replacement avatar a picture of DONKY KONG. Now then, everyone else see's KingKong's regular avatar, but no one will know that whenever YOU see one of KingKong's messages, his regular avatar is replaced with Donky Kong's mug.

yeah, not going to happen. But a guy can dream, can't he?

Kilarin

Or even better, install a mod where any individual user can enable or disable the viewing of other people's signatures and avatars.

TheCope · Post by **TheCope** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 2:26 pm

Top Wop wrote:Or even better, install a mod where any individual user can enable or disable the viewing of other people's signatures and avatars.

i would think being able to ignore posters would be best.

jakee308 · Post by **jakee308** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 2:50 pm

ah, a member filter.

fyrephlie · Post by **fyrephlie** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 4:48 pm

MD-2389 wrote:
fyrephlie wrote:
MD-2389 wrote:It might be a good idea to kick in enough funding for months in advance so we won't end up running out of dough for hosting.
from page one of this thread:

KB wrote: We can elect to cover 6 months or a year. If it's 1 year the community donations will need to total $276. In an effort to assure traceability of DBB donation funds a paypal account will be established and 2-3 DBB'rs in addition to myself will have the ability to view account transactions.
Yes, but if you bothered to read every word in my post, you'd notice that I said in advance. Meaning have money in the pool AHEAD of time. If we elect to cover six months, then that lump sum will be paid to cover six months. Same thing if we elect to cover a year. It never hurts to have extra cash in the account, only when you don't have enough. HENSE my previous post.

sounded like you meant pooling money instead of month to month ("months in advance"), which was already decided upon. apparently i misunderstood your post...

Pugwash · Post by **Pugwash** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 4:48 pm

TheCope wrote:i would think being able to ignore posters would be best.

If you use firefox there is an extension that will allow you to "ignore" any member on any phpbb board.

Top Wop · Post by **Top Wop** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 6:41 pm

nevermind

Hostile · Post by **Hostile** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 7:57 pm

I can help out if need be...

Sirius · Post by **Sirius** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 12:08 am

phpBB has assloads of extensions. I'm sure there's one out there that would do what you're looking for.

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 2:32 pm

Sirius wrote:phpBB has assloads of extensions. I'm sure there's one out there that would do what you're looking for.

Actually, what we're going to, has all that and a bucket of chips. (Yes, I meant bucket not bag.) I don't really want to say more w/o approval.

WarAdvocat · Post by **WarAdvocat** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 3:10 pm

Keep the DBB the way it is. Delete the Announcements forum. Make no other changes. I'll shoot you either way if you go into my mines, but I'd probably chip in some cash.

KoolBear · Post by **KoolBear** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 3:32 pm

Sorry,

The announcement forum will stay. I need a method of communicating with EVERYONE. At least ALL users can see a site wide announcement now.

It is possible to turn it off after an announcement has run it's course though

SirWinner · Post by **SirWinner** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 5:50 pm

Can't support the DBB financially at this time.

Busy at work with my current and past projects... which leaves very little time to visit the DBB these days. DOH! Missed the voice chat since I just now found this announcement.

I, for one, would like to see the Descent Community stay alive via the Descent Bulletin Board. (DBB)

Very thankful that this community has been around during some very very tough times in my life. Things are still tough, but I'll continue to move forward.

Perhaps we could have a weekly, biweekly, or monthly DBB "fireside" voice chats to keep the community thriving long into the future.

SirWinner

BUBBALOU · Post by **BUBBALOU** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 7:39 pm

I will gladly donate funds to the DBB as I have already mentioned to KB with no requests in return..

all that matters is a hosted bb that has no issues

fyrephlie · Post by **fyrephlie** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 8:50 pm

BUBBALOU wrote:all that matters is a hosted bb that has no issues

or as limited issues as possible, but yes... that is how i think the vast majority feel.

i think things are progressing well and in the right direction, and i think people are not feeling pressured, but with so many years invested in the descent community (even if absent for a while), and all the enjoyment i have gotten from the dbb, i feel its the least i can do to donate a little scratch to make sure it runs as well as possible, even for those that don't or can't donate.

The DBB and going forward ....

How to proceed with hosting the DBB?