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Alpha Husky
Location: West Coast
Gender: Male
yay!
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< on 2/16/2007 3:53 PM >
|  | | | And we're off!
As my recent poll showed, most people agree with me in thinking that Colocation is the best option for UER moving forward. So, it's time to try to collect the amount of money we'll need to buy a nice server!
I've updated this page to show who has donated!
Technical Details:
I'll need to buy a 1U rackmount server, and will probably get a Sun something-or-other. My friend, who works at a large telecommunications company, is helping me pick a good one.
We'll be colocating at 151 Front Street, the place where most of Canada's internet providers and telecommunication companies have their servers and infrastructure. I don't expect any more downtime due to networks or other people screwing around with my server.
Free Gift
As a gift to those who donate more than $15, you will receive a free and totally awesome keychain flashlight. I've had one of these on all of my various keychains for months, and they have saved my ass many times. Bright, small, light, waterproof (even works underwater!), 10-hour battery life, and ultra cool. Donate to get yours now!
Thanks again to all people who have donated, will donate, or wish they could donate. It's you people who make this community great and make this site great. I wouldn't trade the membership here for anyone else. You rule!
[last edit 2/16/2007 4:37 PM by Avatar-X - edited 1 times]
huskies - such fluff. |
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Jonsered
  
Location: Back in New Mexico where I belong
Gender: Male
Dressed for a scarecrow ball.........
| |  |  | Re: Server Donation Drive started!
<Reply # 2 on 2/16/2007 4:04 PM >
| | | | Good call AV. My first donation is in.
Will you consider putting up a tab for donations to the server, just as you do for regular monthly contributions?
I have changed my personal exploring ethics code. From now on it will be: "Take only aimed shots, leave only hobo corpses." Copper scrappers, meth heads and homeless beware. The Jonsered cometh among you, bringing fear and dread.
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Alpha Husky
Location: West Coast
Gender: Male
yay!
| | | Re: Server Donation Drive started!
<Reply # 3 on 2/16/2007 4:08 PM >
| | | | I'm not sure what you mean -- we only need to buy the server once 
-av
huskies - such fluff. |
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Jonsered
Location: Back in New Mexico where I belong
Gender: Male
Dressed for a scarecrow ball.........
| | | | Re: Server Donation Drive started!
<Reply # 4 on 2/16/2007 4:16 PM >
| | | | Posted by Avatar-X
I'm not sure what you mean -- we only need to buy the server once
-av
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My apologies! I'm assuming that it will take us more than a month to accumulate the total needed for the server. Thus, we would need to be able to donate more than once. For myself, I don't mind kicking in a little several times, its just difficult to drop $100 all at once.
I have changed my personal exploring ethics code. From now on it will be: "Take only aimed shots, leave only hobo corpses." Copper scrappers, meth heads and homeless beware. The Jonsered cometh among you, bringing fear and dread.
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el nerdo
  
Chief UER Lackey
Gender: Male
What are you, from the Department of Know'm Sayin's? You takin' a Know'm census?
| | | Re: Server Donation Drive started!
<Reply # 5 on 2/16/2007 4:18 PM >
| | | | Okay, I sent some money your way...
BUT... now that the notice is gone, I have no idea how much has been raised after I donated.
Put up a ticker somewhere... or a page or something.
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argonian
Location: Toronto, ON
Gender: Female
"Now with added cats!"
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<Reply # 6 on 2/16/2007 4:39 PM >
| | | | How much extra would it cost to have my flashlight personalized? I would love a flashlight where you have scratched in, with a rusty nail, some cheesy line about how I am a blinding light or some such nonsense. Then that I could finally show the world what I already know...that I am the only uer member that you truly care about.
Que pasa, baby? |
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Alpha Husky
Location: West Coast
Gender: Male
yay!
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<Reply # 7 on 2/16/2007 4:46 PM >
| | | | To show that I really care about you, argonian, I will give you a free personalized flashlight for the low, low price of $999.99 (NINE HUNDRED NINETY NINE DOLLARS AND NINETY NINE CENTS). It's totally free! Just wire the money to my numbered account in Nigeria!
-av
huskies - such fluff. |
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argonian
Location: Toronto, ON
Gender: Female
"Now with added cats!"
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<Reply # 8 on 2/16/2007 5:42 PM >
| | | | heartbreaker
Que pasa, baby? |
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Hlywud
Location: Lethbridge, AB
Gender: Female
| | | Re: Server Donation Drive started!
<Reply # 9 on 2/16/2007 6:44 PM >
| | | | Would it be ok to bring my donation to the Toronto meet tomorrow?
Ambivalent? Well yes and no |
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Alpha Husky
Location: West Coast
Gender: Male
yay!
| | | Re: Server Donation Drive started!
<Reply # 10 on 2/16/2007 7:04 PM >
| | | | Posted by Hlywud
Would it be ok to bring my donation to the Toronto meet tomorrow?
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Yes, that would be acceptable
-av
huskies - such fluff. |
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el nerdo
Chief UER Lackey
Gender: Male
What are you, from the Department of Know'm Sayin's? You takin' a Know'm census?
| | | Re: Server Donation Drive started!
<Reply # 11 on 2/16/2007 7:07 PM >
| | | | Where's the donation tally??????
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xAme
Location: Montreal
Gender: Male
Fight with the best; die like the rest
| | | Re: Server Donation Drive started!
<Reply # 13 on 2/16/2007 7:34 PM >
| | | | that's awesome, not even 12 hours and we already got 700$
I can see UER own dedicated server in a not so distant future
Do you know what makes the special sauce so special?
DeviantArt account
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Squidgit
Location: Brighton Ontario
Gender: Female
There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me
| | | Re: Server Donation Drive started!
<Reply # 14 on 2/16/2007 7:55 PM >
| | | | Atomx and I made a family donation... more to come depending on how many more sales I make this month
I am sure you are very proud of all of the UER members that have helped out... You can honestly see the commitment and drive that people have for this site.
Keep up the good work.. and we were glad to help out.
The richness I achieve comes from Nature, the source of my inspiration. |
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dewey379
Location: North NJ & Baltimore, MD
Gender: Male
"Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici"
| | | | Re: Server Donation Drive started!
<Reply # 15 on 2/16/2007 8:37 PM >
| | | | Saw that it was almost 50% of the way there, so I figured I was obligated to tip it over that mark. Thanks Av for everything that you have done for this community. Keep us informed with what decisions are made with equipment and all.
We must always fear the wicked.
But there is another kind of evil that we must fear the most,
and that is the indifference of good men. |
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Corvid
Location: Oxford, UK
Gender: Male
Master of Illusion!!
| | Re: Server Donation Drive started!
<Reply # 16 on 2/16/2007 9:07 PM >
| | | | I know many other people have said this, but UER is the ONLY forum/website/online community I belong to that I would even think about donating money to. Good luck with the server Av!
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Atrix
Location: Toronto
Gender: Male
Veni. Vidi. Video.
| | | Re: Server Donation Drive started!
<Reply # 17 on 2/16/2007 9:11 PM >
| | | | Most Impressive. When you folks want to do something...Stand back!
C'est en faisant n'importe quoi qu'on devient n'importe qui.
It's always easier to get forgiveness than permission. |
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officeninja
Location: Leesburg, VA
Gender: Male
so thats whats next to the data center
| | Re: Server Donation Drive started!
<Reply # 18 on 2/16/2007 9:59 PM >
| | | | i am quite pleased to have helped out.
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE MASCOT |
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natxtron
Location: memphis
urbanesquelation
| |  | Re: Server Donation Drive started!
<Reply # 19 on 2/16/2007 10:28 PM >
| | | | sweet. glad to see this happen!
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