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Pablito, I think that's DivaSkyChick.... Do I even need to ask what's going on here? ...and who the hell let this guy in? Safe swoops Sangiro

I will now be accepting applications at the usual address. Safe swoops Sangiro

I'll be collecting pimp fees from the both of you.

Dude, decaf! Safe swoops Sangiro

Oh yes, I forgot to point out. As this is a sever upgrade, all Dropzone.com services will be down while this is going on. (mail etc) Safe swoops Sangiro

Dude, just a few days ago you were saying how cheap you guys were and how I'm paying too much for my server.... umm.... this doesn't sound like a good deal anymore! Hehehe! Safe swoops Sangiro

Isn't that why they died in the first place? Safe swoops Sangiro

You're banned! Safe swoops Sangiro

Heya all, A follow-up on this thread. The site will be down for a couple of hours some time Saturday (tomorrow) morning while we move to a new server. Thanks for your patience.

Stop yer whimpering! Andrea is a grand lady. You treat her like one or I'll let the monkey have his way with you... like in prison! Safe swoops Sangiro

Not sure, but maybe Deuce can resuscitate his lizard...

Greetings! I know you've all probably been bugged by those annoying Proxy Error messages. I'm obviously aware of that and will be taking some steps to see if I can improve the performance again. At this time we're simply using more CPU power than my Dual 1.2 GHz processors can deliver. I've attached a graphic (for the geeks!) A load average of 2 means the 2 processors are both running at 100% capacity. As you can see we average at 1,93 and there are sustained periods where it stays between 4 and 6! So, I need to do a few things to see if we can lighten the load. In the near future we will: * move to a new server with 15k scsi drives * upgrade to MySQL 4 (query caching in MySQL 4 greatly improves performance) * upgrade to ReiserFS file system (a high performance file system) This will require one to two hours of downtime to move the server over. As always I'll post a warning so the post-whores in our midst don't have too much angst. After this is done we'll monitor what happens and take further steps if needed. A few other notes: * this is simply a product of high traffic. Lots of server requests and processes * high bandwidth (data transfer) usage is not the cause of these errors. While not causing the performance issues, it costs money. * there's a lot of storage space left, no need to delete emails or PMs, although it's good discipline to clean up a bit anyway. Thanks for your patience. Peace out!

Greetings! I know you've all probably been bugged by those annoying Proxy Error messages. I'm obviously aware of that and will be taking some steps to see if I can improve the performance again. At this time we're simply using more CPU power than my Dual 1.2 GHz processors can deliver. I've attached a graphic (for the geeks!) of last weeks server load. A load average of 2 means the 2 processors are both running at 100% capacity. As you can see we average at 1,93 and there are sustained periods where it stays between 4 and 6! So, I need to do a few things to see if we can lighten the load. In the near future we will: move to a new server with 15k scsi drives upgrade to MySQL 4 (query caching in MySQL 4 greatly improves performance) upgrade to ReiserFS file system (a high performance file system)This will require one to two hours of downtime to move the server over. As always I'll post a warning so the post-whores in our midst don't have too much angst. After this is done we'll monitor what happens and take further steps if needed. A few other notes: this is simply a product of high traffic. Lots of server requests and processes high bandwidth (data transfer) usage is not the cause of these errors. While not causing the performance issues, it costs money. there's a lot of storage space left, no need to delete emails or PMs, although it's good discipline to clean up a bit anyway. Thanks for your patience. Peace out!

Is it a hamster? Safe swoops Sangiro

Holy shit - Zenister just made good on his winning bet for his date with Betsy! Thanks dude! I hope you and that little Porno Pixie have a crazy time.

nacmac, I've been thinking about limiting the number of posts a guest can view. I actually have a solution for that but it's at the template level and i'm not convinced it's going to make much of a difference on the server load. I have to go dig and see how the script would deal with the query but I think it's still going to pull the same load, just not display it all. It's a good idea though.

..and with a little more effort we can get spectre230 to come out of the wood-works and make a post again... or clintonradloff's mom! Safe swoops Sangiro

Nope. I'm not allowing animated avatars anymore. I'm not allowing GIF files. Do a search.. there's a lot of history of people abusing the flashing avatars. Also, it does not fit with the Dropzone.com brand. I don't use gif animations anywhere on the site except in banner ads. Safe swoops Sangiro

Bless your hearts!

Because I deleted the ones before this. You don't see me respond to descent or the odd (and sometimes even persistent) rebel all the time. I try to err on the side of being lenient. That being said, there's no reason why I need to sit back and tolerate this kind of BS. I've said many times before that it would simply be wrong to confuse kindness with weakness here. It's simple. Don't threaten me. (or a moderator) If you do so, there's a good chance you will never be able to post to my forums again. I jump a teal Javelin. It says "sangiro" and "Dropzone.com" on the mud-flaps. If anyone spots me (in San Diego or anywhere else) feel free to walk up and introduce yourself. I'd love to get to know anyone who hangs out here.

Dear SummerBreeze (aka. Shabakazaa), I can understand that you may have a desire to threaten me and call me names. I'm really not the best person to be doing that with, for several reasons. First you're not the first and won't be the last to do so. It is of no significance to me. But more importantly I don't really scare easily. Please don't be thinking of a guy with thick glasses and a pocket-protector when you picture me. It's hard for me to focus on being nice to you when you frantically and desperately wave your arms like you're doing now. Safe swoops Sangiro

It's a "scratch-and-sniff" dot... try it! Safe swoops Sangiro

Thomas, You've been banned before for not sticking to the topic in these forums. If you wish to sound off about drugs and your fetish with death then do so in TalkBack. Over here you are simply going to loose your ability to participate if you continue down this path. Safe swoops Sangiro

It wasn't her, it was me. You are spamming my forums. I've disabled this username. if you register another I will do the same with that one and also permanently disable the username I've banned. (I can see your IP address - so I'll find you every time.) You've been banned before, this time you're out of this forum for 60 days. Feel free to participate in skydiving related discussions in the topical forums. Safe swoops Sangiro

It's bandwidth. I have quite a bit of storage left. Also, extra storage capacity is relatively cheap. Safe swoops Sangiro