Dynaverse.net
Taldrenites => General Starfleet Command Forum => Topic started by: FA Frey XC on January 26, 2006, 03:48:50 pm
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Greetings True Believers!
Over the last two years Dynaverse.Net has committed itself to continuing the Starfleet Command experience, even after Taldren closed it's doors.We've been consistant and reliable in running the directory services for SFC EAW and OP. We've incorporated new stuff, built on our existing infrastructure, and turned up new functionality to enhance everyone's experience in one way or another.
Back in Feb. of 2005, we announced our first fund raising event (http://www.dynaverse.net/forum/index.php/topic,163352571.0.html). In this event, the supporters of Dynaverse.Net and the Dynaverse Gaming Association pledged about $644.00 for the year. We took that money and :
$450 went towards a new server -FRIGGA.XENOCORP.NET - a Compaq ML350 (dual 1.0GHz processors and 768 MB of ECC RAM) to handle the email for D.Net and all our hosted sites.
$150 went towards upgrading the comms server HEIMDALL with a new RAID card (went from a Smart Array /P to a Smart Array 3200 w/ 32mb onboard cache)
$44 went to Bear Technologies as this was the "leftover" and we thought it'd be appropriate to give Bear SOMETHING :)
Here's some interesting stats about JUST Dynaverse.Net:
Viewed traffic
Summary
Reported period Month Jan 2006
First visit 01 Jan 2006 - 00:00
Last visit 26 Jan 2006 - 03:51
Unique visitors:6668
Number of visits: 22886 (3.43 visits/visitor)
Pages: 379834 (16.59 pages/visit)
Hits: 2394885 (104.64 hits/visit)
Bandwidth: 17.87 GB (818.7 KB/visit)
Want to see what our cabinet and servers look like?
Click HERE (link will be updated shortly)
Yes, that means in just this month we've pushed 17.87 GB in WEB DATA. Please note this does NOT INCLUDE FTP / FILES DOWNLOADS in the bandwidth - this is just the website itself.
We average about 20 or so GB in webdata a month, that's been pretty much the norm, and that's a lot of bandwidth for a site thats supporting a "end of life" gaming series :) 20 GB X 12 = 240 GIGS of data transferred each year in web data ALONE.
:o
Dynaverse.Net is a volunteer organization who's ran by people that have dedicated themselves to NOT having to charge monthly fees. We've written it in our charter that we're allowed to run a yearly fund raiser for the site to be able to do just that - and it's that time again.
If you enjoy the Dynaverse.Net forums, or ANY of our services (Directory Services for SFC: EAW and OP, IRC for any community member to run for campaign servers, Teamspeak Server for the community [serving not just SFC but a whole slew of games, go check it out if you haven't], Website hosting and FTP hosting for the whole community, Email services for the community, Server campaign hosting for anyone that wants to run a campaign, Serverkit continuing research to incorporate MySQL support for upcoming campaigns, just to name a few ;) ) then PLEASE consider donating.
I want to make it CLEAR that we have NOT received our paperwork from the State of Texas yet showing the Dynaverse Gaming Association is an offical Non Profit Organization, and part of that is because we've not paid the final fee of $235 for the filing. We HAVE received notification that once that fee is paid, we're about 2 months away from being a legitatime Non Profit organization. What does this mean? This means that your donating to D.Net, not the DGA. Due to some...misconceptions a few individuals seemed to have last year, I want to be forward on that right now.
Those of you who's donation last year met or exceeded the $20 minimum to become a voting member of the DGA had the difference notated, and you'll all be getting emails stating who owes dues, who doesn't, and how much you owe. Anyone that wants to renew now is welcomed to email or PM me to find out what, if anything, you owe for this year.
Everyone else, dig deep and donate HERE (http://www.dynaverse.net/dga_dnet_donations.php), because we've got a couple things we need to move even further forward:
1. A new server for Dynaverse.Net: Bonk and I have been hashing out the details, but essentially we want to get a faster, more technologically up to date box for the website. Right now it's running on a Proliant 6000 ( quad 500 Mhz Pentium 3 Xeons), and while that may seem like a powerhouse, we've done testing that shows a single 2.8 ghz HT capable processor would do a lot better job at serving the webs. To that end, we're already working on progressing towards that goal. Hardware, heck if you've got it and want to donate it, let me know and we'll move faster :)
2. Upgrades for the existing servers. As you all know I work for a consultation company. In this capacity, I sometimes have access to older hardware that is end of life for our customers. There's a possiblity that one of our clients has another ML 350 that will be put out of production soon. To that end, we don't just "offer to take it off their hands", we offer to purchase it at the current market value so the customer can write off the hardware in their taxes.
3. Giving something back to Bear for the most gracious offer of hosting our servers and infrastructure with NO COST to you or me. For the full size (42U) cabinet we've got in the NOC, it would cost approximately $700 a MONTH to collocate, and this doesn't include bandwidth upgrades to handle our bandwidth :P
So, we ask you all to show your support and donate today. You can donate HERE (http://www.dynaverse.net/dga_dnet_donations.php). We'd like to thank everyone who has already donated, and we want to thank everyone in advance that will donate. Considering we've almost got 2000 members now, it would be a relatively easy thing to raise $1000 or more for a new server. Dynaverse.Net will continue to lead the community in our offerings of support and development, how fast and efficiently is up to you.
Best wishes in this New Year of 2006 - let's start it off with a bang !
Regards,
Frey
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I would like to offer hosting services of Dynaverse.net and all its hosted sites on the STGU.com network for zero cost. It might be a viable way to allow you to direct more money towards your gaming servers. It's just a thought, please don't photon torpedo the messenger. :)
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Dynaverse.Net appreciates the generous offer...
Actually, the best thing you guys could do is just let people know about our fundraiser :)
Thanks for your outstanding supoort!
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Well, after the first 24 hours of the fundraiser, we've collected $20 !!!
Grand Total to date: $20.
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Frey, is there a mailing address we can send donations to?
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Dynaverse.Net appreciates the generous offer...
Actually, the best thing you guys could do is just let people know about our fundraiser :)
Thanks for your outstanding supoort!
I'll include a reference in our next newsletter. Hosting at STGU might not only help offset bandwidth costs but may increase awareness of your sites. Consider that for January STGU has pushed over 50gig of web only traffic and is on track to have over 35,000 unique IP visitors on our network. Best wishes on the fund drive!
edit: Fell short of projected IPs, adjusted accordingly.
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Chess,
Go ahead keep bragging :P
Mailing address:
Frey Petermeier
2918 Lakewood Dr.
Garland, Tx 75042
As of today, we have raised a total of $110 !!
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give me a little time(about a month) and i'll send $ 50.00.canadian of coarse
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Chess,
Go ahead keep bragging :P
Mailing address:
Frey Petermeier
2918 Lakewood Dr.
Garland, Tx 75042
As of today, we have raised a total of $110 !!
Make the check out to you ?
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Thanks for the address, Frey.
Sorry to be a pain about PayPal in the other thread. I don't really *hate* paypal, it's a good service. I was just frustrated at getting locked out of my account for the third time. I use it infrequently enough to forget my password, and the ID verification page never seems to work for me. (You are supposed to get three shots at verification, but I never get any. It just takes me straight to "mail us a copy of your blood work" page.)
I'll get my account working again eventually, but in the meantime I'll mail you a check. Whom do I make it payable to?
-S'Cipio
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Thanks for the address, Frey.
Sorry to be a pain about PayPal in the other thread. I don't really *hate* paypal, it's a good service. I was just frustrated at getting locked out of my account for the third time. I use it infrequently enough to forget my password, and the ID verification page never seems to work for me. (You are supposed to get three shots at verification, but I never get any. It just takes me straight to "mail us a copy of your blood work" page.)
I'll get my account working again eventually, but in the meantime I'll mail you a check. Whom do I make it payable to?
-S'Cipio
I've had that happend to me before, my problem is that i don't have a hard address so i couldn't get to to work. ended up calling in and explainin my situation and got it unlocked :).
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Yes, you can just make it out to me for now.
I am of course recording everything and when our Non Profit status FINALLY gets approved, I'll have the financials available for any one that wants to see them.
:)
UPdate on the current total : still $110
Thanks everyone for your donations!
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Woo HOO we just received another $50 donation!!
The phones are starting to ring !!
That's $160 dollars raised !!
:D
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Still sitting @ $160 !!
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Check is in the mailbox.... ;D
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We just received a check in the mail for $50 !!
That makes 7 donations which brings the grand total to $210 !
Woo Hoo !
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I just want to thank everyone who's donated so far :)
It does mean a lot to us :)
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i will be sending out my check to you this weekend :)
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So where do I vote on stuff???
;D ;D ;D
GE-Raven
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I'll have another check in the mail tomorrow Frey. How are those new tech bulbs I sent working out? In my bathroom they have 4 lights, I ditched the incandescents (actually they are in the bathroom cabinet cause when I leave my new tech bulbs go with me) and get 400 watts of light for less than 100 watts cost! ;)
It's funny too, yesterday morning my apt. complex had a brunch, and nobody knows about GILA window films at Home Depot or the benefits they provide (Forthose of you that do not know, GILA solar films turn a single pane window into a double pane performance wise, plus give you privacy. ;D Maybe I need to learn how to apply that stuff to perfection and start handing out flyers and getting some side jobs. ;)
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You get my PM reply Frey?? ;)
I'd like to place a dare after you make a posting on that ! ;D
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Ladies and Gentlemen, I apologize for the delay in updating this thread.
I am very pleased to announce that we have received the #1 top donation in the history of our fundraising.
CAPT JEFF - $300 AMERICAN DOLLARS !1!!!!
That brings our grand total to : $510 !!!!
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Wow! :o Thank you Jeff!
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You're most welcome Frey. Thanks for all that D.Net does for the community. ;)
Now for a dare!!
If other Members can come up with a total of $300 more worth of donations in the next 2 months from this posting, I will donate another $100 to the cause!!
Come on guys and gals, put in some money and make me pay out another 100 !
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I put in $10 U.S. just before your huge donation. Does that count towards your dare? Paypal worked just fine for me. The total doesn't seem to reflect my little contribution though. Paypal $10 U.S. on feb 9th I think. I have the receipt.
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Check on it's way.
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Check is in the mail today, 2/22/06.
This outa help to cover CaptJeff's challenge. ;D
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Okay, let me post the current stats :
We've received 2 checks for $50 = $100
And one check for $100 !!1!!
That's $200 more ! Tobin your donation came in Feb. 10, 2006, so I think it [does not - see edit below] counts towards Jeff's donation ..
So right now considering Jeff's dare, we've raised $200 !
Just need $100 more !!111!!!!
YOU ALL ROCK, I've something great in store :)
EDIT - Update, I read Jeff's post wrong, and thought it was the submission date, not the posting date - My Bad :(
So Tobin yours does not count towards the dare....
BUT READ ON :D
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bumpicus maximus !1!
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Cmon people !!!!
Don't peeter out right at the end of the race !!!
Let's get this last $90 raised and make Jeff cough up another $100 !!!!
CMON EVERYONE :)
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well you can make that $70 to go ;)
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Sent via Pay Pal.
Thanks Frey.
Regards,
Fed
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Frey, what is your PP account name? When I used the link, I got some weird error messages. I would like to contribute.
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Frey, what is your PP account name? When I used the link, I got some weird error messages. I would like to contribute.
Do you mean this link?:
http://www.dynaverse.net/dga_dnet_donations.php
Where does the error come up? It seems fine on our end... I tested the button and it logged me into paypal etc, though I got an error about the amount being over my sending limit... ;) What kind of error did you get? Was it generated at Dynaverse.net or Paypal.com?
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Thanks Bonk. Yes, I still get the error message. It says there are secure and unsecure item on the pp webpage. Is there another way to pay without using this web page?
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Thanks Bonk. Yes, I still get the error message. It says there are secure and unsecure item on the pp webpage. Is there another way to pay without using this web page?
That would be the dynaverse.net image at the top of the paypal page, it is from dynaverse.net, it is OK to proceed. I may set up a secure webserver for such purposes soon but our current server doesn't have the power to do it.
If you're not comfortable with paypal you can mail a check or money order made out to Frey (until we get our non-profit organisation status) with a memo of Dynaverse.Net/DGA or something to that effect, to the following address:
Frey Petermeier
2918 Lakewood Dr.
Garland, Tx 75042
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Thanks Bonk. I used Paypal
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Thank you sir! Your generosity is sincerely appreciated. :)
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The next effort will be to get Frey to give up the ciggys.
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so frey how much further do we have to go to put Jeff in the hotseat ;)
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With all of your most kind support, we've now received the following donations :
3/08/06 - $20.00
3/10/06 - $20.00
3/10/06 - $40.00
3/11/06 - $15.00
3/12/06 - $22.00
3/12/06 - $25.00
Total : $142 !!!!!
That puts us over the top regarding Jeff's dare by $42 dollars !!!
:rockinband:
:drink: :drink: :drink:
:dance:
D.Net's 2006 Fundraiser current total : A FRIGGIN WHOPPIN' $852 !!!!
WOOT !!
Thanks everyone !!!!!!!!1!
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The next effort will be to get Frey to give up the ciggys.
I'm working on that now, actually :)
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OK !
Check will be in the mail later today. ;)
Frey, How long is the fundraiser going on?
I'll give ANOTHER $100 if 300 more can be coughed up by everyone before the fundraiser is over!
Keep it coming in folks !!!!
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Well, we usually keep the link up all year round ;)
Seriously, the official end date is the last day of March - 2 months is a good haul :)
So, we've got to the end of this month people !!!!1!
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We'ved received another $20 !!!
And of course, Jeff sent in his check for an additional $100 !!!
:notworthy: :notworthy:
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If I can squeeze my checking account hard enough, I'll see if i can donate anything. Can't promise anything, though. Finances are very tight for me right now. I just want to say I think this awesome. It's great to see people still support this game that is supposedly dead. I think you may end up with more than a grand this year. :notworthy:
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little late, but here is my 2$ worth ;D
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If you see $50 from teachandfixpc.com that's from me. ;D