You can:
If we are allowed to stay on the current host, all donations will be refunded, but if we're thrown off, it'll be too late to campaign. We already have enough for one month's hosting!
― stet (stet), Thursday, 10 August 2006 21:30 (eighteen years ago)
― StanM (StanM), Thursday, 10 August 2006 21:41 (eighteen years ago)
― Tape Store (Tape Store), Thursday, 10 August 2006 21:42 (eighteen years ago)
― kingfish trapped under ice (kingfish 2.0), Thursday, 10 August 2006 21:43 (eighteen years ago)
― stet (stet), Thursday, 10 August 2006 21:44 (eighteen years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 10 August 2006 21:45 (eighteen years ago)
― StanM (StanM), Thursday, 10 August 2006 21:45 (eighteen years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 10 August 2006 21:46 (eighteen years ago)
(hint: tell them it *is* needed, then we'll go and paint Glasgow red with teh profits of your "scam")
― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 10 August 2006 21:50 (eighteen years ago)
― i've dreamt of rubies! (Mandee), Thursday, 10 August 2006 21:53 (eighteen years ago)
― Gerard (Gerard), Thursday, 10 August 2006 22:14 (eighteen years ago)
― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Thursday, 10 August 2006 22:30 (eighteen years ago)
― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Thursday, 10 August 2006 22:33 (eighteen years ago)
― Whitman Mayonnaise (Rock Hardy), Thursday, 10 August 2006 23:02 (eighteen years ago)
― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 10 August 2006 23:14 (eighteen years ago)
― chap who would dare to start Raaatpackin (chap), Thursday, 10 August 2006 23:16 (eighteen years ago)
― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 10 August 2006 23:19 (eighteen years ago)
― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 10 August 2006 23:21 (eighteen years ago)
I can't handle US cheques here, but I don't mind doing UK cheques. If anyone wants to turn cheques into paypal gold let me know and I'll pass details on.
Ailsa: Refunds will come straight from PayPal -- there's a 60 day limit on doing that, but we'll know for sure well before then. xpost: oh god, make sure I've put the money somewhere safe before that evil drink comes out.
― stet (stet), Thursday, 10 August 2006 23:22 (eighteen years ago)
-- Ned Raggett (ne...) (webmail), Today 6:46 PM. (Ned) (later) (link)
hey guy, Ned's serious
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/7170/suppactorgoodfellasra9.jpg
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/5077/fypmshirt3ig4.gif
― heavyweight grebt (sanskrit), Thursday, 10 August 2006 23:29 (eighteen years ago)
― Andrew (enneff), Thursday, 10 August 2006 23:35 (eighteen years ago)
― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Thursday, 10 August 2006 23:41 (eighteen years ago)
― Andrew (enneff), Thursday, 10 August 2006 23:49 (eighteen years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 10 August 2006 23:54 (eighteen years ago)
― jergins (jergins), Thursday, 10 August 2006 23:56 (eighteen years ago)
― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Friday, 11 August 2006 00:42 (eighteen years ago)
― chap who would dare to start Raaatpackin (chap), Friday, 11 August 2006 00:45 (eighteen years ago)
― chap who would dare to start Raaatpackin (chap), Friday, 11 August 2006 00:48 (eighteen years ago)
Seriously though guys: no buckfast or mars bars. If it makes anyone feel more comfortable to know, I'm going out with Madchen, I work with Alba and Grimly Fiendish and I'm known to most of Glasgow ILX and a lot of London too. I couldn't abscond with the cash without leaving my lass, my job and the country.
It's going great guns! Some incredible donations! We're halfway there to a year of ILX goodness and poxy fuling!
― stet (stet), Friday, 11 August 2006 00:55 (eighteen years ago)
― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Friday, 11 August 2006 00:56 (eighteen years ago)
― stet (stet), Friday, 11 August 2006 01:01 (eighteen years ago)
― chap who would dare to start Raaatpackin (chap), Friday, 11 August 2006 01:01 (eighteen years ago)
― Louis Jagger (Haberdager), Friday, 11 August 2006 01:03 (eighteen years ago)
― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Friday, 11 August 2006 01:03 (eighteen years ago)
― Andrew (enneff), Friday, 11 August 2006 01:05 (eighteen years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 11 August 2006 01:07 (eighteen years ago)
― Andrew (enneff), Friday, 11 August 2006 01:08 (eighteen years ago)
Can I have my money back pls?
― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Friday, 11 August 2006 02:16 (eighteen years ago)
― Maria :D (Maria D.), Friday, 11 August 2006 03:09 (eighteen years ago)
― Maria :D (Maria D.), Friday, 11 August 2006 03:10 (eighteen years ago)
― J-rock (Julien Sandiford), Friday, 11 August 2006 05:23 (eighteen years ago)
― I'm down for runnin' up on them crackers in the city hall... (papa november), Friday, 11 August 2006 05:39 (eighteen years ago)
If this is okay with you, just send your mail address to my email below.
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Friday, 11 August 2006 05:42 (eighteen years ago)
― StanM (StanM), Friday, 11 August 2006 06:43 (eighteen years ago)
The advice I've got from Grimly (not to mention an updated OS) was worth what I donated on it's own as it's kept my poor old Mac going for the last year...so thanks and well done to Stet for making a start - hurrah to the Scottish brigade!
― Ned T.Rifle (nedtrifle), Friday, 11 August 2006 06:53 (eighteen years ago)
― Teh littlest HoBBo (the pirate king), Friday, 11 August 2006 07:02 (eighteen years ago)
― sean gramophone (Sean M), Friday, 11 August 2006 07:16 (eighteen years ago)
― Mädchen (Madchen), Friday, 11 August 2006 07:30 (eighteen years ago)
― Mädchen (Madchen), Friday, 11 August 2006 07:35 (eighteen years ago)
― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Friday, 11 August 2006 07:44 (eighteen years ago)
― g00blar (gooblar), Friday, 11 August 2006 07:51 (eighteen years ago)
aw! just glad to be of service to a fellow ILX0r. especially because i took the piss out of your old iTunes to begin with :)
i'm also contractually obliged to take the piss out of stet at every turn, but here i'm actually going to put my trucker serious hat on and say that he is one of the most decent and upstanding people i've met in my 31 years on this sorry planet; a true and loyal friend ... and someone i'd pretty much trust with my life, to be frank.
not that my word counts for much in the general scheme of things. but either way, i can't vouch for his credentials and decency enough.
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Friday, 11 August 2006 07:53 (eighteen years ago)
― I'm down for runnin' up on them crackers in the city hall... (papa november), Friday, 11 August 2006 07:58 (eighteen years ago)
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Friday, 11 August 2006 07:59 (eighteen years ago)
― I'm down for runnin' up on them crackers in the city hall... (papa november), Friday, 11 August 2006 07:59 (eighteen years ago)
― Bashment Jakes (Enrique), Friday, 11 August 2006 08:00 (eighteen years ago)
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 11 August 2006 08:08 (eighteen years ago)
― We Collectively Dream In German (kate), Friday, 11 August 2006 08:21 (eighteen years ago)
― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Friday, 11 August 2006 08:25 (eighteen years ago)
― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Friday, 11 August 2006 08:26 (eighteen years ago)
― g00blar (gooblar), Friday, 11 August 2006 08:27 (eighteen years ago)
― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Friday, 11 August 2006 08:30 (eighteen years ago)
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Friday, 11 August 2006 08:36 (eighteen years ago)
― beanz (beanz), Friday, 11 August 2006 08:40 (eighteen years ago)
seriously: fucking hell, respect to stet and to ILX as a whole. coo ur. i've been off line for a few days and missed a lot of the original discussion; still, whatever the future holds, i'm pretty optimistic about the "community" surviving. hey, it's bigger than just the board, you guys. or something.
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Friday, 11 August 2006 08:44 (eighteen years ago)
― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Friday, 11 August 2006 08:48 (eighteen years ago)
this whole affair, and people's responses, tells me something positive about human nature. quite what, i'm not sure. but anyway.
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Friday, 11 August 2006 08:50 (eighteen years ago)
― StanM (StanM), Friday, 11 August 2006 08:51 (eighteen years ago)
― beanz (beanz), Friday, 11 August 2006 08:51 (eighteen years ago)
I have no problems with him, but thanks!
― StanM (StanM), Friday, 11 August 2006 08:52 (eighteen years ago)
now all we need is SHINY NEW CODE to make it all work properly. i can make the tea, i suppose.
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Friday, 11 August 2006 08:56 (eighteen years ago)
― StanM (StanM), Friday, 11 August 2006 09:01 (eighteen years ago)
We're going to need a discussion in a couple of days about how best to actually use this cash -- firstly, Andrew can't release the ilx server until December, and we'd need to buy out his share of it, so we're going to need a computer as well as the hosting.
I've had approaches about a donation of hardware, and I've asked some hosting sites for quotes on leasing a server, including one who've offered us a deal rate, so when I get all those back I'll post here for your discussion.
Either way, this war chest makes ilx safe for a good while yet. It's incredible what a load of you can do, pulling together. 11 hours! FFS!
(If anyone desperately wants to still give cash to the kitty, get in touch. Likewise if you have hosting contacts, or think you might be able to help out with a server. I'm bonaldi at gmail)
― stet (stet), Friday, 11 August 2006 09:05 (eighteen years ago)
This drive figure of $1200 was purely for hosting, but there are colos who are quoting figures of around $120 a month to lease a server of slightly better spec than the current one, so we're more or less there either way.
― stet (stet), Friday, 11 August 2006 09:07 (eighteen years ago)
For Stet:
http://www.roch.edu/dept/spchcom/applause.gif
Dude, really. You rule.
― ailsa (ailsa), Friday, 11 August 2006 09:11 (eighteen years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 11 August 2006 09:14 (eighteen years ago)
NO WE DON'T. That should happen after all of this is settled.
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Friday, 11 August 2006 09:14 (eighteen years ago)
― surfer_stone_rosa (surfer_stone_rosa), Friday, 11 August 2006 09:18 (eighteen years ago)
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Friday, 11 August 2006 09:35 (eighteen years ago)
― sean gramophone (Sean M), Friday, 11 August 2006 10:21 (eighteen years ago)
― The DG (D to thee G), Friday, 11 August 2006 10:23 (eighteen years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 11 August 2006 10:27 (eighteen years ago)
― The Real DG (D to thee G), Friday, 11 August 2006 10:33 (eighteen years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 11 August 2006 10:38 (eighteen years ago)
― The Provisional DG (D to thee G), Friday, 11 August 2006 10:41 (eighteen years ago)
― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Friday, 11 August 2006 10:45 (eighteen years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 11 August 2006 10:46 (eighteen years ago)
― The Real DG (D to thee G), Friday, 11 August 2006 10:48 (eighteen years ago)
― leigh (leigh), Friday, 11 August 2006 10:48 (eighteen years ago)
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Friday, 11 August 2006 10:50 (eighteen years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 11 August 2006 10:50 (eighteen years ago)
he's fighting the armed struggle against the settings page
― The Officical DG (D to thee G), Friday, 11 August 2006 10:52 (eighteen years ago)
(This is Sam I locked myself out of ILx this week like a moran)
― Handmaiden of Hip Hop (Molly Jones), Friday, 11 August 2006 12:14 (eighteen years ago)
hi DG!!
― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Friday, 11 August 2006 12:16 (eighteen years ago)
Once we know for certain we have to move, and the exact costs of the next year or so, I can open it up (if needed) again.
― stet (stet), Friday, 11 August 2006 12:19 (eighteen years ago)
― The Real DG (D to thee G), Friday, 11 August 2006 12:20 (eighteen years ago)
― GILLY'S BAGG'EAR VANCE OF COUPARI (Ex Leon), Friday, 11 August 2006 12:36 (eighteen years ago)
you bitches better not try and cripple me though
― The Real DG (D to thee G), Friday, 11 August 2006 12:39 (eighteen years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 11 August 2006 13:04 (eighteen years ago)
as awful as ever. he's just polishing off his masters degree in mediaeval history in fact
he also makes music :( http://www.myspace.com/thefatnick
― The Real DG (D to thee G), Friday, 11 August 2006 13:34 (eighteen years ago)
But the Ravens were there to protect the REAL BRITISHES from the ENGLISH!!!!
― das Fräuleinmaschine (kate), Friday, 11 August 2006 13:34 (eighteen years ago)
― The Real DG (D to thee G), Friday, 11 August 2006 13:47 (eighteen years ago)
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 11 August 2006 13:49 (eighteen years ago)
I salute my fellow advanced degree holder!
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 11 August 2006 14:00 (eighteen years ago)
phay you should have patented the word 'charver' & variants back when this board started, you'd be rolling in money like scrooge mcduck by now
― The Real DG (D to thee G), Friday, 11 August 2006 14:08 (eighteen years ago)
― Mädchen (Madchen), Friday, 11 August 2006 14:11 (eighteen years ago)
― Tim (Tim), Friday, 11 August 2006 14:12 (eighteen years ago)
― The Real DG (D to thee G), Friday, 11 August 2006 14:14 (eighteen years ago)
My kinda guy! (Did I mention I love the Byzantine Empire?)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 11 August 2006 14:16 (eighteen years ago)
― The Real DG (D to thee G), Friday, 11 August 2006 14:19 (eighteen years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 11 August 2006 14:21 (eighteen years ago)
― Tim (Tim), Friday, 11 August 2006 14:26 (eighteen years ago)
― Jesus Dan (Dan Perry), Friday, 11 August 2006 14:38 (eighteen years ago)
― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Friday, 11 August 2006 14:45 (eighteen years ago)
I allow for all possibilities.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 11 August 2006 18:30 (eighteen years ago)
― The Real DG (D to thee G), Friday, 11 August 2006 19:47 (eighteen years ago)
"Well hi! Yes, I'm your insurance agent."
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 11 August 2006 19:49 (eighteen years ago)
― teeny (teeny), Saturday, 12 August 2006 11:40 (eighteen years ago)
― Maria :D (Maria D.), Saturday, 12 August 2006 12:20 (eighteen years ago)
― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Saturday, 12 August 2006 12:31 (eighteen years ago)
― Maria :D (Maria D.), Saturday, 12 August 2006 12:40 (eighteen years ago)
― StanM (StanM), Saturday, 12 August 2006 13:33 (eighteen years ago)
― I'm down for runnin' up on them crackers in the city hall... (papa november), Saturday, 12 August 2006 23:04 (eighteen years ago)
― Pop Ryan (Rebelwordsmith), Sunday, 13 August 2006 05:56 (eighteen years ago)
Pssst... hey, Stet!
http://www.nice-pc.co.uk/celtic.html
:-)
― StanM (StanM), Sunday, 27 August 2006 15:59 (eighteen years ago)
― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Sunday, 27 August 2006 16:47 (eighteen years ago)
― i am not a nugget (stevie), Sunday, 27 August 2006 17:01 (eighteen years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 27 August 2006 17:10 (eighteen years ago)
― The Real DG (D to thee G), Sunday, 27 August 2006 17:33 (eighteen years ago)
― stet (stet), Sunday, 27 August 2006 17:37 (eighteen years ago)
(you've been missed here by people you barely knew)
― Kim (Kim), Sunday, 27 August 2006 20:31 (eighteen years ago)
― Hello Sunshine (Hello Sunshine), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 11:54 (eighteen years ago)
― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 11:56 (eighteen years ago)
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 12:03 (eighteen years ago)
― stet (stet), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 12:04 (eighteen years ago)
― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 12:09 (eighteen years ago)
― The Real DG (D to thee G), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 12:24 (eighteen years ago)