So we have some problems, a.k.a. 509 Error (merged)

Jello B. · **Posted:** Fri Jul 01, 2005 8:52 am

This bandwidth issue is a huge problem. The entire future of the wiki is depending on more bandwidth. If we don't do something now, this wiki will be useless, only being up the first few hours of the month. Maybe I'm over reacting, but I LOVES MY WIKEH! I think we should have an emergency funding drive to be able to up the bandwidth just enough each month. Anybody else have ideas?

Choc-o-Lardiac Arrest · **Posted:** Fri Jul 01, 2005 10:43 am

hey, did anyone else seem to have reached an error thing when accessing the site in the past, umm..... week or so? it said bandwidth limmitation exceded. anyone else experience this?

The Cup of Coffee · **Posted:** Fri Jul 01, 2005 10:54 am

I know i certaintly did.

Everyone else did too.
We've had this problem before.It'll probably happen again at the end of this month.

ramrod · **Posted:** Fri Jul 01, 2005 1:15 pm

Well, the thing is, we probably do have to move to a better server, but that means that people need to donate. It's no use for people to say that something needs to be done and then go and do nothing about it. If you want to help, then donate. It doesn't have to be a lot, anything will help.

Tompkins · **Joined:** Thu Aug 26, 2004 1:37 pm **Posts:** 1391

I'm glad the wiki is back! I was worried for a secound!

Beyond the Grave · **Posted:** Fri Jul 01, 2005 1:32 pm

Tompkins wrote:

I'm glad the wiki is back! I was worried for a secound!

Yeah, I am glad to have the wiki back.

ramrod · **Posted:** Fri Jul 01, 2005 1:44 pm

Like stated in earlier post by mnay other people, if you do't want that to happen again, then please donate so we can get a better server.

Beyond the Grave · **Posted:** Fri Jul 01, 2005 1:47 pm

ramrod wrote:

Like stated in earlier post by mnay other people, if you do't want that to happen again, then please donate so we can get a better server.

I have no way of donating. The only way is if I can mail Joey Day money.

InterruptorJones · **Posted:** Fri Jul 01, 2005 1:48 pm

JelloB wrote:

This bandwidth issue is a huge problem.

Thank you, Captain Obvious.

Quote:

I think we should have an emergency funding drive

Emergency funding drive. I'll be watching for your donation, JelloB.

Beyond the Grave wrote:

The only way is if I can mail Joey Day money.

Um.. so mail Joey Day money. His address is on the donations page. Probalo solved.

Look, folks, we're working on it. The best thing you can do now is donate money or just wait patiently. Either one is fine with us. But we know there's a problem and we're taking steps to solve it, so grousing about it isn't going to accomplish anything.

Beyond the Grave · **Posted:** Fri Jul 01, 2005 2:13 pm

IJ wrote:

Beyond the Grave wrote:

The only way is if I can mail Joey Day money.

Um.. so mail Joey Day money. His address is on the donations page. Probalo solved.

I would but I don't trust the Postal Service, maybe when I get a credit card, I donate.

InterruptorJones · **Posted:** Fri Jul 01, 2005 2:21 pm

Beyond the Grave wrote:

I would but I don't trust the Postal Service, maybe when I get a credit card, I donate.

*bangs head*

You could just say "I don't feel like donating right now." It's just as easy, more honest, and a valid answer.

We might make you wash the dishes, though.

P.S. *cough*Money Order*cough*

StrongRad · **Posted:** Fri Jul 01, 2005 2:29 pm

JelloB wrote:

This bandwidth issue is a huge problem. The entire future of the wiki is depending on more bandwidth. If we don't do something now, this wiki will be useless, only being up the first few hours of the month.

First few hours of the month?!? Your hours must be longer than mine, cus it's usually up the first few weeks of the month for me.. Are you travelling at close to the speed of light?

JelloB wrote:

Maybe I'm over reacting.

Yeah, you are. It's a free service. FREE! You pay nothing, so it's not like you can really complain, unless, of course, you made a donation, then you can complain away. Well, ok, so you can't complain away, but I guess you have a right to be disgruntled or something.

You know, the admins are being nice about this, they could hold a funding drive and be all PBS about it (eg, the forum is up for an hour, then down for two until they meet their funding goal).. <Begins praying that never happens, and gets out checkbook at same time>

ModestlyHotGirl · **Posted:** Fri Jul 01, 2005 3:16 pm

Donation made. And I'm freakin' poor. So if I can afford it, you can too.

Booya.

AgentSeethroo · **Posted:** Fri Jul 01, 2005 3:32 pm

StrongRad wrote:

You know, the admins are being nice about this, they could hold a funding drive and be all PBS about it (eg, the forum is up for an hour, then down for two until they meet their funding goal).. <Begins praying that never happens, and gets out checkbook at same time>

Hmm...I never thought of that...

Lunar Jesty · **Posted:** Fri Jul 01, 2005 5:21 pm

I will make a donation, coming right out of my Nintendo DS fund. That's about one hundreth of what the wiki means to me.

IantheGecko · **Posted:** Fri Jul 01, 2005 6:51 pm

You might say we got...

Dark Grapefruit · **Posted:** Fri Jul 01, 2005 7:07 pm

If only I managed to get a job so I could have some extra spending money (right now everything I have is going towards tuition.) :-|

Jello B. · **Posted:** Fri Jul 01, 2005 8:14 pm

InterruptorJones wrote:

JelloB wrote:

This bandwidth issue is a huge problem.

Thank you, Captain Obvious.

Quote:

I think we should have an emergency funding drive

Emergency funding drive. I'll be watching for your donation, JelloB.

Well, that first sentence was a continuation of the OLD subject line. X-(

It's just one sentence, it's not like I spent the entire post saying that.

InterruptorJones wrote:

...grousing about it isn't going to accomplish anything.

I'm not grousing, I'm trying to come up with ideas, and encouraging others to do the same. Right now the best idea would be to donate. I'm scrounging up money as we speak.

StrongRad wrote:

I wrote:

This bandwidth issue is a huge problem. The entire future of the wiki is depending on more bandwidth. If we don't do something now, this wiki will be useless, only being up the first few hours of the month.

First few hours of the month?!? Your hours must be longer than mine, cus it's usually up the first few weeks of the month for me.. Are you travelling at close to the speed of light?

No, I'm saying that this WILL happen if we don't do anything, not that it is. Huge difference.

StrongRad wrote:

I wrote:

Maybe I'm over reacting.

Yeah, you are. It's a free service. FREE! You pay nothing, so it's not like you can really complain, unless, of course, you made a donation, then you can complain away. Well, ok, so you can't complain away, but I guess you have a right to be disgruntled or something.

I'm not complaining, I'm trying to do something about it!

Really, I'm not a bad person. I'm not trying to force you to do anything, I'm just stating the facts and trying to make people do something about it.

Just so you can't say

InterruptorJones may have wrote:

Yeah, make people do something while you do nothing.

, I'm trying to do something! Please realize this. I'm not lazy or anything, I'm just concerned about the future of the wiki!

Fluffity Marshalade · **Posted:** Sat Jul 02, 2005 12:38 am

Okay, another one. I may be new on the forums but I sat through the last 509 and I'm annoyed!! Please people, do whatever you can. If I get money you bet I will donate.

StrongRad · **Posted:** Sat Jul 02, 2005 2:31 am

JelloB wrote:

Really, I'm not a bad person. I'm not trying to force you to do anything, I'm just stating the facts and trying to make people do something about it.

'Tis a'ight, dawg. 'Tis a'ight.

Are we upgrading to more bandwidth this month, or is it still gonna cost us $50 or so a month? I ask cus I'm-a mail a payment for one month sometime next week.

Stu · **Posted:** Sat Jul 02, 2005 4:34 am

It's not so much a matter of "buying" more bandwidth. If that was the case, we would be all over it. Our host is simply limited to the bandwidth we are using (actually, he is waiting longer then he probably should when it comes to shutting us down.

You have to understand that we (the management) are concerned about this problem. But you also need to understand that we all have limited resources (time, money, etc...) that we can devote here. (for instance... the server that we are looking at that can handle our load, both bandwidth and server specs is going to cost more then 4 times what we are currently paying).

We are looking at all our options before we move. But for the moment you guys are just going to have to be patient with us. Please

(actually, you don't have to be patient, but I also don't have to like you!)

StrongRad · **Posted:** Sat Jul 02, 2005 5:00 am

Stu wrote:

It's not so much a matter of "buying" more bandwidth. If that was the case, we would be all over it. Our host is simply limited to the bandwidth we are using (actually, he is waiting longer then he probably should when it comes to shutting us down.

You have to understand that we (the management) are concerned about this problem. But you also need to understand that we all have limited resources (time, money, etc...) that we can devote here. (for instance... the server that we are looking at that can handle our load, both bandwidth and server specs is going to cost more then 4 times what we are currently paying).

wow... 4 times.. I think I'd rather take a 509 for a week or so than pay that much more. While I understand that we can't just "buy more bandwidth", I thought it would be as simple "upgrading our hosting plan", didn't think it'd involve a whole new server and a 300% price increase. Wow...

if we were in IRC, I'd type: /me is being very patient now that he knows that...
Then, I'd probably type something about the underwear cannon of doom, version 4.23beta.. Yeah, I'm weird like that.
I'll still donate anyway. I mean, if nothing else, JoeyDay can split my donation up among the management for Pizzas..

Choc-o-Lardiac Arrest · **Posted:** Sat Jul 02, 2005 10:51 am

im gonna make a donnation soon..... hows 20 bucks sound? good? good.
BTW, i used the 509'd banner thingy that was posted a few posts earlier as my banner, hope its no probalo

Fluffity Marshalade · **Posted:** Sat Jul 02, 2005 2:51 pm

I hope nobody minds becuase I'm taking the 509'd banner and see what I can do with The GIMP on it.

The Japanese Geek · **Posted:** Wed Jul 06, 2005 1:28 am

Krispy Kreme fundraiser!

http://www.krispykreme.com/fund.html

JamesCraven · **Posted:** Wed Jul 06, 2005 7:18 am

IantheGecko wrote:

"You might say we got..."

STOP STEALING MY MATERIAL!!!

Stu · **Posted:** Wed Jul 06, 2005 2:48 pm

JamesCraven wrote:

STOP STEALING MY MATERIAL!!!

Unless your name is Mike or Matt Chapman, you may wish to reconsider your order to cease. As far as I can tell, that is an image taken from homestarrunner.com, cropped, and then hosted on his own personal webspace.

If I am wrong, then I apologize. If not, quit your whining.

HrWikiFan · **Joined:** Tue Jul 12, 2005 5:15 am **Posts:** 2

Stu wrote:

It's not so much a matter of "buying" more bandwidth. If that was the case, we would be all over it. Our host is simply limited to the bandwidth we are using (actually, he is waiting longer then he probably should when it comes to shutting us down. ... the server that we are looking at that can handle our load, both bandwidth and server specs is going to cost more then 4 times what we are currently paying).

Have you considered Verio?

They have a $49.95/month plan on a fast server with unlimited bandwidth. (Verio is part of NTT Communications, which is the world’s largest telecommunications company; it's unlikely that you could find a faster, more reliable hosting company, and you can't beat the price.)

ramrod · **Posted:** Tue Jul 12, 2005 1:04 pm

Verio, eh? It doesn't sound oo bad. but will it be able to host the Wiki, this forum and the Fansuff Wiki all at the same time? Because that seems like a lot of stress to put on a server.

Acekirby · **Posted:** Tue Jul 12, 2005 1:06 pm

ramrod wrote:

Verio, eh? It doesn't sound oo bad. but will it be able to host the Wiki, this forum and the Fansuff Wiki all at the same time? Because that seems like a lot of stress to put on a server.

I was wondering about that too. Can one server handle all three?

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