Baldy turned off a couple 'o features

Thanks for the explanation Baldy. I was wondering if the hamsters in the basement were getting tired.
Removing the names of all the people online is no loss to anyone, IMHO, especially if you can pick up a little bandwidth there.

Eve-online, a big massively multiplayer online game with one massive server put a few RAMSAN DDR RAM-based solid state disks and database/item lookups went from 3-4 seconds or longer to sub-second lookup times.

I want one for my home server, even though it'd be like using an atom bomb to kill a fly.

The dark side has cookies.

Free forum is good

There are free photo sharing sites out there (I use one !) but if they ever start charging I will be moving and giving my business to SmugMug - not necessarily to make anyone rich but if I have to pay for something I like to give my money to someone who has given (and continues to give) a lot back to me and my friends/fellow riders.

Does that mean that current images will no longer be visible or available?I run into many posts where images are vaporware,and that makes me,,,,,,sad.

Just completing my first year with Smugmug and still a happy user.
Baldy, given your generosity in providing this home for misfits, you can do no wrong, so whatever it takes.

Existing attachments will not be affected, as I understand it.

Thank you Baldy, I have come to realize my subscription to Smugmug is not enough.

This site and the people here have become such a part of me it isn't funny.

I will get a care package headed your way.

You're just another Evil Man Baldwanna. Getting us all hooked then changing things. Were you a dope dealer in another lifetime



Hey Boss, do whatcha gotta do, we all appreciate it!

Gerg

Contrary to what some of your mods whom have banned me on occasions may have told you, i do appreciate your efforts in this/your social experiment.
I am unemployed but donate when i can.
Keep up the errrrr insite. :)


Brendan

Grrr, where is the Dakar coverage here?
As always,Thanx B....!!!

That would be the Racing Forum.

You're 5,500 posts behind for the live coverage thread. The most important info is pasted to the cliff notes thread.

Hey Baldy-
It needs to be said more often: Thanks for the great forum!
Cheers,
Matthew

For those who have been used to using the image attachments, http://www.imgur.com/ (I have no affiliation) is an easy place to upload pics if you just need one for a post here and there.

You can still hotlink a picture from anywhere via the - button. Be it from the original site where you found it, from your smugmug or from any other image hosting site. The boss just turns off the "attach images" function, which uploads an image to the ADV server. This feature was already disabled in JM and in a couple of other subforums.

Copyright is a different thing, you should generally respect photographer's rights and give credit. And I sure hope we don't overload SmugMug, hosting photos is their job.

Clear as mud?

So... Toxic Brittany is safe???

Well, monster threads like TB and WTF are actually a big load on the servers, so...

But Baldy is busy shopping for expensive solid state discs to keep the good ship ADV afloat, so madame Spears might still be saved..

Britney

Thanks for keeping ADV up and running Baldy. We all know how much the Dakar coverage is stressing the system.


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