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I think that is unnecessary... I do a few things on the forums on a weekly basis and some on a daily basic such as update the top of the forums for donations. I added my self back to the admin group, because I felt like it. I don't even think anyone knows my duties because they are all the things which you only see backstage. Seriously, it’s like telling a mechanic, here is my car, please maintain it and fix it, but oh wait, I will keep the keys. How the hell is he suppose to do his job? Guess I got two accounts and names now 1 - Admin (has been deleted a few times through out its history(not by me), but at one time it was member #1) 2 - Mike the Admin (My down to earth personal account, which I have no idea why I created it in the first place...)

I think that is unnecessary... I feel this is ridiculous that you even said you "de-admin'd" me in the first place. I do a few things on the forums on a weekly basis and some on a daily basic such as update the top of the forums for donations. I added my self back to the admin group, because I felt like it. Seriously, it’s like telling a mechanic, here is my car, please maintain it and fix it, but oh wait, I will keep the keys. How the hell is he suppose to do his job? I don't mind being a so called secondary "Official Tech GURU~!©?", but seriously, what does my job have in it that is less important the Ill's? Or sureallist. No offense surreal, you’re cool with me.

That works too. I am not suppose to day that, but I guess it doesn't keep others from saying it. Its a forum, what do you expect? Please spend some time in the site it takes you to if its something useful. I am not sure how they pay besides the number of clicks, but i know some days the clicks are worth 1 cent each and others its worth 5 FYI: Public service ads are usless, they don't pay. Its just apart of Gooooogle

Hahahaha, that’s funny. *CoulterWasMurdered I think the warning system sends them either a PM or an E-mail when they are warned. Man, I was going to add you to my block list, but after that comment, I think I will let you hang around some more.

*Just to clarify* The ignore feature is something every member gets. The Mod’s or Admin's don't click ignore and then all your post are turned off to everyone else but you and then your wondering why no one is responding. It’s someone every member gets to block certain posters. So if someone blocks you ONLY that person doesn't see you. I am sure there are more details on that, we will soon find out.

Ok, we have moved the forums over to the new server and in the next 24Hrs; the main site will be changing over. Please DO NOT post the obvious things such as the site was down 5 minutes ago. DO let me know how the speed of things is, and anything else. Thanks, TSM Admin

That’s one of the many unfixable bugs due to the board being programmed during a older version of PHP, of which is un-usable today. However, it will soon be fixed with the forum upgrade.

Just because the donations thing is up doesn't mean the site is about to crash. As of right now, I personally am locked in a 1Yr contract with this new server and after that one year have another year automatic renew. I wouldn't worry too much. Everything is paid for upfront for those contracts too, it’s just there are other expenses such as upgrading these forums to the latest which cost and I can't afford anything extra right now.

It’s not just for member Blogs. There is ALOT of new features & bugs which this will get us as well as life long upgrades. One feature I think many will like is the blocking feature. You simply click a button to block a particular poster If only friends and family were like a light switch too!

So far, as you can see the numbers are rolling quite nicely from at this point 9 separate contributors. I hope by maybe next week at the latest we will be using the new software on the forums and have things working a bit smoother. Thanks again!

So far thanks for the donations! Once the new forums are in place, we will have a page dedicated to our donors and contributors. If you would like to remain an anonymous donor you can, if not everyone who donates over $5 will have their name on the page. For now it will be everyone who donates will be listed on the page and it will be broken into sections depending on your donation amounts. Again, thanks to everyone who has made a donation and hopefully very soon we will see some major changes happening here. After the forum upgrade the Member Blogs will be added next.

The Perpetual license as of right now will cost $185, I am working on getting this down some because I use to know the creator and Financial guy @ IPB. The blogging system is $50 & $20 per year after that I think, however the only reason to pay yearly is for updates. The Perpetual license is the first thing which will be bought with this money.

Here are some ideas for a new addition to the forum. A blogging system. http://www.invisionblog.com/ Every member would be allowed their own blog and so on, features are in the website above as well as pictures. New Forum Features would include the following: http://www.invisionboard.com/?features

I understand your concern and after coming to these forums more often after the move since so far 100% of the costs have been out of my pockets, I am embarrassed to see things run this way. Others please feel free to add your complaints, as this section is the "Site Feedback". I have received numerous e-mails, PM's and a few IM's about the poor moderating decisions, please feel free to elaborate here, so the Mods themselves can see as well as I. Thanks for your opinion, Mike - TSM Server Admin

Sometimes older DVD drives won't read burned DVD disc.

What all places online do you guys purchase things from? Maybe I can sign up for an affiliate program with buy.com or amazon.com or whatever you all use for the most part to help generate money for this cause. So far I have not received one donation, and the Google ads still have not even hit $10 mark since the 5th.

Just an FYI: I will be performing an upgrade to the main sites article manager tonight, and things may not appear correctly all the time. Please do not think it’s your computer and call 911 or Geek Squad as you will be wasting your money! Its not like GS is a waste of money anyways, just thought I’d warn you all. Wish me luck!

Well if someone never deleted my account over the summer, I would be member #1 and the official first member of these forums. But oh well. That doesn't matter, I have been here since before SK left, and even then, I was just the dude in the background (dark shadows) no body knew whom made sure everyone was happy by holding the two wires together to keep the server running. Sure I have slipped up on my job a few times and when the electricity get hot, I have to let go, what else can we blame outages on?

I would also check out Packetnews.com , only because a friend of a friend of my X's sister in law told me about it. Never use it personally.

I would recommend the NEC, Plextor, or Lite-On drives. I have had great success with compatibility and over burning on DVDs with these and recommend the Verbatim DVD-R Media purchased from Sams @ 44.84per 100Pack. Boy would you guys love to get your hands on the sites new server. for the cost being almost ½ of the above computer and fitting in a pizza box 1.75" thick, it kicks ass.

We have looked at and considered many alternatives, however due to the size of the database and size of the forums, converting would take around 12-16 hours, even on our new Xeon server. Also, we need to stick to something which is broadly used, stable, and well supported. In the long run, purchasing this license will offer the users of the forums many options which are in the new version such as "Lo-Fi" and more.

Pics of the server? or the setup? or of me?

I will be adding another CPU fan & heat sink in the server tonight (May 12th, 2005) at around 2-5am. The server will be down for 30 minutes approximately. This fan is for the dual Xeon processors, so in the future when I add another CPU it will only be down for 5 minutes to place just the CPU in and not have to bother installing the complicated 1U heat sink and fan. TSM Server Admin

THE LSD folder has been set to members only, because that section causes the site to be black listed by search engines because we "have content for 21+ audiences" so by making it members only, causes search engine bots which browse the site randomly NOT to see that section or the “bad” words from there. The Google ads are ONLY a test right now, however could remain permanent, but currently we have only raised a few dollars, which is not worth it. We ONLY get paid when they are clicked on and having them at the bottom of the forums. We would NOT have any Ads if we had enough generous donors to the site…

Not making you pay, but ask for donations to keep the site ad free.