The Donation Meter hath been activated

[SpiritWarrior]

Originally posted by Cloudbringer: Just curious, SpiritWarrior, but what internet hosting service to you use?

None, if by hosting service you mean servers etc. This is why i had wanted to know the prices. It blows my mind how costly the bandwidth is considering how cheap it is otherwise. And servers are everywhere now, MMO's, forums, databases.

Originally posted by Luvian: quote: Originally posted by SpiritWarrior: So the entirety of the monthly bill is what?

If Ziroc wanted you to know what his bills are he would have posted them. I guess he want his privacy, heh?
[/QUOTE]No, he posted a give or take amount before in the original donation thread, was just hoping someone knew it offhand.

Originally posted by Larry_OHF: I personally do not care if my donation goes to feeding Choc his favorite gormet cat food because in the end, my donation is merely a physical way I can say "thank you" to Ziroc who does his best at not only keeping this forum alive and looking for ways to improve it so I can waste hours each day reading and interacting with this community, but also for his efforts in keeping the Escape from Undermountain mod for NWN in operation. I don't care how he uses it, and would hope he'd buy his wife something really nice for Christmas with it because he spends more time here with us than he does with her, I think...I hope that's not true but who knows? These webmaster types are crazy anyway. Use it for IW upkeep, put it in his pocket...its all the same to me.

Like I said, I have no real judgement about donating one way or the other, It was more of a technical question as to the avergae cost of everything monthly. The final bill, if you will. No attack on donating, no knock to anyone who wants to and agreed Ziroc does alot of work [img]smile.gif[/img] .

[Ziroc]

Yeh, it's much higher that $200. [img]smile.gif[/img] And losing 2 hard drives, and a huge tree limb---more like half the damn tree [img]smile.gif[/img] falling on the house making a little hole, then paying for it to be cut down was $700 alone. I wasn't expecting 700.. more like 300, but I had 3 or 4 quotes, and all seemed that or HIGHER! For a 70ft tree that is dead, with no limbs.

I was seriously thinking of climbing the thing and chainsawing it, but I'm glad I didn't the tree guy said it was so rotten, that cutting it the way I was gonna (top it off as I went down) would have taken me with it. scary...

But its gone now.. and man.. looks so...bare in the front yard. We have 2 other trees though, but... ugh, just bare. I'll be planting a new little tree in the spring. Maybe a Oak or something. Any ideas on a cool tree? Oak? or ?? No Pines.. they get snapped here like toothpicks in hurricanes. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Anyway, we are now at $125 guys!! Getting close now! Thanks to all the donators!!! It helps more than you know. And KNOW that I hate asking. You know that.. Hell, I've tried to not ask, and did pretty good for a while, but that tree and HD put me WAY back. Using evil credit cards now, and that is bad. VERY bad. I don't like using evil.

[Bungleau]

Is it my imagination, or is the donation meter stuck? Can Choc tap it ever so gently so it updates?

[Callum]

I believe it's not automatic Z has to update it manually

[machinehead]

All set. Merry Christmas!

[toot033]

Glad my doncation could help. Hopefully next time I can give more!!
Thanks for all the fun and give Choc some of the imported catnip from our family