Advance warning

Do popups/banner ads really make money?

500? Wha? But...

Oh, mine is 323. Good idea. Let's rule Mars. And while we're on it, lets rule the moon too.

But I want to rule the moon...

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Oh, mine is 323. Good idea. Let's rule Mars. And while we're on it, lets rule the moon too.

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But I want to rule the moon...

no your not, your 623, got'ya!!

Do popups/banner ads really make money?

Did you NOT see my post on how I made a whopping 18 cents?

They make BOATLOADS of money. As in boats just freakin loaded with money.

But then again, we only had one and it was on a page that was rather old, so not many people looked at it.

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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting pepper</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>no your not, your 623, got'ya!!
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Fine then......i'll rule the moon!

We use the pop up and banner idea to make the 800 billion dollars we need. Then we buy Russia control the servers. We sell people's e-mail addresses to weight loss and porn companies and then we buy one of NASA's shuttles. We setup a colony on mars and the moon. Once we control them we sell realestate on them to rich people like Charile SHeen who we kidnap and make him star in our SNarkpit movie of Half Life. It turns out to be the best movie ever so we broadcast into space and its so good aliens come to visit us and help us with our milkshake technology so that we can make the best milkshakes in the universe. Then we can watch our movie on the moon while sipping on milkshakes.

So what do you guys think of my plan?

I think you need to lay off the sugar buddy.

Do popups/banner ads really make money?

They do, but you need an insane amount
to make anything substantial to support this site. So in other words,
no, not really.

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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting TwoKnives</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>I think you need to lay off the sugar buddy.
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You know you agree with my plan. It's fool proof. I know it's fool proof because it was written by a fool.

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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting Spartan 34</DIV>
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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting TwoKnives</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>I think you need to lay off the sugar buddy.
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You know you agree with my plan. It's fool proof. I know it's fool proof because it was written by a fool.

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If I have to start doing Mostly Harmless quotes because of that, this thread is gonna die real quick.

I was thinking, whenever I look at the HL/HL2 editing problems, it's always new people, and quite a few don't stick around. Maybe you could do it that you have to of posted 100 times before you can submit a question in there.

I think you need a slap for that Sloth :biggrin: Thats gotta be about the
worst suggestion I've ever heard man! That would be in direct
contradiction to what editing sites like this exist for, and would only
go to further the "closed community" reputation we seem to be earning
that most of us want to get rid of.

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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting ReNo</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>I think you need a slap for that Sloth :biggrin: Thats gotta be about the worst suggestion I've ever heard man! That would be in direct contradiction to what editing sites like this exist for, and would only go to further the "closed community" reputation we seem to be earning that most of us want to get rid of.
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Just a suggestion :razz: But it would solve the bandwidth problem :biggrin:

ReNo said:
I think you need a slap for that Sloth :biggrin:
Thats gotta be about the worst suggestion I've ever heard man! That
would be in direct contradiction to what editing sites like this exist
for, and would only go to further the "closed community" reputation we
seem to be earning that most of us want to get rid of.

Just a suggestion :razz: But it would solve the bandwidth problem :biggrin:

No it wouldn't.

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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting Crono</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>No it wouldn't.
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If there were less people coming on the site, then less bandwidth would be used, hence my suggestion.

Crono said:
No it wouldn't.

If there were less people coming on the site, then less bandwidth would be used, hence my suggestion.

Bandwidth usage isn't determined by number of
people. It's determined by data transfered. I have no doubt that
being dicks to new comers and making them leave will not stop them
from downloading people maps (which are the REAL bandwidth monsters) or
looking at tutorials.

So, how exactly would it make a
meaningful impact on the bandwidth usage?

Yeah. I think we already concluded that limiting the number of people is a pretty s**tty solution to a bandwidth problem. It would be just a mite pointless.

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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting Tracer Bullet</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>Yeah. I think we already concluded that limiting the number of people is a pretty s**tty solution to a bandwidth problem. It would be just a mite pointless.

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Don't forget that everything $loth says is also pointless.

Now, now. Play nice Spartan. Not that I always do, but I'm allowed to by hypocritical right?

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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting Spartan 34</DIV>
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Don't forget that everything $loth says is also pointless.

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This....i'm afraid is true.
My "theory" was that if there were less people on the site, then less bandwidth would be used. Guess I was wrong.

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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting $loth</DIV>
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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting Spartan 34</DIV>
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Don't forget that everything $loth says is also pointless.

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This....i'm afraid is true.
My "theory" was that if there were less people on the site, then less bandwidth would be used. Guess I was wrong.

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Wow someone agreed with me.

Having "minimum post limits" is a bad idea. One reason why is because some idiots might come along and have a spam-fest, just so they can ask a question. Perhaps a better idea would be a lengthier procedure for a first time post... Another reason is that the editing forums are one of the main reasons people come here!

Maybe the snarkpit is TOO appealing. Maybe Lep should change the layout a bit; a flashy green with pink flowers instead of the sober black background. This way, the common visitors will be disturbed and run away, and only the REAL snarkpitters will stay... Or not...

Oh my God, I just got a pop up....

:O~~~

/edit: wait, I don't think it was from the SP, now that I think about it. Silly me :biggrin:

Um, hi again, just to let you all know we've got 1gb to last for the day, then BOSH! the site is gone until tomorrow :sad: (nice timing, though)

so how quikly will we sink?

im off to the lifeboats!!!

Damn... it's 14.30(or 2.30pm) in here. How much is the bandwidth limit atm btw?

On average, how much bandwidth does this site do everyday?

Well taking into acount its a 31 day month, and we have 60GB max and 1GB left, about 1.9Gb ish a day. So we should conk out about 5pm ish UK time I reckon, maybe earlier because we will all be on here trying to get stuff before it dies. Nm...

My idea- make it so you have to be a registered user to view tutorials or anything.

Transfer to Oktagone with low hosting and large amounts of bandwidth and diskspace XD

it is hosted by oktagone i beleve

anno ? what number am I?

EEP 571 cries

it is, :O yes, i was told that before XD

I can see only one way around this:

To get more bandwidth you would have to pay more, so why don't you just get a donations page on, if worst comes to worst you could always get hosted by that other website, i've forgoten it but i no kornflakes is hosted by them (i think!)

Or... if worst comes to worst... PHL hosting! DUN DUN DUN DURRRRRR!?

Or... if worst comes to worst... PHL hosting! DUN DUN DUN DURRRRRR!?

PHL is always so so slow

and annoying adds

how much does peoples pits use up?

/me hides

T minus 2 hours to estimate...

T-minus 15 minutes to estimate

t-minus... right now I think :O~~~~

(pages are starting load slowly here in Maryland)

The site doesnt have too many bandwidth problems from my prespective at least. Although there are many tweaks that could be made as things started to get worse, or to save some cash at least.

If you put a paypal jobby up, I'll donate regardless of the bandwidth we use in a month.

It survived! it survived!

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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting Dred_furst</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>It survived! it survived!
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sadly, it did not, i woke up to this


funny thing is, unless it was hosted by someone in Hawaii, it was well into today. the site made it after midnight in other words. /me wonders why it went down anyways.

It came back at about 1 AM or so (I
think). So, yeah, Hawaii time on the server apparently.

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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting Crono</DIV>
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It came back at about 1 AM or so (I think). So, yeah, Hawaii time on the server apparently.

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i am thinking it was a rather small time frame really. i got up at 3:30 am and took that screenshot. by 6:00 am it was back up when i got up again.
the funny thing was, it was up long into 2005, and i wonder why it went down at all. shrugs

You woke up at 3:30, and look at snarkpit?

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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting xconspirisist</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>You woke up at 3:30, and look at snarkpit? </DIV></DIV>

its a sleep disorder of some kind. the older i get, the less i sleep. problem is, i do not wake up refreshed after the shorter intervals, i just wake up.

usually, i can go back to sleep after a time, but then i wake up with a raging headache. so its a no win scenario.

i have always been a fast person to wake up however, so i usually function in just a minute or so.
just once, i would like to wake up and feel as if i went to bed.