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Posts 386 - 397 of 894
June 25, 2006
A New Server For the Forge
After doing some research on the subject, I've decided that it would be a good thing both for the Forge and my ability to get things done to move it from OS X to Windows XP. There is one difficult thing I'll have to rewrite but the rest shouldnt be too much of a problem. This will also open up a LOT of new avenues for advancement, including text-to-speech which wasnt available on OS X. I'll have to spend a couple hundred dollars to get the software/hardware I need, so any donations are appreciated. I'll get it working on XP, and then there will probably be just a few hours of downtime while I get the most recent database info copied over. If I can get everything working, the move will take place in the next couple of weeks.
Wow, I just read the pf news, those are good news, I may try to send something to Gaule... I mean Georgia (USA)? I'm surprised there weren't 40 rejoiced comments as there usually are. Is everybody gone on vacations or what?
Did I miss something? I just checked my transcripts, and none of my bots have had any action for three days!
Also, I see no "friends" listed, and when I logged on instead of the usual 700-900 on line, it said "10."
Also, I see no "friends" listed, and when I logged on instead of the usual 700-900 on line, it said "10."
The Forge has been intermittently down for at least half of the last 72 hours by my reckoning - I guess it's to do with the congestion. And when the Prof reboots the server the bots won't start chatting till the next daily update (though you can still chat to them.) It actually seems to make the Forge run much more quickly to not have the several hundred bots overhead (which makes sense I guess.)
Oh well - at least we won't get x-noneitis with such frequent reboots, but I hope it's a temporary state of affairs.
Oh well - at least we won't get x-noneitis with such frequent reboots, but I hope it's a temporary state of affairs.
And at least it makes us do other things from time to time 
. i do think he should have a warning page when it shuts down though.
. i do think he should have a warning page when it shuts down though.
There would be a slight technical problem with having a warning page here, since if the PF server's offline there wouldn't be anywhere to host the warning page to say the server was offline - you'd always get the 'not found' error instead.
I guess the warning page could be onwww.mondobot.com - I have noticed that this is always online while the Forge is down.
I guess the warning page could be on
Trevor: In-house pledge drive was SO my idea on a different forum here (read: I continue to think that's a good idea)!
djfroggy: Absolutely! Hence the "maybe it really is", intended (unsuccessfully) to make clear that it wasn't a new idea of mine. It was a good idea and remains a good idea.
It's a great idea! I mailed a money order for a Friends account and a small donation on the 4th..so lets start the drive! I don't have a credit card so...if you don't either.
Money Order or Personal Check
Make Check To: Benji Adams
Print This Page,
Fill It Out, Sign It, and
Send With Check To: The Personality Forge
1441 Deerwood Drive
Decatur, GA 30030
If you do have a credit card, it would be a lot easier..Just click to the make donation..or join the Friends of the Forge..Let's get donating.
Money Order or Personal Check
Make Check To: Benji Adams
Print This Page,
Fill It Out, Sign It, and
Send With Check To: The Personality Forge
1441 Deerwood Drive
Decatur, GA 30030
If you do have a credit card, it would be a lot easier..Just click to the make donation..or join the Friends of the Forge..Let's get donating.
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