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Sep 14 2005, 03:28 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Ok - I know - a totally pointless stat, but I've noticed that we've passed 1,000,000 topic views
We're actually on 1,186,771 - but I hadnt looked for ages 1382 topics, 20259 posts, and we're now averaging almost exactly 100 posts per day, and 4 away from our 500'th member We have a LOT of lurkers For the technical end - August saw a use of 30.64 Gig (1/4 of the limit) - and trending current growth we're safe for some time to come - certainly the next 12 months are looking rosie, and donations have helped ensure we can upgrade if need be when the time comes. What on earth happened on August 24th by the way - we shifted double the usual data then! Was it the Husband hill pans? Doug |
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Sep 14 2005, 03:47 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
QUOTE (djellison @ Sep 14 2005, 03:28 PM) But how many of those are Ustrax reloading the Ultreya thread? -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Sep 14 2005, 03:52 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
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Sep 14 2005, 03:52 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
QUOTE (djellison @ Sep 14 2005, 03:28 PM) Ok - I know - a totally pointless stat, but I've noticed that we've passed 1,000,000 topic views We're actually on 1,186,771 - but I hadnt looked for ages 1382 topics, 20259 posts, and we're now averaging almost exactly 100 posts per day, and 4 away from our 500'th member We have a LOT of lurkers For the technical end - August saw a use of 30.64 Gig (1/4 of the limit) - and trending current growth we're safe for some time to come - certainly the next 12 months are looking rosie, and donations have helped ensure we can upgrade if need be when the time comes. What on earth happened on August 24th by the way - we shifted double the usual data then! Was it the Husband hill pans? Doug Don't you know Doug?...Ultreya as Elk said (and the better is still to come...), your article on SpaceDaily, the 'Spirit arrived' thread, the panoramas, Homeplate... That was a day...Oh what a day... I'll quote myself: ' hihihihihihohohohihihi!!! I'm loosing my mind with all the things happening in such a short time!' Oh...Just a small recuerdo... http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b14/ustrax3/cong.jpg -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Sep 14 2005, 03:52 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
927,876 of them
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Sep 14 2005, 04:09 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
QUOTE (djellison @ Sep 14 2005, 03:52 PM) I demand some light on the aby...er...issue! -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Sep 14 2005, 05:26 PM
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Chief Assistant Group: Admin Posts: 1409 Joined: 5-January 05 From: Ierapetra, Greece Member No.: 136 |
QUOTE (djellison @ Sep 14 2005, 05:28 PM) What on earth happened on August 24th by the way - we shifted double the usual data then! Was it the Husband hill pans? Oh August was a busy month, I noticed too Unique visitors 1468 Number of visits 2227 Pages 11609 Hits 65308 Bandwidth 14.99 GB Congrats on that million views!! Nico -------------------- photographer, space imagery enthusiast, proud father and partner, and geek.
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Dec 7 2005, 03:07 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 166 Joined: 20-September 05 From: North Texas Member No.: 503 |
QUOTE (djellison @ Sep 14 2005, 03:28 PM) For the technical end - August saw a use of 30.64 Gig (1/4 of the limit) - and trending current growth we're safe for some time to come - certainly the next 12 months are looking rosie, and donations have helped ensure we can upgrade if need be when the time comes. Doug Doug, When it does come time for an upgrade, be sure to put out a forum-wide request for more donations. I would be happy to contribute. And if you have a PayPal account, donations would be even easier! David |
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Dec 7 2005, 03:14 AM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
QUOTE (djellison @ Sep 14 2005, 03:28 PM) I'm curious Doug if there was a lurker spike during Hayabusa's landing attempts, or that 3-week period. I noticed a bunch of new members with Japanese sounding names on those threads. If so, I would guess they were either Japanese bloggers with an interest in space, or advertising and marketing executives from the Lipovitan Company. -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Dec 7 2005, 03:47 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16 |
QUOTE (DFinfrock @ Dec 7 2005, 02:07 PM) It's not obvious, but there is a 'front page' to this site - Here See 'Recommeded Sites' at the bottom-left. I must really get around to chucking Doug some cash myself sometime, this place is definately worth it... James -------------------- |
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Dec 7 2005, 07:46 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2228 Joined: 1-December 04 From: Marble Falls, Texas, USA Member No.: 116 |
QUOTE (jamescanvin @ Dec 6 2005, 09:47 PM) Hehe. Yeah, it's called the Front Page, but it really is one of the 'back alley's of the forum. I've long wondered why it held that status, but it seems intentional. If you go to http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com, which one would expect to be the "front page," you find all of the main forum topics, resplendent with abundant replies and new topics of interest to our diverse membership. On the Front Page, one will find some very interesting information, though not as much traffic. You need to make the extra effort to go around to the back door to find this place. It seems it really should have a different name. Hey, this says it all. A lovely product of this forum (Steve Squyres Q'n'a - The Transcript) was featured here, but old comment #8 was the last reply in that summary thread. It deserved more praise than that, didn't it? QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Dec 6 2005, 09:14 PM) This is kind of a different thought, but I always found it curious that we had so many excellent space enthusiasts from Japan in the Hayabusa threads, but none or few of them jumped off to explore other space topics here. A while ago, I searched for those members, and their posts on this forum, and noticed that they posted messages pretty much exclusively to the Hayabusa threads. -------------------- ...Tom
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Dec 7 2005, 10:44 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Yeah - the 'front' page is an odd thing - I figure that it's quite usefull, but most people just want to get to the good stuff and would bookmark the forums anyway. I THINK i'd have to 'move' the whole of the forums to umsf.com/forum and then the front page would work properly - but if I was going to do that, I'd want to have something better as the front page.
I dont want to shamelessly pimp the whole paypal thing all the time anyway - it would get annoying. Including hosting and forum software, donations have matched the running costs almost exactly so far. Doug |
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Dec 9 2005, 01:29 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 166 Joined: 20-September 05 From: North Texas Member No.: 503 |
QUOTE (jamescanvin @ Dec 7 2005, 03:47 AM) It's not obvious, but there is a 'front page' to this site - Here See 'Recommeded Sites' at the bottom-left. James Thanks James, for the heads-up. This is the first I had heard of the "Front Page". I made my donation yesterday. Now for the next question. Is UMSF considered a non-profit organization? In other words, can I deduct my donation from my US income taxes? I don't expect Doug knows much about the US tax code, but I figure some of the many US advanced members would know. |
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Dec 9 2005, 04:24 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 67 Joined: 18-April 05 From: Austin, Texas Member No.: 249 |
I am no tax expert, but my recollection is that in order for a contribution to be tax deductible for U.S. income tax purposes, the receiving organization must be dominantly in the United States and it must have qualifed under Section 501©(3) of the US Tax Code as a corporation organized exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, testing for public safety, literary, or educational purposes.
I doubt either test can be met at this point. But if Doug ever gets a U.S. server, I'd be happy to help in submitting an application for 501©(3) status for UMSF. Phillip |
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Dec 9 2005, 09:49 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
The place is hosted in the US ( www.imhosted.com ) - but I have no idea what that means for tax. I'm a Brit - the only sign I see is that two big chunks of salary never make it to my bank account, and go to Mr N.I.Contribution and Mr I.Tax
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