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Subject: New DT - the server is up !
Original Message 1/31 13-Oct-98 @ 07:29 PM - New DT - the server is up !
right.... the server is set up.... start to get it uplaoded this week, then i'll mail out peoples loggin & password names in about 7 days......... then a small group of us can test it over a week, and bug report it.....
There will be a section to apply for loggin status..... you'll have to fill it in, cos i need to capture your Ip address..... i guess this wont work with a dynamic system at your IP..... anyways..... we can work round that i hope......
so.......there ya go.... gotta get the comments added (arrrrggggghh!!!).... keep the contrib' requests coming
now, the other thing is.... the server space is $1.00 per Mb...... so i wonder what you think of people paying 10$ per year to cover server space which of course they use..... i reckon that'd cover an average amount of uploads... and they'd get the advantage o access to the library (admittedly, the 'benefits' of this will at first be limited until it starts to fill up.... although i will post up extra samples to pad it out, it'll take a while to get going and fill up with a variety of file types...).... so i dunno.... it could be an idea,.... all the DT facilities reviews and pages will still be the same like now... the old site + additions will be as now totally free... and BANNER-LESS !!...that to me is important... i get pissed off with bannered sites, even the banners they added at the sonic-state chat pages was adding alot of load time, and i stopped popping over there due to that.... but the $10 (annually - that is cheap) , would cover the extras of used space.....???? ..... thoughts??... also i could do like an extra percentage off stuff DT sells, as an additional top-up... but, i have to investigate alot of the sending overseas protocol.... freight....currency conversions, tax... power supplies.... warrantee coverage etc.... dunno quite how it'll work out...... maybe only s/w and smaller items are worth sending overseas.... ??... anyways... i'll start with soundcards & s/w..... i talked with Yamaha today... that could be a problem... as they have a retail=premises-only rule..... MAYBE, with sufficient grovelling to the sales manager, i can get thru that and get stuff like the db50, sw60, dsp1624 &sw1000 up for sale.... apparently i could go thru a distributor they use to supply the PC trade... but.... of course, the dsp & sw1000 etc are under the Pro-Audio department.... we'll see...... the rest will be there tho....
so.... it's getting there...... what'd be wicked, would be like a web-store, with small artists dance cd's in it , with RA examples .... and we could like do all the merchant bit of card processing, cover that expense with a percentage (just as record companies do with shops/distribtors), and gather the dosh, and like have accounts with each author/artist..... and they could mail them out.... so that way, no-one has to pay upfront to burn hundreds if they are poor... they can burn 'em on a cd burner... get the graphics done however.... y'know.... that'd be a nice one..... cos like people wouldnt have to get all the credit servers & bank authorisations done and that.... that'd be an idea.... the author is happy maybe, cos he 100% knows how many have been sent out, cos he/she sends them to the punter !..... if it doesnt sell... simple..... no-one looses out.... ...tracks are still free to licence elsewhere... perfect record deal really !!.... heh heh..,...
but back for the server space..... it's not going to be possible to support it properly, unless people buy-in to the club , annually, cheap, or DT get so wealthy, it pays for itself regardless of server space with sales of stuff.. even up to a full managed server.... which is about 3000$ per year..... but, 1000 1mb samples is 1gb.... to get to that level, it'll have to go managed... and that will have to be payed for somehow.... thats life....
There will be a section to apply for loggin status..... you'll have to fill it in, cos i need to capture your Ip address..... i guess this wont work with a dynamic system at your IP..... anyways..... we can work round that i hope......
so.......there ya go.... gotta get the comments added (arrrrggggghh!!!).... keep the contrib' requests coming
now, the other thing is.... the server space is $1.00 per Mb...... so i wonder what you think of people paying 10$ per year to cover server space which of course they use..... i reckon that'd cover an average amount of uploads... and they'd get the advantage o access to the library (admittedly, the 'benefits' of this will at first be limited until it starts to fill up.... although i will post up extra samples to pad it out, it'll take a while to get going and fill up with a variety of file types...).... so i dunno.... it could be an idea,.... all the DT facilities reviews and pages will still be the same like now... the old site + additions will be as now totally free... and BANNER-LESS !!...that to me is important... i get pissed off with bannered sites, even the banners they added at the sonic-state chat pages was adding alot of load time, and i stopped popping over there due to that.... but the $10 (annually - that is cheap) , would cover the extras of used space.....???? ..... thoughts??... also i could do like an extra percentage off stuff DT sells, as an additional top-up... but, i have to investigate alot of the sending overseas protocol.... freight....currency conversions, tax... power supplies.... warrantee coverage etc.... dunno quite how it'll work out...... maybe only s/w and smaller items are worth sending overseas.... ??... anyways... i'll start with soundcards & s/w..... i talked with Yamaha today... that could be a problem... as they have a retail=premises-only rule..... MAYBE, with sufficient grovelling to the sales manager, i can get thru that and get stuff like the db50, sw60, dsp1624 &sw1000 up for sale.... apparently i could go thru a distributor they use to supply the PC trade... but.... of course, the dsp & sw1000 etc are under the Pro-Audio department.... we'll see...... the rest will be there tho....
so.... it's getting there...... what'd be wicked, would be like a web-store, with small artists dance cd's in it , with RA examples .... and we could like do all the merchant bit of card processing, cover that expense with a percentage (just as record companies do with shops/distribtors), and gather the dosh, and like have accounts with each author/artist..... and they could mail them out.... so that way, no-one has to pay upfront to burn hundreds if they are poor... they can burn 'em on a cd burner... get the graphics done however.... y'know.... that'd be a nice one..... cos like people wouldnt have to get all the credit servers & bank authorisations done and that.... that'd be an idea.... the author is happy maybe, cos he 100% knows how many have been sent out, cos he/she sends them to the punter !..... if it doesnt sell... simple..... no-one looses out.... ...tracks are still free to licence elsewhere... perfect record deal really !!.... heh heh..,...
but back for the server space..... it's not going to be possible to support it properly, unless people buy-in to the club , annually, cheap, or DT get so wealthy, it pays for itself regardless of server space with sales of stuff.. even up to a full managed server.... which is about 3000$ per year..... but, 1000 1mb samples is 1gb.... to get to that level, it'll have to go managed... and that will have to be payed for somehow.... thats life....
Message 2/31 13-Oct-98 @ 08:00 PM - RE: New DT - the server is up !
I'll pay $10.00 a year. I've picked up some neat shit from dancetech. It's worth that!
Message 3/31 13-Oct-98 @ 08:08 PM - RE: New DT - the server is up !
Send me an INVOICE!!!
I'll glady pay $10.00
Please, more on how we can get the new Mindspawn CD on-line for sale...
Kilo, I'll be sending you a copy next week.
I'll glady pay $10.00
Please, more on how we can get the new Mindspawn CD on-line for sale...
Kilo, I'll be sending you a copy next week.
Message 4/31 13-Oct-98 @ 08:22 PM - RE: New DT - the server is up !
say, aren't you going to get trouble with bandwidth with all thoose realaudio-philes streaming from your site?
anyway, i'll pay 10$ aswell, as i still think it'll be better than banneradds, but how would you manage the payment.. easy for people from the states, but the rest of us would have to snailmail you cash, or will you involve creditcard-payment, or what..
/troels
anyway, i'll pay 10$ aswell, as i still think it'll be better than banneradds, but how would you manage the payment.. easy for people from the states, but the rest of us would have to snailmail you cash, or will you involve creditcard-payment, or what..
/troels
Message 5/31 13-Oct-98 @ 08:23 PM - RE: New DT - the server is up !
I've got $20... tell us where to send it then.
Message 6/31 13-Oct-98 @ 09:00 PM - RE: New DT - the server is up !
ahhh..... Iīm very curious.
However, 10$ a year...... thatīs ok. Iīll join.
Good luck...
Clemens
However, 10$ a year...... thatīs ok. Iīll join.
Good luck...
Clemens
Message 7/31 13-Oct-98 @ 10:50 PM - RE: New DT - the server is up !
10$ a year is great for a site like dancetech.
Iīll join.
Kilo, please make it easy for the people like me that donīt have international cards. In my poor country (Uruguay) you need at least a $20,000 deposit to get one.
Money order or something like that will be apreciated.
Thanx
Iīll join.
Kilo, please make it easy for the people like me that donīt have international cards. In my poor country (Uruguay) you need at least a $20,000 deposit to get one.
Money order or something like that will be apreciated.
Thanx
Message 9/31 14-Oct-98 @ 12:59 AM - RE: New DT - the server is up !
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No probs. I'll drop it round your house later.
Message 10/31 14-Oct-98 @ 02:15 AM - RE: New DT - the server is up !
buggo
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yep, i'll kick in $10.
is it $1 per mb per month or per year? if it's per year, then everyone's fuckin set...but somehow i doubt it...
is it $1 per mb per month or per year? if it's per year, then everyone's fuckin set...but somehow i doubt it...
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