Checking on the status of the website

originally posted by: DontTreadOnMe
a reply to: SchrodingersRat

Thanks. That means a lot

I think most of us feel the same.

The only good thing left of ATS is the membership, and most of us have made/are making arrangements.

God bless us!

😇

a reply to: SchrodingersRat

Amen, SR!

originally posted by: DontTreadOnMe
a reply to: TheSkepticGuy23

But the person you sold to gave darko the keys.
And the keyholder did the damage.
The current state of ATS should make you cry.

Is it the current understand among mods that Darko was given the keys in order to destroy ATS?
It seemed like a very conscious effort.

I know this is probably too simple, but can’t go daddy be contacted and explain the situation and say here’s my CC/PayPal/whatever payment option to pay for it?

a reply to: CarlLaFong

No. We don't attribute to malice what can be explained by indifference.

originally posted by: ArMaP

originally posted by: stonerwilliam
That is what I remember reading in a thread about the sale of the site , it does seem a lot especially if the site has no revenue coming back into the coffers but I know zero about what a website costs to run with a 8 TB database and all that goes with it .

8 TB database? Where did you get that number from?

Looking at the stats (26,765,939 posts, 1,325,279 threads and 367,151 members) and assuming some record sizes we get, for example:
With an average of 7,600 bytes per post, 1,000 per thread and 1,000 per member
7,600 x 26,765,939 + 1,000 x 1,325,279 + 1,000 x 367,151 = 191 GB

Spot on!

a reply to: Kaiju666

No, you cannot.

a reply to: TheSkepticGuy23

It's possible the 8TB number was inferred out of discussions of the -- at the time -- capabilities of the bare metal server(s) hosting the site. We had, at the time, an 8TB RAID0 array partitioned for maximum performance.

I have a small square hanging off my USB-C port that is a 4 TB SSD.

They come in larger sizes. And they're cheap, relatively.

It's not storage space. If anything, it's hosting fees.

And they're dirt cheap too.

This is NOT a financial decision. As to what kind of decision it really is...I have no clue.

originally posted by: theshadowknows
a reply to: SchrodingersRat

I hit my head CONSTANTLY.

Just saw this...lol!

Me too!

a reply to: argentus

It's fairly easy to keep them separate, at least for oneself: Staff aren't allowed to moderate in any threads in which they participate. When staff moderates, they do so as measured against the T&Cs, not their own views.

I understand.

But not allowed by whom?

There's no one in charge of the asylum anymore.. I love the staff and as far as I'm concerned, they can do whatever makes them happy.

*********STAFF NOTE***********

I recognize curiosity abounds, but while you're participating here, there will be NO DOXXING!

Commitment To Privacy
Nothing is more important to the owners and staff of AboveTopSecret.com, media.AboveTopSecret.com, and any other website(s) owned and operated by AboveTopSecret.com (collectively the "Websites") than making every effort to protect the privacy, of all members.

originally posted by: DontTreadOnMe
a reply to: FlyersFan

You forgot one part....
The T&C will not be suspended for these activities.



ATS is definitely on the way out......
There is NO ONE in charge. NO owner. No IT guy. No one to call or email.
So, either the day the domain $$ is due, or the day the server $$ is due, or any day a hacker come through. Or a glitch when the database crumbles further.

Could be today.

So, why enforce the T&C if even the owner doesn't give a rat's ass?

I'm just curious...

a reply to: SchrodingersRat

Because the ATS Community deserves that the rules be followed.

Until the lights go out.

originally posted by: SchrodingersRat
There's no one in charge of the asylum anymore.. I love the staff and as far as I'm concerned, they can do whatever makes them happy.

As strange as it may look to some people, keeping things according to the T&C is one of the things that makes me happy.
After all, that's one of the reasons I remained here for almost 20 years.

originally posted by: DontTreadOnMe
a reply to: SchrodingersRat

Because the ATS Community deserves that the rules be followed.

Until the lights go out.

Good answer, girlfriend!

No disrespect meant by the moniker.

It's just how I talk sometimes.

a reply to: SchrodingersRat

I get that, no worries, SR!

I f its hosted in the US you can sneak it out from someone IF you pay the taxes on it for a few years.

Who owns the intellectual property held in the ATS servers? Copyrights?

Can O Worms....