Whee! [AKA the Batboard $upported thread]

Post by **jon** » Wed Mar 10, 2004 9:14 pm

Well this time the root partition of the disks bit it and got corrupted, so I ended up building a new OS. This should be much more better.

Happily, it looks like I was able to restore the board to where it was when it went down. Let Alex know if you have any trouble!

-j

[Admin note:

READ this entire thread, and follow the directions in the thread to get the donation tag added to your name. PM's with how should I etc will go unanswered. Please READ through it. Thanks. ]

FFParamedic571 · Post by **FFParamedic571** » Wed Mar 10, 2004 9:23 pm

so far so good.....

Post by **alex** » Wed Mar 10, 2004 9:24 pm

Thanks to a few people who took the time to help Jon out with some funding. I know he wants to buy a new server - I see no reason why we shouldn't help him.

Thanks so far to:

Seth (sglass)
Tim H (not sure what your board handle is)
Tricari
Gerbil
Alex
r0F (and he's unemployeed and HE STILL GAVE!)
Jaymz
Batdude

So far, he's up to $270.

If you want to keep helping - paypal to jon@snoopy.net - this is NOT the same as clicking on the paypal link on the first batboard page.

Thanks again to these people who helped get it started. As he gets more names, hopefully he'll forward them to me so that I can give credit to people who are helping out.

The board may be up and down for the next few hours as Jon slowly brings more things on line.

Jon has hosted this board for 2+ years without a single complaint, concern, or worry - he's just done it. I think we owe it to him.

CLICK HERE TO DONATE:

[ i'm removing the donation link for now. i don't want people to be confused. i'm going to talk to Alex and we'll come up with a clear way to allow folks to donate for the "batboard $upporter" tag shortly -jon 05/05/2006 ]

Alex

Jay G. · Post by **Jay G.** » Wed Mar 10, 2004 10:09 pm

Add me to the list of donations!

Dear Jay Goldmark,

This email confirms that you sent $20.00 USD to jon@snoopy.net.

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Note:
Thanks for the hard work! It is appreciated an was truly missed the past
few days!

Is a pleasure to be able to help!

FireGuy · Post by **FireGuy** » Wed Mar 10, 2004 10:51 pm

Email:
jon@snoopy.net

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Business Contact Information:

Customer Service Email: perlguy9@yahoo.com

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Total Amount:
-$20.00 USD

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Date:
Mar. 10, 2004
Time:
22:48:58 PST
Status:
Unclaimed

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Subject:
BatLabs Donation
Note:
From FireGuy

Thanks

Cam · Post by **Cam** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 12:36 am

Done and done.

Is there a goal we are going for?

Also, how were you guys able to send notes with your payment? I clicked the link, but I never saw a place to add a note.

Anyway...

Thank you to Jon, Alex, all the other mods and everybody else for making this board possible. You all do a great job and if there is anything else I can do please let me know.

Cam

cranbiz · Post by **cranbiz** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 3:33 am

Count me in for $25.00

Thank you to all that make this board what it is, it has bailed me out of many jams.

Jon and Alex,

Keep up the good work.

Bob

JAYMZ · Post by **JAYMZ** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 4:25 am

Glad to see it is back.

I think I was starting to get DTs from lack of BatBoard. But as Alex and rof have stated. Please donate everyone... doesn't matter how much, if everyone gives just $5 it'll help Jon provide the best service to all of us radioheads here.

So Thank You Jon for your efforts with the server, Alex tells me there are congratulations in order as well.. So Congrats, good luck, and Thank you again.

Tony Soprano · Post by **Tony Soprano** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 5:14 am

I'm in for $20 as well. I work in the radio profession, but the board has provided me with information that I would not have had before. And a pleasant distraction from the repair queue. Money well spent.

Thanks
Tony

kcbooboo · Post by **kcbooboo** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 5:54 am

A friend of mine just bought a brand new Dell server for under $300. 1.8 GHz Celeron with some amount of disk storage and maybe 512mb RAM. I don't know what you're running now, nor what your requirements are, but if you started with something like this, and bought more RAM and a bigger hard drive, the cost is still quite reasonable. Seems like you probably have that much in donations already.

How much are you looking for, ultimately, to BUY exactly what you want, and enough to cover the forseeable future? I'd like to make what would be considered a substantial donation. PM me if you don't want to make this public.

Bob M.

nmfire10 · Post by **nmfire10** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 6:05 am

You's gots cash

motor59 · Post by **motor59** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 6:14 am

nmfire10 wrote:You's gots cash

Ditto.

rmi2065 · Post by **rmi2065** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 6:27 am

Hi Everyone,

Just donated -- $20.00

Long Live BATLABS!!!!!

fail999 · Post by **fail999** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 6:33 am

Ok, I'm in. PayPal sent to Jon.

fail999
had@to-way.com

Doug · Post by **Doug** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 6:35 am

Count me in.
Jon keep up the good work.
Doug...N9JSF

wb0qqk · Post by **wb0qqk** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 6:49 am

Please accept my donation of $25.00 to the
Batlabs Maintenance Fund. (via PayPal)

Code3 · Post by **Code3** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 10:09 am

Spread the love ya'll

$50.00

(take that r0f)

frodo · Post by **frodo** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 3:05 pm

Just sent my donation in. Good luck with everything.

kurt meltzer · Post by **kurt meltzer** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 5:17 pm

I'm in too. Please keep up the good work!

mancow · Post by **mancow** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 7:44 pm

I threw in my $25 tonight.

mancow

chipjumper · Post by **chipjumper** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 10:47 pm

Sending $20.00 now...if it weren't for you guys and this site, my GF wouldn't hate me so much...

Big Blue TO/\/\ · Post by **Big Blue TO/\/\** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 2:14 am

Any possiblility of an alternate to Paypal, say BidPay, or Yahoo! Pay direct? I wanna give, but don't use paypal any more.

Tom

OR... someone with a PP account, email me your addy, I'll send you a money order, and you can send it in, or something?

Andy Brinkley · Post by **Andy Brinkley** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 3:02 am

Jon / Alex -

Keep up the good work. You should have my $$$ by now.

JOHN 1807 · Post by **JOHN 1807** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 5:34 am

Donation sent via paypal (johnslambchop) $10 for now-sorry cant be more at the moment But just wanted to say THANKS--John

rocketman · Post by **rocketman** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 11:29 am

Just sent a donation via PayPal...keep up the great work!

Cam · Post by **Cam** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 12:32 pm

Can we get an update, I'm wondering were we are.

Cam

jnglmassiv · Post by **jnglmassiv** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 3:04 pm

Is the Paypal link:
http://batboard.batlabs.com/donate.php
paying "Perlquy9" the same as to Jon@Snoopy.net?

I want to donate but just need to make sure the $$ goes to the right place.

911radio · Post by **911radio** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 10:50 pm

The board is too valuable to lose, so for now I sent $10 via PayPal. Hope this helps out some, it was what I could afford for the time being.

kbmp0992 · Post by **kbmp0992** » Sat Mar 13, 2004 5:31 am

I don't post much, obviously, but I read a lot, and our radio guy gets a lot of info here to help us out...

I know what it costs to run a board, based on my experience with http://www.crownvic.net - I'm happy to help with $20.

NodrogCop · Post by **NodrogCop** » Sat Mar 13, 2004 10:57 am

If I had a dollar for every time I had a epiphany while reading this board, I'd....

Oh, wait, I just sent the donation.

To Jon and admins/mods:

Thank you for all the work you put into this. It's a true resource, and I certainly want it to continue.

If all of us can put our money where our mouths are...

Gordon

Gerbil · Post by **Gerbil** » Sat Mar 13, 2004 2:20 pm

Alex, how do you misspell something as easy as Gerbil.
Oy.

And more money will be coming when (if) i can afford it.

chipjumper · Post by **chipjumper** » Sun Mar 14, 2004 4:24 pm

Anyone know the total contributions so far? I wonder if Batlabs can declare itself a non-profit organization and apply for Federal assistance...

Post by **jon** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 9:45 pm

Wow guys, what a response! Sorry I didn't chime in here sooner, but I've been busy pieceing things back together on the current server and spending time with my wife and baby girl over the weekend.

As of 12:42AM EST on 3/16/04 batboard users have donated $1,299.93!

(more, if you add in paypal's cut)

This is fantastic, and I really appreciate everyone chipping in! We should be able to build a pretty rockin' server and be able to keep spare disks, etc, handy in case problems arise.

This plus the fact that I should have 24/7 access to the cabinet starting sometime this week (cross your fingers) should keep any future downtime to a minimum.

Once I figure out what we're gonna build, I'll post here and let everyone know the details.

Thanks again for all of your contributions.

-j

Monty · Post by **Monty** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 10:10 pm

HI:

Please add my little extra !

Subj: Receipt for your Payment
Date: 3/15/2004 10:04:57 PM Pacific Standard Time
From: service@paypal.com
To: MSisco9939@aol.com
Sent from the Internet (Details)
Dear Monty Sisco,

This email confirms that you sent $25.00 USD to jon@snoopy.net.

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Radiogeek97 · Post by **Radiogeek97** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 10:31 am

This email confirms that you sent $20.00 USD to jon@snoopy.net.

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Transaction ID: 1xxx

KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!!!!

techie · Post by **techie** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 2:45 pm

This email confirms that you have paid perlguy9 $35.00 USD using PayPal.

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925slave · Post by **925slave** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 6:30 pm

I have been in tech service for almost 12 years now. I don't know how long the board has been here but it has helped me out many times since I joined. Please use my donation to keep this site strong and growing.
Thank You from the middle of the U.S.

chiefhal3 · Post by **chiefhal3** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 2:43 pm

I threw in my $25.00 through PayPal to perlguy9 I hope that's the right guy. Good luck, I hope we are making a difference.

chiefhal3 · Post by **chiefhal3** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 6:43 pm

Hey, I really like this site and really appreciate that it is free. However, I recognize there is costs associated with running the site. Perhaps if you did something to identify members who contribute to the site then more folks would donate. Maybe a special symbol by there name or something like that. Maybe even a special forum just for contributing members.

This email confirms that you have paid perlguy9 (perlguy9@yahoo.com) $25.00 USD using PayPal.

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Post by **alex** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 7:19 pm

Just FYI - > Use this link to donate (for those of you who are confused):

http://batboard.batlabs.com/donate.php

THANKS to those of you who have. I'll see if I can get an updated list from Jon, and once I get that worked out - figure out if I can add something for you guys who have.

-Alex

KG6EAQ · Post by **KG6EAQ** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 7:44 pm

I'll drop another $25 in the pot.

Transaction ID: xxxxxxxxxxx3041W

kcbooboo · Post by **kcbooboo** » Thu Mar 18, 2004 6:07 am

Just threw in my $0.02 worth at the link above. Well, actually as I promised earlier, it was a bit more, I think it could be called a "considerable" amount. Hope it gets put to good use.

Bob M.

chipjumper · Post by **chipjumper** » Thu Mar 18, 2004 9:22 am

use the money to:

A: purchase a block of time saturday night on CBS for a Batlabs telethon

B: Pay heterodyne $1000 to produce a 2hr made-for-tv movie involving him and his buddy driving around the vile streets of toronto

C: buy nextel stock

k4wtf · Post by **k4wtf** » Thu Mar 18, 2004 12:53 pm

Well, with the running total around $1200-1300 so far, you can go with a nice DL-380 with 1Ghz+ processors and a big fat RAID-5 (+ hot spare) SCSI3 array. Not new of course but, eBay is your friend.

I run our primary servers (including the voip server) on DL-380's in this config. I've yanked drives out of the system in the middle of a fsck and the hardware raid just kept chugging right along. It lets me sleep better at night.

John

MassFD · Post by **MassFD** » Thu Mar 18, 2004 7:17 pm

Just sent my donation, sorry it took me so long I must have missed this thread on my last few visits. Missed it while it was down, keep up the good work. (donation sent from kevink1955 at cs.com)

Post by **jon** » Thu Mar 18, 2004 8:21 pm

Hi Guys..

With the latest donations (Including Bob M's), our total is up to:

$2,024.81

This is great! Thanks!

KG6EAQ · Post by **KG6EAQ** » Thu Mar 18, 2004 8:23 pm

jon wrote:Hi Guys..

With the latest donations (Including Bob M's), our total is up to:

$2,024.81

This is great! Thanks!

Remember we all want to see the install pics

Post by **alex** » Thu Mar 18, 2004 8:58 pm

Just about everyone who has donated should have "Batboard Supporter" under your name.

So far (as of 3/18/04) 61 People have donated to Jon's server fund. Average donation was 33.19 (34.51 before paypal's cut).

There are maybe about 20 people who do not currently have "Batboard Supporter" under your name who also gave to the cause.

I found most of you by taking your email and comparing it to what's in the database. Some of you I know, some of you I don't. Some of you have paypal emails that don't match board emails. Let me know if this is the case so I can give you credit.

It's really amasing to see how much support this board has - thanks guys (and gals!!).

-Alex

Whee! [AKA the Batboard $upported thread]

Whee! [AKA the Batboard $upported thread]

Here's Mine

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Bat Server

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