Mods ....Bandwith?

[Stoneage_Turbo]

Whats the deal on locking threds? ive seen a dramatic increse in this over the past week ...bandwith getting even more scarse?

Would someone like to explain all the theroy involed here when it comes to bandwith , how it works , why were limited , whats the mechaincal parts? Is it like a hardrive somewhere thats getting full?What can be done , ive heard moneys a issue , what do you have to buy ? a new scuzzi gizzi whatnot?

See i dont know squat about computers or networks ...and i imagine theres a few more that dont either

[Mayhem_J30]

well i for one don't know the actual bandwith #'s that NICO is absorbing. i would imagine NICO is on a plan like most websites where the ISP that hosts the site offers so many (MB/GB)/sec at any given time. during heavy traffic hours it's possible to exceed the given plan and just like a cell phone when you go over minutes extra minutes are costly. but i do like to keep clean forums by locking stuff up. when i say clean i don't mean trash talk i mean when a conversation is dead, pointless, duplicated somewhere else or has ventured completely off topic and is becomes nonsense(refer to nonsense post sticky) or the thread starter requests it. locking threads to me is like setting a pace for the forum. or maybe like saying, "ok, lets move on to a new subject" in the end it all helps preserve bandwith and that's a good excuse too!

[ninjak84]

I'm glad to see more threads locked. Some of them are just so pointless and run down that it's a waste of everyones time. Eventually in those threads, people start to get angry at eachother, and it just goes to sh*t anyways.

[Stoneage_Turbo]

well that all awnsers my first question , and i think thats a good idea .....

now if someone will pick up where mayhem left off ....

Its so nice to see how our little mayhem has grown up since the old nico days , think im gonna cry ...i feel so old and left behind

[MasterMan]

webservers normaly limit u to X #'s of gigs of data transfer per day.. somthing like 100gigs.. then if u go over they charge u for whatever u go over.. dont know if thats how this server works.. but i know for most thats how it is..

[Stoneage_Turbo]

"webservers normaly limit u to X #'s of gigs of data transfer per day.. somthing like 100gigs.. then if u go over they charge u for whatever u go over.. dont know if thats how this server works.. but i know for most thats how it is.."

so does this mean that even if one doesnt ever post but just browse thru all of them they could cost us bandwith ? bring up the page is a data tranferr right?

[Mayhem_J30]

so does this mean that even if one doesnt ever post but just browse thru all of them they could cost us bandwith ? bring up the page is a data tranferr right?

YUP! you got it. here's a trick to help during browsing. use the 'Back' button more over the linked buttons. It loads the pages from temp files rather then bouncing off of NICO everytime. Or everyone could just pay the membership(i call it a donation) fee!

[AZhitman]

Perhaps deleting all locked threads after a week or so would be beneficial as well...

[Mayhem_J30]

Perhaps deleting all locked threads after a week or so would be beneficial as well...

probably would just help HD space more then bandwith. but unless it's total trash i wouldn't delete it just because of the valuable search option. you never know who that thread might help.

[ninjak84]

Ok, I've been here for a long long time. I first started coming back in when we were known by the MUCH better name of 240sx.org. My point is that I have no troubles paying a members fee, but I have no clue what it gets you.???

[MasterMan]

it gets u some beer and pot.. sent to u in the mail. .but if it dosnt arrive then that means the feds got it.. so dont count on gettin it

[Stoneage_Turbo]

"it gets u some beer and pot.. sent to u in the mail. .but if it dosnt arrive then that means the feds got it.. so dont count on gettin it"

if this is the case you all wont be getting my memebership till im out of the military , they tend to frown upon posseion , not even mentioning useing the stuff, id like to get my honorable discharge in 165 days, i have fought 3 years for it , hate to waste it over something that dumb ...

but id give the 35 bucks if i got a nico t shirt , er wait , i dont have a infiniti anymore.....