Search, Possible Server Move

ISO · Post Post #0 (ISO) » Wed Mar 21, 2007 11:35 am

We will probably be turning search off again temporarily to see if that stops the recent CPU Quota errors (recently, it's mostly been search queries running slowly enough to trigger them). So, if you find it's disabled, that's why.

After that, I'll be thinking about moving us to the high performance (/more expensive) plan. If that happens, the site may be down for a couple hours, but I'll let you know in advance when that would be.

IH · Post Post #1 (ISO) » Wed Mar 21, 2007 1:49 pm

Search engine off....

Is that the filter too?

ISO · Post Post #2 (ISO) » Wed Mar 21, 2007 4:55 pm

mith wrote:We will probably be turning search off again temporarily to see if that stops the recent CPU Quota errors (recently, it's mostly been search queries running slowly enough to trigger them). So, if you find it's disabled, that's why.

You should also cut back on challenging crazy people to abuse their trademarks.

Mr. Flay · Post Post #3 (ISO) » Wed Mar 21, 2007 7:27 pm

Or you could just behave like a fucking adult.

JEEP, any chance we can turn on just Find a username?

jeep · Post Post #4 (ISO) » Wed Mar 21, 2007 7:51 pm

I can be as surgical as we want.

-JEEP

jeep · Post Post #5 (ISO) » Wed Mar 21, 2007 7:58 pm

I've enabled the searchuser mode of search. It's used in a lot of the admin tools.

-JEEP

Phoebus · Post Post #6 (ISO) » Thu Mar 22, 2007 6:35 am

Flay, you can't ask AniX to be what is he not...

gorckat · Post Post #7 (ISO) » Thu Mar 22, 2007 7:04 am

I got the CPU error w/in the last hour and had a thought: how many posters here use Firefox? Could viewing the site in tabs somehow leave a connection to the site open even after we've stopped browsing it?

I don't understand the guts of browsers (oviously), but wasn't sure if you could compare the number of browsers on the site at any given time to when the site hides in the bathroom.

(And of course I got the error again as I tried to post this :p)

ISO · Post Post #8 (ISO) » Thu Mar 22, 2007 7:17 am

Could viewing the site in tabs somehow leave a connection to the site open even after we've stopped browsing it?

No, leaving a tab or window open doesn't mean anything as far as the server is concerned. It's not automatically refreshing or anything.

Opening a bunch of tabs with lots of big requests all at once *could* cause a problem, but it's not what's causing this.

ISO · Post Post #9 (ISO) » Thu Mar 22, 2007 9:37 am

Mr. Flay wrote:Or you could just behave like a fucking adult.

Phoebus wrote:Flay, you can't ask AniX to be what is he not...

If being an adult means that you can't take people up on their word, then I will never be an adult. Not ever. I was given a promise, by someone who claimed to be mith, that I could abuse my gimmick and damn it if I didn't take him up on his offer. Is that so wrong? Isn't trusting people to not lie to you when they say they'll let you abuse your trademark the

real

adult thing to do? I think so. I know in my heart so.

I'm glad we could have this chat.

Mr. Flay · Post Post #10 (ISO) » Fri Mar 23, 2007 4:05 am

Any chance we can link to http://www.google.com/custom?domains=ma ... .net/forum while on-site search is down?

Mr Stoofer · Post Post #11 (ISO) » Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:25 am

and afterwards too, as an alternative?

MeMe · Post Post #12 (ISO) » Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:30 am

That. Is. Awesome.

jeep · Post Post #13 (ISO) » Fri Mar 23, 2007 6:10 am

Good idea.

-JEEP

ISO · Post Post #14 (ISO) » Fri Mar 23, 2007 8:49 pm

I've opened a ticket requesting a move to the higher CPU plan. More details when I have them.

Mr. Flay · Post Post #15 (ISO) » Mon Mar 26, 2007 3:32 am

Is it possible to enable 'posts by user' only, on the profile page? Maybe just for users with mod powers somewhere? It's a

really

helpful tool for finding out if someone has vanished or just forgot a game (especially since site search is down).

ISO · Post Post #16 (ISO) » Mon Mar 26, 2007 10:03 am

May also consider putting up some Google ads to help cover the cost. Not sure if that's on the NWIH list for any particular reason, but I've noticed there are none up.

jeep · Post Post #17 (ISO) » Mon Mar 26, 2007 10:32 am

flay: I'm wondering if that isn't the piece that is most used and therefore the one we want to have disabled...

Kison: That's for mith to decide, but I'm all for keeping it ad-free. That said, the google ads are generally not very intrusive.

-JEEP

ISO · Post Post #18 (ISO) » Mon Mar 26, 2007 11:03 am

Unsure of what kind of costs you all are looking at, though with the crowd here, I'm sure they would not yield nothing considerable. It's just a suggestion, of course.

bigAl · Post Post #19 (ISO) » Mon Mar 26, 2007 11:30 am

For myself (and I'm sure there'd probably be others), I would be glad to donate some cash to keep the website up and running and ad-free.

Mr. Flay · Post Post #20 (ISO) » Mon Mar 26, 2007 11:31 am

JEEP: Totally understandable, which is why I was hoping to limit it to those with an 'official' use for it. If it needs to stay off until the server move, so be it.

That said, mith, I'd rather try a donation model before ads.

ISO · Post Post #21 (ISO) » Tue Mar 27, 2007 6:36 am

Unstickying while I wait on bluehost.

CoG888 · Post Post #22 (ISO) » Mon Apr 09, 2007 5:18 pm

Second: Donations
Most firefox users (thats everyone, right? RIGHT???) have the adblock plug-in, so google ads wouldn't make much sense.

I would gladly send in a small donation to help the site.

Mr. Flay · Post Post #23 (ISO) » Mon Apr 09, 2007 5:41 pm

Hell, I'll send one NOW since I know the site already costs you money. Any interest in sharing what you're shelling out?

ISO · Post Post #24 (ISO) » Mon Apr 09, 2007 7:47 pm

Grr, I need to bug bluehost some more. I still haven't heard anything more about this.

(This is a repeat of what I've said elsewhere, but: It is extremely unlikely this site will ever have ads. I don't like them. Donations are a possibility sometime in the future, depending on where we end up moving, and I appreciate the offers to help out.)