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By rusty
Wed Feb 12th, 2003 at 12:48:36 AM EST

If you look up there on the right side of the page, you'll notice that we have a new sponsor and are saying goodbye to a former sponsor. I expect there will be questions, so I thought a Site News was in order to provide a good place to ask them.

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Ł15 per month for root access on a Linux host, choice of kernel and distributions, content DNS service, configurable watchdog w/ email and SMS alerts, discounts for free software authors, donations to Debian & money off for referrals, serial cons... damn.

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First, I'd like to thank Promicro one more time for the servers they gave us. They've stood up well, and were a huge help when we found ourselves stuck for hardware.
Second, I want to welcome JohnCompanies to the K5 Sponsors box. You've probably seen their textad before, but it's worked so well that they wanted more exposure, so we worked out a one year sponsorship agreement.
Actually, I don't know that there's much more to say than that. If the formatting of the new ad looks weird or anything, please let me know. If you've got any questions, this is the place to ask them.

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New Sponsor | 70 comments (70 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

ok nm (1.00 / 1) (#69)
by phred on Thu Mar 13th, 2003 at 05:13:43 PM EST

I've found a better font to read with.

what the heck kind of name is (2.00 / 4) (#68)
by phred on Thu Mar 13th, 2003 at 05:11:12 PM EST

pornmicro?

Ad should say "virtual" somewhere (5.00 / 13) (#54)
by Nathan Dial on Thu Feb 13th, 2003 at 01:14:51 PM EST
(spam@nathandial.com) http://www.nathandial.com

The typical use of the term "co-location" (or collocation, I don't care how you spell it) is to speak of a client bringing their (physical) server or servers to a managed hosting facility and renting space and bandwidth in the server room for it. This typically starts at $100/month for very basic service, or more like $300/month for basic service on someone else's hardware.

As people who have looked into this service know, the $65/month "Root on your own FreeBSD or Linux server" is not root on your own physical server, but on a virtual server, that shares the same resources as other virtual servers. It is a root account, and a very nice hosting arrangement for many purposes, but it is not "your own server" any more than a network share on a disk is "your own hard drive." I've seen other k5 text ads for such "virtual hosting" --that said "virtual"-- starting at $29/month. The old text ad always felt misleading, and now it's up there on every page and it bothers me. I'm sure I'm not the only one who is bothered by this.

Would it turn away customers to add one word to the advertisement? If it wouldn't, then why not do it and make some potential customers feel better about the company's honesty in advertising? If it would turn customers away, isn't that a sign that the current text is misleading?

Spelling Flame (5.00 / 1) (#52)
by ewhac on Thu Feb 13th, 2003 at 02:30:28 AM EST
http://ewhac.best.vwh.net/

Might you wield enough influence to get your new sponsor to spell 'Co-Located' correctly?

Schwab

I already tried by rizzo242, 02/19/2003 01:09:34 AM EST (none / 0)

like switzerland by rusty, 02/19/2003 05:14:43 PM EST (none / 0)

well by rizzo242, 02/21/2003 04:04:42 PM EST (none / 0)

Um by rusty, 02/21/2003 04:10:55 PM EST (none / 0)

Don't by rusty, 02/13/2003 02:35:03 AM EST (none / 0)

once again (1.00 / 13) (#51)
by VoxLobster on Thu Feb 13th, 2003 at 12:21:57 AM EST
(VoxLobster@localbodyofwater.h2o)

rusty abuses his power to put stuff directly on the section page. come now, can't we just vote on this like civilized people? I'd still give it a -1, but really...there should be voting.

VoxLobster
I was raised by a cup of coffee! -- Homsar

site news. by hurstdog, 02/21/2003 01:40:02 AM EST (none / 0)

Misread that (5.00 / 2) (#40)
by John Milton on Wed Feb 12th, 2003 at 02:39:23 PM EST
(johnmilton at buddha.co.uk)

I thought for a minute that you were going to say that JohnCompanies donated hardware. I was going to say something about the fact that the servers were only operating system processes. It doesn't seem prudent to make yourself dependent on hardware that you can't take with you.

The Court simply fashions and announces a new constitutional right for pregnant mothers and, with scarcely any reason or authority for its action, invests that right with sufficient substance to override most existing state abortion statutes.

Text Ads and Subscribers (3.00 / 2) (#30)
by Ruidh on Wed Feb 12th, 2003 at 10:26:01 AM EST

The one thing I miss with my Subscription is the text ads which are generally more interesting than the sponsorship ads in the upper right. Perhaps an option for subscribed users to see text ads as well?

Ask and you shall notice.. by Wah, 02/12/2003 10:47:38 AM EST (5.00 / 2)

Sorry, I don't see it by Ruidh, 02/12/2003 10:57:37 AM EST (none / 0)

It's the first dropdown box in User Pref's (nt) by drivers, 02/12/2003 12:01:23 PM EST (5.00 / 1)

I believe there is an option by leviramsey, 02/12/2003 10:47:04 AM EST (5.00 / 1)

About the comments on the Collocation ad... (3.20 / 5) (#28)
by inertia on Wed Feb 12th, 2003 at 10:06:41 AM EST
(inertia located at groove.ath.cx) http://groove.ath.cx

I don't think its very professional looking to have a forum for the ad with 180+ comments in it on the front page. The voxel.net people don't get their own free support forum on K5, why should JohnCompanies?

I was going to say something similar by DesiredUsername, 02/12/2003 01:07:02 PM EST (5.00 / 4)
Comments by rusty, 02/12/2003 12:58:54 PM EST (4.50 / 2)

what's the Foo bar to become a sponsor? by sye, 02/13/2003 02:15:51 PM EST (none / 0)

Looks weird (4.25 / 4) (#27)
by DesiredUsername on Wed Feb 12th, 2003 at 08:58:59 AM EST
(physics_seeker@yahoo.com)

You mean other than the fact that it's HUGE? The "title" takes 2 lines and the UL below that seems double-spaced or something.

Play 囲碁

Yeah, I thought it looked weird (none / 0) (#12)
by fluffy grue on Wed Feb 12th, 2003 at 02:34:26 AM EST
(magenta at trikuare dot cx) http://trikuare.cx/

Could you, you know, change the link to johncompanies to have a style="text-color:#bb0;" or something in it?
--
"Is not orange" is not orange.
"Is not a quine" is not a quine.

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Actually, by ambrosen, 02/12/2003 03:44:41 PM EST (none / 0)

Tell him to get a logo (4.83 / 6) (#8)
by Stick on Wed Feb 12th, 2003 at 01:29:18 AM EST
(stick@itupyourbum.com)

It looks odd now.

---
Stick, thine posts bring light to mine eyes, tingles to my loins. Yea, each moment I sit, my monitor before me, waiting, yearning, needing your prose to make the moment complete. - Joh3n

Klunky indeed by imrdkl, 02/12/2003 03:00:11 AM EST (5.00 / 2)

Or as the first bullet point or something (nt) by Ranieri, 02/12/2003 03:36:15 AM EST (none / 0)

Typical... (4.16 / 12) (#4)
by Steve Ballmer on Wed Feb 12th, 2003 at 01:13:12 AM EST
(steve_ballmer_brownstar at yahoo) http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0066210143.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

I guess you're just blowing off my offer of converting K5's backend to Microsoft BackOffice?

Islam's Love-Hate Relationship with Homosexuality

1300 to 900 (she doesnt know jack!) n/t by vyesue, 02/27/2003 12:13:05 AM EST (none / 0)
oh no! by nooper, 02/12/2003 10:34:42 AM EST (5.00 / 2)

Also, even though ProMicro provided hardware, (none / 0) (#3)
by terpy on Wed Feb 12th, 2003 at 01:05:05 AM EST
(Aim:UberMisanthrope)

the JohnCompanies logo (err, hyperlink) won't take me a few months to adjust my picky eyes to.

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"I may be wrong, but I have arrived at my wrongness through expensive and respectable means."--ghjm

Yellow by rusty, 02/12/2003 01:20:57 AM EST (none / 0)

Oh no! Now the blue is overwhelming! by jt, 02/12/2003 01:41:53 AM EST (5.00 / 1)

Now that you mention it... by zeta, 02/12/2003 01:56:01 AM EST (5.00 / 1)

Except for comment pages by jt, 02/12/2003 02:53:50 AM EST (5.00 / 1)

Ahhh by rusty, 02/12/2003 03:26:59 AM EST (5.00 / 1)

Hey, I like blue too by jt, 02/12/2003 10:24:02 AM EST (5.00 / 2)
Shocking by DullTrev, 02/12/2003 04:24:06 AM EST (5.00 / 1)

Odd, too, given his name is Rusty ;-) [nt] by Gromit, 02/12/2003 08:05:49 AM EST (none / 0)

Color can be nice, by terpy, 02/12/2003 01:28:50 AM EST (5.00 / 1)

Yay. (5.00 / 2) (#2)
by terpy on Wed Feb 12th, 2003 at 01:03:07 AM EST
(Aim:UberMisanthrope)

JohnCompanies is where my incredibly craptastic personal website sits, and it's groovy. I must say I like 'em even more now that they are a sponsor.

+Many Points for being cool.

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"I may be wrong, but I have arrived at my wrongness through expensive and respectable means."--ghjm

well (4.75 / 4) (#1)
by jcolter on Wed Feb 12th, 2003 at 01:00:28 AM EST
(k5@dynamicventilation.com)

Not to to be picky as it seems that the vast majority of people here have had a very good experience with the company.

The only complaint I can anticipate is the unconventional use of the term collocation.

Another perspective... by NFW, 02/12/2003 11:21:21 PM EST (none / 0)

answers by rizzo242, 02/19/2003 01:01:07 AM EST (none / 0)

Collocation is correct. by i, 02/12/2003 07:02:39 AM EST (4.60 / 5)

Oops... reply to wrong comment. by i, 02/12/2003 07:08:02 AM EST (none / 0)

Heh by rusty, 02/12/2003 01:19:12 AM EST (5.00 / 1)

You may be interested to know by vile, 02/13/2003 03:12:00 PM EST (none / 0)
It would be fine.. by Protagonist, 02/12/2003 06:42:14 AM EST (5.00 / 1)

Maybe this isn't so bad by daviddennis, 03/27/2003 05:59:20 PM EST (none / 0)
He does that too... by mold, 02/12/2003 03:31:22 PM EST (none / 0)

For $65/month? [nt] by NFW, 02/12/2003 08:18:50 PM EST (none / 0)

Nope, $105/month. -nt- by mold, 02/15/2003 04:37:24 AM EST (none / 0)

I'll be damned by jcolter, 02/12/2003 03:52:35 AM EST (5.00 / 2)

It's virtual collocation. by i, 02/12/2003 07:10:26 AM EST (none / 0)

Can I pay you by dipierro, 02/12/2003 06:56:22 PM EST (none / 0)

Sure. by i, 02/12/2003 07:12:35 PM EST (5.00 / 2)

Even more indisputably correct than that.... by NFW, 02/12/2003 02:25:50 AM EST (4.00 / 3)

I can tell you why.. by vile, 02/13/2003 03:17:54 PM EST (none / 0)
fun with etymology by Shpongle Spore, 02/12/2003 03:37:49 PM EST (5.00 / 1)

What a terrible language! by Viliam Bur, 02/14/2003 12:31:47 PM EST (none / 0)

Yes and No. by static, 03/03/2003 09:53:40 PM EST (none / 0)

Did you try... by mech9t8, 02/12/2003 11:42:38 AM EST (4.66 / 3)

agreed by drivers, 02/12/2003 12:15:20 PM EST (5.00 / 1)

And it rhymes with... by NFW, 02/12/2003 08:20:00 PM EST (none / 0)

See comment #21. by i, 02/12/2003 07:12:34 AM EST (4.00 / 1)
I'll take your Webster, and raise an OED by martingale, 02/12/2003 06:37:49 AM EST (5.00 / 3)

What's the pronunciation? by NFW, 02/12/2003 08:20:52 PM EST (none / 0)

pronounciation by martingale, 02/12/2003 09:05:51 PM EST (none / 0)

Dictionary Poker! by wiredog, 02/12/2003 08:07:55 AM EST (4.50 / 4)

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