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11/08/2006 03:20:20 AM · #1 |
Okay... i give up. Where are they hiding this week's new Exclusive Open Challenges ?
Did I miss something ?
Langdon... nugde, nudge.
;o)
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11/08/2006 08:05:10 AM · #2 |
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11/08/2006 08:07:40 AM · #3 |
we know. lang just forgot to schedule them.
consider this bonus time to study the new basic editing rules ;-) |
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11/08/2006 08:08:09 AM · #4 |
Because of the expense of hosting this site, open challenges are being discontinued in order to encourage membership. From now on, there will only be member challenges.
Also, SC members are going to be given a salary for their time.
Message edited by author 2006-11-08 08:09:01.
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11/08/2006 08:08:58 AM · #5 |
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Because of the expense of hosting this site, open challenges are being discontinued in order to encourage membership. From now on, there will only be member challenges. |
heheh - classic
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11/08/2006 08:09:17 AM · #6 |
Also, SC members are going to be given a salary for their time.
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11/08/2006 08:13:32 AM · #7 |
| How many threads do need about this? I think this is the fourth. |
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11/08/2006 08:20:45 AM · #8 |
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I would have thought that the upcoming challenges are queue ahead of time (weeks or months) and then automatically posted at rollover times. I guess the site is not that sophisticated?
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11/08/2006 08:39:26 AM · #9 |
Originally posted by lesgainous:
I would have thought that the upcoming challenges are queue ahead of time (weeks or months) and then automatically posted at rollover times. I guess the site is not that sophisticated? |
nah. it just manages over 60000 users and over 410000 images, including the ability to store comments, vote on images, manage portfolios, and deliver prints by mail. it's rudimentary at best. :P |
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11/08/2006 08:39:48 AM · #10 |
ps - what's a salary?
Message edited by author 2006-11-08 08:40:12. |
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11/08/2006 08:43:20 AM · #11 |
Originally posted by muckpond:
nah. it just manages over 60000 users and over 410000 images, including the ability to store comments, vote on images, manage portfolios, and deliver prints by mail. it's rudimentary at best. :P |
Given all that, I would very much like to see an increase in the membership fee to cover the cost of whatever new hardware is required to see that the server does not tank every rollover. Last night for 40 minutes this box was almost completely locked as far as servicing http requests. A hardware upgrade is in order, or, don't do multiple challenge rollovers simultaneously.
edit: sp
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11/08/2006 08:46:00 AM · #12 |
Originally posted by lesgainous:
I would have thought that the upcoming challenges are queue ahead of time |
They are, but Langdon forgot this time. I think he picks them several days to a week in advance (sometimes in response to a forum thread or current event). |
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11/08/2006 08:53:20 AM · #13 |
Originally posted by muckpond:
Originally posted by lesgainous:
I would have thought that the upcoming challenges are queue ahead of time (weeks or months) and then automatically posted at rollover times. I guess the site is not that sophisticated? |
nah. it just manages over 60000 users and over 410000 images, including the ability to store comments, vote on images, manage portfolios, and deliver prints by mail. it's rudimentary at best. :P |
Yeah, this is a relatively small site compared to others I've worked on.
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11/08/2006 08:56:32 AM · #14 |
Originally posted by routerguy666:
Last night for 40 minutes this box was almost completely locked as far as servicing http requests. |
Last night was a "perfect storm" situation... the site was bogging down for much of the day (maybe due in part to election day traffic). On top of that, we had a large Free Study that just *happened* to fall on the same day as rollover for two popular Open challenges, so we had 1200 images to calculate, plus a higher than usual number of people clicking to see their scoreĂ¢€“ all at a time when Langdon is out of town. That's a highly unusual set of conditions conspiring to take our update buttons away. |
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11/08/2006 09:13:55 AM · #15 |
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11/08/2006 09:15:45 AM · #16 |
Yeah spots or hats - ugggh!
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11/08/2006 09:16:48 AM · #17 |
lol my youngest is in braces and just got her head gear.... she'd DIE if I shot that! :P
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11/08/2006 09:17:15 AM · #18 |
| <> Me thinks me may be seeing SPOTS!!! |
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11/08/2006 09:18:44 AM · #19 |
| headgear and spots? Boring! |
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11/08/2006 09:26:04 AM · #20 |
Originally posted by Bugzeye:
headgear and spots? Boring! |
Dude, where's your imagination? |
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11/08/2006 09:53:41 AM · #21 |
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11/08/2006 09:54:19 AM · #22 |
Originally posted by scalvert:
Originally posted by Bugzeye:
headgear and spots? Boring! |
Dude, where's your imagination? |
Yeah... go out and shoot spotted headgear or headed spotgear or geared spotheads or something...
Put a dalmation on your head...
Put a hat on your dalmation...
The possibilities are limitless!!! |
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11/08/2006 09:55:03 AM · #23 |
Spots?
"Make like a leopard and show us your spots!"
What spots? Make like a leopard? I don't understand.
Message edited by author 2006-11-08 09:55:25. |
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11/08/2006 09:56:08 AM · #24 |
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11/09/2006 12:47:24 AM · #25 |
Originally posted by cpanaioti:
How many threads do need about this? I think this is the fourth. |
If there were 4... I guess the other 3 should have checked the threads before they created theirs. This was the first at 3:20AM
;oP
btw: i LOVED your Leopard shot Cindi ! (read: underated)
Message edited by author 2006-11-09 00:50:28. |
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