Originally Posted by frazod

And the next time there's a CP fundraiser (overdue, IMO), we should all put our money where our mouths are, and perhaps something beautiful will happen.

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Ahh, post count smack. Has the great keyboard of doom been reduced to such a quivering pile of infantile runs that it feels the need to respond so feebly?

I wrote that reply in one five minute sitting after getting back from class today and then logging on. Sorry if my ability to actually think on my feet is so threatening to you. If you think anything else, you might want to join me in the hubble deep field. Bring your crisco and one of the latex gloves that bull juicers use to jack off and then inseminate the bovine population. There might be a spare one hanging from your wife's crotch.

So an elitist asshole with a thesaurus and bad attitude is empirically worse than the uneducated asshole with a grabag of 8 major putdowns that he shakes up from time to time, but never varies. "Die in a Fire" "Stuff object X up your ass" "You're (insert douche-related product here". It's the same trite shit from you every time, and the reason you aren't called on it is because you're part of the old-timer clique.

"Grown up conversation"--by this I assume you mean the tired and old beliefs of people rapidly approaching middle and late age who have by and large given up on their own ability to actually make anything of themselves or change anything about the world. Of course, since I'm not yet a quitter, I guess I just don't understand how hard the world is :crybaby:. The sad fact about assertions like that is that they show you for the coward and the stagnant lump of prokaryote shit that you actually are.

If you want to weigh what you do in your life versus mine, you can, but I don't think that you are going to come out favorably. I'm sorry if I'm not restrained by the 9-5 job, answering to one of the Bobs, or being the lackey of any numerous donkeys ahead of me on the professional ladder. I actually have intellectual and personal freedom in my career, and I prefer it that way. There's a reason why people like you don't do what I do--you can't. However, you have so much invested in your own insular and primitive view of the world that the mere risk of trying to think outside of the miniscule box you've created for yourself envelops you in so much fear and terror that you'd sooner return to your own barbaric assumptions than ever attempt to have a truly brave or original thought roll through your head. And since you can't counter what I say with any substance, enter the grammarian trolls to try and prop you up.

Originally Posted by Cochise

It's free, what do you want?

Actually, it's not free to whomever pays the undoubtedly massive hosting cost for it. I don't know how that all works, but I doubt the cornball Google ads defrayed much of the cost.

Originally Posted by Phobia

This site has been approached by advertisers willing to pay frequently before I left over a year ago. I don't know why there aren't any ads - it's not because advertisers don't want to pay. Look at Chiefshuddle's traffic and their advertising. I know for a fact that dude is taking down some coin and they have a lot less traffic than the Planet.

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

Hey will you guys knock it off. Just drop it and move on. Life's too frigging short to argue over lame chit. Two vets like yourselfs can co-exsist on here successfully. I've met Iowaian several times and he's a good guy. Since you are a Cardinals fan that makes you okay in my book. Save the rancor for the n00bs.

Originally Posted by JBucc

I'm still pumped about that vB upgrade we got a few months ago. The new layout is so cool and easy to navigate.

Originally Posted by JBucc

I'm still pumped about that vB upgrade we got a few months ago. The new layout is so cool and easy to navigate.

Originally Posted by htismaqe

morphius and I have tried several times to "generate revenue" for Kyle via various means. He's just not interested.

I have to agree with Zach - it would be one thing if it were silence, but it's not. It's unfulfilled promises. Tis better to say nothing at all than to promise something and not deliver.

But I digress...

Like I said, Kyle has been approached time and again with opportunities for this site to MAKE money, and he's just not interested. It's seems to me to be just plain apathy.

I truly love this place. It's the best site on the Internet. I've probably spent more time here in the last 6 years than I have in my bed. I'd like to be the last person to question Kyle, after all, he's essentially entrusted *me* with running this site.

Yep, that's what I said. When it comes to the day-to-day running of the Planet - I'm Carl Peterson. Other than Dole, all of the mods you see now are my appointees. He doesn't tell me what to do, and even when I ask about things, he rarely answers.

Look, I don't want to say anything bad about Kyle - this place would be here without him. But there's no use in dancing around the truth.

Originally Posted by htismaqe

morphius and I have tried several times to "generate revenue" for Kyle via various means. He's just not interested.

I have to agree with Zach - it would be one thing if it were silence, but it's not. It's unfulfilled promises. Tis better to say nothing at all than to promise something and not deliver.

But I digress...

Like I said, Kyle has been approached time and again with opportunities for this site to MAKE money, and he's just not interested. It's seems to me to be just plain apathy.

I truly love this place. It's the best site on the Internet. I've probably spent more time here in the last 6 years than I have in my bed. I'd like to be the last person to question Kyle, after all, he's essentially entrusted *me* with running this site.

Yep, that's what I said. When it comes to the day-to-day running of the Planet - I'm Carl Peterson. Other than Dole, all of the mods you see now are my appointees. He doesn't tell me what to do, and even when I ask about things, he rarely answers.

Look, I don't want to say anything bad about Kyle - this place would NOT be here without him. But there's no use in dancing around the truth.

Originally Posted by Mile High Mania

I'm curious ... what is the ballpark cost on monthly hosting fees for this place. Is it hosted by a traditional hosting company or a smaller mom and pop type of deal? Is it a shared or dedicated server environment?