Manuals available for all members - No 25 post rule

[AB]

Ok, lets give it a go for a bit and see what happens.

We are on a pretty big website plan now so we'll see how it goes for anyone who signs up can download the manuals. When you think about it if some needs the manual then they are obviously having problems and will hopefully be appreciative of the source and come back to the forum, etc.

If someone ever sees the forum severly slow down or even crash can they please PM me or if you are a regular or even a new member and wants my mobile number to ring me if it all goes to poop then let me know and I'll give you my number just incase as I have no idea how this will pan out.

Fingers crossed!

At least from now on we won't get spamming posts and the forum will keep on chugging with only posts from people who actually have a question or just want to be a part of it, etc....And, It's less stressful for some of us too...lol

HAPPY DAYS!!!

[NissanGQ4.2]

good stuff AB, no more stupid posts..... well except 4 bigrigs *LMAO* :)

[YNOT]

Now what am I going to to for excitement, you've taken away the thrill of the chase trying to ban spammers before they get to 25 posts. And worse still now I have to break it to my night shift security team (the 3 stooges +1) that their services are no longer required! I'm sure they will be most disappointed that they now have no reason to call me in the middle of the night.

All good mate, we'll see how it goes.

Tony

[Clunk]

Oh nice one Andy.............. now what am i gunno do hey????!!!!!!! hahahahahaha

[big_fletch]

We will see how it goes hey AB, worth a shot and see what happens..
Hopefully works in our favor

[AB]

I'm back at work tomorrow from my Easter break...very depressed right now mind you!!!

I'm back on board monitoring the forum memory so lets see how we go this week and if it falls apart then we may have to go back...As mentioned before we rank at the top of Google for the Patrol manuals so we may get abused with downloads beyond our level so lets play it by ear...

[nowoolies]

oh well now we can get some sleep

[Finly Owner]

Now Night Shift will definately be an after hours general banter thread. LOLOL

Tim

[patch697]

See what happens when I come back.... AB decides to let his hair down.....lol

[AB]

See what happens when I come back.... AB decides to let his hair down.....lol

I'm pretty pickled tonight, wait till tomorrow comes...lol

[patch697]

I'm pretty pickled tonight, wait till tomorrow comes...lol

Yeah I know.... Hair up, skirt on makeup done & off to work.... You told us already.......ROFLMAO

[Bigrig]

good stuff AB, no more stupid posts..... well except 4 bigrigs *LMAO* :)

Harsh ... but I suppose ... fair!!! LOL!!!!

[timbar]

WELL .........Looks to me the NIght Shift Security Crew has just been SACKED !!!!!!!!!! :1087::1087::1087: YEP Knocked on the head .................................................. ........................................

[Bob]

Well worth the try. Lets hope it does not overload the site.

[katwoman]

WELL .........Looks to me the NIght Shift Security Crew has just been SACKED !!!!!!!!!! :1087::1087::1087: YEP Knocked on the head .................................................. ........................................

Do we get redundancy ? Oh well , we can just call Tony at 2 am just to see if he's sleeping.
Was cool while it lasted..

[DX grunt]

Dangerous move offering your mobile number for 'on call' help.

Hope people don't ring you up on the peace at 3am asking how you and your troll are going.

Then again, you do run the show and can discretely ban them for a period. lol

[timbar]

Do we get redundancy ? Oh well , we can just call Tony at 2 am just to see if he's sleeping.
Was cool while it lasted..

YEAH i got his number too we can play tag all night long 30min intervals hahahahahahahaha

[AB]

Might have to leave the phone in the kitchen from 11pm to 6am me thinks...LMAO

[patch697]

Dangerous move offering your mobile number for 'on call' help.

Hope people don't ring you up on the peace at 3am asking how you and your troll are going.

Then again, you do run the show and can discretely ban them for a period. lol

& he can do it with my blessing as well............ Bugger it for every day he dishes out I might even double it just to show my support.

[Bob]

Might have to leave the phone in the kitchen from 11pm to 6am me thinks...LMAO

or divert it to itself

[katwoman]

Dangerous move offering your mobile number for 'on call' help.

Hope people don't ring you up on the peace at 3am asking how you and your troll are going.

Then again, you do run the show and can discretely ban them for a period. lol

Banned ? Life would end!! Y'all miss me anyways !! Woulnt you ?? ( pls say yes)

[timbar]

NAH Kat we would never do that !!!



Kat who????????
nup dont know her ROFLMAO

[patch697]

NAH Kat we would never do that !!!



Kat who????????
nup dont know her ROFLMAO

I would have thought Tony would boot you first anyways...LMAO................. Timbar WHO......lololol

[YNOT]

Kat knows from experience I won't ban her, she's already called me once at 2am! And Tim's always up for a chat over breakfast so he's safe to.

Tony

[katwoman]

Kat knows from experience I won't ban her, she's already called me once at 2am! And Tim's always up for a chat over breakfast so he's safe to.

Tony

Phew ! Glad I've got that in writing...

[patch697]

Kat knows from experience I won't ban her, she's already called me once at 2am! And Tim's always up for a chat over breakfast so he's safe to.

Tony

Well it looks like you have it all wrapped up Tony....... I think I might have to hang up my hat......lolol

[YNOT]

Well it looks like you have it all wrapped up Tony....... I think I might have to hang up my hat......lolol

Not just yet Paul.

Tony

[patch697]

Not just yet Paul.

Tony

LMAO............. Don't panic mate, it was more of a pat on the back for a job well done then a threat....lol

[patch697]

Well thats a bit crappy!!! As the words got out the forum has slowed to a drip?????

We will have to figure some out here AB.

[BoroNSW]

Thanks AB much appreciated

[Bulbous]

Damn 13 wasted posts.

Just joking guys, You don't get rid of me that easily, I'll be staying around.

Seriously I think it's probably the easiest way to deal with this, otherwise the Admin's get continuously pestered.

[YNOT]

The 25 post rule has been reinstated for now due to manual downloads slowing the forum down.

Tony

[AB]

Yes, I just had to change it back to the 25 post rule unfortunately guys.

The forum slowed up to almost a hault, I rung my website provider and they said we just munched through over 2.5GB of data in just 8 hours today so that is a huge amount of memory that we simply cannot handle.

That means we prob had about 40 manuals downloaded today only which is massive!

Back to the drawing board I guess.

[DX grunt]

Yes, I just had to change it back to the 25 post rule unfortunatelty guys.

The forum slowed up to almost a hault, I rung my website provider and they said we just munched through over 2.5GB of data in just 8 hours today so that is a huge amount of memory that we simply cannot handle.

That means we prob had about 40 manuals downloaded today only which is massive!

Back to the drawing board I guess.

See. Ya let ya guard down for a split second, and the vultures swoop like a dive bomber. Hit and run. lol ??????????

[Bob]

Oh well you tried something different AB. Back to the Drawing Board

[Maxhead]

Yes, I just had to change it back to the 25 post rule unfortunatelty guys.

The forum slowed up to almost a hault, I rung my website provider and they said we just munched through over 2.5GB of data in just 8 hours today so that is a huge amount of memory that we simply cannot handle.

That means we prob had about 40 manuals downloaded today only which is massive!

Back to the drawing board I guess.

Oh well, you've given it a shot mate....

OK, plan B.....which is...????...LOL

[AB]

Oh well, you've given it a shot mate....

OK, plan B.....which is...????...LOL

UMM...LOL...yep, we go back to watching lazy people not wanting to spend 15 minutes putting effort into the forum and showing common courtesy I guess...

[patch697]

Yes, I just had to change it back to the 25 post rule unfortunately guys.

The forum slowed up to almost a hault, I rung my website provider and they said we just munched through over 2.5GB of data in just 8 hours today so that is a huge amount of memory that we simply cannot handle.

That means we prob had about 40 manuals downloaded today only which is massive!

Back to the drawing board I guess.

OK, OK I confess its me, all me. The forum was running fine until I got back????.........LMAO

[Sir Roofy]

andy mate you didnt think that your going to get flogged by that give away.
wrong now im not computer minded but that was not good
your right in thinking that they need a manual
well its either earn them here or go to e/bay
have a good evening

[kingy]

Its a bummer how they count your data but such is life here our data charges are obscene compared to some parts of the world.

Are well you were nice and got smashed not allot you can do really.

Cheers

[Bulbous]

Oh well, you've given it a shot mate....

OK, plan B.....which is...????...LOL

Plan B - Do you want me to host the files for you. I'm responsible for several servers in Europe, one of them is a fail over site for our production system. If I put them on there, nobody would ever notice, since the only thing running on it is a skeleton Apache set up. The server(s) are hosted by Interoute out of Geneva and I'm pretty sure that bandwidth will not be an issue.

[AB]

Plan B - Do you want me to host the files for you. I'm responsible for several servers in Europe, one of them is a fail over site for our production system. If I put them on there, nobody would ever notice, since the only thing running on it is a skeleton Apache set up. The server(s) are hosted by Interoute out of Geneva and I'm pretty sure that bandwidth will not be an issue.

That would be great Steve, muchly appreciated!

I think even just hosting the main manuals would be ok such as the GQ and GU manuals along with the reference document and that would be fine.

Good work mate!!!

[patch697]

Plan B - Do you want me to host the files for you. I'm responsible for several servers in Europe, one of them is a fail over site for our production system. If I put them on there, nobody would ever notice, since the only thing running on it is a skeleton Apache set up. The server(s) are hosted by Interoute out of Geneva and I'm pretty sure that bandwidth will not be an issue.

Thankyou, What a brilliant offer.

[AB]

Big thanks to Steve as kindly offered above to host some of the manuals and now we can happily give all of the manuals away to anyone who signs up to the forum.

Huge relief for us so thanks again mate!!!

Steve is hosting the GU and GQ manuals so we should be ok to handle the rest I think...lol

[growler2058]

Onya Stevo CHAMP!!!!

[Finly Owner]

Thanks Steve, goo on ya mate.

Tim

[AB]

Haha wow!! Now streaming to you live from Geneva! AB the forum's taking over the world!

I know, Getting bigger as we speak hey!!!

Steve's servers are good too...It downloads faster then a speeding bullet...Well maybe not a bullet, more like an orange cannon...lol