CELEBRITY DEATH POOL 2009!!! - Page 9

Radar · 12-21-2009, 05:17 PM

I remember her best from Sin City.

monster · 12-27-2009, 02:31 PM

Celebrity Death Pool 2010

classicman · 12-27-2009, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by classicman

ok thats it - I'm stealing radars secondary list!

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Originally Posted by Radar

Man it would suck if you beat me with my own list.

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Originally Posted by Radar

Ok, I guess I'm down. Either way the cellar wins.

Whats the deal? Who won. . . err lost. . . err who puts the $50 in?

Radar · 12-27-2009, 08:55 PM

That would be me, but I'll need a bit of time since money is tight without a job for the last 11 months.

monster · 12-27-2009, 09:10 PM

we'll take $5 -when you can afford it..... $50 is a lot, even when everything is back on track. Well that MHO.

classicman · 12-27-2009, 09:49 PM

Don't sweat it Radar. I was bustin' your chops more than anything.

monster · 12-27-2009, 10:32 PM

but cellar not run on air.....

classicman · 12-27-2009, 11:06 PM

IIRC radar doesn't believe in contributing anyway. I think thats partly why I made the bet in the first place. Whatever - to each his own.

Radar · 12-28-2009, 10:31 AM

I do believe in contributing, I just prefer to contribute when I know the money is being spent efficiently. For instance before I donate to a charity, I check them out at http://www.charitynavigator.org to see how much of the money they collect goes toward overhead costs, and how much gets to the people who need it.

After speaking to Tony, I was convinced that he could host this site with an equal amount of bandwidth or more for a lot less than he is paying because he chooses to host it at his house rather than having it on a virtual server at a major hosting company or even a dedicated server.

For instance here's a site that offers unlimited bandwidth, unlimited sites, and unlimited disk storage for $8/month. Even if you go with a dedicated server of your own, their most expensive package is less money than what Tony is paying.

http://www.hostgator.com

Shawnee123 · 12-28-2009, 11:28 AM

Whuddever, y'all.

The point remains, I rule at death prediction.

Undertoad · 12-28-2009, 01:29 PM

The servers aren't at my house. They're in a half-rack in a private cage at a quality colocation facility an hour away. One server runs the site, the other runs the database. Bandwidth used is... let us just say surprisingly high. To operate this setup at Hostgator would require 2 X "basic" package at a price of $174 each, a total of $348 per month, or $148 more than it currently costs for colo and bandwidth.

It is, of course, always a simple matter to price out the flavor of the month. It's entirely another matter to run one of the net's oldest communities for two decades. The Cellar started probably some 15 years before something called "Hostgator" was dreamt up, and believe me, the Cellar will outlive the business plans of 99.99% of Internet hosting operators. It does so because of my careful and considered decisions about how best to make it happen.

These decisions, by the way, are not so much up for discussion. I don't care to hear how you think you could run a system like this on "unlimited" plans for $8 a month. If you want to try it, go ahead. Start your own. Have a ball. Put it on a virtual server. Knock yourself the fuck out.

Trilby · 12-28-2009, 01:40 PM

godradarisadouche

heisactuallycringeworthyinhishubris-ugh.

Sundae · 12-28-2009, 02:17 PM

Radar, I am shocked.
Edited because Classic has been through this already.

I just hope you are 100% happy with every single cent you spend, in every single store.
You are a hypocrite if not.

classicman · 12-28-2009, 02:26 PM

OMG - lets not rehash all this please - I was bustin his chops on a year old bet borne from virtually this same discussion.

Shawnee123 · 12-28-2009, 03:06 PM

It's just pars and courses and status quos.

12-21-2009, 05:17 PM	#121
Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	I remember her best from Sin City. __________________ "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." - George Carlin

12-27-2009, 02:31 PM	#122
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Celebrity Death Pool 2010 __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

12-27-2009, 08:55 PM	#124
Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	That would be me, but I'll need a bit of time since money is tight without a job for the last 11 months. __________________ "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." - George Carlin

12-27-2009, 09:10 PM	#125
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	we'll take $5 -when you can afford it..... $50 is a lot, even when everything is back on track. Well that MHO. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

12-27-2009, 09:49 PM	#126
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Don't sweat it Radar. I was bustin' your chops more than anything. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

12-27-2009, 10:32 PM	#127
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	but cellar not run on air..... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

12-27-2009, 11:06 PM	#128
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	IIRC radar doesn't believe in contributing anyway. I think thats partly why I made the bet in the first place. Whatever - to each his own. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

12-28-2009, 10:31 AM	#129
Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	I do believe in contributing, I just prefer to contribute when I know the money is being spent efficiently. For instance before I donate to a charity, I check them out at http://www.charitynavigator.org to see how much of the money they collect goes toward overhead costs, and how much gets to the people who need it. After speaking to Tony, I was convinced that he could host this site with an equal amount of bandwidth or more for a lot less than he is paying because he chooses to host it at his house rather than having it on a virtual server at a major hosting company or even a dedicated server. For instance here's a site that offers unlimited bandwidth, unlimited sites, and unlimited disk storage for $8/month. Even if you go with a dedicated server of your own, their most expensive package is less money than what Tony is paying. http://www.hostgator.com __________________ "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." - George Carlin

12-28-2009, 11:28 AM	#130
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Whuddever, y'all. The point remains, I rule at death prediction. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

12-28-2009, 01:29 PM	#131
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	The servers aren't at my house. They're in a half-rack in a private cage at a quality colocation facility an hour away. One server runs the site, the other runs the database. Bandwidth used is... let us just say surprisingly high. To operate this setup at Hostgator would require 2 X "basic" package at a price of $174 each, a total of $348 per month, or $148 more than it currently costs for colo and bandwidth. It is, of course, always a simple matter to price out the flavor of the month. It's entirely another matter to run one of the net's oldest communities for two decades. The Cellar started probably some 15 years before something called "Hostgator" was dreamt up, and believe me, the Cellar will outlive the business plans of 99.99% of Internet hosting operators. It does so because of my careful and considered decisions about how best to make it happen. These decisions, by the way, are not so much up for discussion. I don't care to hear how you think you could run a system like this on "unlimited" plans for $8 a month. If you want to try it, go ahead. Start your own. Have a ball. Put it on a virtual server. Knock yourself the fuck out.

12-28-2009, 01:40 PM	#132
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	godradarisadouche heisactuallycringeworthyinhishubris-ugh. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

12-28-2009, 02:17 PM	#133
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Radar, I am shocked. Edited because Classic has been through this already. I just hope you are 100% happy with every single cent you spend, in every single store. You are a hypocrite if not. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac Last edited by Sundae; 12-28-2009 at 02:51 PM. Reason: Classic's post below - they was a lot more ranting previously

12-28-2009, 02:26 PM	#134
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	OMG - lets not rehash all this please - I was bustin his chops on a year old bet borne from virtually this same discussion. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

12-28-2009, 03:06 PM	#135
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	It's just pars and courses and status quos. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby Last edited by Shawnee123; 12-28-2009 at 03:11 PM.

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