Photo gripe

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by hey,littlecobra

I can't buy myself more space?? please???

Evidently not. Your money is no good here. No amount of money will get you out of this problem. You can't get a price quote, nor will you get an answer as to why that is. You have a better chance of getting the Kirkham brothers to fly out and cut your fiberglass body off with X-acto knives and replace it with aluminum -- at least with that you could probably get a price quote. So just face it, you're not going to get an answer as to why you can't buy space, and you're not going to get an answer as to why you can't get an answer. And heaven forbid others miss the "once a year" chance to contribute, they are then forced to wait for the opportunity to come around again next year. You'd think you could give away a contribution to CC at any time, and it would be easy to do, but that just ain't the way it is.

[computerworks]

Originally Posted by patrickt

You'd think you could give away a contribution to CC at any time, and it would be easy to do, but that just ain't the way it is.

Your tone is not appreciated....at all.

Contact Brent Mills, the site owner, for any of your requests.

[mrmustang]

Originally Posted by patrickt

So just face it, you're not going to get an answer as to why you can't buy space, and you're not going to get an answer as to why you can't get an answer.

First off, remember where you are, you are at Club Cobra, a forum for talking Cobras and related items. This is not a photo hosting service, but instead a forum that offers it's members (both contributing and non contributing) "some" server space so that they can host "some" pictures. Now you spew forth a rant like a spoiled kid about not being able to load more oversized files to the server, come on, give the rest of us who play within the guidelines a break, same goes for the owner of the site (who does this in his spare time and does work a FULL TIME job to boot), and the moderators who try their best to make it all run smoothly (think it's easy, I moderate clubhotrod.com and can tell you it's a thankless, unpaid position where as a moderator you are damned if you do and damned if you don't).

Of course, now as a typical end user here who read all of this thread (and your posts), I'll add the following to try and get you to understand things behind the scenes here in a way that you'll be able to follow and understand, so here we go..

Seeing that you are a car guy and not a computer techie, imagine if you will that each picture is a small compact car (think Pinto or Geo Metro here), and the bandwidth (that is what space and server resources are used each time one of your pictures is loaded on a web page, or downloaded to someone elses computer screen) is a one lane road surface. Now, imagine if you will your file size (600-1,500K large) as a Tractor Trailer sized vehicle. Which do you choose to have running down that one lane road at any given time, 200 of the small size files (times 100,000 downloads), or 200 of the large size files (again times 100,000 downloads). Brent does pay for this bandwidth useage, and the larger size files do slow down the rest of the server (again think of a 20mph speed limit vs a 65mph speed limit on that one lane road) and it's resources. An even better analogy would be if you ever drove over the Cross Bronx Expressway, in which case would you rather be there during rush hour, or at 2:30am with those same vehicles coming and going (times 100,000).........

Again, do not take this post as an attack, just someone elses viewpoint and opinion...Again I hope that the above paragraph helps you understand the technical (behind the scenes) things a little more....

Here is wishing you and yours a great holiday season.

Yours In Rambling Fords,

Bill S.

[Jamo]

Originally Posted by patrickt

Evidently not. Your money is no good here. No amount of money will get you out of this problem. You can't get a price quote, nor will you get an answer as to why that is. You have a better chance of getting the Kirkham brothers to fly out and cut your fiberglass body off with X-acto knives and replace it with aluminum -- at least with that you could probably get a price quote. So just face it, you're not going to get an answer as to why you can't buy space, and you're not going to get an answer as to why you can't get an answer. And heaven forbid others miss the "once a year" chance to contribute, they are then forced to wait for the opportunity to come around again next year. You'd think you could give away a contribution to CC at any time, and it would be easy to do, but that just ain't the way it is.

...or you could learn to read.