The New And Improved Unofficial R65 Forum V2
General Category => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: Justin B. on December 09, 2006, 04:47:06 PM
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Well, it's been about a month since this site has been up and I am trying to decide if we should come up with a domain name and register it. Any thoughts?
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Yeah. If we could get hold of sloth some way, could we get his? I would pitch in a few bucks.
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Sure, we could probably "buy" it from him, if he could be found. It's almost like the ground opened up and swallerd 'im! :-?
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I might still have a local contact for him. I bought a fairing from one of his local club members in '05. I think I still have that e-mail. Maybe he can help us find him.
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I have gotten personal e-Mails from him in the past and have not had any responses to messages sent to that address. and, I did NOT get a delivery failure receipt...
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Just as an idea, the following domain names are currently available:
r65.us
bmwr65.com
bmwr65.org
bmwr65.net
bmwr65.us
Pricing through Network Solutions would be as follows:
1 Year 2 Years 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years 100 Years
.COM$ $34.99 $29.99 $24.99 $19.99 $14.99 $9.99
.NET $34.99 $29.99 $24.99 $19.99 $14.99 $9.99
.ORG $34.99 $29.99 $24.99 $19.99 $14.99 $9.99
.US $34.99 $29.99 $24.99 $19.99 $14.99 $9.99
The prices shown are per year pricing. So, for example, 10 year registration would be 10 x $14.99 or $149.
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I found sloths' phone # and talked to him. He is happy to work with us! Apparently he never got anyone's email...
I am sending you his phone # in a PM. He is expecting your call. :)
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On pricing -
I suspect sloth's domain name costs about the same.
If we could just get 10 of the regulars to contribute $15 ( EXCLUDING Justin...), that would take care of it for 10 years.
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I'm in!!! [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
If there's ANY way we could get r65.org to use, I think that would be THE way to go! (IMHO, that is...)
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Put me down too.
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Great idea. [smiley=thumbsup.gif] I'm in.
Hopefully we'll be able to get the R65.org. Then the patches won't be outdated. But if we can't then we'll just have some very rare and valuable patches. [smiley=wink.gif]
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If I get to go to the Boxerworks Forum Rally in May (http://www.boxerworks.com/phorum/read.php?f=1&i=177450&t=177450) (post on there a couple of times, and you will be welcome, also!), I am going to
crash stop overnight at sloth's on the way down! [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]
(https://bmwr65.org/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fct.pbase.com%2Fg6%2F05%2F677405%2F3%2F71430543.Aj9xHsHj.jpg&hash=8201e80b1beee107055c1826395bdf2c915ca91a)
(I need something better than paintbrush, I think...)
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As Dirk so astutely pointed out, "Your cow is laying on it's side..." [smiley=Oscar.gif]
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She's resting. :-X
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Your cow's reply should be "No, really, I'm fine!"
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OK people, I just got off the phone with sloth again (twice in one night!) and he says NO PROBLEM using r65.org domain name! And it won't cost us anything, besides!
Lookin' win-win here! [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
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I'm glad he's cool with it, and it very well may be a burden lifted from his shoulders not to have to baby-sit a forum. Rob, is he going to make the DNS changes to point the URL to suraklyn.com/yabb ? I don't have the authority or site/login to do it... I hope he comes on over, registers, and chimes in from time-to-time. I really was starting to think something nasty had happened to him...
Oh, and see if he'll e-mail us the old board logo image file and I'll figure out a way to "graft" it somewhere here so we can maintain a "link" to the past...
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Rob, you have been one busy guy! Thanks! I hope that didn't run your phone bill up too much.
I guess sloth hadn't been back to see how the forum that he set up had been doing. I wonder if we can get the old threads from the original forum from him and put them in some kind of archive? I'm getting a bit ahead of things here. It was just a thought that ran through my brain.
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I expect we will be hearing from him soon. This year has been a very non-motorcycling one for him. Yeah, I am sure he is aware that it is he that needs to make the change. He has our address.
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COW.org Naa. put me down for a contribution to pay for the domain.
Rich
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Your cow is saying, "I'm OK, I'm OK... Really....It's just a cramp.... I'll walk it off...."
[smiley=rolleyes.gif]
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Hehehe... [smiley=Oscar.gif]
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It looks like his bike was top heavy. Hard to strap much stuff under the motor though.
I'm on on the .org domain, or what ever.
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Put me down for sharing the cost. More hands make lighter work! Let us know hom much and when. Thanks Rob.
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So far, everything we have done has been free. ;DThe kid has a couple hunderd meg and a ton of bandwidth laying around he doesn't use. ;) I may feel guilty and kick him a few bucks toward his yearly fee -let me stress MAY - but so far he hasn't mentioned it and refers to the yearly hosting fees as "chump-change". Kinda sux when your offspring make more than you do... :(
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Well I have gotten a step closer to getting the old db backup. I had to build a linux box to install mysql and apache. I am going to setup the bulletin board software tomorrow and attempt to import the old db. Fingers crossed.
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Fingers crossed as requested. Good Luck! [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
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Cool, Sloth. [smiley=thumbsup.gif] You're a lot more motivated and "less lazy" than I am! ;D