MadMonkey: You will like it.

MadMonkey: Yes. I like it.

coan.net: The guestbook plugin seems to be buggy. Try the Contact Form instead.

joshi tm: Most likely the model does not override the correct value. I'll fix it soon.

Snoopy: Yes.

MadMonkey: Most likely a fellowship which is already deleted. Such things happen.

MadMonkey: I agree that it should be addressed. But I don't agree that it should be addressed as soon as possible. There are more important things to do.

MadMonkey: I don't want to start an argument about priorities.

MadMonkey: If I did, it would be mentioned somewhere.

Andersp: http://brainking.info/archives/414-About-the-complexity-part-1.html
http://brainking.info/archives/436-About-the-complexity-part-2.html
http://brainking.info/archives/437-About-the-complexity-part-3.html

Andersp: The blog comments section is the best place to post blog comments.

beach: Hell, these third party products make me really annoyed sometimes. The sooner I create my own blog system the better (because it would be easy to integrate it with BrainKing user names and passwords).

Czuch: I have noticed that you have created an account at the blog site. If you have received a confirmation e-mail and clicked the activate link (I think that's how it works), you should be able to post your comment if you click at the particular article page (click here and scroll down to the comment form).

Czuch: MadMonkey is a smart guy. Unlike you, he understands.

MadMonkey: Well, time has come to move, right? Why to stay in good old England when the great Central Europe is waiting for you to live there?
All right, now seriously. I have promised not to provoke anybody here, so I will do it at the blog site. Soon.

MadMonkey: Then it is a feature request, not a bug. But I am aware of it now.

Jim Dandy: I've just checked your BrainKing account with 3 different browsers and through 2 different internet connections. In all cases, all pages have been loaded in less than 1 second and I have not observed any other issues.
Ergo, whatever the problem is, it is not caused by BrainKing. Q.E.D.

Jim Dandy: I don't want to repeat that again. That's why the article has been posted. If you want to add a comment, please use this page.

Jim Dandy: The article answers this question.
By the way, "so many people" is a relative notion.

Jim Dandy: There is a link "when you have connection problems ..." at the board description section and the article is still valid for everyone.

MadMonkey:

alanback: Nope, I am correct, according to my accountant. It's probably a different kind of VAT than you mean, but I don't know the right English word for that.

alanback: It's a VAT applied to me, not to BrainKing users. It is not important where the particular customer is from (especially where it is not mandatory to fill any personal information to the Profile).

pauloaguia: So you suggest that I should fix it within an hour.

pauloaguia: It's supposed to show no red numbers (except the one next to the Message box link).

P-G: Looks like I forgot to remove that option. Action points are no longer used.

Who still cannot see the pond list?

MadMonkey: It shows a list of all team tournaments where your fellowship is (or was) participating.

Mousetrap: Actually, it is recommended to use http://BrainKing.com instead. Unless nothing else works.

Mousetrap: What happens if you try ctrl-f5 after opening that page?

pauloaguia: That's right. Because, given the nature of web-based request-response application, there are no online users at all - when a page is generated and sent, the user is "disconnected". It is, in most cases, the system level issue (BrainKing background processes etc.) which can (but it can never be said for sure) cause an increased allocation of resources which are always limited. But the expansion thing I have mentioned is more about "the OS could recognize that a smart and instant low-level reconfiguration is required and should do it itself" which is not possible, of course. It's more complicated (Abigail please don't start a too technical discussion here ).
I think the blog is a better place to post a detailed overview, which is what I plan to do soon.

Puckish: That could be considered.

Puckish: But, of course, you cannot split it for 9 different users, 1 year each. All 9 years would be added to one account.

Puckish: Exactly.

Gammonator: Actually, the number of online users has a very low impact on that (as the meters and statistics say). It's more a system level thing. It's a pity that computer manufacturers still didn't invent how to make servers self-expandable.

NOT a floosie: I cannot resist to say it again, although it might be easier to link to the relevant posts:

1) Nobody expects people on any position to be there forever. It happens in every company, no matter how big or small it is, and it means absolutely nothing. Nobody is forced to do what he doesn't want to do and nobody is blamed for that.

2) No matter what I say or write, there will be always someone who would react "this is rude!" and no matter how many hours/days/months we spend on the site development and performance tuning, there will be always someone who claims "it is terribly slow!".

The conclusion - none of the mentioned points means that BrainKing has no future. (and how many people are offended by this childish smiley now?)

TarantinoFan: Not too original. Try something new next time.

ScarletRose: Just be patient. There are more things to be released this year. It's too early to specify them.

Bernice: Objection overruled.

ScarletRose: Actually, I want to change the Store page a little.

AbigailII: I have promised to be nice and not to provoke any further flamewars, so please forgive me if I don't answer the first question about keeping current customers and attracting new ones. I have my numbers and my opinion.

Regarding the second question, I haven't probably made the exact expression - of course it's only up to us where the firewall is connected to but, just in order to get a faster line, we moved our servers to another serverhousing company last year. Our meters say that the upstream line is fast enough to ensure a very good response, at least where it can reach. Of course, there is a possibility have our servers hooked at a dedicated super fast mega line, but it is not worth a tenfold of the current monthly fee I am already paying. Expenses must be reasonable too.

Eriisa: Acknowledged.

ScarletRose: Danoschek? Wow, I am impressed. It doesn't happen every day to be compared with someone who had called me "fascist" several times in the past. And I thought that nothing new could surprise me here.
Well, smart people know. The others will always find an excuse to criticize anything what seems to be a good topic to them.
And, actually, if someone has been told at least 10 times "I realize you are frustrated, please kindly check your computer and ISP ... blah blah" and it has no effect, there is really nothing left except "Look here dipweed, it's only your problem you twit! Start to think and give me a break." I am always glad to learn new words, it can be useful in the future.

MadMonkey: Sorry. The i.brainking.com server provides all images and the brainking.com is still the BrainKing as we know it - the HTML code and similar things.
Are there any particular images you have a problem with?

ChessChampion: Thank you.

Jim Dandy: Every respectable person deserves a respect. Unfortunately it does not apply to Bernice. Hell, I have made this mistake again but sometimes I cannot resist.

Bernice: Obviously you are not smart enough to understand the simplest arguments. Which is, to my amusement, confirmed by your every post. Keep doing that.

Bernice: There is one thing which I absolutely don't understand (and I am definitely not the only one) - what are you still doing on BrainKing? Isn't is a good time to leave the site at last and find another one where they don't know you yet?

MadMonkey: Your post is meaningful and you will get the answer (hint, hint!). And, actually, you have answered yourself because you say that the delay happens at the "transferring data from brainking.com" status. Yes, transferring! Not a page generating, no waiting for a response, just transferring of the data containing the web page source. You describe the situation AFTER the page is sent from BrainKing to your browser, not BEFORE. Once again, that's what we cannot resolve because it's not technically possible.
There are always many different possibilities of network related problems which can cause this kind of a slowdown, including DNS lookup errors, browser memory leaks, international line overload, a glitch in ISP network switches, wrongly updated caches of proxy servers etc. I don't think it would make sense to list all of them.
As I have said, I want to post a detailed article to the blog soon. Be patient.

Bernice: You are wrong in both parts of your statement because 1) you don't have the fastest connection speed (it is obvious), 2) other sites are not fine. Time has come to accept it.