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General => Announcements and forum stuff => Forum News => Topic started by: Prof.Witchheimer on May 08, 2009, 11:22:35 AM
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Dear Lead Adventurers,
LAF's back! You know, my web service provider last week has locked the database of LAF due to the high traffic. Now I've rented a server for us and hope that will be enough for the next years :)
The old database was imported from old to the new server, that was a lot of manual work, therefore it took so long to relaunch LAF.
I would like to thank all the members who contributed to the costs of the server. I've got about 700 EUR! Wow!
Now I feel oblidged to tell you about the costs of the server:
set-up - 100 EUR
monthly rent - 80 EUR
so I have enough money to pay set-up and next 7,5 months :) Thanks again! You're really great :)
At this point big sorry to all the members and especially Lead Painters League participants for that LAF-down-accident.
Now happy posting and LPL voting :) Have fun and welcome back!
Yours
Prof.
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Hurrah!
Great job Prof., thank you also for all your efforts and hardwork in keeping this wonderful part of the going.
Svennn
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Excellent.
Being in IT myself I know how much effort and time this would have taken on your part, even with the co-operation and support of the Hosting company. The fact that you undertook this work whilst having to travel abroad for your job is simply incredible.
Your dedication to LAF, as the short timescale of this recovery demonstrates, is quite remarkable. Bravo. :)
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Well done the Prof. :o
Glad to see its back.
Scary how much I missed it. I must be addicted o_o
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:) Schön das alles wieder läuft!
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Scary how much I missed it. I must be addicted
Amen to that!
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Hurrah!
Great job Prof., thank you also for all your efforts and hardwork in keeping this wonderful part of the going.
Svennn
I send that. Thanks Alex for all your efforts.Its great to have LAF back:)
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Thank God!
Maybe now the shaking will stop… <shudder> ;D
Top work Prof!!
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YEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS :-*
thanks Prof :)
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Well done, Prof.! Thank you. Started to miss this place.
I had overseen the donation button at the bottom all this time. Will need to use it soon.
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Great news and many thanks Alex
:D
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Woooo-hoooo! Thanks Prof!
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Ja!
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Hurrah!
Great job Prof., thank you also for all your efforts and hardwork in keeping this wonderful part of the going.
Svennn
I send that. Thanks Alex for all your efforts.Its great to have LAF back:)
Huzzah!!!
Happy to dip into my pocket again Alex when needed, forum's given me huge amounts of ideas and inspiration so more than happy to continue being one of those jolly old supporting adventurers!
Welcome back!!!
:D
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Well Done! :)
Thanks Prof! :)
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I'll have a quiet pint to celebrate tonight.......... followed by ten loud ones! ;D
Well done Prof, your efforts are greatly appreciated.
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YAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!
Good god I was struggling without this little getaway. I had to resort to TMP for a while there........
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Many thanks for getting the site back up and running. I only discovered it recently but have been enjoying my visits here!
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Vielen Dank, Alex!
Ich hatte schon Entzugserscheinungen...
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I'll have a quiet pint to celebrate tonight.......... followed by ten loud ones! ;D
Well done Prof, your efforts are greatly appreciated.
Are you saying that a single pint will make you very windy? ;D o_o lol :D
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A great thanks Alex!
really I missed the forum !!!!
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Fantastic news! I've just donated 15 euros...was the least thing I could do to support you! Thanks for all the hard work and money invested in this 8)
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Good to see it back up and running Alex.
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Thanks and great work!
Lars
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I confess I was going through withdrawl... ;D ;D ;D
Given what a glacially-slow painter I am, the extra week to paint for the LPL was something of a boon anyway... ::)
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Bender says: I'm back, baby!
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dHd8vUsadw4/Rvc87EWgKYI/AAAAAAAAAAk/u1_c2JXBGgA/s320/futurama_bender.jpg)
Nice one Prof, and all those who contributed. A damn near global effort. If Swine Flu were this organised we'd be in real trouble!
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I'm glad it's back, looking forward to the next round of the Lead Aventure Painting League!
DJ
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Hurrah! I've a reason to live again!
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yay :D
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There is a God !!!
I've been going loopy without my daily LAF fix, had to resort back to absinthe and mescaline........
good job Prof :D
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Just came back from my break, and surprise - LAF is back again!
Relief!
:D
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:-*
It's great to have the forum back!
The outage seemed like ages...
Thanks Prof!
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Never happened when the Prof was running the LPL. Blood broke the LAF with his shoddy mismanagement. Let's get him and chuck him in the pond.
Just kidding! ;)
Great to be back though, ain't it? I think we may allow ourselves a brief period of rejoicing.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40/Plynkes/ve7.jpg)
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Thanks Alex! Hope it didn't cause you a lot of headache.
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Good Job prof!
Since you only notice when your addicted too something when it's gone, I can now consider myself a LAF-addict.
Withdrawal symptoms were aplenty, especially reduced concentration at work. My boss is gratefull for the speedy recovery ;)
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It was a perfect opportunity for us here at RAFM to repay the support we received from LAF and its members in the past and we were happy to contribute to the LAF cause. Glad to see the forum back up and running.
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Simply put: thank you, prof!
Rudi
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Good job!Thank you!
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Simply put: thank you, prof!
I second that motion. Great work, Alex - and thanks for all your efforts getting us back in order again! :)
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Hip Hip Hurrah ! your back , been greatly missed ! :D
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Welcome back! The absence of LAF was a big hole in my evenings. On the plus side, during the downtime I got a lot painted lol
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Excellent! 8)
Great effort from Alex to bring it back (from beyond) :D
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Thank God, something to do at work! (Er...besides work.)
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I am whole again, huzzah :D
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Welcome back! I'll try and top up your available funds next payday. The LAF is well worth our extra financial support.
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Sehr Gut - my life lost it's meaning for at least a week!! :-[ :-[
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Ouf! ;D
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Well done Alex, you're a man of men and your fore fathers before you were men, beyete! :)
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Excellent work, Prof!
It's great to have the LAF up and running again.
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Thank you
prof.
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I missed my fix so much........ Great to see you back.
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Finally I can LAF again :D
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So glad its back. I was reduced to asking strangers on the bus what they thought about new miniature releases and if they might know where I could find pictures of modern Russian 20mm. No one was any help at all.
Thanks Prof.!
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I was reduced to asking strangers on the bus what they thought about new miniature releases and if they might know where I could find pictures of modern Russian 20mm. No one was any help at all.
Hey!! I told you they are in the post, already!!! ;) lol
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Thanks very much for all the hard work.
This royal throng of leaden things, where we pass a while,
With its dearth of trollery, less costly than bars (pubs),
This other Eden, demi-paradise,
This fortress built by the Prof himself
A place for defection from the spittle and Froth,
This happy breed of folks, this little world,
This precious stone set in binary,
Which serves it in the office of a wall
Or as a moat defensive to a house,
Against the envy of less happier lands,—
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this LAF.
Apologies to the Bard. I really did miss the place.
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LAF is back! All is right in the world.
Welcome back and thanks for a great site,
Brian
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Never happened when the Prof was running the LPL. Blood broke the LAF with his shoddy mismanagement. Let's get him and chuck him in the pond.
Just kidding! ;)
I think it was the huge surge of late voting in the Plynkes Stakes that did the damage lol
Right, where were we...?
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Great to have you back Prof. This place was missed. it being MIA really screwed up my daily surfing routine.
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Huzzah! It's back finally. I was going to go full insane soon ;D.
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fantastic!!!! :) :) :) :) :) :)
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Thanks Prof. Absoulutely chuffed to have the LAF back! :D
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Covering the rear end and many thanks Alex for your hard work in facilitating the forum back to life.
Helen
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On a slightly different note, anyone know why all the Pound Sterling symbols have changed to question marks?
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Thank you very much for putting it back,
thank you.
:) :-*
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Well done, Herr Professor. Welcome back!
-Doc
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Good job! I was really beginning to miss the place.
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Thanks Prof. we appreciate your hard work.
(I noticed the missing pound signs to, is it the same thing thats killing all the bees?)
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Hurrah!
Great job Prof., thank you also for all your efforts and hardwork in keeping this wonderful part of the going.
Svennn
I send that. Thanks Alex for all your efforts.Its great to have LAF back:)
Ditto.
Is it too forward to ask how you plan to finance the monthly cost as we go forward? Commercial banners? Yearly contribution drives?
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Never happened when the Prof was running the LPL. Blood broke the LAF with his shoddy mismanagement. Let's get him and chuck him in the pond.
Just kidding! ;)
I think it was the huge surge of late voting in the Plynkes Stakes that did the damage lol
Right, where were we...?
Oh. Was that the rumour going around that Round 3 had a pornographic theme?
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OH Yes !! Prof you are the best !! you win a lot of Beer next time we meet :D
And I praise the Gods of Warmaing tonight ! (and I donate some EURO for the months after the 7,5 months we have .... ;) )
Thanks Grimm
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LAF I nearly died :o (slight misquote from the Stones)
Good to have you back. :D
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Man, its good to be back!!
:D
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Welcome back, we missed you.