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suggestion for fixing Apolyton's money problems
Most of the pageviews are probably related to the forums but a lot of the bandwidth may be occupied by downloads. So first, get rid of downloads. Then reduce the bandwidth used by getting rid of ads and weird UBB hacks and convert the forums to a basic text-based branching thread format.
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I think you'd probably be the only poster left here, if they did that
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That's his plan Narck, he wants to usurp godhood from Ming and I.Who wants DVDs? Good prices! I swear!
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GP: aesthetics need not sacrificed for the sake bandwidth. Most of us return a "not modified" for the graphics anyway. I think the easiest way of trimming bandwidth would be to use CSS styles more extensively. It's amazing how all of those font size="2" face="verdana" tags really add up.
<font size=1 face=Arial color=444444>[This message has been edited by DanS (edited March 16, 2001).]</font>I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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Well I like GPs suggestion, convert the forums into branching threads so no one visits any more and they go out of business, voila, no more money problems
GP, we should just replace you with a bot that just places the words 'install branching threads' now and again
Speaking of Erith:
"It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda SmithComment
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.Last edited by Ted Striker; July 21, 2020, 18:50.We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. - Abraham LincolnComment
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couldn't Markos make his GF go on prostitution? 
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Markos has a GF? With all the time he spends on here?
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GP:
Your suggestion is appreciated, but it is not going to adversely affect the online advertising market conditions that are a reality today. In addition, Apolyton is only one site amongst dozens on GameStats which is amongst dozens of gaming networks etc. etc. and there are more cost factors than just bandwidth considerations to be taken into account.
Leaving the downloads on Apolyton, in fact, actually does more good than harm -- it keeps Apolyton on the forefront of Civilization resources on the Internet.
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Dan; Apolyton CSComment
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Well, if you insist, and as it is for the greater good of Apolyton I suppose I could force myself to
Speaking of Erith:
"It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda SmithComment
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couldn't Markos make his GF go on prostitution?
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ROFL - he quoted it in his column!!
*proud of having made a foolish joke*Comment
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yeah you are now in the Great Apolyton Book Of Fools....Comment
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yay, thanks!
take it easy, young man!Comment
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