Skyone wrote:Where do you go about saying this? So you're going with guilty unless proven innocent? Anyway, I spoke to Ben while making the showcase, and we got to talking about this whole situation, and even his ad revenue. It helps, but it doesn't completely pay for the dedicated server he's running.palmertech wrote:I doubt he is losing money. If anyone can actually pull numbers, then I will gladly change my stance. Until then, I call BS.
Anyway, we've been over the same tracks a million times, and I can't believe we're taking the time to address each other just as we have before. No one is going to change the way the other feels. Bitter is bitter. Our words apparently fall on deaf ears.
Even if the ads do not pay for his dedicated server, the fact remains that both his own personal site for his business runs on it. And yes, because of simple math and a basic idea of how much bandwidth a PHPBB forum consumes, I will assume that the money the forums make far outpaces the percentage they eat from his server bandwidth. I am not exactly just assuming he is "guilty", I backed it up with a reason for the belief, and honestly, without numbers, that is the best educated guess I can make, so I am gonna stand by it unless someone can factually say otherwise. Also, note that I have no issue with Ben making money, but I also see absolutely no harms against my adshare idea.
And running over the same tracks? I believe I keep running over the same tracks, but I will continue to do so until you actually address me. All you did was skip over the post I just made (like last time) so you could pick at one small part of my next reply, completely ignoring (yet again) all the issues I brought up. So to be honest, I agree that "I can't believe we're taking the time to address each other just as we have before". Most people would have figured that perhaps one of the sides should change it's tactics, eh? I tried private, I tried public, I tried private resolution, and public resolution, and none have gone anywhere, so I think we know which side needs to change the way they address things, perhaps by actually addressing them.
Oh, and Skyone: Unlike some people here, I do not actively dislike you, you are not even one of the mods I really have big issues with. If you are gonna say I have "deaf ears", though, you might want to actually cite a time where I behaved as such; I can do likewise, if you like.