Hi Dave,
Duh, everyone down there looks the same to me. Except upside-downy-looking kinda stuff. I hear the sheep are particularly randy this year. (poke-poke)
Piping Design Central is the website(s) and mailing list(s). Everything is above-board, I have yet to succumb to the dark side of the force. For the past year, the site has been supported by a one-time cash injection. I am not at liberty to provide details, but it ain't pretty.
The $100/month figure is for site hosting and internet access, and I've padded that a bit, but not much. At this time, I have paid in advance for 6 months service which will change in the new year because I am not happy with the current solution. I want 2 colocated servers (now we're talking big bucks) so that I can offer you guys about 50MB each of webspace in exchange for mumble, mumble.
Sponsors pay upfront for a six month period, this is what buys the groceries, smokes, booze and hookers. That and my servicing supermodels' temporary sexual needs while they are here in Montreal for the latest movie shoot. I'm way below minimum wage on that one.
I don't like Yahoogroups, actually, but it's free. I'd much rather have a home-grown solution, see the colocated server answer above. That way, I could TRULY be commander of everything pipingdesign-related! For sponsor info, I'd suggest that you contact them directly. They won't lie to you 'cause I didn't lie to them. Texas Flange and LMNO Engineering.
Regarding your last question, you might be surprised that a worldwide celebrity stud such as myself is having trouble paying the rent on Monday. I know, it's totally unbelievable. Those stupid machinists can't even bore out the cylinders of my BB512 properly, but that's another story.
Oh yeah, I almost forgot: I usually wake up at around 11AM, scratch my lower portion for 10 minutes and then take another nap until Star Trek comes on on the science fiction channel. Then I check incoming messages to the list that need approval (I usually reject/deny those that have more than 3 "f"s in them - gotta have standards, eh) and after that, well maybe it's the pub or off to Slashdot or snopes to troll for newbies. Life is tough and potentially dangerous; I once fractured my butt engaging in these activities.
If this does not answer all your questions, I can elaborate once the Playboy bunnies are finished with my "massage" (it's a different word in French).
Many ebullient regards,
Paul
PS No spell checkers were abused in the creation of this message.
> Hi Paul
>
> It was me who asked.
> When you talk about the costs of "this site" do you mean the yahoogroups
> site or the pipingdesign website?
> What is the $100/mth for. Who bills you and on what basis (e.g. charge per
> unit time, charge per hit)?
> If it is not a sensitive issue, on what basis do your sponsors pay?
> How much time do you spend on site maintenance?
>
> Your comments indicate that you only receive revenue from sponsors; if you
> get enough sponsors a surplus may result. Is this correct?
> Is the only benefit to sponsors the "advertising" of their names at your
> site?
>
> Do Yahoo have any policy on having advertising in discussion groups; do
they
> want a slice?
>
> How is construction progress on your holiday home in the Bahamas, and the
> one in Monaco?
>
> Cheers
>
>
> Steve McKenzie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Bowers [mailto:pbowers@pipingdesign.com]
> Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 12:26 PM
> To: <a href="/group/PipingDesign/post?postID=-reeUzvTweTKVZHaX1fvTLkKj6ymYMSUOXO0gGOH2m2kH2doTZ2cB1sBBnNxv2LPTDTZ6s5liaMHJlZfwDzGFKPHMg">PipingDesign@yahoogroups.com</a>
> Subject: [PipingDesign] ADMIN: A Round Tuit
>
>
> Someone (I think it was Geoff) asked about how this site is maintained,
I've
> finally gotten a round tuit.
>
> The cost of making the site available is about $100 per month. This does
not
> include my time, which I estimate to be rated at $200/hour (yeah, like,
> right). If you think that I am making a living doing this, you are
mistaken.
>
> The pipingdesign.com/.org/.ca domains are reserved for quite some time,
and
> they won't go away.
>
> I started the site out of pure interest and now it has grown. I would like
> to build it into a profitable business, and sponsors like LMNO Engineering
> and Texas Flange have started to make this possible.
Received on Mon Sep 30 02:57:00 2002
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