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From: Chris Cason
Subject: New hard disks needed
Date: 3 Aug 2008 08:54:01
Message: <4895aa69@news.povray.org>
I've set up an amazon.com wishlist for new hard disks for the povray
server, in case anyone is inclined to provide one or both. News item on web
server is here:

  http://www.povray.org/news/index.php#250

wishlist is here:

  http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/1LZPWG39Q2M4F

regards,

-- Chris


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From: Angela
Subject: Re: New hard disks needed
Date: 3 Aug 2008 19:05:00
Message: <web.48963993563a8de6802286fd0@news.povray.org>
I'd love to help, but funds are (as always) limited. Do you have a PayPal
account where we can donate to the cause?

~Angela

Chris Cason <del### [at] deletethistoopovrayorg> wrote:
> I've set up an amazon.com wishlist for new hard disks for the povray
> server, in case anyone is inclined to provide one or both. News item on web
> server is here:
>
>   http://www.povray.org/news/index.php#250
>
> wishlist is here:
>
>   http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/1LZPWG39Q2M4F
>
> regards,
>
> -- Chris


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From: Reactor
Subject: Re: New hard disks needed
Date: 3 Aug 2008 19:50:01
Message: <web.489643ee563a8de6c90c6aa70@news.povray.org>
"Angela" <ang### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
> I'd love to help, but funds are (as always) limited. Do you have a PayPal
> account where we can donate to the cause?
>
> ~Angela
>


That is a good idea, actually - it would be much easier for many people to
donate small amounts.  Having a paypal account and perhaps a page regarding
finances to let users know where their money is going could be a very good
thing. OTOH, it does bring an extra element of difficulty and questions in
regards to how to handle such a thing - who is responsible for and manages the
money, whether or not there are taxes applicable and how they would be handled,
etc.

Properly setting up something like this may be worth it, however, since other
expenses will arise.  It is something to think about.


To Chris:
There is a comparable model that is nearly the same price at newegg.com.
I have purchased the majority of my hardware from the site since about 2003, and
the customer service is quite good.  I an referring to this one:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148298

It is $109.99 with free shipping right now.
The brand, interface type, and speed are the same, but the cache size and
capacity is greater at 32Mb and 750Gb respectively.

-Reactor


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From: Chris Cason
Subject: Re: New hard disks needed
Date: 4 Aug 2008 03:08:15
Message: <4896aadf$1@news.povray.org>
Chris Cason wrote:
> I've set up an amazon.com wishlist for new hard disks for the povray
> server, in case anyone is inclined to provide one or both. News item on web
> server is here:

Both of these have now been purchased. Thanks very much to the persons
responsible!

regards,

-- Chris


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From: Chris Cason
Subject: Re: New hard disks needed
Date: 6 Aug 2008 18:17:14
Message: <489a22ea$1@news.povray.org>
Angela wrote:
> I'd love to help, but funds are (as always) limited. Do you have a PayPal
> account where we can donate to the cause?

No, sorry. We have a policy of not accepting direct cash donations.
Thanks for considering it though:/

-- Chris


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From: Chris Cason
Subject: Re: New hard disks needed
Date: 6 Aug 2008 18:19:21
Message: <489a2369@news.povray.org>
Reactor wrote:
> There is a comparable model that is nearly the same price at newegg.com.
> I have purchased the majority of my hardware from the site since about 2003, and
> the customer service is quite good.  I an referring to this one:
> 
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148298
> 
> It is $109.99 with free shipping right now.
> The brand, interface type, and speed are the same, but the cache size and
> capacity is greater at 32Mb and 750Gb respectively.

Thanks for the info ... the disks at amazon were both purchased within
24 hours of my putting up the wishlist though:]

-- Chris


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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: New hard disks needed
Date: 7 Aug 2008 13:47:55
Message: <89dm94dbs1tclorj8fl0i3p5scv4cv2shb@4ax.com>
On Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:17:14 +1000, Chris Cason
<del### [at] deletethistoopovrayorg> wrote:

>Angela wrote:
>> I'd love to help, but funds are (as always) limited. Do you have a PayPal
>> account where we can donate to the cause?
>
>No, sorry. We have a policy of not accepting direct cash donations.
>Thanks for considering it though:/
>

Would you accept a slab of VB, tho'?

:)

-- 

Regards
     Stephen


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From: Charles C
Subject: Re: New hard disks needed
Date: 9 Aug 2008 15:44:06
Message: <489df386@news.povray.org>
Chris Cason wrote:
> Angela wrote:
>> I'd love to help, but funds are (as always) limited. Do you have a PayPal
>> account where we can donate to the cause?
> 
> No, sorry. We have a policy of not accepting direct cash donations.
> Thanks for considering it though:/
> 
> -- Chris


I'm sure there might be some people out there interested in chipping in 
for some additional bandwidth or storage for larger file sizes (possibly 
depending on file type or newsgroup, e.g. images versus animation.)
Charles


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