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hmmm.. then it has to do with the overall internet connection from my host eh? having said that, almost 85% of the webpages are dynamically generated from the database. anyway some pages like 'update your details', 'log off', faq, help etc should be pretty quick because they're mostly html.
the only thing that i have noticed so far is the pause, long pause, so i suspect it has to do with the server busy reading from the database and drawing the pages etc..
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« Reply #41 on: 02-18-2002 06:44 »
« Last Edit on: 02-18-2002 06:44 by Kryten »
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by the way i just uploaded a copy of the site to http://www.palmy.net.nz/vse/index.html, if you don't mind can you please use this url for a while (everything's the same) to see if it has anything to do with the domain name registered with godaddy.com! Fixed the link. Watch those commas.
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hi, i read the threads again, and Plasma said some pages took minutes to load, is it really that long, i mean over a minute?
i have had a test, with clean cache on Netscape on my trusty 56K modem:
Loging in: 15 secs Buy: 4 Portfolio: 6 Sell: 5 Buying: 5 Selling: 4 Update details: 9 How to Play: 5 FAQ: 7 Help 13 secs refer a friend: 4 report a bug: 4 contact: 3 forum: 4 topic: 3 threads: 4
are you guys getting anywhere near this?
will
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hmm.. i'm more convinced it's just our NZ gateway to the world is congested, which isn't unusual at all. but i have talked to my host to investigate this, if he found out the server's under heavy load, then maybe it's my poor coding
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nah.. 46 seconds is ways too long, maybe quicker if i email you the page have you try http://www.xmoo.com ? that's the very first page with few images and text only, no scripts. if this page takes more than 15 seconds to load, i'll need to discuss with my host then!
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okay, talked to my host today, they said it might be a faulty switch, which should be replaced as we speak now. can you guys let me know if there's any improvement in terms of the speed?
thanks
will.
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yes, there are more movements on the site too, i guess everybody's just sick of waiting in the last few weeks!
anyway, due to demand, and with the growth of the players, i have incresed the shareholding limit to 10,000, that'll stir the market a bit!
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since we don't have any episode this week, i'll pick one of the old episodes, which one? you may ask, hints as follow: (1) definitely not "Put Your Head on My Shoulders" (2) definitely not those already counted (3) i like continuity, so there should be two possible episodes will.
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seeing that i'm not able to keep on downloading/watching all the shows, unless someone is willing to help out with simpsons' character possession stats, i'll start crawling a few websites/newgroups and each time a character's name appears it gets $0.01 per share. how does that sound?
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Kryten, "Where the Buggalo Roam" is not aired yet, 2-3 weeks from now, "Put Your Head on My Shoulders" is coming soon, and if you hold on to the share you should make a profit by selling it right after "Put Your Head on My Shoulders". disclaimer: this is no insider info, just my personal view of the whole trend at the moment
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zoidberg's always a popular character in the market, he has been the most traded character of the day for a few times now. but that $8 is a mistake from newbie who obviously didn't read the FAQ, Forum etc, and got caught up by the seller's price.
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yes it's a legitimate one, i have seen his/her name in PEEL too!! i'm now considering putting cap on the seller/buyer board, ie you can you list $xx higher/lower than the last price, but it's not a free market then is it? what do you guys think? this is the 3rd case, after bender $20, zoidy $8.....
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okay now the site starts to verify any overly priced selling/buying requests, we'll see how it goes, but this restriction will probably be lifted later on.
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okay there's another way to make some credits in the stock exchange - by betting who's the first loser in this weekend's Aussie Grand Prix. more details on the site.
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of course the check is already there. if two players are trading with each others and with close ip range, i'll keep an eye on them and ban them if necessary.
and it's quite impossible to list sell at a high price because other lower price listings will get sold first. but all in all, the ip reference and trading history will reveal who's cheating.
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oh forgot this: if you have any suggestion to improve the security and especially the problem with player registering more than one account, please let me know. it's becoming more important when more things are at stake, such as the possible futurama DVD auction.. you don't a cheat to win that DVD do you?
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the auction is up, if you have any auction ideas please let me know.
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