News Item - April 07, 2001 08:39 PM
Couple items:
1. We've updated Bookmarks to track both the Technical forum as it always has, but also the General forum in similar fashion. Since we made the General forum searchable, bookmarks needed to work as well. Remember, we're still maintaining both forums for what they are. Please post Technical questions in the Technical forum and the General messages in the General forum. Seems simple enough, but it's amazing how many people just post whatever, wherever.
2. Little old TwinTurbo.NET got some magazine exposure! Go buy the May 2001 issue of Sport Compact Car and thumb over to page 68 to see what they had to say about us... OK, maybe it's not exciting to read. Just dropping in and scanning content doesn't expose someone to the greatness of tt.NET. You know it & I know it... the members here keep things moving and there's always something new and exciting to read on every visit. Like a soap opera, it takes more then one visit to start to get into it. But, like they say, any pub is good pub!
3. Looks like the speed issue (VeriZon data tariff issue, read below) is at a dead end. We're being told it can't be fixed until August. Just guess what we have to say about that... Anyway, we're working on an alternative to the absolutely substandard connection we're on right now for something bigger and faster (or at least get what we're paying for).
Written by Dallas DamonZ
News Item - March 29, 2001 09:44 PM
New Features
Today was a pretty good day. Finally, after almost a year we decided that the General forum has proven to not be the 'transient' forum that we intended it to be. Since so much important stuff is posted there we have indexed everything and the General Forum is now SEARCHABLE
Simply go into the Search page and there is a new radio button to select whether to search Technical or General.
Also, today we added a TimeZone setting to the user profile. For those of you who are not in the Central United States time zone, you can enter an offset in hours and all dates will be displayed in your local time zone.
For example: US East Coast would enter 1 US West Coast would enter -2 UK would enter 7
We hope you enjoy these features and find your experience at TwinTurbo.NET that much more pleasant :-)
Written by Greg (Dallas)
News Item - March 26, 2001 12:34 AM
Yet another small milestone for tt.NET! Our 4 Millionth site hit was logged just now... here's the rundown of the near misses & the exact hitter:
Mar 25, 2001 12:20 a 3999975 UNKNOWN, Either is a newbie or is not logged on!! Mar 25, 2001 12:21 a 3999976 J-Z91 Mar 25, 2001 12:21 a 3999977 aznTXZX Mar 25, 2001 12:21 a 3999978 turtle wax Mar 25, 2001 12:21 a 3999979 dave2 Mar 25, 2001 12:22 a 3999980 FLYT 300 Mar 25, 2001 12:22 a 3999981 UNKNOWN, Either is a newbie or is not logged on!! Mar 25, 2001 12:22 a 3999982 swaney Mar 25, 2001 12:22 a 3999983 UNKNOWN, Either is a newbie or is not logged on!! Mar 25, 2001 12:24 a 3999984 Zilla Mar 25, 2001 12:24 a 3999985 morbid Mar 25, 2001 12:24 a 3999986 mvnchevs Mar 25, 2001 12:24 a 3999987 Lange79 (CA) Mar 25, 2001 12:25 a 3999988 TelZX Mar 25, 2001 12:25 a 3999989 jasonzTT[atl] Mar 25, 2001 12:25 a 3999990 UNKNOWN, Either is a newbie or is not logged on!! Mar 25, 2001 12:26 a 3999991 UNKNOWN, Either is a newbie or is not logged on!! Mar 25, 2001 12:26 a 3999992 UNKNOWN, Either is a newbie or is not logged on!! Mar 25, 2001 12:26 a 3999993 Steve Simmons Mar 25, 2001 12:26 a 3999994 drizzt3117 Mar 25, 2001 12:27 a 3999995 UNKNOWN, Either is a newbie or is not logged on!! Mar 25, 2001 12:27 a 3999996 i300zxtt Mar 25, 2001 12:28 a 3999997 UNKNOWN, Either is a newbie or is not logged on!! Mar 25, 2001 12:28 a 3999998 UNKNOWN, Either is a newbie or is not logged on!! Mar 25, 2001 12:28 a 3999999 UNKNOWN, Either is a newbie or is not logged on!! Mar 25, 2001 12:29 a 4000000 Patrick [Buffalo] Mar 25, 2001 12:29 a 4000001 UNKNOWN, Either is a newbie or is not logged on!! Mar 25, 2001 12:29 a 4000002 UNKNOWN, Either is a newbie or is not logged on!! Mar 25, 2001 12:30 a 4000003 Dean Mar 25, 2001 12:30 a 4000004 Dallas DamonZ Mar 25, 2001 12:30 a 4000005 Jefe Mar 25, 2001 12:31 a 4000006 JC(Hates dealerships) Mar 25, 2001 12:31 a 4000007 jasonzTT[atl] Mar 25, 2001 12:31 a 4000008 james-lee Mar 25, 2001 12:31 a 4000009 UNKNOWN, Either is a newbie or is not logged on!! Mar 25, 2001 12:31 a 4000010 UNKNOWN, Either is a newbie or is not logged on!! Mar 25, 2001 12:32 a 4000011 UNKNOWN, Either is a newbie or is not logged on!! Mar 25, 2001 12:32 a 4000012 3 double-0 ZX Mar 25, 2001 12:32 a 4000013 UNKNOWN, Either is a newbie or is not logged on!! Mar 25, 2001 12:33 a 4000014 UNKNOWN, Either is a newbie or is not logged on!! Mar 25, 2001 12:33 a 4000015 UNKNOWN, Either is a newbie or is not logged on!!
Congrats Patrick!
We hit 3 million last summer with minimal fanfare (we were just coming out of the month long shutdown). Ironically, Dean was our 3 Millionth, and almost our 4 Millionth (buy lottery tickets Dean!) so we'll send him a tt.NET T-shirt for 3M and one to Patrick as well. I'll be sending out e-mails to get shipping info for you guys. Congrats to both of you & Thanks for making tt.NET what it is today!
News Item - March 20, 2001 10:32 PM
Our problems are not on our end as it turns out. Apparently there's a tariff dispute with GTE/VeriZon/SWBell about the circuit area our server is in. There was no problem back in December when we first got set up on the DSL connection we're on now. There's a lack of large network capacity backbone owned by GTE in the area or something along those lines. I spoke w/ the VP of our ISP on the issue today and he's more irritated with the situation then I am. There's not enough available bandwidth right now, we were one of the last to be allowed to sign up for service before this popped up. Our bandwidth is limited to about 256kbps, a third of what we bought. He told me this should all be resolved in 10 days with the completion of installation of some new equipment to support the network area our server is currently in. Once this happens, the site will definitely speed way up in all aspects.
News Item - February 20, 2001 11:32 PM
We're working on the databases as of late. The General forum has grown at a rate we hadn't anticipated. Our original plan was to truncate it at a 2 week interval, but we've just let it grow instead to keep the content. Now we're trying to decide if we should go ahead with our original intent, or keep the full General message database, index it, etc.. We know things are bumpy right now. It comes from slow database response due to letting it grow like it has. So we ask you to be patient while we sort through the issues at hand. Hopefully we'll have things resolved shortly.
While you're waiting, order some T-shirts and stickers!
News Item - February 13, 2001 02:59 PM
Get your TwinTurbo.NET gear NOW! Finally got everything in line and we're starting sales today. We really appreciate your patience with this whole thing, I guarantee it's been a whipping for us to get here. So, without further waiting, go to the Store.TwinTurbo.NET. We thank you for your support!
Dallas DamonZ, Greg (Dallas), Steve Simmons, Alxlee
News Item - February 07, 2001 09:34 AM
We were apparently down all night. Had a power supply failure that obviously would kill the server. We'll have more downtime in a day or so when the new power supply shows up. We're running on scab power right now.
Also, to add to the bumpy trail, we're using some software script acceleration. This is still quirky at best, but the results are worth the trouble. So there might be some downtime involved along the way while tuning. Please be patient with it. If you were on the site yesterday when there was 65+ online and it was still moving at an acceptable pace, you know where we're going.
News Item - February 02, 2001 01:19 AM
We've decided to officially start cracking down on sigs. Some of you have already been warned and now, consider this as an official warning to everyone:
All members with sigs that include any nudity, please remove them. Should you continue to post these as your sig your posts will be deleted. Please keep things PG-13 and we won't have any issues. We will not tolerate the increasing trend of nudity in member sigs.
Obviously any posts with nudity will be deleted as well.
This is after all, still an automotive forum.
Written by Alex Lee [DE]
News Item - January 08, 2001 10:01 AM
The official unveiling of the '350Z' is just an hour away. We encourage members to use the new 350Z forum for discussion of the Concept car instead of the General forum please.
Also there's an issue with the database and scripts we're working to straighten out. Unfortunately, it's keeping members from logging in and making changes to profiles. We've also found it's effecting the search engine as well. I'm not sure how long it will take to get this rectified, we are working on it.
News Item - January 05, 2001 01:01 AM
SteAmyZ has volunteered to chair the 1/27 HIN (see update below). If you want to get in on the action, e-mail him. Thanks Steve!!
