Oscailt400 Yoyos Or The '404' of Death? Indymedia Ireland Fundraising Appeal'A proud boast' sez Wag. '4 years, not a cent on consultants and the thing actually works'
Breaking news: Italian MP, Sgarbi denounces the Statistical Fraud on COVID-19. The speech of the Member of Parliament Vittorio Sgarbi in the session of the Italian Camera, Meeting no. 331 of Friday 24, April, 2020. Vittorio Sgarbi, denounces the closure of 60% of the businesses for 25,000 COVID-19 Deaths, of which the National Institute of Health says 96.3% died NOT of COVID-19 but of other pathologies. That means only 925 have died of the virus. 24,075 have died of other things.2005-10-17T10:43:10+00:00Indymedia Irelandimc-ireland@lists.indymedia.iehttp://www.indymedia.ie/atomfullposts?story_id=72478http://www.indymedia.ie/graphics/feedlogo.gifThere's a tenner!http://www.indymedia.ie/article/72478#comment1244512005-10-17T10:43:10+00:00AnonA tenner - It's not much, but if another 39 people hit that "donate" button or p...A tenner - It's not much, but if another 39 people hit that "donate" button or post a cheque for a tenner quickly we can get this awful notice off the homepage for another month at least. :-)<br />
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P.S. Indymedia - Please don't do bigger images -- they eat up bandwidth, and rarely add anything to a story that couldn't have been told in (a) a few sentences, or (b) a photo resized down to thumbnail size (like on the Latest News page).<br />
Same goes for audio and video on the IMC network - for most spoken word audio it's okay to use mobile phone quality sound - and it'll save about 90% the bandwidth.Another 40 euro on its wayhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/72478#comment1244622005-10-17T11:45:30+00:00Anon 2Anyone wanting to tell picture stories needs the increased size.Anyone wanting to tell picture stories needs the increased size.rationale for increased picture sizeshttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/72478#comment1244652005-10-17T11:47:38+00:00imcerI think the main rationale for increased sizes of pics is that it will allow pho...I think the main rationale for increased sizes of pics is that it will allow photographers to put stuff on here in a form which can be used by print publications.Another tenner gonehttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/72478#comment1244662005-10-17T11:50:29+00:00JoeOK just donated a tenner.
The picture thing would be good except that it soun...OK just donated a tenner.<br />
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The picture thing would be good except that it sounds like it would push up costs a hell of a lot for the benefit of a very small number of site users - or is the plan to have small standard pictures that can be clicked through to larger print quality ones?The second one joehttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/72478#comment1244692005-10-17T11:53:38+00:00imcerclick through thumbnails
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I personally think it is important that photographers work is valued and that the machine is friendly and flexible for them to use the way they want to even if it is a subset of the site content.picture thinghttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/72478#comment1244802005-10-17T12:53:12+00:00ChekovThe plan with pictures is that photographers will be able to upload their origin...The plan with pictures is that photographers will be able to upload their original photos without resizing. Oscailt will create a scaled down version of this which will be displayed with articles. If you click on the picture, you will go to the full, high resolution version. <br />
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Currently, resizing photos is probably the biggest problem that people face in posting news to the site. If we can offer this service, oscailt will do it all for them. It should also help people who are producing copyleft print publications as they will have easy access to high resolution images. <br />
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In terms of costs, I think the main thing will be disk space rather than bandwidth. Since the default view will use a scaled down image, the bandwidth demands shouldn't increase much. However, large image files will require a fair amount of space to store and that's probably the thing that will cost us a fair bit of cash. <br />
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On another note, the bill that we are facing will cover us for 6 months of hosting charges. So, give generously and we will not be bothering people again for at least that amount of time and hopefully longer.Yeah, tenner on the way, keep up the good work!http://www.indymedia.ie/article/72478#comment1244832005-10-17T13:06:21+00:00kvm......paypal link not working for mehttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/72478#comment1244842005-10-17T13:06:57+00:00SeamusClicked on the visa link to make a donation, but got a server error. Anyone else...Clicked on the visa link to make a donation, but got a server error. Anyone else got thisproblem? I realise it may be a firewall issue local to me, be great to know either way.<br />
Other wise Ill send a cheque. Money well spent,<br />
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SServer errorhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/72478#comment1244862005-10-17T13:11:28+00:00kvmYeah, got an error too, but it worked secord time round, click around a bit and ...Yeah, got an error too, but it worked secord time round, click around a bit and it might work :-))Paypalhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/72478#comment1244922005-10-17T13:42:42+00:00Anon 2...been trying on and off for last couple of -still getting server error message......been trying on and off for last couple of -still getting server error message.Server Errorhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/72478#comment1244962005-10-17T14:13:57+00:00Chekov"...been trying on and off for last couple of -still getting server error messag..."...been trying on and off for last couple of -still getting server error message."<br />
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That's a bit odd, it could well be a firewall issue as I can't replicate the problem at all. Anyway, please keep trying, hopefully it'll resolve itself before too long.<br />
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Thanks again to all the generous people out there.Any Friendly Hosting Companieshttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/72478#comment1245042005-10-17T15:17:00+00:00Mark Cmark at markconroy dot netIs there any chance of moving indymedia.ie to a host such as contributions.org.u...Is there any chance of moving indymedia.ie to a host such as contributions.org.uk or similar that could provide free hosting for non profit organisations. Or even some of it perhaps images stored on separate servers or something. Or are none of the indymedia viewers webdesigners or working in hosting companies that might give the collective a hand out. <br />
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Again, what would Jesus do?<br />
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Mark.Multimedia the way forwardhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/72478#comment1245122005-10-17T15:58:37+00:00RobbieSThumbnailing the pictures woul diminish the immediacy and the impact of photo es...Thumbnailing the pictures woul diminish the immediacy and the impact of photo essays in the tradition of jd, Paula and Elaine. If we need more money, then so be it.<br />
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There is hardly any audio stored on this site. It is almost all at radio.indymedia.org. They should get a contribution from us too when we can afford it. <br />
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Mobile-phone quality is crap. People will turn away from the concept of mp3 articles if they are difficult to listen to, or even to hear. Also re mobiles (I still haven't got one): like any multimedia, the raw unedited state is not always the most edifying. <br />
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At 128kbps also, community/volunteer radio can use the material - not really possible if quality is low. Just 'cos we're not professional doesn't mean we can't be better - we do want to finish their model once and for all don't we?!?<br />
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We should think big if we want to be the alternative. <br />
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I hope i can be there Wednesday, but I suspect I'll be busy. Will there be a report online?Some responses...http://www.indymedia.ie/article/72478#comment1245172005-10-17T16:22:15+00:00ChekovMark: the traffic volume of the site is such that it would be very difficult to ...Mark: the traffic volume of the site is such that it would be very difficult to find somebody to do it for free. In any case, our costs aren't enormous and we should be able to cover them through very infrequent fundraising drives like this one (keep em coming !). There is also the matter of quality of service. Our current hosting company have provided a very good quality of service, allowing us to have almost constant uptime for 4 years (a couple of glitches aside). <br />
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Robbie: I agree with everything you wrote. The plan for picture hosting is to allow oscailt to host large print-quality photos in addition to the current web-friendly versions. P.s. I haven't forgotten about the session on the new oscailt with you, life just got in the way for a while.Is there an account number that funds can to transferred to??http://www.indymedia.ie/article/72478#comment1245222005-10-17T16:35:34+00:00MichaelIs there an account number and sort code that the money can be lodged to??
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This would want to be edited onto to the front page for security reasons, if there is an account that I can transfer funds to.Other ways to donatehttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/72478#comment1245292005-10-17T17:50:42+00:00Anon 2Click below to find out the Indymedia sort code bank acc no and address for post...Click below to find out the Indymedia sort code bank acc no and address for postal donations:<br />
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<a href="http://www.indymedia.ie/donate.php">http://www.indymedia.ie/donate.php</a>Happy to donate a few bobhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/72478#comment1245412005-10-17T19:53:17+00:00imc supporterKeep up the good work!Keep up the good work!Photoshttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/72478#comment1245512005-10-17T21:48:30+00:00Mark CIs it not possible to post lower quality photos online (as normal) and ask the p...Is it not possible to post lower quality photos online (as normal) and ask the photo owner to keep the high quality ones on his/her drive so that he/she can email them to print media if print media want them? I'm not sure that indymedia.ie should have to pay the cost of hosting such big files, especially if not that many print media use photos from indymedia.ie. I've put some photos on indymedia at lowish quality (I hope) but still have the originals at 6million pixels on my own laptop. <br />
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PS Not getting paid until next week and money is tight with the wedding coming up (actually I'm flat broke and credit card is maxed) so I'll paypal indymedia.ie something next Wednesday or Thursday.have yis got enough dosh?http://www.indymedia.ie/article/72478#comment1246652005-10-18T17:34:38+00:00ho chi mamahow's this going/ have ye raised enough? what about an update?how's this going/ have ye raised enough? what about an update?response to ho chihttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/72478#comment1246742005-10-18T18:10:33+00:00ChekovWe're having a meeting tomorrow evening and will be posting an update after that...We're having a meeting tomorrow evening and will be posting an update after that. We will document exactly how much money was raised by this appeal and exactly what it will be spent on and post it to the site. So far the response seems to be very encouraging but we have only got preliminary details. <br />
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rattle, rattle, keep on giving generously folks, rattle rattle. Indymedia needs you.rattle rattle passeth the platehttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/72478#comment1247122005-10-18T22:09:58+00:00( @ .:. * ) / ( $ + € ) ...ah!!! <br />
the sound of truly religious fervourah!!! <br />
the sound of truly religious fervourgiz a shot of your moneyhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/72478#comment1247912005-10-19T14:13:21+00:00Cirssure I'll giva ya €20 cos I probably would have spent a lot more than that on st...sure I'll giva ya €20 cos I probably would have spent a lot more than that on stuff to read durin my lunch if I didn't have indymediaSent some yoyohttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/72478#comment1248902005-10-20T01:18:02+00:00Revolt Videorevoltvideo at hushmail dot comAny news on a proposed video and music night?
It was a real shame about the ...Any news on a proposed video and music night? <br />
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It was a real shame about the Videoactive Festival.On thinking of all those articles & good stuff...http://www.indymedia.ie/article/72478#comment1249162005-10-20T12:07:56+00:00€Material Transfer€elephant_room at yahoo dot ie...for nowt.
The guilt of years of mouching on Indy assuaged somewhat with my......for nowt.<br />
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The guilt of years of mouching on Indy assuaged somewhat with my €50 contribution. <br />
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Finally a good payment!O hon o kimochi desuhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/72478#comment1250042005-10-21T09:14:01+00:00Kate20 spuds from japan, I wish I could give more, indymedia is an amazing resource ...20 spuds from japan, I wish I could give more, indymedia is an amazing resource and source of info. Thanks for all the hard workt shirts?http://www.indymedia.ie/article/72478#comment1254572005-10-24T11:43:12+00:00Seamus O RaghallaighHi,
What do people think of an indymedia.ie T-shirt? I would love to have one o...Hi,<br />
What do people think of an indymedia.ie T-shirt? I would love to have one or two and think this would be a good way to raise money and to raise awareness of Indymedia in general. The existing logo is cool, and with english and gaelge it could be great on t-shirt. <br />
If you need help with it I know several people who could design something and even a t shirt printer (no realtion, incase there is a hint of a Fianna Fail type conflict of interest). Any opinion there Chekov?<br />
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