Hi all... <the wanderer returns> I can see it now... Lord of the Rings DVD - $20; PHP for amazing guru's - $34.99; Kick ass webserver with tons of bandwidth - $2000p.a; ;o) Just kidding - good idea. Jamie. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Luc I . Suryo" <luc@xxxxxxxx> To: <phpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 11:42 PM Subject: [phpa] Re: Donations and Re: Re: A testimony you can use if you want! > > > xing li <xing@xxxxxxx> > wrote at Sat, Mar 02, 2002 at 01:32:05PM -0800: > > > > > I would stay away from Amazon's donation service which I consider the > > greatest hidden scam in the world. They charge an extremely high % for > > donations and their record keeping system is best considered as garbage > > since you have absolutely no idea who donated money to you. The only > > information they list is a transaction number and pretty much useless. > > > > c2it.com (from citibank) is getting a lot of attention since any > > transaction within the US is completly free and all their US account are > > federally insured since they are a real bank but unfortunately Nick is > > in UK. =) > ??? > with amazon you build you whishlist of book, video, dvd and one can but it > for you... > > > > > On Saturday, March 2, 2002, at 05:59 AM, Martin DUBUC wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi Nick ! thanks for the great work you do ! ;) > > > > > > Why not a WushList on Amazon for example ? ( for people like me who > > > want to > > > donate but who are not supported by a company ;) ). > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Nick Lindridge" <nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > To: <phpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 2:45 PM > > > Subject: [phpa] Donations and Re: Re: A testimony you can use if you > > > want! > > > > > > > > >> > > >> Hi, > > >> > > >>> This may be why our processor was smoking ;-) We should already be > > >>> using > > >>> mod_gzip - though if your tests indicate otherwise please let me kno w > > > :-) > > >> > > >> :-) I didn't check your full headers so wasn't sure. > > >> > > >>> One of the other packages I saw provided gzip functionality built in > > >>> to > > > the > > >>> accelerator - though that was all written purely in PHP and was a page > > > cache > > >>> as well (which didn't work at all well for us, too many pages have > > >>> user > > >>> specific information). > > >> > > >> I read your comments on the jpcache. I wrote a content caching system > > >> for > > >> my own page rendering model, and it allows cached content to still be > > >> dynamic, and that's a good compromise. I first build a page as a > > > hierarchical > > >> tree of renderers, and then they render away to produce a string with > > >> the > > >> final content - which is great from a composition point of view, but > > >> not > > >> that efficient. So an optimiser, written in php, traverses the renderer > > >> tree, optimises away the calls to renderer methods that produce static > > > content, > > >> and produces new php code that has echo statements for static renderer > > > output, > > >> and only instantiates renderers and makes the necessary renderer calls > > >> for > > >> the dynamic output. This can work really well, but it's not consistent > > >> or clean enough to release as any kind of product at the moment :-( > > >> I'm not using it on the phpa site btw. because it's not necessary. > > >> > > >>> I'll make sure I get the PHP Accelerator logo's on board at some point > > > in > > >>> the next couple of weeks for you. And once again, thanks for a > > >>> fantastic > > >>> piece of software - to where do I send my donation? > > >> > > >> Thanks :-) Someone suggested PayPal, and I've used them once or twice, > > >> but I'd now stay clear of them given > > >> all the lousy press that they've had - IPO or not. Actually you're ok > > >> as a giver, it's just that they're likely to freeze accounts at a > > >> moments notice and make it very difficult to get the money out! > > >> I'll put a donations button using one of the other companies at some > > >> point in the future. I'm spending 1400 quid a year on my server, so > > >> donations would certainly be welcome! > > >> > > >> Cheers > > >> Nick > > >> > > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >> www.php-accelerator.co.uk Home of the free PHP Accelerator > > >> > > >> To post, send email to phpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > >> To unsubscribe, email phpa-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with subject > > >> unsubscribe > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > www.php-accelerator.co.uk Home of the free PHP Accelerator > > > > > > To post, send email to phpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > To unsubscribe, email phpa-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with subject > > > unsubscribe > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > www.php-accelerator.co.uk Home of the free PHP Accelerator > > > > To post, send email to phpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe, email phpa-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with subject unsubscribe > > > > > > --- End of xing@xxxxxxx's quote --- > > -- > Kind regards, > -------------- > Luc I. 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