The AstralPulse if flat lining...

[Mobius]

G,day Daniel

Yes I know what you mean.I usually go through the various lists I'm on based on how quick I can get into it.When I first joined it was the fastest loading site that I was participating in,so I posted here first & then moved around the other ones.Unfortunately I've got an old computer & it doesn't like the new site at all,so I now come in here last stop on my rounds & sometimes I'm too stuffed by the time I get to it,only to wait for about 30secs for each page change,also I,m at uni which makes me fairly time poor.

Good journeys

Mobius

[Tom]

As I am still working on learning to do astral projection, it seems like my ability to contribute is limited. My questions are all answered, as far as I know. Circumstances in my life are making things harder than they have to be right now. Maybe when things slow down I will be ready.

[Adrian]

Greetings Everyone!

Well the stats say otherwise http://www.astralpulse.com/forums/images/icon_Smile_big.gif" border=0>

http://www.astralpulse.com/forums/forum_stats.asp

There has been an exponential increase in activity all round as you can see.

Considering we started this from scratch in February, and it was only recently that I sent a message noting 1000 posts in the OBE forum and 3000 messages - well now it is 1600 posts in the OBE forum and 5000 messages - considering the subjects being discussed here - that can't be bad. New members are coming on board fast as well.

Robert's new book will be launched soon, and he will hopefully be on the Art Bell show again. Also - the new main web site is nearly finished as well!

I do realise the new forums are slower, but they are many times the size of the basic forums, and have provided many more useful features that people are using all the time.

The web browser and screen resolution survey highlights the fact that Netscape is a has been - - just as well considering it doesn't work well with these foums - much slower than IE and can't cope with the Javascript.

PC speed is important, but my own main PC is an old Pentium II with 128MB RAM and small hard disk, and it runs the forums great at 1024x768 and IE 6.

The number at the foot of each page is the time it takes for the server to generate that page from the database. The main forums page takes about 1 second, and most of the other pages around a quarter of a second - and that is not slow! The difference in display speed is the browser and PC.

Considering IE 6 is free, I see no reason not to use it - and only the oldest PC's should have any real problem with the new forums - and we simply cannot restrict the features and service to a small minority.

I would look again at the usage though  - it isn't flatlining from where I sit http://www.astralpulse.com/forums/images/icon_Smile.gif" border=0>

Best regards,

Adrian.

[PeacefulWarrior]

Adrian,
You are correct, the site has been growing and is continuing to do so (I try to spread the word to everyone whom I think would be interested in participating) I just noticed that a lot of the regular "posters" had been less active in the last few weeks....
-DT

fides quaerens intellectum

[Mobius]

Hi Adrian

I can see there has been some work done on the site as the weeks go by & it's getting faster for me,but my dinosaur2000 just can't get enoof power cap'n.Won't be long before I upgrade,but doesn't it suck how they keep bringing out new models each year & upgrades,when secretly they allready have the FLASHO 5000, a PC with a 1000 giga/megahertz processor,10000 gig hard drive & no modem,just a sattelite sender & receiver inbuilt,the size of a piece of toe jam.

yes I still believe it is an awesome site,just my computer isn't,hehe.Thanks for the ongoing efforts anyway Adrian,good job.

Good journeys

Mobius

[distant bell]

I have to say that the forum has been wery quiet the last week/weeks!!
A bit sad, but Im guess it is just like the ocean withn it´s ebb and flow!

Felix

-- Love is the Law - Love under Will --

[Adrian]

Greetings all!

Well I can say is that the numbers do not support your impressions http://www.astralpulse.com/forums/images/icon_Smile.gif" border=0>

Since I first responsed to this very thread, there has been around a further 200 new postings, including 57 in the OBE forum alone.

The average number of postings per week since the Astral Pulse started is round 50, so clearly, the fact we are up to 200 now is a big uptrend.

I am not aware of any other forum on any subject with that level of participation, much less one on subjects such as these.

Also - member numbers are increasing rapidly. Again a reality.

All of these things are great to see of course http://www.astralpulse.com/forums/images/icon_Smile.gif" border=0>

The fact is - these forums have never been so busy!

There are unfortunately people with browser and PC challenged access. Netscape is a definite problem, but as it is a small minority of users, most of whom can download MS IE 6 for free, then we will not be restricting ourselves to the capabilities of Netscape in the future.

PC's have to be VERY underpowered not to work properly with these forums. My own PC is very far from being the latest I assure you.
I think that lack of RAM will cause the slowest response times - 128MB+ is certainly advisable - they put that on graphics cards these days!

With best regards,

Adrian.

[PeacefulWarrior]

well not really, but it seems as if the site has been very quiet for the last few weeks.  What's up?  I became a member in Late Feb. and the site was always busy...new topics (usually between 3-5) appeared in nearly every forum on a seemingly daily basis.  Is it the new site?  Are you all as busy as I am (which I suspect you are).  Tell me why!  http://www.astralpulse.com/forums/images/icon_Smile.gif" border=0>

fides quaerens intellectum