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# Acid test of how justified my faith in this comunity is and whether I've made a tit of myself in the eyes of a personal hero
Right. Last night I got drunk, and told techno legend Darren Emerson (international DJ superstar and previously one third of underworld)that we as a community could do his site for him better than the consultants he was going to hire, and in return for personal kudos rather than cash. I may have gone too far.
Are any of you guys up for working with Darren Emerson in return for personal kudos (credits, links, talks in the pub) rather than money? I know we could do it better than any agency, and he is a legend, anyone in?
(I helped save b3ta! crab_bloke), Wed 27 Feb 2002, 5:41, archived)
# "in return for personal kudos rather than cash"
Genius.
(I helped save b3ta! rob, Wed 27 Feb 2002, 5:45, archived)
# You're jaded
take a step back, forget your london media whore life- it's darren fucking emerson. the techno god. the man who provided a large proportion of the soundtrack to the nineties. he's the fucking man.
(I helped save b3ta! crab_bloke), Wed 27 Feb 2002, 5:53, archived)
# Sorry Joel.
Didn't mean to be sarcastic, but there is no b3ta from 21st of March without solving this hosting issue.
(I helped save b3ta! rob, Wed 27 Feb 2002, 5:59, archived)
# Don't know much
but it's not unrealistic to suggest that if the site was a success, you could take that style/identity on to the record sleeves etc, charging the record company a commission.

Also, if that provoked other people to want sites/designs, people who'd actually pay, couldn't b3ta evolve into something similar to the companies that rent out processing power, except with creativity - ie you buy a certain amount of exposure time to the b3ta community.
(I helped save b3ta! mrbrong, Wed 27 Feb 2002, 6:21, archived)
# I wouldn't want any commission
Just to be able to say you helped built his site would be good enough for me. (maybe a link to snakey on there though!)
Something to put on your CV innit?
(Nacho, Wed 27 Feb 2002, 6:25, archived)
# Me too
but with all this bandwidth talk,I thought it might be a way of getting the revenue in without killing the site.

The best thing is that nobody would have to do anything they wouldn't do for free anyway, but by doing they'd be keeping the site going.
(I helped save b3ta! mrbrong, Wed 27 Feb 2002, 6:34, archived)
# Just a thought.
Would the cost of consultants roughly equate to 116GB per month?
(I helped save b3ta! PeterSeychelles, Wed 27 Feb 2002, 5:51, archived)
# I'd offer to help but
Who is Darren Emerson?
(I helped save b3ta! izb posting occasional messages since 2001, Wed 27 Feb 2002, 5:53, archived)
# lager lager lager ("Born Slippy")
remember the choon?
(Nacho, Wed 27 Feb 2002, 5:58, archived)
# oh yes
anthem of my student days.
(james, Wed 27 Feb 2002, 6:11, archived)
# "I'd like...
"...a vodka tonic, 2 packets of crisps and four pints of lager, lager, lager...etc"
It was you wasn't it?
(I helped save b3ta! Your Mum, Wed 27 Feb 2002, 7:12, archived)
# aaaAAAaah
right.
(I helped save b3ta! izb posting occasional messages since 2001, Wed 27 Feb 2002, 7:20, archived)
# Yeah, I'll colaborate with you/him
Any Flash/Photshop/html you need, Crab Bloke, just let me know.
Would need someone elses help on Javascripting/php/abc and xyz though
(Nacho, Wed 27 Feb 2002, 5:57, archived)
# That is very cool
I'd love to help with any writing that needs doing.
(I helped save b3ta! mrbrong, Wed 27 Feb 2002, 6:08, archived)
# I'd gladly donate
some scripting/interface design to the project...
(I helped save b3ta! chthonic, Wed 27 Feb 2002, 6:13, archived)
# If, for whatever reason...
...any 3D stuff needs doing, my meagre skills are yours for the abusing.
(sasquatch, Wed 27 Feb 2002, 6:19, archived)
# I have so much respect
For this site and every contibutor, that I think it would be the best site ever made.
THis probably sounds gushing, but I've just been made redundant, which I was more than happy about, but Spike's death was life's way of making me feel the appropriate emotions.
(I helped save b3ta! MartinH, Wed 27 Feb 2002, 6:23, archived)
# That is a good idea
Isn't Darren Emerson part of the Tomato design agency. If so, how come he's getting other people to do his site?

Just wondered
(I helped save b3ta! pete, Wed 27 Feb 2002, 6:40, archived)
# No.
The other two are/were. He wasn't.
(I helped save b3ta! rob, Wed 27 Feb 2002, 6:42, archived)
# Was that
Lake and Palmer?
(I helped save b3ta! MartinH, Wed 27 Feb 2002, 6:48, archived)
# I seem to remember spending
a w/e in Wales with some of the Tomato people...
I can't say I formed a great opinion of them personally.

Mostly 'cos I was living on £6000 a year at the time and they were dribbling cash out of their orifices.
(I helped save b3ta! chthonic, Wed 27 Feb 2002, 6:52, archived)
# I'll do whatever I can
to help, but I'm a student lowlife so that's not much :(
(I helped save b3ta! rockyrobin, Wed 27 Feb 2002, 8:04, archived)