Ownership's Comments: [DECtalk] Read me file updated

[Shaun Everiss]

thanks jayzon.
It looks like its perminantly down.
But look don't blame onj.
I actually expected the thing  to die ages ago.
Honestly, if you were given something to eat that you didn't like or that well you just hated?
Would eat it? I rest my case.
At 08:26 p.m. 17/08/2005, you wrote:
>Hi,
>Couldn't have said it better myself.  I just now updated my own mirror, so
>if the site goes down my site is up to date.  Red Dwarf up to I think 5-5 is
>available.
>Jayson.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Tony Baechler" <tony at baechler.net>
>To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at jaybird.no-ip.info>
>Cc: <onj at andrelouis.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 3:07 AM
>Subject: Re: Ownership's Comments: [DECtalk] Read me file updated
>
>
>> Hello Andre, Nick, list, and whoever else.  I'm not going to respond to
>> most of this.  There is no point.  I'm not going to be in a bickering
>> contest.  I'll just drop the list if it comes to that.
>>
>> Now then.  Umm, actually I have never downloaded a thing from you Andre
>> except your web pages.  Check your logs from November 2004 if you don't
>> believe me.  Second, you're right.  I'm not going to donate.  I don't need
>> your complaining for my dollars.  You've got to be kidding.  Third, I
>> basically don't care now what happens to the archive because of the
>> constant complaining from Andre.  If it's that much of a problem, just
>drop
>> it.  I've had to let archive sites go before because of bandwidth, so I do
>> understand.
>>
>> I personally would be willing to take over the archive except the Red
>Dwarf
>> files if it comes to that.  I have enough bandwidth that I'm not really
>> worried about people downloading everything.  Heck, I have about 1gb or
>> more per day in download traffic already.  The only condition is that
>there
>> will be an Apache module in place to restrict bandwidth usage.  This is
>> unfortunately necessary and would result in a slower download speed for
>> all, but since I have been running servers off and on for quite a few
>years
>> now I do understand the bandwidth issues involved and there is no way
>> around it.  Also some of the content with prophanity will be removed, but
>> I'm not sure what or when.
>>
>> Andre mentioned that I don't know how to run a server.  Please look at
>> http://investigative.net/.  I set up that server and I run it.  I am
>> running Debian Sarge, Apache 1.3.33 and Qmail.  So yes, I think I know
>> something about running servers.  I am not worried in the least about your
>> threats to take away the archive.  I don't wish to run it and I don't want
>> to be the main site for it, but I would be willing to work with Jayson to
>> figure out something.
>>
>> I will leave you all with one other question.  Is it worth maintaining the
>> archive?  If I host or mirror it, is there going to be any new content?
>Is
>> there any point?   I personally think not to all the above, which is why
>> there is no point in bickering with Andre.  The nice thing about someone
>> else being the owner such as Jayson is that it would eliminate the
>> unreasonableness going on.  If he wants to look at planetmirror.com, he
>> would have the option since he would be the new owner, maintainer, or
>> whatever you want to call it.  If none of that happens, oh well.  I have a
>> mirror of everything as of last Oct 31 and I would probably eventually put
>> it up for people to download.  Since domains are cheap, I might get
>> dectalk.org or dec-talk.org if it's available.  I don't know.
>>
>> Oh, by the way Andre, it isn't just blind people that want something for
>> nothing.  It's almost every Internet user.  You probably don't donate to
>> every software developer or site you use regularly either.  That's the
>> freedom of the Internet.
>>
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