[DECtalk] Status of the archive

[shaun everiss]

I am not for torrents they don't work well here and besides you need others to be seeding all the time.
At 05:22 p.m. 24/09/2009, you wrote:
>Hi Jayson,
>
>I would like to make two points here.  First, I have a complete zip file 
>of the archive already.  It is on a different drive, so even if my drive 
>crashes, I have a backup.  If the archive closes, I would either put the 
>zip file up somewhere or send it to people who ask.  I created it 
>because someone asked for the complete archive in a zip file and I 
>didn't set up rsync.  If I go that route, the zip file would have a 
>password because of the legal issues and adult material and it would be 
>put somewhere without bandwidth limitations.
>
>The second point is about people downloading the same files over and 
>over.  By default in Windows browsers, you specifically have to tell it 
>to save mp3 files.  If you just open them like normal, it downloads the 
>file and plays it but doesn't save it permanently.  Probably people are 
>just listening to the same files many times over without bothering to 
>save them somewhere.  It should be explained that you have to 
>right-click and choose to "save link as" or "save target as," but I 
>don't think most people read the README files.
>
>In closing, I've more or less given up on the torrent idea discussed 
>here previously.  It isn't worth the effort and I don't know of a 
>tracker.  I don't think a DVD iso is a good idea either because people 
>would be required to either open it with special software or burn it 
>just to look.  I like the idea of a big zip file with a password, 
>especially since it's already made.  As always, thoughts and suggestions 
>are welcome.  Again, nothing permanent has been decided yet.
>
>On 9/22/2009 11:43 PM, Jayson Smith wrote:
>> I've seen a decline in the interest in making DECtalk sing. For a while
>> before I decided to hand the archive over to Tony, I didn't get any uploads.
>> And yes, I did turn it over to him because of bandwidth issues, which is the
>> strange thing. People seem to be infatuated with the archive. I don't know
>> what it is, but it seems either tons of people discover the archive
>> constantly, which seems rather unlikely. Or the same people download the
>> same files over and over and over again. I know that shouldn't be it either,
>> as it's rather simple to save a local copy of a downloaded file so you can
>> play it whenever you want, as many times as you want, forever, without ever
>> downloading it from anyone else again.
>>       Sad though this may seem, I pretty much agree with Tony that the
>> DECtalk archive has outlived its usefulness. When making DECtalk sing was a
>> hugely popular thing to do, there needed to be an archive of people's
>> creations. But now that's died off. That having been said, I don't think the
>> archive should be totally destroyed. Any time there has been an archive like
>> this one, I think it ought to exist in one form or another as long as
>> there's someone out there willing to allow it to do so. What I envision
>> happening to the archive is possibly a DVD ISO being made, or something
>> similar. That way, it can continue to exist, and be available in its
>> entirety if someone is willing to host it, as an archive now closed to new
>> submissions. That is, the archive is what it is, and will forever more stay
>> the same.
>> Thoughts? Comments?
>> Jayson
>>    
>
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