[DECtalk] Status of the archive

Blake Roberts beroberts at hughes.net
Thu Sep 24 19:48:35 EDT 2009


Ron,
It's [possible to make Eloquence sing. Many years ago, Patrick Perdue made
Eloquence sing, but I don't know how he did it. To hear the only example of
eloquence singing,visit Patrick's folder on the Dectalk archive and download
eloqcrap.mp3. 
Blake 

-----Original Message-----
From: dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com
[mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of Ryan Chou
Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 10:37 PM
To: DECtalk Discussions
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Status of the archive

um tony,
what on the archive is illeagle or adult content?
I haven't seen anything that is yet
and I also have been trying to make some dectelk files but no success yet
rofl and does anyone know if I is possible to nake elequence sing or
anything nifty like dectalk?

On 9/23/09, Blake Roberts <beroberts at hughes.net> wrote:
> Tony,
> I still make Dectalk files. I had not asked about uploading my new 
> stuff because I thought you didn't want people to upload stuff. That 
> was the impression I got reading the email written when you took over 
> the Dectalk Archive. Maybe I misunderstood. I stil make Dectalk stuff 
> and am interested in uploading some of it.
> Blake
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com 
> [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of Tony Baechler
> Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 1:55 AM
> To: dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
> Subject: [DECtalk] Status of the archive
>
> Hello all,
>
> Please read this carefully.  Nothing has been decided yet.  I am 
> seeking input from the list before I do anything.  Your thoughts are
appreciated.
>
> To give a little history, the archive was first managed by Andre Louis.
> He abandoned it and it was taken over by Jayson Smith who still 
> manages this list.  Finally, I took it over from him because of 
> bandwidth issues.  I've noticed a decline in new files since Jayson 
> took it over with only one or two people regularly uploading.  Since 
> I've taken it over, no mention has ever been made of anyone wanting to 
> upload anything.  Therefore, I'm thinking that perhaps the archive has 
> reached the end of its interest and usefulness.  The main reason why I 
> never bothered to set up ftp uploading is because no one asked.  Likewise,
I didn't set up rsync for the same reason.
>
> Here are some things that I'm considering.  When I originally took it 
> over, I had great plans for it.  I wanted to go through every file and 
> do some reorganizing, such as by creator or author.  I wanted to move 
> some of the text files and software around.  As you can see, that 
> didn't happen.  The fact is that I really don't have time to deal with 
> it anymore.  I have severe health problems and am undergoing evaluation
for a kidney transplant.
> My kidney function is 25%.  I have way too much stress right now to 
> give it the time it deserves, especially if people start uploading 
> again.  That's why I've been quiet on the list and haven't asked 
> people to upload.  Also, something that I wasn't planning on was a lot 
> of hardware problems.  The machine it's on seems better now but was 
> very unstable for months.  That's why the archive would go down for 
> days at a time.  That should be permanently resolved now.
>
> I would like to make something very clear.  I am not immediately 
> closing the archive.  Bandwidth isn't a problem for now.  I'm 
> undecided what to do which is why I'm asking for input.  If I don't 
> hear anything, I'll probably retire the archive in a couple weeks and
eventually remove it.
> If someone else wants to take it over and can give it the time it 
> deserves, feel free to volunteer.  It still gets a lot of hits and 
> will suck your bandwidth without a limiter.  I guess I'm leaning 
> towards closing it by the end of the year, but for now it isn't going 
> anywhere and nothing will change immediately.
>
> Finally, there's something else to consider.  That is that a lot of 
> the archive is either illegal or adult material.  I'm taking a big 
> chance by making it available for download.  So far it has been fine 
> but that could change without warning if my provider finds out.  It's 
> low profile enough that I'm not too worried, but keep that in mind if you
want to take it over.
> I'm putting myself and others living here at risk because we could 
> lose our Internet if I get caught.
>
> In conclusion, I haven't done anything with it since I took it over 
> from Jayson and I have no immediate plans to change anything.  I'm 
> looking for input on what to do, but I'm thinking of closing the 
> archive due to lack of interest.  I can't really keep maintaining it 
> and no one has asked to upload anything.  Unless I hear otherwise, 
> I'll probably close it by the end of the year.
>
> Tony Baechler, current DECTalk archive maintainer tony at baechler.net
>
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