[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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