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Just in case anyone is wondering about the Lurker's Guide
I saw this on Usenet:
[quote]Just a quick note to let folks know what's up. To oversimplify a bit,
the colocation ISP we were using seems to have vanished without warning,
leaving me with no way to get to the server. Unfortunately, the person
who would ordinarily let me into the colocation facility is on vacation
for the next couple weeks. Until he gets back I have no way to grab the
machine and put it somewhere else.
Rest assured, it will be back once I'm able to get at it. Meanwhile, as
others have suggested, please use the mirror sites to get your fix.
-Steven Grimm, Lurker's Guide editor
[/quote]
The message from which I copied this was dated October 13.
Then there was this, dated November 7th:
[quote]>A lot of people have asked, so I figured I'd post an update to let
>everyone in on the continuing sad saga of [url="http://www.midwinter.com."]www.midwinter.com.[/url]
>
>Short version: the server has vanished along with the backups, and
>nobody I've talked to seems to be quite sure where it is right now.
>
>Longer version: Midwinter had an arrangement with the online arm of a
>big media company (no, not SCI FI) where we were able to use some of
>their hardware to host our Web site as payment for some work we'd done
>for them. Well, said online arm has more or less folded, laid off
>most of its staff including all of my contacts, and gathered up the
>equipment that was in their cage at the colocation ISP. What they've
>done with said equipment or their backup tapes, I haven't been able to
>discover yet. Note to self: Backups are only useful if you can get at
>them.
>
>One of my contacts was on vacation when all this happened, and it had
>been my hope early on that when he got back he'd be able to at least
>get me access to the machine for long enough to copy everything off.
>Hence my initial message about the site likely returning within a
>couple weeks. But obviously that wasn't how things played out.
>
>Obviously as time passes the chance of getting any access to the
>files grows smaller and smaller, so it's entirely possible that I'll
>be looking for a new home for [url="http://www.midwinter.com"]www.midwinter.com[/url] soon. The good news
>is that the mirror sites, broken though some of them currently are,
>still exist and once [url="http://www.midwinter.com"]www.midwinter.com[/url] is up again in some form, it
>should be no big deal to resurrect the Guide.
>
>Incidentally, since a couple people have asked, mail to midwinter.com
>is unaffected by all this; it goes to a completely different machine
>unrelated to the Web site.
>
>Hope that satisfies everyone's curiosity. As things develop I'll
>post updates. What fun...
>
>-Steve
> (remove "-nospam" from address if replying by email)
>--
[/quote]
[This message has been edited by samuelk (edited 11-27-2001).]
[quote]Just a quick note to let folks know what's up. To oversimplify a bit,
the colocation ISP we were using seems to have vanished without warning,
leaving me with no way to get to the server. Unfortunately, the person
who would ordinarily let me into the colocation facility is on vacation
for the next couple weeks. Until he gets back I have no way to grab the
machine and put it somewhere else.
Rest assured, it will be back once I'm able to get at it. Meanwhile, as
others have suggested, please use the mirror sites to get your fix.
-Steven Grimm, Lurker's Guide editor
[/quote]
The message from which I copied this was dated October 13.
Then there was this, dated November 7th:
[quote]>A lot of people have asked, so I figured I'd post an update to let
>everyone in on the continuing sad saga of [url="http://www.midwinter.com."]www.midwinter.com.[/url]
>
>Short version: the server has vanished along with the backups, and
>nobody I've talked to seems to be quite sure where it is right now.
>
>Longer version: Midwinter had an arrangement with the online arm of a
>big media company (no, not SCI FI) where we were able to use some of
>their hardware to host our Web site as payment for some work we'd done
>for them. Well, said online arm has more or less folded, laid off
>most of its staff including all of my contacts, and gathered up the
>equipment that was in their cage at the colocation ISP. What they've
>done with said equipment or their backup tapes, I haven't been able to
>discover yet. Note to self: Backups are only useful if you can get at
>them.
>
>One of my contacts was on vacation when all this happened, and it had
>been my hope early on that when he got back he'd be able to at least
>get me access to the machine for long enough to copy everything off.
>Hence my initial message about the site likely returning within a
>couple weeks. But obviously that wasn't how things played out.
>
>Obviously as time passes the chance of getting any access to the
>files grows smaller and smaller, so it's entirely possible that I'll
>be looking for a new home for [url="http://www.midwinter.com"]www.midwinter.com[/url] soon. The good news
>is that the mirror sites, broken though some of them currently are,
>still exist and once [url="http://www.midwinter.com"]www.midwinter.com[/url] is up again in some form, it
>should be no big deal to resurrect the Guide.
>
>Incidentally, since a couple people have asked, mail to midwinter.com
>is unaffected by all this; it goes to a completely different machine
>unrelated to the Web site.
>
>Hope that satisfies everyone's curiosity. As things develop I'll
>post updates. What fun...
>
>-Steve
> (remove "-nospam" from address if replying by email)
>--
[/quote]
[This message has been edited by samuelk (edited 11-27-2001).]
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Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
The Balance provides. The Balance protects.
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
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[b][url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]Required reading[/url][/b]
Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
The Balance provides. The Balance protects.
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
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There are 3 things in life I never forget: my friends, my enemies, and my access codes.
Never put gasoline in a fire extinguisher.
"No government, no dictator can hold an imprisioned population by force of arms forever. There is no power in the universe greater than the need for freedom. Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies [i]cannot stand[/i]." - G'Kar, [i]The Long Twighlight Struggle[/i]
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[b][url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]Required reading[/url][/b]
Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
The Balance provides. The Balance protects.
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
[b]Mirrors give me the creeps. I can never see my reflection in them for some reason [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/biggrin.gif[/img]
[/b][/quote]
Try opening your eyes dumbass. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/rolleyes.gif[/img] [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/biggrin.gif[/img]
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[b][url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]Required reading[/url][/b]
Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
The Balance provides. The Balance protects.
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
[b]nice flame mr spacebattles[/b][/quote]
Dude, if you think thats flaming.....
*walks off snickering*
Seriously, if you think thats flaming then you ain't seen nothin' yet boy.
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[b] Try opening your eyes dumbass. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/rolleyes.gif[/img] [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/biggrin.gif[/img]
[/b][/quote]
What? That supposed to be funny? If so it's not in very good taste.
Now if Vertigo1's done shooting himself in the funnybone, lets get back on topic [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/robot.gif[/img]
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There are 3 things in life I never forget: my friends, my enemies, and my access codes.
Never put gasoline in a fire extinguisher.
"No government, no dictator can hold an imprisioned population by force of arms forever. There is no power in the universe greater than the need for freedom. Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies [i]cannot stand[/i]." - G'Kar, [i]The Long Twighlight Struggle[/i]
[url="http://www.iprimus.ca/~archons"]www.irpimus.ca/~archons[/url]
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[b][url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]Required reading[/url][/b]
Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
The Balance provides. The Balance protects.
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
Who likes Ball pits? Hmm? I sure do! Especially when they're infinitely deep! Jump in, and with every move you make, fall deeper into the abyss that is the multi-colored ball pit. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/tongue.gif[/img]
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[b][url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]Required reading[/url][/b]
Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
The Balance provides. The Balance protects.
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras