The DB at MGH might be gone but almost all of the content is still available at the wayback machine.

I wanted to restore one of the forums and asked them whether this would be possible. Their response was that yes, the content is there and they would and could help as long as the forum owners are in agreement, give their permission and/or make the request themselves.

I was thinking of contacting JL or the mods to get that permission but lost the motivation to do so when the forum in question once again degenerated into bickering and attacking each other.

cheers
eve

Please,......
 

Leave this site up, in case, BrainTalk goes down, again!

I remember your offer, and too, was disappointed that it deep-ended in arguments, insane speculation, paranoia driven "what-ifs", with the end result being data, left where some wanted it: neverland, outer-space, etc.

It was clear some of the members' were perhaps embarrassed by the possible "reappearance" of posts/threads that they were not particularly proud of, even though you had made it clear, you were only interested in "revitalizing" informative/medical posts.

Too bad. But, thanks again for making the offer. That was nice.

Yes, reliability of BT1 is my main concern as well. Other people have had issues with banning, moderators, etc., but if hardware/software/support issues remain the same, I’m afraid it’s just a matter of time until the next BT1 crash. I suspect many of us would like to go back to BT1 as the knowledgebase there is/(was ?) like nowhere else on earth, but having a “backup” site would really be a lifesaver! Change the name if need be, but this site has been a real Godsend!

Thanks again DocJohn! (and ZS too for the temp chat area) :)

P.S.
The vote tally as of today (8/31/06) continues to overwhelmingly support keeping BT2.

type this into a search engine {google , ect}
site:brain.hastypastry.net

behind .net - add your user name or any topic you want to search the old BT for-- click on the cached page link and you can find some of the old info

so some of it is still out there - thanks to wittesea for posting that link and info in another thread.

True they do have a lot of the posts archived. I didn't know they'd assist in restoring lost posts.

That's somethig I'll have to look into for my own forums :D

They'd provide you with a zipped archive of one date, so if you have to recover several dates, you would still have to do the merging :)

cheers
eve

I am really enjoying this forum and I don't plan to go back
to the other one unless its to see some friends.

I don't care for lots of the politics going on.

Donna

I was told that David and ZS is the same guy.
Is this not true?

OMG! that's a wild rumor for sure.

http://www.geocities.com/braintalkge...cs/popcorn.gif


Naw ZS isn't DH. Matter of fact ZS was in the room when DH was there and DH split.

ZS is cool. *if* ZS were DH, he would have no problem giving me crap for mooning him.

ZS is a baybee - maybe in his 30's? Don't know how old DH is.

Pooooooor ZS! How do these rumors start anyway?