[stumps]

Well anyone who had read your original post properly would have seen that you had no intention whatsover of sueing..
Curiousity ... it is a good thing..stay the way you are Wittesea

[Wittesea]

Actually, the thing I found most amusing was how many people managed to find my email address... (I certainly don't mind that people found it to email me, I just found it interestingly amusing that people would go through so much hassle just to find me).

Yes, my email addy is posted on the internet in various old BT1 posts that can be found via google cache, but when you do a google search for wittesea email, most of the pages you get are to the 'email wittesea' link on the BT1 forums (which doesn't tell them my email addy it just allows people to click the link, but since BT1 is broken you can't click the link through google cache pages).

Anyway, it took me almost 10 minutes of messing aroud with google cached pages to finally find an old BT post with my email addy in the post itself, and then I messed around some more and did manage to get my yahoo profile as part of my search results.

So I do applaud people for going through that hassle to find me. Although the funny part is that my email addy is about as simple as can be - I use yahoo and my email user name is exactly the same as my user name here.

[Wittesea]

Originally Posted by stumps

Well anyone who had read your original post properly would have seen that you had no intention whatsover of sueing..
Curiousity ... it is a good thing..stay the way you are Wittesea

Yeah, and in my second post I even said I would pay good money to John (and/or Braintalk Inc.) in order to get a copy of the old posts of mine that discussed my illness and my husbands cancer, etc...

I may personally dislike the direction that BT has taken lately, but I still recognize BT as a great place for so many people and I would never want to do anything to harm that.

And then of course there are all the very old posts and info from the neuro-mancer server that disappeared a long time ago and probably will never be seen on the internet again.

THAT was a great loss! Like you, mine became a journal of sorts that I could review with optimism, seeing the positive changes my health had made since my initial accident and resulting RSD. We had alot of good computer tech posts too, with detailed instructions of fixes that were lost. With the new forum I got to the point where it was too exhausting to retype all that information, so I seldom did.

As far as suing, like KTM5665 said, once you hit send, it is no longer your property as it becomes the property of the one who owns the server. Just like an employer that has full access to your emails. It belongs to them.

[anonymous_no_more]

it continues to amaze me that anyone would have the expectation of storage space, through time, from a board that was clearly made available [for free] and operated to the best of its ability/resources...no guarantees.

perhaps this is a reminder to all of us that if our histories are that important [to us] that we find a service that guarantees against data loss, and promises to be there in the future, for all time. Good luck with that.

perhaps this is a reminder that our own histories, journals, etc. are our own responsibility, and to protect against "final" data loss, make copies of treatises published on the internet, and store them to our own computers [assuming one has that ability].

it is good to be gadfly, better yet, better to be someone who takes action, and assumes responsibility for their own data...

BT owes no one anything that isn't "promised" in their terms of service. If someone is expecting data that will never be lost or corrupted, 100% uptime, etc., then perhaps it is time to find a service that makes that guarantee and pay for that pleasure...

with all due respect.

[moose53]

Hey, everybody!!

I thought that John said when we moved to the new Hasty-Pastry forum that the problem with the neuro-mancer and the even older stuff was that it just wasn't in a format that was convertible to vBulletin software.

Am I having a real memory or was I dreaming

Have a good day

[ZombieSlayer]

Originally Posted by moose53

Hey, everybody!!

I thought that John said when we moved to the new Hasty-Pastry forum that the problem with the neuro-mancer and the even older stuff was that it just wasn't in a format that was convertible to vBulletin software.

Am I having a real memory or was I dreaming

Have a good day

I don't know if that was said or not since I have no memory of it. But I don't think Mr. Lester would say that....almost any database can be converted to work with vB. It is possible though that at the time of the post (if it did take place) that there wasn't a converter available. Guess we'll have to wait for the forums to come back up and do some searching.

[DocJohn]

Actually, I've found most posts here not just "blasting" BT, but people providing their thoughts and experiences with their frustrations related to this downtime, which went without any sort of progress for over a month!

Could you imagine a senior center or non-profit community center in your neighborhood that you relied on daily for support and care closing its doors with a sign that simply said, "Sorry, lost electricity, will be back when you see a new sign posted"?

One person, awhile ago now, asked about legal precedents. By far, the majority of posts I've read here (and I've read nearly all of them) have expressed nothing but gratitude, appreciation, and hope for BT's future. I suggest you keep reading to see the outpouring of continued support JL and BT continue to receive. Support, with the hope that they will take into consideration the great deal of feedback offered here for improvements to the BT when it resumes.

John

[shotspine]

Wittesea was merely asking a question and clearly stated she was NOT planning on sueing anyone. She is one of John Lester's biggest cheerleaders and a terrific poster of support and information on BT.

Please read carefully before making accusations as you are way off base on this one.

[Rocking4Epilepsy]

Any word from JL as to when he will be back running?