Magnus has removed the track database! See:
http://forum.racesimcentral.com/showthread.php?t=120912
:-(
Ken
Magnus has removed the track database! See:
[link lost in import]
:-(
Ken
> Magnus has removed the track database! See:
Guess some crisis occurred, since he was posting about it here just a
few days ago.
It is a valuable resource for the GPL community, that needs to return :)
www.gplpp.com has many tracks, but not as well-organized or navigable as
Magnus'.
I hope Magnus cools off and at least brings it back online, even if he can't
update it :)
rms
Ken MacKay <[email hidden]> wrote here on 20 Nov
2003:
> Magnus has removed the track database! See:
>
> http://forum.racesimcentral.com/showthread.php?t=120912
Bloody hell, that's a shock. Especially as (as rms says in this thread)
he was posting about it perfectly normally very recently. He also
included the URL to it in his post to RSC, which is an odd thing to do
if you've taken something down.
All that leads me to think that something came up very suddenly indeed.
What it was, who knows - it's none of my business. I think it's very
sad that he felt he had to remove the thing entirely - even a slightly
out-of-date tracks database would still be an outstanding resource.
He says, "The track database will be back eventually," but that could
mean anything from in a month to in 2030. I'd have preferred him to
either give an expected date, or to say he doesn't know - stringing us
along like that[1] is a little bit hard. I'd actually prefer to be told
it's not going to happen at all than to be told it'll be along
sometime, but we can't know when. I hate that sort of thing.
[1] That phrase gives an unfair impression, but I can't think of a
short alternative.
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In article <[email hidden]>, Ken MacKay <kenmackayNOSP
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>Magnus has removed the track database! See:
>
>http://forum.racesimcentral.com/showthread.php?t=120912
>
>
>:-(
Great shame. Magnus did a fantastic job there. Hopefully he won't be
away too long.
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On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 15:36:19 GMT, rms wrote:
>
> I hope Magnus cools off and at least brings it back online, even if he can't
> update it :)
>
> rms
Me too. Quite strange that he should have been unable to find somebody
else to host the site in the meanwhile, but maybe that's not what he
wanted.
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That was a bit sudden! Hope Magnus is okay and that this isn't anything
other than a technical problem. If it's financial, then it's down to us
to help out and make a donation. Hopefully he'll let us know. Great
shame though, that is/was an important GPL resource.
Alan
Ken MacKay wrote:
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> Magnus has removed the track database! See: > > http://forum.racesimcentral.com/showthread.php?t=120912 > > :-( > > KenIt's back on-line!!!! :-D
Thanks Magnus!!!
Ken
Ken MacKay wrote:
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> Magnus has removed the track database! See: > > http://forum.racesimcentral.com/showthread.php?t=120912 > > > :-( > > Ken >Be careful what you say. JV said the same thing on the thread, and
summarily got his pee-pee whacked.
-Larry
"rms" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> > Magnus has removed the track database! See:
>
> Guess some crisis occurred, since he was posting about it here just a
> few days ago.
>
> It is a valuable resource for the GPL community, that needs to return:)
> www.gplpp.com has many tracks, but not as well-organized or navigable as
> Magnus'.
>
> I hope Magnus cools off and at least brings it back online, even if hecan't
> update it :)
>
> rms
>
>
Ken MacKay <[email hidden]> wrote here on 21 Nov
2003:
> It's back on-line!!!! :-D
>
> Thanks Magnus!!!
>
> Ken
Seconded. It is a wonderful resource. :-D
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Cool :)
-Larry
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> Ken MacKay <[email hidden]> wrote here on 21 Nov > 2003: > > > It's back on-line!!!! :-D > > > > Thanks Magnus!!! > > > > Ken > > Seconded. It is a wonderful resource. :-D > > -- > Above address *is* valid - but snip spamtrap to get me to *read*! > > Support the world's oldest motorsport venue! > http://www.shelsley-walsh.co.uk/future.htmlOn Fri, 21 Nov 2003 14:56:29 GMT, Ken MacKay
<[email hidden]> wrote:
>It's back on-line!!!! :-D
>
>Thanks Magnus!!!
>
>Ken
Thanks Magnus! Time to download all those tracks NOW, just in case :)
Andre
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Any idea how long that should take using a 56k modem?
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>On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 14:56:29 GMT, Ken MacKay ><[email hidden]> wrote: > >>It's back on-line!!!! :-D >> >>Thanks Magnus!!! >> >>Ken > >Thanks Magnus! Time to download all those tracks NOW, just in case :) >On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 22:38:52 +0000, Peter Ives
<[email hidden]> wrote:
>>Thanks Magnus! Time to download all those tracks NOW, just in case :)
>>
>Any idea how long that should take using a 56k modem?
I will go back 20 years in time, find a 56k modem and check it for you
:)
Andre
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It'll probably still be downloading ;-)
Malc.
