BAMA Mirror

Bry Carling bcarling at CFL.RR.COM
Sun May 13 17:59:29 EDT 2007


Not sure what sparked this rude rant.  Did you wake up 
on the wrong side of the bed or miss your Wheaties or what?

The rest of us are having a civil conversation, There is no 
need to try to turn it into a stupid dispute. We don't play that game 
on this list.

> Hi Guys,
>     I really don't understand why this discussion is going on.  It started 
> out, IIRC, when one guy said the site was down.  He may have really meant 
> that he couldn't access it, which happens sometimes when people change their 
> browser settings, etc.  I think at least 2 guys said it was working fine for 
> them, that points to a user problem, not a server/source problem.
>     I do know Ken Grimm personally.  I don't know if he's on this list or 
> not, and do know that he does have other things to do besides babysitting 
> BAMA.  He may be off on vacation, out of the country, etc.  He does back up 
> everything regularly.  He does care.  He does a great job for no pay, never 
> asks for $, rarely asks for help (probably has it avaliable locally wtihout 
> going hunting on a list).
>     BAMA has grown a lot in the last 6-8 yrs.  I know that about that long 
> ago all the files would fit on 2 CD's.  I'm sure it's a several times that 
> now.  I don't think we need to be guessing about losing BAMA.  Several of 
> the BA community know Ken, he's one of us.  And my thanks to him for the 
> great job he does.
> 73,
> Al, W8UT
> New Bern, NC
> www.boatanchors.org
> www.hammarlund.info
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "john" <johnmb at NC.RR.COM>
> To: <BOATANCHORS at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV>
> Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2007 3:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [BOATANCHORS-TEMPE] BAMA Mirror
> 
> 
> > Hi Tom,
> >
> > I don't know, but the size is probably not the issue (what with 250GB 
> > drives ~$100. )
> >
> > The download bandwidth would be a problem, however!
> >
> > John K5MO
> >
> >
> > At 02:42 PM 5/12/2007, Tom Norris wrote:
> >>At the very least someone should save it locally if they've not
> >>already done so.  Burn to DVD or CD's perhaps in the event it
> >>suddenly crashed?
> >>
> >>What is the size  of the material on the site, out of curiosity?
> >>
> >>
> >>On May 12, 2007, at 9:26 AM, john wrote:
> >>
> >>>The ARRL is never going to agree to host distribution of
> >>>copyrighted material.
> >>>
> >>>John K5MO
> >
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