RSC to be shutdown and archived

On Dec 26, 4:15 pm, "rcgldr" <[email hidden]> wrote: > http://forum.racesimcentral.com Sad to read, but perhaps just as well that there is finally some closure. Although RSC was the glue that held simracing together as we knew it for many years, it had long ago lost it's foothold. For the GPL community, I think it's time for the Simracing MirrorZone to become the community home for GPL. Bill Cooper's Speedgeezers family has stepped forward over the last couple of years to fill in the gaps left by the RSC situation, and should now be looked to as 'the' place for GPL.

"David_Fletcher" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... On Dec 26, 4:15 pm, "rcgldr" <[email hidden]> wrote: > http://forum.racesimcentral.com >Sad to read, but perhaps just as well that there is finally some >closure. ..and all because a couple of hard drives failed.

dfg.myass@aol (David G Fisher's Left Testicle) wrote: > ..and all because a couple of hard drives failed. Well, I suspect if more of us had contributed more often they could have afforded a more robust/reliable solution. I did make a small contribution when it came back last time, but it was clear there was no big appetite (from myself or others) to contribute regularly. But then I was never a huge RSC visitor, although in the last year or so it became a useful place to keep in touch with iRacing when I wasn't signed up. I'll miss visiting there as an option, but every cloud has a silver lining. Maybe now more of us will be more inclined to post here. Mind you, I believe newsgroups are getting more 'popular' as pirates are elbowed off peer-to-peer. Eventually more newsgroup providers will get tired of hosting illegal files and make access even harder for legitimate text use. Of course most weeks who'd notice the difference between no posts because there's no server and no posts because there are no posters? :-) Andrew McP

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> dfg.myass@aol (David G Fisher's Left Testicle) wrote: > >> ..and all because a couple of hard drives failed. > > Well, I suspect if more of us had contributed more often they could have > afforded a > more robust/reliable solution. I did make a small contribution when it > came back > last time, but it was clear there was no big appetite (from myself or > others) to > contribute regularly. > > But then I was never a huge RSC visitor, although in the last year or so > it became > a useful place to keep in touch with iRacing when I wasn't signed up. I'll > miss > visiting there as an option, but every cloud has a silver lining. Maybe > now more of > us will be more inclined to post here. > > Mind you, I believe newsgroups are getting more 'popular' as pirates are > elbowed > off peer-to-peer. Eventually more newsgroup providers will get tired of > hosting > illegal files and make access even harder for legitimate text use. > > Of course most weeks who'd notice the difference between no posts because > there's > no server and no posts because there are no posters? :-) > > Andrew McP

I think they pissed a lot of people off with their gay moderation system.

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> dfg.myass@aol (David G Fisher's Left Testicle) wrote: > >> ..and all because a couple of hard drives failed. > > Well, I suspect if more of us had contributed more often they could > have afforded a more robust/reliable solution. I did make a small > contribution when it came back last time, but it was clear there was > no big appetite (from myself or others) to contribute regularly. > > But then I was never a huge RSC visitor, although in the last year or > so it became a useful place to keep in touch with iRacing when I > wasn't signed up. I'll miss visiting there as an option, but every > cloud has a silver lining. Maybe now more of us will be more inclined > to post here.

Assuming that there's not yet another wave of ISP's dropping usenet. Although I don't think there's many left that still do anyways is there? Doing backups properly doesn't require any significant amount of money. Only the will and a bit of time. 10 R/W CD's and a bit of thought can handle it easily.

On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 07:44:08 -0000, David G Fisher's Left Testicle wrote:

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> > "David_Fletcher" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > On Dec 26, 4:15 pm, "rcgldr" <[email hidden]> wrote: >> http://forum.racesimcentral.com > >>Sad to read, but perhaps just as well that there is finally some >>closure. > > ..and all because a couple of hard drives failed. >

True, and it's the 2nd time it happened to them, this time with more dire consequences than the 1st time. I would have thought they would have learnt about the necessity of creating offsite backups every once in a while, and be it by plugging in a $100 external usb drive and copying stuff over... All the best, Uwe

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> On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 07:44:08 -0000, David G Fisher's Left Testicle > wrote: >> >> "David_Fletcher" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >> news:[email hidden]. >> .. On Dec 26, 4:15 pm, "rcgldr" <[email hidden]> wrote: >>> http://forum.racesimcentral.com >> >>>Sad to read, but perhaps just as well that there is finally some >>>closure. >> >> ..and all because a couple of hard drives failed. >> > > True, and it's the 2nd time it happened to them, this time with more > dire consequences than the 1st time. I would have thought they would > have learnt about the necessity of creating offsite backups every once > in a while, and be it by plugging in a $100 external usb drive and > copying stuff over... >

...Before it's written on closed session CD's. Hard drives die, portable ones quicker.

David G Fisher's Left Testicle wrote: > I think they pissed a lot of people off with their gay moderation system. I agree, this was no longer a place where a critical eye could be cast on "things SIM racing." It was a special interest party for a few dickheads and the main guy over there was leading the censorship. Good riddance.

"Niles Anders" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:ayf0n.8974$[email hidden]... > David G Fisher's Left Testicle wrote: >> I think they pissed a lot of people off with their gay moderation system. > > I agree, this was no longer a place where a critical eye could be cast on > "things SIM racing." It was a special interest party for a few dickheads > and the main guy over there was leading the censorship. Good riddance. What was his user name. I had a couple of altercations with him and thought he was a stupid cunt.

I'd have to log on to tell you that but he was a European living in SE Asia. David G Fisher's Left Testicle wrote:

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> > "Niles Anders" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:ayf0n.8974$[email hidden]... >> David G Fisher's Left Testicle wrote: >>> I think they pissed a lot of people off with their gay moderation >>> system. >> >> I agree, this was no longer a place where a critical eye could be cast >> on "things SIM racing." It was a special interest party for a few >> dickheads and the main guy over there was leading the censorship. Good >> riddance. > > What was his user name. I had a couple of altercations with him and > thought he was a stupid cunt.

On Dec 27 2009, 1:45 am, David_Fletcher <[email hidden]> wrote: > On Dec 26, 4:15 pm, "rcgldr" <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >http://forum.racesimcentral.com > > Sad to read, but perhaps just as well that there is finally some > closure. Call me a luddite, but I never knew what was wrong with usenet myself, many ISPs and google maintain them for free. It's not like dancing emoticons and graphic avitars added value to peoples posts