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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Update On Old Board Status!!!

Posted: 2/3/2001 8:33:48 AM EDT

At this time it does not look like Ed and I will be able to head out to the server to fix the problems with the old forums.

Not a bad issue anyhow since two little news updates for you which I will add here and in the NEWS forums.

1) NEW HARDWARE UPGRADES are in and ready to kick into the website server.

2) NEW SERVER, yes you heard right, is ordered and should be in (hopefully) this coming week. That means we make one trip and not two. (Good for us, trust me.)

If things go well who knows what [b]surprises[/b] the future holds for you all...

BUT the old forums do look like they have their days numbered. Due to the incredible amount of traffic they have carried for so long, the forums seem likely to continue to see problems which makes then too much of a burden. That means work on these forums will need to pick up before the other forums decide to die again, as well as trying to figure out a way to save all/some of that old content...

We'll keep you guys posted and do our best to provide both an acceptable solution to the new forums as well as the old forums.

Again, this weekend is not going to work for us, so look for them next weekend!

-- GoatBoy

Posted: 2/3/2001 8:46:00 AM EDT

[#1]

Thanks for the update. Maybe this will ease some minds.

Posted: 2/3/2001 8:55:17 AM EDT

[#2]

How do we know that GoatBoy isn't really BATFBoy?

Posted: 2/3/2001 8:58:16 AM EDT

[#3]

You don't. But then again, you don't have to. A simple thanks for trying to get things fixed might be appropriate.

Posted: 2/3/2001 9:02:01 AM EDT

[#4]

If these forums were run by the ATF, it would be the best use of tax money I've seen in a long time. Thanks guys!

Posted: 2/3/2001 9:22:14 AM EDT

[#5]

Goatboy,
I am glad to see you spending so much of your time with us on this board.
You seem to be a very nice young man,no doubt the product of a superior upbringing.[;)]

Posted: 2/3/2001 9:37:16 AM EDT

[#6]

I see said the blind man [^]

Posted: 2/3/2001 9:59:27 AM EDT

[#7]

Thanks for the heads up Goatboy...Perhaps it is time to migrate the site in it's whole entity. With new server software etc etc....like you said.

Kuiper

Posted: 2/3/2001 10:58:04 AM EDT

[#8]

Thanks for the update. I was beginning to feel that the old forum was going to be dead forever. "There is a method to the madness."

Posted: 2/3/2001 11:00:20 AM EDT

[#9]

thank you

Posted: 2/3/2001 11:14:51 AM EDT

[#10]

Thanks for the update!! Anyone consider having a new membership, call it something for people willing to contribute towards the cost of running the board? I'd be one willing to contribute. Just a thought.

Posted: 2/3/2001 11:32:01 AM EDT

[#11]

DON R: A simple thanks for trying to get things fixed might be appropriate.

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Posted: 2/3/2001 12:39:43 PM EDT

[#12]

Thanks Goatboy [beer]

Posted: 2/3/2001 12:51:53 PM EDT

[#13]

I like this board better, and there are many reasons for that. Biggest one is that you guys have control over it because you wrote the software (some nice work BTW).

Perhaps having the old board up as an "archive only" site would be a good way of keeping the info from it alive, yet not having to worry about it dying.

Many thanks to you Goatboy and Edward for providing your time, energy, money, etc. to help us all out. [:)]

Posted: 2/3/2001 1:47:20 PM EDT

[#14]

thanks for the heads up goatboy.i was wondering when we were going to hear something.mmk

Posted: 2/3/2001 2:16:38 PM EDT

[#15]

Thanks guys...........I am kind of lost without being able to visit the forums, we appreciate all the work and effort it takes to keep this stuff running....I just wish I wasn't a junior member again :(

Posted: 2/3/2001 2:28:05 PM EDT

[#16]

Thanks goatboy

Posted: 2/3/2001 2:44:48 PM EDT

[#17]

Thank Ye, Thank Ye!

[beer]

Posted: 2/3/2001 2:52:39 PM EDT

[#18]

C'MON GOATBOY! NOW YOU KNOW YOU ARE HERE TO PREACH THE GOSPEL! TO HEAR ED DISPARAGE YOU SHAKES MY CONFIDENCE. I PROBABLY DRAW AS MAY FOLKS TO THIS SITE AS ANYBODY ELSE, AND I'M STILL RELEGATED TO 'MEMBER' STATUS. THAT'SA A SMALL MATTER FOR ME, A BIG MAN.

KURT/KKF

Posted: 2/3/2001 3:51:25 PM EDT

[#19]

I think we all appreciate the efforts GoatBoy has made to bring this site a little closer to a working site until the UBB site is back up.

Please correct me if I'm wrong but isn't Ed's ultimate goal to build a commercially viable and profit making enterprise from this and several other sites?

If I'm not mistaken I recall a post by Ed on the UBB board asking members if they were willing to pay for memberships to support enhancements and upgrades to ar15.com. I believe many members including myself would be willing to help finance an improved site if it's ever implemented.

The value of this site is not in the hardware or software. It is in "We" the user community that brings web traffic and ultimately paying advertisers to make this a financially successful self sustaining site.

It's unfortunate that you missed the humor in my post you deleted.

The increased communications is appreciated!

Posted: 2/3/2001 4:00:55 PM EDT

[#20]

once again thanks for the update

Posted: 2/3/2001 4:43:56 PM EDT

[#21]

thanx

Posted: 2/3/2001 6:32:52 PM EDT

[#22]

Nice to get an update.

Thanks.

Posted: 2/3/2001 8:20:48 PM EDT

[#23]

While I normally don't chime in jes to say 'me too'... in this case I make an exception...

Assuming all goes well... looks like 'good times ah heah again... hot dang...'

db

Posted: 2/3/2001 10:13:46 PM EDT

[#24]

thanks for the update,... keep up the good work.

Posted: 2/4/2001 5:06:44 AM EDT

[#25]

goatboy--thanks for the update. you know. it seems to me thant all the flaming of this board has been unjustified. yeah, perhaps it has been an inconvenience for us longtime ar15.com users and sometimes change is uncomfortable. but, for me, it's not the board itself but the users who really make it happen. it's taken a few weeks for all the regulars and mods to migrate over here--antiussa, donr, (btw where's ammoman and swfa?), etc. anyhow, it's really starting to feel like the same old comfortable place we've known for so long. so come on guys, get in touch w/ all the ones who are mia and bring them onboard. consider it a change and upgrade for the better.

earlybirdnj(formerly earlybird)

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