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George Castleberry
1954 BN1L-157155
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark J Bradakis" <mjb@autox.team.net>
To: <british-cars@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 12:12 AM
Subject: Seven come Eleven [Long, funding]
> April 11th, 2002. For most everyone on the planet a typical thursday. If
any
> of you have ever done a domain search on team.net, you may have seen
something
> along the lines of
>
> Record last updated on blah-blah-blah
> Record expires on blah-blah-blah
> Record Created on 11-Apr-1991.
>
> Yep, April 11th, 1991. Eleven years ago the Team.Net domain hit the
ether.
> Both the british-cars and the autox list existed in various forms for a
few
> years before this, but I happen to like the April 11th date. And who will
> soon forget another 11th, that dark day seven months ago? Seven come
eleven.
>
> Seven come eleven - a phrase I've heard before in relation to throwing
dice.
> I'm not a gambler, so I can't say what the phrase really means. Of course
> one could argue that just about everything we do, even if we just cower
under
> the covers all day, is a gamble of some sort or another.
>
> Seven, eleven, just numbers - numbers that designate some of my favorite
> Lotus cars, and if you throw in a '4' for April, you can make 1147, the
> displacement of the early Spitfires, like the one I drove to Tinker Day
last
> saturday. Gee, 4 plus 7 is 11. One could prattle on for some time about
> numbers, that is not my intention.
>
> What I'm after is continued funding of the autox.team.net services. Old
> hands on the lists may have been expecting this message for a while, folks
> who've just joined probably have no idea who I am or what I'm going on
about.
> Basically, the roughly 100 lists served here under various domains are run
> from a motley collection of various computer bits I've gathered over the
> years, some scrounged from my job at the University of Utah, some
purchased
> with funds from previous funding drives. I'm the man behind the curtain.
> Anyone remember my 'rats in the coffee' post?
>
> And the pile of hardware is hooked to a DSL line in my basement, sending
out
> automotive related information around the globe. Network connectivity
> pulls roughly $75 per month out of my wallet. Not an outrageous amount,
but
> it does add up. So twice a year, spring and fall, I solicit funds from
> subscribers to the lists to cover the monthly charges and possibly get
some
> new hardware or another box of backup tapes or something.
>
> This year, the 'something' could be fairly significant. As many of you
have
> noticed the archiving which had been taking place at Listquest no longer
is
> an option, they've gone belly.up it appears. If you point your web
browser
> to http://www.team.net/archive you may see that some of the lists have
some
> of the postings available in a browseable, searchable form. All lists
using
> Mailman for list management ( http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo ) have
> archives in place, though they aren't yet searchable.
>
> What I'd like to do is get ALL the posts from ALL the lists on line and
> available. Doing so will require more disk space and more processing
power.
> I did get a clean, one owner, slightly used machine from a Triumph and
> autocross fan who's been with the lists since the earth's crust cooled.
> Trouble is, the box didn't have any CPUs in it. A Supermicro SGXP6DEG
dual
> CPU motherboard, nice redundant power supplies, 70 gigs of disk under a
RAID
> controller, but no CPUs and only 128 megs of RAM. So the plan for this
> spring is to get some CPU chips and more memory in the box, and try to
bring
> it on line as the archive and web server. Or maybe the archive, web and
mail
> server, we shall see. All I need is a pair of 500 - 700 MHz SECC (Slot 1?
> I'm not that up on Intel platform hardware) CPU boards, some more memory
> and some time to get it all set up.
>
> Which is where you come in. If you feel the benefit of being a subscriber
to
> one of the roughly 100 lists I manage is of value to you, and you happen
to
> have some dollars burning a hole in your pocket, consider donating them to
> the cause. If you happen to be an American citizen who just sent off a
nice
> fat check to Uncle Sam, don't worry about sending in a contribution. If
you
> just signed up and don't yet have an idea of what you are getting into,
don't
> worry. If you think that the policies and procedures I've put in place
> governing list behavior must be the work of the devil himself, or you gave
> last time, or you still don't have an idea of who I am and what I do for
the
> lists don't worry. If you don't have any spare funds at the moment, or
live
> outside the US of A, or whatever, don't worry.
>
> But if you do feel that what you are getting through this pile of old
computer
> stuff stashed in a Salt Lake City basement is actually worthwhile,
consider
> making a contribution to the fund drive. There are several ways to do so.
>
>
> Send a check for $4 or $7 or $11.47 or $77.11 or whatever amount of US
Dollars
> you feel comfortable with, made out to Fat Chance Garage, to the address
>
> Fat Chance Garage
> PO Box 58333
> Salt Lake City, UT 84158
>
> ==
>
> Send a note with Visa or Mastercard info to the above address as well.
>
> ==
>
> FAX Visa or Mastercard info to me at 801-355-5438
>
> ==
>
> Contribute via PayPal [ http://www.paypal.com ] using the address
> donations@autox.team.net
>
> ==
>
> Point your web browser to http://www.team.net/posting.html which I promise
to
> update RealSoonNow, go to the bottom of the page and click on the 'Donate'
> button. The logo only shows Visa and Mastercard, but I think they
[Paypal]
> accept Discover and American Express now. I'd try it to find out for
sure,
> but I can't pay my account from my account. Imagine that.
>
> ==
>
> You can order Triumph parts from The Fat Chance Garage and the profit will
> in one way or another assist in keeping the lists going. Of course, those
> of you who may have sent a parts query my way are no doubt aware of the
> level of customer service I provide when I'm wearing *that* hat. I'll
> work on being more timely with my responses.
>
> ==
>
> I'll also work on being more timely in acknowledging contributions of any
> type, and not procrastinate so long. If you don't provide an email
address
> with your contribution, though, it could take a while.
>
>
> One thought I've had regarding funding for the basic operations of the
lists
> is making archives for the various lists available on CDs for some nominal
fee.
> It is one possibility, assuming issues with format and such are worked out
to
> everyone's satisfaction. Any interest in that approach?
>
> If you're willing to contribute, thanks in advance. If for whatever
reason
> you won't be contributing, don't worry, we'll keep on keepin' on.
>
> mjb.
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