Due to personal and technical reasons, unfortunately, I'm not able to
help you to keep the Hub running. Anyways, call me if you think I can
help.
grill
On júl. 3, 01:57, Lokkerman <phil.steep...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Oh Dear!
> I didn't know it would be so emotional and so soon; wow love you mate \o/
> and as you know I am with you always and always will be.
> Guys I need your views on how we host and fairly quick please?
> What for example would I need?
> Lokks
> <3 VF
>
> On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 12:29 AM, Paul Garfunkel <paulgarfun...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>
>
> > Dear Glen,
>
> > Thank you for helping all of us to further the "hobby". I can safely
> > say I benifited from you direct help on many occations and I can see
> > where you are coming from since I when through the same thing when I
> > gave up xbox 5 years ago. The real world is cool too!
>
> > I find that this hobby is less obsessive for me, although I have been
> > know to stay up late spliting wav files and making dts cds to listen
> > to in my RL the next morning!
>
> > Well enough about me. We will add your name to the wall next to Mojave
> > (although the idea that you were Mojave crossed my mind once or
> > twice).
>
> > Bruce Wayne, Clark Kent & Glen.
>
> > Go in peace my brother.
>
> > On 7/2/10, Richard <zoanne...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> > > Glen
>
> > > You'll be missed. Your positive attitude, and always willing to help,
> > helped
> > > me during the early days when i joined "The Hub", and more recently with
> > > protection for the Blogs, etc.
>
> > > You'll be missed, but we all have our own journeys to make in this life,
> > and
> > > at times, we need to make "life changing" decisions for our own good.
>
> > > I wish you well, and hope everything works out as you hope.
>
> > > Richard (OD)
>
> > > Boy...I don't know how to start this....I'll just get straight to it.
>
> > > Significant life changes have occurred for me such that I am leaving
> > ALL
> > > file sharing and surround/hi-res hobby activities, with immediate effect.
>
> > > No, I'm not in trouble. It's the exact opposite. Something wonderful
> > has
> > > happened. (No, I'm not having a baby, nor have I married (yet)...keep
> > > guessing...)
>
> > > The reason is that I have resolved to pursue a dream in real life which
> > is
> > > far, far greater than anything I could ever do in the surround world. It
> > > involves a likely brilliant career, a completely different way of life
> > and
> > > set of values, and is essentially a 'new' life.
>
> > > I was committed to this community and wanted to give it what I knew
> > it's
> > > been always needing, but has never happened. I was working on something
> > that
> > > would have been the biggest thing in the surround world (or at least the
> > > surround 'file sharing' world, which is maybe about 2/3 the size of the
> > > greater surround scene anyway).
>
> > > I might as well 'announce' it now, since it's not gonna happen anyway.
>
> > > I was planning, for over a year, a gazelle-based (à la What.CD)
> > BitTorrent
> > > tracker for surround and hi-res music - the first true audiophile tracker
> > > and ultimate go-to place for sharing and finding anything in our beloved
> > > formats. It was my big project, I put all my resources and skills into
> > the
> > > thing and spent considerable time planning and making preparations and
> > > networking throughout the surround/file sharing worlds, to make the dream
> > > happen.
>
> > > It was not just going to be a torrent tracker, but it was to have a
> > public
> > > DDL release blog for outreach (serving as a mojave replacement at same
> > > time), and a massive internal (and a mirrored external) audio wiki on all
> > > the formats where I would collate all the obscure info and knowledge into
> > > one place and make it a massive resource, so that instead of endless
> > > repeated discussions on the same topics happening all the time, people
> > could
> > > simply browse the wiki and just learn all it there. Some of the completed
> > > pages I have athttp://groups.google.com/group/surroundsound/web.
> > > Anyway...enough of all this, you get the point. It was going to be a
> > > paradise, where nothing we could imagine wasn't possible...
>
> > > And for ages I wanted to tell you all about it, but because of what
> > turned
> > > out to be endless months (and in the end, a whole year) of delays due to
> > > what I know was fate standing in my way and not letting it happen (it's a
> > > loooooooooooooong story, it's longer than longcat!), I didn't want to
> > excite
> > > people, and then only disappoint them with what at times felt like a
> > tunnel
> > > with no light at the end of it. I had to keep the news all to myself, and
> > > just a few of you, for the good of the group. But once ready, the site
> > was
> > > going to be our new home, replacing this primitive google group and the -
> > > I'm sorry, but we all know - inferior file sharing method that is the
> > hub.
>
> > > In truth though, the project and all the things associated with it, was
> > a
> > > burden for me, a thorn in my side - something stubbornly standing in the
> > way
> > > of what I knew all the time, was what I should really be doing with my
> > life.
>
> > > Recently, a few catalysts have played out in my life, and my love for
> > my
> > > RL dream has overcome even the passion I (now past tense: had) for the
> > > tracker project, and if you've known about my passion for 'TS' [the
> > codename
> > > for the project] over the last year, you would agree that this is
> > something
> > > pretty huge happening in me.
>
> > > And it's been very emotional.
>
> > > I know some of you will be disappointed to hear that I'm 'leaving', but
> > at
> > > the same time I think all of you understand what's best for a person in
> > > their life. I now have peace, and am happy, but life's all about
> > sacrifices
> > > for the sake of what you want to really do, and I've now taken the right
> > > choices regarding this.
>
> > > I'll still be here, i.e., logged into the hub, I just can't be expected
> > to
> > > have any obligations or expectations any more, and I will have extended
> > > absences (from the hub) too. And I'll no longer be checking the google
> > > group, i have de-subscribed and also won't be checking the vf.surround
> > gmail
> > > address regularly either. The best way to contact me (if it is an
> > important
> > > matter) would be via PM in the hub. The most important thing for me now
> > is
> > > to spend as little time in here as possible and to not be obligated to
> > > anything here.
>
> > > So if I do not respond to hub PMs immediately, or at all, please
> > > understand that it is because I am either away or too busy to chat. It's
> > not
> > > because I'm being rude. My life has changed and so have my habits.
>
> > > My role has now changed to 'casual surround/hi-res enthusiast and
> > > listener', and even then, ONLY when I can spare the time (like when I'm
> > > relaxing and having time off)...from my busy rl schedule and commitments.
>
> > > However...There's one other 'big thing' that I have been working on,
> > with
> > > the help of a few unnamed key people (which will indeed affect the
> > > [u]entire[/u] surround/hi-res world, not just the file sharers), which in
> > > contrast I intend to see finished (and look forward to doing so). This is
> > > because it is something I can 'finish off', and then be done with it, as
> > > opposed to an ongoing commitment of time and care.
>
> > > And this: is the cracking of the SACD format (I think most of you know
> > > from my hints in previous months of this anyway - as in, DVD-A was
> > cracked,
> > > and SACD is finally going to be cracked too - a method for copying the
> > > ACTUAL files off the disc (and then you can convert the DSD files to PCM
> > via
> > > software that I've already released), and even, a method for burning
> > > 'SACD-R' on a normal blank DVD, and being able to play it back in your
> > SACD
> > > player - which I hope eventually can work on the majority if not all SACD
> > > players - it works on a few so far, with the method we're using - 'so
> > far'.
> > > I've been fighting to get SACD cracked for two years now(!), quietly, but
> > > thankfully this dream CAN become a reality. The Oppo PCM method was just
> > an
> > > interim method since development in SACD's cracking was so slow, until
> > more
> > > recent times.
>
> > > So though I am no longer an uploader or file sharer, I look forward to
> > > being able to back up my own SACDs and I know you'll also appreciate it
> > very
> > > much.
>
> > > I also was slowly working on other projects/goals, like a DVD-A
> > watermark
> > > defeating system and open-source MLP encoding being implemented into the
> > > DVD-A tools project so that people wanting full res surround MLP
> > > home-authored DVD-A discs no longer have to pirate discWelder/surcode in
> > > order to do it.
>
> > > All these things are possible, if others want to make the effort in
> > making
> > > these things happen. The role I have played in many of these things
> > > (ripping, authoring, encoding/decoding of the of the dvd-a/sacd formats)
> > > over the years, as always been lobbyist, helper, enabler, spearheader
> > > etc...well - others will have to fill that role and make the effort if
> > they
> > > want the DVD-A watermark system defeated, or the other things I
> > > mentioned...I will give some contacts to lokkerman and maybe eventually
> > you
> > > guys can get it done...
>
> > > But I'm out of the scene, and it has no place in my life anymore. I
> > want
> > > to spend as little more time now in this as possible. It was dictating my
> > > life.
>
> > > Now, I must get down to business -
>
> > > - Lokks is now the active manager of the google group...fox, I'm sure
> > > you're fine with that....
> > > - Lokks is now the active administrator of the hub ('owner', if you
> > will,
> > > and indeed, successor to King Julian - so it's now King Lokkerman -
> > er...I
> > > ordain thee 'Lokkerman, King of the Hub' - there, it's official). All hub
> > > inquiries and matters are to be directed to him and he will add and
> > screen
> > > new members and be the custodian there from now on...
> > > - Now this is the important matter to discuss. Hosting of the hub. The
> > hub
> > > is currently hosted on a seedbox which slx was previously using for his
> > own
> > > seedboxing, and kindly
>
> ...
>
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>
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