HACKED BY iSKORPiTX (TURKISH HACKER)

[Sunesha]

HACKED BY iSKORPiTX (TURKISH HACKER)

[Juho L]

Bloody heavy traffic it seems... I'll consider this...

[Sunesha]

Addition, I will of course re-direct all people to new place when it comes. This after we are linked alot around internet. I think we are at many hundreds of places.

[Sunesha]

Bloody heavy traffic it seems... I'll consider this...I estimate it to go up. The visitors has skyrocket lately of popularity of discussions of Virus TI.

Stats today:

Year Visits
2002 38518
2003 103352
2004 139161
2005 96883

I will guess we maybe go around 200 k visits

[Nigel Harkness]

Bloody heavy traffic it seems... I'll consider this...

Please do, or somebody for that matter. I love this board and its collection of knowledgable clowns.

Somebody please take this task on.

[DIGITAL SCREAMS]

Damn.....this is a shame. I really do hope someone can take over the forum and run it. Otherwise...we may all have to migrate to the new TI forum*

*not that that would be a bad thing.....just a shame that all the posts would go :cry:

DS

[Tomer=Trance]

maybe access itself can support us? since we are such a strong communite...

[ledge]

hmm, I can get 2G space with 20G/month traffic for US$60/year.

How big is the site including the database?

I have the skills to do this but probably not the time or money. Though keeping the current admins and moderators would take most of the day to day running out of whoever hosts its hands.

[blay]

Hey Sunesha

sorry to hear that this is now the situation - we have all very much appreciated the service you have provided us with....

I am prepared to assist anyone who is financial to keep the forum running - i have fairly solid web experience, although I must say my php coding would be pretty rusty by now :wink:

I agree with DS - it would be a shame to lose all the posts on this board as they are quite a valuable resource for any virus owner.

cheers

blay

[Hollowcell]

Sorry to see you are going Sunesha! :cry:

I have no knowledge of this sort of web-stuff, so basicly I hope someone takes it's over too. My time wasting is in your hands!

I don't think Access should take it over though. I'd be worried that posts that go against them, or critisize them in any way may get censored. This is one of the most free-spoken forums I have seen on the net - lets keep it that way.

I think Juho should do it!

[3o3]

Y'arr let Juho run this place.!

I could sponsor with some cash if needed!

[DIGITAL SCREAMS]

Juho i would be great if you could. I cant think of any one better...or crazier to undertake such a task :lol:

Go for it!

DS

[Juho L]

Hmm... Virus users have www.virusti.com, so what if - like Matsa suggested in the other thread - I would only run the off-topic and general music parts? It would be really expensive to upgrade my webhotel to suit the insane bandwidth required to satisfy all the Virus TI babble and trivialities.

[blay]

sounds like a workable suggestion to me.

it would be ashame to lose the log of posts here though...

cheers

blay

[pseudonym]

Hey folks,

I'm looking into hosting the forum - we currently host the SuperCollider Users forum and a rather virginal Music Production forum here: www.electroniclife.co.uk

If users are happy to be alongside these forums, then I'll get it sorted.

pseudo

[jasedee]

Hey folks,

I'm looking into hosting the forum - we currently host the SuperCollider Users forum and a rather virginal Music Production forum here: www.electroniclife.co.uk

If users are happy to be alongside these forums, then I'll get it sorted.

pseudo
If this would mean keeping everything as is (ie not losing posts) than it would be great!

I had a look at the other forums you run.....they also seem like good resources with some friendly people.

Hope it works out....

:)

[blay]

What would members here think of amalgamating 'Virusforums' and 'TI Forums?'

All usernames and member posts can be imported - nothing will be lost.

And Ti Forums already has an effective board with nice features up and running, ready to go.

The webmaster of Ti Forums would be prepared to cover all hosting fees.

For any of you that are unfamiliar with TI Forums, please check out
http://www.virusti.com

have a think about it guys :wink:

cheers

blay

[ten]

Sounds good to me mate. I think you might have to ask the 'webmaster' to think about his views on profanity though. Everyone likes a good swear now and a again and he censors any and everything like we are trying to be trolls. Over censorship makes for an extremely tedious forum.

Must thank sun for running this one for so long. Your time and effort has been appreciated and you will be missed.

ten

[blay]

Sounds good to me mate. I think you might have to ask the 'webmaster' to think about his views on profanity though. Everyone likes a good swear now and a again and he censors any and everything like we are trying to be trolls. Over censorship makes for an extremely tedious forum.

hehe ten...
you have to admit the posts you are referring to were a *little* over the top.... :wink:
i think we can trust most members to use the forum responsibly.

my priority is to preserve the posts and member accounts here - it would be a shame to see it dissappear into the internet never-never.

the server that Virus TI forums utilises is very fast, and we dont have the problem of the board going missing everynight for an hour or so :wink:

anyways - all suggestions and opinions are welcome on this one.
:)

cheers

blay

[blay]

Ok I have been thinking about Juho's suggestion earlier.
Perhaps we could merge the following sections (and all inclusive threads) to Virus TI Forums:

Discussion concerning Access products

General discussion about Access Virus
Discussion about Virus A, B, C and TI.

Sound designing
Discussion about sound designing with the Virus series synths. Share patches and your knowledge or ask questions.

Trouble with your Access Virus?
Here you can get help when you have trouble or just don't know what to do.


General discussion

Studio equipment
An area for general discussion about studio equipment, excluding Acccess products which have a dedicated area.


All remaining sections and topics Juho could add to his server space.
We can easily merge available posts and member profiles - no statistics or information need be lost.

Effectively this would mean all technical discussion would take place on TI Forums, whilst all other general and off topic discussion would be handled by Juho and his server - all profiles could be maintained on *both* boards if needed be.

I am really interested to hear some feedback on this, as i feel it is a very workable solution to the problem at hand.

cheers

blay

[ten]

I personally would prefer the whole lot on one board.

I come here several times a day, but the ti forum I goto every 3-5 days. Its just a pain having several boards for the same thing when really they offer nothing different from each other.

ten

[blay]

I personally would prefer the whole lot on one board.


main problem - cost.
from Juho's previous posts I doubt he wants to take on the responsibilty of 15-20gig worth of traffic per month... and I doubt the webmaster of TI Forums wants anything to do with that bill either (but hey, maybe...)

Personally I think it would be good to have one board purely for virus technical discussion where perhaps access users and employees feel comfortable to contribute, and another where the rest of us freaks can dribble our bullshit and not offend anyone :wink:

I am happy to be involved in and be of assistance with both projects if need be.

cheers

blay

[Hollowcell]

I think it will be a pitty if the forum gets split into sections actually. I think if the TI forum wants the members, then it should take the lot - warts and all.

Personaly, regarding the censorship issue, if there is any censorship handed down for swearing or open opinions then it will suck no matter where the data base is. Too many forums are based around comercial viability - if people start knocking the sponsers (companies paying for advertising) then people will be restricted. What's the TI forum like in that respect?

Most of the people here (including myself alot of the time) will not go over easily on other forums - even Juho has chased many people away from this one with his "open views" - hehe. That's from here too!

Anyway, we will see what happens I guess. :cry:

[ten]

Yes, I do like the openess of this forum greatly. Its few and far between these days. My posts that got censored at the other place were not like 'OH MY GOD, HOW COULD HE' they just had a couple of profanitys and I can see that webmaster dude throwing his weight around a lot more overtime especially if the forum got bigger and handled more areas.

Again, I think one forum to rule them all is the way to go with free speech/views (unless someone gets totally out of line of course.) I would be happy to dontate a little bit every month towards the upkeep as im sure others would also.

ten

[blay]

Too many forums are based around comercial viability - if people start knocking the sponsers (companies paying for advertising) then people will be restricted. What's the TI forum like in that respect?

nobody pays for advertising on TI forums.
in fact access wouldnt even donate a tshirt to give away - the webmaster covers that himself, along with all other costs associated with hosting etc.

ten i think you downplayed your post a little - a fuck here and a shit there never hurt anyone ( 8O ) but we all know when we cross the line.
TI forums is a medium for free expression of ideas - as long as people can express their ideas with a pinch of reason ;)

if you are concerned about splitting up the forum, I will pass this on to WM and there is every chance he will foot the entire hosting bill to keep everything together....

regardless of the outcome i just hope this forum remains usable in some capacity. (you know youd all miss me too much otherwise).

cheers

blay

[Juho L]

Upgrading my webspace to be able to run the whole forum would cost about 80 euros. Not cheap, I say.

[DIGITAL SCREAMS]

Well look guys.....im more than happy to contribute a little bit of money to keep the forum alive. I think its important to have this resource as it benefits users and provides an outlet to express ideas and concerns.

If the decision is made to transfer over to the TI forum...then thats great. However, I find the UI of the TI forum a little confusing. Put it this way...its not as clearly laid out as this forum is. Blay....maybe you could do something about that?

I think its important to have all the Virus related threads right at the top of the page....and as you scroll down...you get the more general chat and off topic threads. The TI forum is laid out opposite to this....and everytime I visit I find myself getting a little confused and time consuming.

DS

[3o3]

Juho: ?80? That's not that much really - I could atleast give you ?20! Then it's only ?60 left to get some sponsors for.

Pff.. I am with HC here. I will not surrender to the other forum! The monkey stays

[Juho L]

How many of you guys are willing to donate?

[DIGITAL SCREAMS]

I am Juho....

DS

[3o3]

Me and Juho are looking for a solution. If we could use the webhotell i found it won't cost that much.

[Sunesha]

As I see it, this communtity dies if the database with all posts goes away. So thats main reason that I offering all posts. On the 13 may, this forum has been alive for 3 years. So it gots a good history. Thats why feel it be a bit sad kill it.

Hopefully someone else take it over. I always let the users decide where this forum goes. Because it gets friendlier and more fun that way. This forum has actually ran fine with that approach. I hope if someone take it over, it will be in the same way it will be ruled.

As we had very small fights here and simple rules...

cheers,
Daniel

[Sunesha]

I got two diffrent approachs to move this forum. As I suggest as this people will pledge their cases. As one of them will be given all the posts. Thank you for this offers, as I maybe not be so active in this forum I still always found pleasure and some laughs to read it when got time over.

As said before to get this forum off internet totally would surely make me sad. As I sometimes belive this communtity has grown friendship. The most fun thing for me is to see that people that sold their virus synths still hang around here years after they sold it. It brings much joy to been apart of this communtity. As never saw this place as mine place. It is the communtity that owns it. It is communtity that make the rules. You may have rules and hard moderators but you will always have people that speech their mind.

Their is only one big rule in life on internet I believe respect each other and gain respect. Be nice to each other and dont be ashole. Rudeness is a bad way to go. Thats how always moderated and thats I hope a future owner will have in mind.

I didnt like profantity at the begninning as I was afraid it will hurt people. But started to allow it on this forum as I saw people still respected each other.

Nah, I give up, just hard feeling to finally let it go.. I can write forever about this forum and how fun this place is.

Cheers,
Daniel

[AlexHall74]

Firstly, Thank you Daniel for all you have done; and best of luck to you!

Second, I wish to see the forum retained in its entirety.

Third I must say that there are some brilliant and funny people here that I have enjoyed learning from and conversing with.

I am in for contributing money to keep this puppy and its member base intact.

PM me when needed.

Cheers!

-Alex

[3o3]

I'll talk to Juho later on. Hopefully things will work out just fine

[AlexHall74]

3o3 wrote:
I'll talk to Juho later on. Hopefully things will work out just fine

Strong arm him Sebastian!

Give him an Orugutang karate chop or something.

Do it for the people! :wink:

[ten]

count me in...

ten

[3o3]

Give him an Orugutang karate chop or something.

Oh ah ah ah ah ah AH AH AH AH! (That was my impression of an chimpanse kick).

Nah. Me and Juho has some things to clear out first -> And what improvments we could make and so on.

[blay]

I think its great if we can have the forum stay exactly the way it is.

DS - in regard to functionality/usability of the other forum - sorry mate but from a design/features perspective TI forums is much better, its just that you are not used to it.
I agree the layout would have benefitted by placing all access related topics first - unfortunately i didnt have the final say on this.
The server we host on is *solid* - it never disappears.
'Posts since last visit' will not disappear during a session until you want them to.
The 'my assistant feature' can be left open at all times on your desktop, making most recent posts accessible from anywhere in the page.
When posting/messaging, there is an assistant for inserting links/urls.
These are just a few features that may be a little different to get use to, but i can guarantee you will appreciate.

The webmaster of TI forums is prepared to host this whole board, and cover the bill himself.
Sunesha has expressed that he is quite happy to hand it over - but as he says, it is up to us members.
The forum can remain virusforums, although of course the domain would change.
Perhaps we should go to a poll? :wink:
I would just hate to see the forum go down because juho ends up with a monster ISP bill when everyone bails on him...
...and i think the priority for all of us is that the forum remains in some format - we all need our little scratching post :wink:


cheers

blay

[3o3]

Well - I've found a webhotel that charge; 45:- SEK / month for a 500MB space + unlimited traffic.

45:- SEK = ~ ?4.5 / 7,94AUD / $6,26 / 664,35 Yen. Like I said before me and Juho is trying to work out a plan. Unfortantly Juho decided that it was Beer-time yesterday and.. Err.. I admit i had a few myself.

[Merlot]

I will donate if need be to keep this baby running. PM me if needed. :lol:

[blay]

sorry guys - but im in a bit of a "will code html for food" phase.

cheers

blay

[jasedee]

I too would like to see this board remain as a whole......

And am willing to contribute (if need be) to keep the vibe alive!

It's all about the vibe!

:)

[DIGITAL SCREAMS]

This forum has a different vibe to others on the net. There are alot of characters on here....and its friendly. Alot of forums have genuine wankers and alot of the members are way too up their own arses (im thinking Darksonus here)

DS

[Merlot]

see my above post. I am willing. . . . .

[TommyS]

I can perhaps help out. I can host the forum if needed. I have plenty of bw/space to spare that will cover the forums current and future usage.

I have a dedicated server thats got well over 1000gb/m bw. Currently it`s used for radio streaming/website. I`d be happy to host this forum there
aswell.

My icq is 198785701. Any of the admins feel free to contact me.

btw. i cant send private messages on the board.

:D

[Hollowcell]

Sounds good Tommy. My hope is someone who has been here for a while can take it over. What does everyone else think? Maybe we once we have a few options a vote may be in order.

[3o3]

I am really busy right now, I'll answer tomorrow

[AlexHall74]

3o3 wrote:
I am really busy right now, I'll answer tomorrow

Well I for one will not sleep until you do Sebastian; thanks for the heads up.

:wink:

[TommyS]

The site im running at the moment is www.audiosluts.com. I should be able to convert the virus forum over to vbulletin and have it as the main forum section of audiosluts. Of course i`d aswell register a new domain for the website.

It`d certainly be a pleasure to host this in the future.

:D

[Juho L]

TommyS, you may host the forum if you wish. Easiest to do that way.

[TommyS]

If you could go about transfering me the db/files i can get to start converting it to vbulletin.

I have a ftp on the server that can be used to upload these files. Please enable me to send pm messages here and i can give you login details for it.

:D

edit: I`d like to a do test import before I start building the forum. Once im happy everything was imported ok, i`ll do a proper one with the latest db of that day so we dont loose many posts.

[Juho L]

You cannot send PM's?

[TommyS]

I get:

"Sorry but the administrator has prevented you from sending private messages"

:(

[Juho L]

Weird... It really was disabled. I have no idea why. Now it works. Send Sunesha a PM for the DB & other info.

[TommyS]

ok I will pm him as soon as possible. thanks :D

[AlexHall74]

Hey Tommy,

YOU ARE THE MAN!!!

Please post if you will experience any financial setback in doing this.

I know that a a few people have offered funds to keep the forum alive.

It is very kind of you to do this.

:D

-Alex

[TommyS]

I wont be looking for a finacial donations cause 10-20Gb or more is just a tiny amount of the total bandwidth allowed.

I`d also like to say that i`ll just be taking a webhosting/technical role if the forum change is permitted. I in no way will come between the admin/mods desicions here.

:D

[MADSTATION]

This would rock.

Really.

And many thanks to Sunesha as well :) I've been hanging around here for a few years and it's always nice to read you guys.

[blay]

so let me get this straight - our forum will now become a section on audiosluts?

guys - if you read my post earlier, the webmaster is prepared to host this forum in its entirity - exaclty as you see it here today.

i thought the issue you guys had was that you didnt want to amalgamate with another forum?

Rami is prepared to cover all hosting costs, and *NOTHING* changes.

but, if you just want to be part of another board, well thats fine too.

just my $0.02.

cheers

blay

[DIGITAL SCREAMS]

No, I dont want to be part of another forum. Come on then, lets transplant the entire forum into the TI forum....as Blay says. Blay im with you on this one.

DS

[AlexHall74]

DS wrote:
No, I dont want to be part of another forum. Come on then, lets transplant the entire forum into the TI forum....as Blay says. Blay im with you on this one.

DS

Now that has sank into my slow brain...

Basically, keeping this forum alive is the most important thing to me whether it be as a unique entity with its own URL or part of another.

My first choice? Independent of course.

But co-existence is better than none if that is the only route available.

At any rate it is very nice of Tommy and Rami to offer their help in both scenarios and I applaud them for it.

Cheers! 8)

-Alex

[TommyS]

so let me get this straight - our forum will now become a section on audiosluts?

Certainly not. I was intending to do away with audiosluts and have Unofficial Access Virus forum as the main feature. I`ll also be able to add a radio stream for the forum and any other features required, including the forums own domain name. This is why i got a dedicated server instead of renting space/bw from a webhosting company which can limit what you do.

Anyway the main thing is the forum gets a new home for the future. My offer is there for aslong is needed.

:D

[Hollowcell]

OK let's get this sorted guys.

I'd much rather have the forum independant of any other forum. Tommy has been here for ages too, so I think if he can handle the size of this board, then he should take it over.

As far as it merging into another board goes - this is a last resort. It's great that we have the option though. Thanks TI board.

Where's Juho's, 303's and everyone else's opinion on this? Maybe a little more discussion on this thread, then let's get an opinion poll going. Juho can set it up I reckon.

[Juho L]

I'm strongly supporting TommyS on this issue. Go Tommy, go!

Blending this forum as a part of an other forum would be the same as deleting the whole forum.

[hatembr]

i'll give you my opinion about this....

Well i support everyone who is capable of hosting this forum wherever he wants as long as the forums are the same (same categories) as well as the users and the overall atmosphere we have here since years.

Now the point is that i've never understood the meaning and the goal of having a seperate forum for the Virus TI, isn't it a virus? did we have a seperate forum for the B then the C ? The answer is abviously NO.
So hosting this board under the Virus TI label is kind of a restriction which imho is not a good idea at all. I don't blame people who made that board, they're free to have their own community if they want, but personnally, i prefer this one (although I've registred on the other one too :D ). To me, the virus forum is this forum. Here is where i've learnt everything about it, and it's not by chance access employees check it regularly.

So, let's sum up, imho, hosting this forum under a neutral name such as audiosluts or anything else is quite better than Virus TI. Then, another possibility, TommyS says he has space and bandwidth for it, it is also possible to put it in a seperate folder, and make a domain name point to it independently from audiosluts.com , there is just the database issue which may need to be solved, it means TommyS will have 2 databases!

Anyway... that's my opnion!

[Juho L]

I don't think this forums is a plain Virus forum anymore. This is a forum on a higher level. As many of you have noticed that most of the discussions are non-Virus releated and remember that this forum has no trolls or any other dickheads (which could change totally if this forum would be interated to another forum). Although we fight from time to time, it all happens in a good spirit. This is like a happy commune.

As Hatembr said TommyS has really great hosting possibilities. The danger in being hosted on a same site with TI forum is that it could eventually lead to au ugly situation in which our idyllic paradise is combined by force to the TI forum (although it probably won't happen, but the danger exists). Being hosted on a server that doesn't have any other Virus releated forums will reduce the risk of forum combination greatly and being hosted by long-term Unoffical Virus forum member offers a stable ground for our forum to live and grow in peace.

Edit: I'd also like to say that I really have nothing against the TI forum. I just fear the combination-by-force too much to allow the TI forum server to host this forum. Sebastian and I planned to even rename this forum in the server change process, because - as I said - this is not a plain Virus forum anymore.

[Hollowcell]

So it's settled then. Tommy is the guy for the job!

I don't know about the renaming though. I guess it's OK as long as it has "unoffical" and not unofficial in the title. :D

So the co-admin will have to get off his piratie arse and PM to make this happen.

[blay]

I'm strongly supporting TommyS on this issue. Go Tommy, go!

Blending this forum as a part of an other forum would be the same as deleting the whole forum.

i think its funny that noone read my previous post that stated rami would be happy to host this forum in its entirity with absolutely no change...

my concern i expressed was merely that virusforum would just become a section on audiosluts...

tommys offer is very generous and if it is a decent server then i say go for it - i just wish people would read more than just my first post regarding the situation - seems some are a little too protective of this little php board :wink:

cheers

blay

[Juho L]

i think its funny that noone read my previous post that stated rami would be happy to host this forum in its entirity with absolutely no change...

You're not reading my posts. Hoho.

I fear the forced unification in the future. "Hey, afterall they talk about Viruses there. Let's combine these forums". I believe it won't happen, but there's a chance.

But anyways TommyS really has loads of bandwidth, and it's generally better server than Rami's server, so why not to move to TommyS' server? There's only plusses on TommyS side...

seems some are a little too protective of this little php board

The best Virus board must be protected. ?hih.

[blay]

I fear the forced unification in the future. "Hey, afterall they talk about Viruses there. Let's combine these forums". I believe it won't happen, but there's a chance.

i would not have backed rami's offer if i did not think he would keep things the way they are.

and it's generally better server than Rami's server

how so? id be interested to hear the differences juho, just out of curiosity...


The best Virus board must be protected. ?hih.

those who protect feel threatened in some way. this was only a genuine offer to help preserve the board - my main motive as stated numerous times in this thread.

if tommy can provide a medium though which we keep our board - then i thank him. just dont make the TI forum out to be some evil incarnation of this board...

cheers

pete

[Juho L]

i would not have backed rami's offer if i did not think he would keep things the way they are.

Yes. I know. But eventually the users blend when the forums are on the same site and the pressure of unification gets bigger.

how so? id be interested to hear the differences juho, just out of curiosity...

Radio stream, file hosting, endless traffic...

just dont make the TI forum out to be some evil incarnation of this board...

I said earlier that I don't have anything against the TI forum. All I just said that two almost identical forums under a same roof could eventually lead to a unification process, which would change thinds a lot. It's like moving to a big city from a small town.

But think of it: A links to two almost same forums. New people probably sing in to both of the forums and eventually majority of the double users get tired of bouncing between the forums and start to demand an unification. I don't say it will happen, but it could happen. Probably in the far future, but still the danger exists and I don't want to lose this board.

[blay]

no probs at all juho, and i understand your points.

like i said - if tommy can host the board with no change - it is a very generous offer.

nice to see you have started to reads my posts :wink:

cheers

blay

[3o3]

I am glad that TimmyS is able to host this board and with some new features. That's really cool!

I am sorry i haven't really replied to this thread. Ive been really busy lately and i will be for some time forward aswell.

[TommyS]

What is the feeling on changing from phpbb to vbulletin?

The db should be able to be converted without a problem.

[Juho L]

What is the feeling on changing from phpbb to vbulletin?

The db should be able to be converted without a problem.

Vbulletin? What's that?

Edit: Googled... Seems ok.

[TommyS]

btw. what sort of skin are we looking for the forum when it`s on vb?

A good selection is at:

http://www.extremepixels.com/skins_vb.php

I thought oivar may suit Unofficial Access Virus forum.

http://www.extremepixels.com/forum/index.php?styleid=52

I know the appearance means alot to some people. Whats everybody`s opinions?

[Juho L]

I want a clear and clean appearance. Nothing too fancy and graphic-drenched.

[TommyS]

same here. a simple layout lets the board function alot better

[DIGITAL SCREAMS]

Looks great TommyS. I think something simple would be cool and probably make the server run faster?

Also.....will you have the capability to not crop topics? Im hoping that if you do transplant our forum over to another host...then we can keep all posts and build a better knowledge base for the years to come.

Cheers man for seriously considering to save our forum

DS

[TommyS]

I have plenty of space for the db. But if the db runs slow even after being optimized then you really need to prune the forum, but this is only if it gets extremely large. Im intending in keeping all the posts from the current forum. Lets hope the import script works well. :D

[DIGITAL SCREAMS]

Ok, if pruning needs to occur....can we make sure we keep all of DS's posts....as they are highly beneficial to the community :twisted:

DS :roll: :lol:

[Merlot]

Ok, if pruning needs to occur....can we make sure we keep all of DS's posts....as they are highly beneficial to the community :twisted:

DS :roll: :lol:

same with Merl's :? 8O :? :lol:

[Merlot]

ANd thanks again to TOmmyS for taking over the forum.

[Hollowcell]

ANd thanks again to TOmmyS for taking over the forum.

ANd tHanks TO thE damn KeyboARd developErS foR puttinG thaT Damn CapS lOck buttOn In such A duMb placE! :D

[DIGITAL SCREAMS]

TommyS is da man!!!!

Cheers dude

DS

[MADSTATION]

Thanks TommyS!

[ledge]

Nice one TommyS.

And, yeah the oviar skin looks to be the most suitable and least painful on the eyes.

[Gopal]

Thanks alot TommyS, this forum is alot of fun to hang out in and I wouldn't want to see it get over-run by f-wits.

You have been very generous and the new features will be awesome.

I mean, we could all like put our Virus patches an audio stream and leave it on repeat. That wouldn't drive anyone crazy at all :twisted: :lol:

But seriously, much gratitude to TommyS 8)

[TommyS]

What do people think of having a java IRC applet for a chat room on the site?

Do you think this would stop people from posting on the forum or not?

btw. i`m still waiting to hear from sunesha, so nothing is confirmed about the site change.

[Juho L]

IRC... Not bad idea at all...

[tranzash]

Thanks TommyS for the support
Again special hails and salutes for sunesha for this great forum. Thank you :)

[baldo]

thx to tommys for the generous offer.

what will happen to audiosluts?

[Smag]

I really hope this board keeps going, it's a fantastic knowledge base and home to some wonderful, colourful characters.

Someone, please take care of it, I don't have the time or resources but wish I could.

[Timo]

This board is very different from others, it's small but perfectly formed. Everyone is warmly welcomed, and literally everyone knows everyone else - there are some utterly fantastic characters here - and it's a proper little lively community of its own.

The VirusTI merger idea was a nice one, but there was perhaps the possibility of the moderation thwarting the dynamicism of the off-topicness. - This place needs to remain independant and completely free from an agenda, otherwise it would be like taking out the backbone. Juho and the gang thrive with having the space to play havoc and joke, and this place would be utterly destroyed without it. The OT-ness plays a huge part. It's ironic that although there are no restrictions, no-one actually really needs moderating here! It's all in good fun, and everyone joins in. It's a very fun place. There are many great people that contribute, and all are held in great respect.

Cheers Tommy. If you need any donations say the word, and we'll all chip in!

And the biggest thanks to Sunesha, for starting the resource and for taking care of the forum for so long. We wish you the best in any new avenues in life you wish to go! Make sure you pop in every now and then.

I think it'd be true to say that owning a Virus wouldn't be half as sweet without this place.

[Merlot]

Timo I could not have said it better. Excellent analysis! :lol:

[Hollowcell]

Timo I could not have said it better.

Me either Timo. Nicely put!

[jasedee]

Timo I could not have said it better.

Me either Timo. Nicely put!
Here here!!!!

[Smag]

Timo I could not have said it better.

Me either Timo. Nicely put!
Here here!!!!

Chin chin!

[DIGITAL SCREAMS]

Ok guys...so whats da latest on the forum. Whats happening!

DS 8)

[3o3]

Timo: Agreed.

And as DS asked, what's the latest in news?

[TommyS]

Im still waiting for sunesha to contact me so i can get access to the database. Without the database i cant do much.

:D

[DIGITAL SCREAMS]

OK cool!

DS

[DIGITAL SCREAMS]

Any update on whats happening to the forum?

DS

[wavesinspace]

whats up guys,

I've been a virus user for years and it would be an honor to host this board... My name is paul, Ive owned an indigo when it first came out, then a c, and also the indigo tdm plug in for a while... I must have taken my virus c apart a number of times. -> the last time to give it usb support by installing an emagic 6|2m inside the case so I only have to plug in a usb cable and a power cable and its good to go...

anyway, the virus roks and it is amazing the sonic soundscapes you can make with this machine.

I am a linux admin / debian guru.. and have no problems transfering mysql tables along with your modded php scrips over to one of my servers.

anyways, just so happens Ive got 2 dual xeon pizzabox servers not being used and two cabinets each with 100mbit unsaturated connectections (1 at equinix chicago thru peer 1) and one at rcn colo chicago (thru rcn)...

I own the domain z3.net and I am building a network of entertainment / music making boards and it would be an absolute honor to host this site...

maybe we can make the subdomain

virus.z3.net so the board is simple to get to...

if u want to take a look at what type of speed connection I am hooked into, feel free to download this 30mb garbage file

http://z3.net/test30mb.tst

let me know your needs / concerns contact me at:

paul@z3.net

also I started the virus forum on tribe.net (which gets so very little activity its sad.)

[wavesinspace]

holy crap, do you think u got enouh jupiter-8's DIGITAL SCREAMS?

[harrystainer]

wavesinspace you sound like a clever dude - installing USB soundcard into a virus thats pretty neat. As for hosting I'm sure you would do a grand job

[jasedee]

I own the domain z3.net and I am building a network of entertainment / music making boards and it would be an absolute honor to host this site..
Thats an extemely generous offer there mate....But I think Sunesha and TommyS have some sort of deal going on.

It is nice to have the options though!

Whatever happens, and whomever takes over this board, I just hope it remains the same friendly, uncensored, and informative (and fun!) place that it is.

[wavesinspace]

Is there a reason to switch away from phpBB?

[TommyS]

I`ve not been contacted by sunesha yet. Im happy with whatever decision he makes.

:D

[DIGITAL SCREAMS]

Any update?

DS

[blay]

Maybe Sunesha got all sentimental and changed his mind about handing it over :wink:

cheers

blay

[Hollowcell]

Yeah, what the hell has been happening with this change over?!

C'mon Sunesha! :D

[Doc Jones]

so am I right in thinking that this forum is here to stay?
I hope so.

[jasedee]

so am I right in thinking that this forum is here to stay?
I hope so.
Me too!

:)

[AlexHall74]

so am I right in thinking that this forum is here to stay?
I hope so.
Me too!

:)

Amen, The UAV must continue on!!!

Long live the Unofficial Access Virus Forum!!

8)

-Alex

[Scott]

Do you still need a place to host ?
I work in ISP and my boss is a great fan of electronic music.
I guess i could talk 2 him .....

[Timo]

Sunesha seems to have gone awol...

[DIGITAL SCREAMS]

Guys...its really nice that you've offered to host this great forum. For the time being...it looks like our current hosts have indeed gone awol :lol: ....but they appear to still be hosting! YAY!

If circumstances change then we'll hear about it in this thread. Once again...on behalf of the 1000+ members here...thx for support.

DS

[Sunesha]

HACKED BY iSKORPiTX (TURKISH HACKER)

[DIGITAL SCREAMS]

HACKED BY iSKORPiTX (TURKISH HACKER)

Thx iSKORPiTX....can you host for us then plz?

DS

[dr. orange]

iSKORPiTX, please hack access.de and make them ship their viri at last