New forum for the future? ("History")

[ChrisGreaves]

I'd like to be the second Lounger to propose a new forum "History", for The History of Computing.

As the industry grows, it grows old, and a HISTORY forum would provide a place for old farts like me to sound off without bothering the younger set (GRIN!).

Such a forum would also provide a resource for serious technical historians - I mean, of course, those historians who pursue the history of technology.

I worry that some of the great threads of history that have been developed over the years in Scuttlebutt could well be toast if Scuttlebut is pruned, and we don't (yet) have a toast/archive forum.

I said I'd like to be the second Lounger to propose a new forum "History" because I'm saddened to think that I might be the first.

For a sample thread please see http://www.eileenslounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=16248

[HansV]

So you're actually proposing a 'Toast' forum? That would go under 'Cooking', I think...

[Rudi]

So you're actually proposing a 'Toast' forum? That would go under 'Cooking', I think...

Alternatively, a Toast forum can be held in Claude's cellar

[HansV]

I'll toast to that!

[viking33]

I'll toast to that!

Here's to Claude's wine cellar....may it ever be so! SKOAL!

[DaveA]

Will Claude provide the wine for all of us?

[Claude]

Hoi! ???

I'll provide the toast of course ! You guys can bring the wine !

[Rudi]

Hoi! ???
I'll provide the toast of course ! You guys can bring the wine !

I bet you're really gonna butter it up, eh!!

[StuartR]

I can help out with the wine. If somebody else brings bottles and glasses I'm prepared to contribute a corkscrew.

[Claude]

Sorry Chris, we don't think a wine-cellar (oops, sorry, history) forum is warranted or necessary at this time. We don't cull scuttlebutt posts, not even the test posts, although it may happen in the future, depending on disk space.

[Rudi]

We don't cull scuttlebutt posts, not even the test posts, although it may happen in the future, depending on disk space.

Test post are not culled... WOW!! I must start to post more on that forum then...

[Claude]

Test post are not culled... WOW!! I must start to post more on that forum then...

As in: "Hello test, this is a world"

[ChrisGreaves]

Sorry Chris, we don't think a wine-cellar (oops, sorry, history) forum is warranted or necessary at this time. We don't cull scuttlebutt posts, not even the test posts, although it may happen in the future, depending on disk space.

OK. Thanks Claude (et al.)
One question: If Scuttlebut does get culled in the future, there might be a chance for us to ask for threads to be considered to be moved?
I don't think it would be a huge task.
It has been said that many are culled, but few are chosen.

[HansV]

The admins have no plans whatsoever to cull Scuttlebutt threads. Ten years ago or so in Woody's Lounge, we were running into hardware and software limitations of the system we were then using. One of the ways we used to alleviate those problems was to remove threads that were older than a couple of months from Scuttlebutt, and Claude even had to turn off the search function for a while.
Eileen's Lounge is running on more modern hardware and software, and we don't need to expire threads any more.

[ChrisGreaves]

Eileen's Lounge is running on more modern hardware and software, and we don't need to expire threads any more.

(I'm preserving this reply so I can start a new thread with the subject "Famous Last Words"! )

[Rudi]

Eileen's Lounge is running on more modern hardware and software, and we don't need to expire threads any more.

(I'm preserving this reply so I can start a new thread with the subject "Famous Last Words"! )

[HansV]

(I'm preserving this reply so I can start a new thread with the subject "Famous Last Words"! )

We'll remove this thread, then deny all knowledge of it even if you post the preserved reply...

[DaveA]

We'll remove this thread, then deny all knowledge of it even if you post the preserved reply...

The POWER of the Delete Key

[Rudi]

When you delete the thread, its history!!!!

[BenCasey]

When you delete the thread, its history!!!!

At that point, its past caring.