Stick's BGOnline website is moribund, but there's some very
interesting content buried inside there. I decided to try to
extract some interesting posts that I knew were in there, and
copy them to my own website for ease of reference:
http://timothychow.net/fun.html#sticksforum
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Tim Chow
Stick's BGOnline website is moribund, but there's some very
interesting content buried inside there. I decided to try to
extract some interesting posts that I knew were in there, and
copy them to my own website for ease of reference:
http://timothychow.net/fun.html#sticksforum
Obviously there is a bias toward my own posts, but others may
find this list of articles interesting, too. For example,
Paul might enjoy the "Firing squad" quiz in light of his
newfound skill in deciding whether to step out to the 18pt.
As other old posts come to mind, I may grow this list, but I
don't intend for it to get too much longer. If Stick is reading
this, I'd encourage him to think about ways to archive the BGO
forums more permanently (i.e., so that it will continue to exist
even after he stops maintaining it). I checked the Wayback
Machine, and it has archived some of the posts, but only a tiny
fraction (so far, anyway). The Wayback Machine is probably
willing to archive the entire BGO forums, but the obstacle may
be finding a good way to automate the process.
But, as I read through the solutions, I had a very strong feeling of "Yes! That's what I thought"
the great majority of the time. I'm sure I would have done excellently in the quiz and I
feel that my self-promotion as a major move-to-the-18-or-not expert is vindicated.
Paul
Stick's BGOnline website is moribund, but there's some very
interesting content buried inside there.
On Sunday, 9 October 2022 at 17:26:31 UTC+1, peps...@gmail.com wrote:
But, as I read through the solutions, I had a very strong feeling of "Yes! That's what I thought"
the great majority of the time. I'm sure I would have done excellently in the quiz and I
feel that my self-promotion as a major move-to-the-18-or-not expert is vindicated.
Paul
Tim is playing with you.
If you're using an exhaust header with a four-cylinder engine, how many exhaust pipes will you have?
During the exhaust stroke, many engines lose power through?
Nitrous oxide improves engine performance by providing more what?
Basic stuff for Tim (aka Alex) but go for it.
Timothy Chow <tchow12000@yahoo.com> writes:
Stick's BGOnline website is moribund, but there's some very
interesting content buried inside there.
Indeed, it was a valuable forum. At some point it somehow stopped rather abruptly, but because I was only an infrequent reader and even more infrequent poster, it seem I missed the reason for this. Can someone
please briefly explain? And where are the discussions between Nack, Neil
and all the others taking place now?
My browser is obviously having a bad day, nowhere on your website could I see a link to "hawking fast cars around the US for YouTube views".
On 10/9/2022 4:17 PM, Axel Reichert wrote:
Timothy Chow <tchow...@yahoo.com> writes:
Stick's BGOnline website is moribund, but there's some very
interesting content buried inside there.
Indeed, it was a valuable forum. At some point it somehow stopped rather abruptly, but because I was only an infrequent reader and even more infrequent poster, it seem I missed the reason for this. Can someoneIMO, the biggest reason was that there were major server problems,
please briefly explain? And where are the discussions between Nack, Neil and all the others taking place now?
which meant that the site was down for a long period of time. So
people got out of the habit of visiting the site, and once that
happened, it was hard to reboot it. Even now, there are server problems---pages take forever to load.
A secondary reason is that the discussion migrated elsewhere---to
Facebook, I think, but I can't personally confirm that because I'm
not on Facebook. BGO was already declining in popularity when the
server problems kicked in, so it might have fizzled out anyway, but
I'm sure it would have lasted longer than it did if there weren't
any server problems.
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Tim Chow
On Sunday, October 9, 2022 at 6:56:36 PM UTC-4, Tim Chow wrote:
On 10/9/2022 4:17 PM, Axel Reichert wrote:
Timothy Chow <tchow...@yahoo.com> writes:
Stick's BGOnline website is moribund, but there's some very
interesting content buried inside there.
Indeed, it was a valuable forum. At some point it somehow stopped rather abruptly, but because I was only an infrequent reader and even more infrequent poster, it seem I missed the reason for this. Can someone please briefly explain? And where are the discussions between Nack, Neil and all the others taking place now?IMO, the biggest reason was that there were major server problems,
which meant that the site was down for a long period of time. So
people got out of the habit of visiting the site, and once that
happened, it was hard to reboot it. Even now, there are server problems---pages take forever to load.
A secondary reason is that the discussion migrated elsewhere---to
Facebook, I think, but I can't personally confirm that because I'm
not on Facebook. BGO was already declining in popularity when the
server problems kicked in, so it might have fizzled out anyway, but
I'm sure it would have lasted longer than it did if there weren't
any server problems.
---Not really the reasons at all. I'll reply later when I have time.
Tim Chow
Stick
On 10/9/2022 4:17 PM, Axel Reichert wrote:
Timothy Chow <tchow...@yahoo.com> writes:
Stick's BGOnline website is moribund, but there's some very
interesting content buried inside there.
Indeed, it was a valuable forum. At some point it somehow stopped rather abruptly, but because I was only an infrequent reader and even more infrequent poster, it seem I missed the reason for this. Can someone please briefly explain? And where are the discussions between Nack, Neil and all the others taking place now?IMO, the biggest reason was that there were major server problems,
which meant that the site was down for a long period of time. So
people got out of the habit of visiting the site, and once that
happened, it was hard to reboot it. Even now, there are server problems---pages take forever to load.
A secondary reason is that the discussion migrated elsewhere---to
Facebook, I think, but I can't personally confirm that because I'm
not on Facebook. BGO was already declining in popularity when the
server problems kicked in, so it might have fizzled out anyway, but
I'm sure it would have lasted longer than it did if there weren't
any server problems.
---
Tim Chow
The site wasn't down, it (the forums) wasn't showing posts properly.You're right that it wasn't showing posts properly, and that probably
On 10/13/2022 7:05 PM, Stick Rice wrote:
The site wasn't down, it (the forums) wasn't showing posts properly.
You're right that it wasn't showing posts properly, and that probably
did play some role. But I can testify that the site was inaccessible
to many users for long periods of time. Maybe it wasn't technically
"down," but around that time, I was visiting the site daily, and I
definitely remember not being able to get through for long stretches
at a time (days, even weeks). It might not have been everyone who had
the problem, but it wasn't just me, because other people were
complaining about it, and the traffic dropped precipitously.
On 10/14/2022 12:47 AM, Timothy Chow wrote:
On 10/13/2022 7:05 PM, Stick Rice wrote:
The site wasn't down, it (the forums) wasn't showing posts properly.
You're right that it wasn't showing posts properly, and that probablyJust to give some evidence for what I said above---here's a link to a
did play some role. But I can testify that the site was inaccessible
to many users for long periods of time. Maybe it wasn't technically "down," but around that time, I was visiting the site daily, and I definitely remember not being able to get through for long stretches
at a time (days, even weeks). It might not have been everyone who had
the problem, but it wasn't just me, because other people were
complaining about it, and the traffic dropped precipitously.
post I made on June 17, 2019.
http://www.bgonline.org/forums/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=210269
I couldn't get to BGO using the normal method and had to use a
workaround. If you read some of the replies, you'll see that, strictly speaking, the site probably wasn't completely "down," but other people
were having similar problems, and the traffic dropped rather suddenly.
Things seemed to get only worse from then on. Here's a post from Terje Pedersen from January 24, 2020. He was one of the last holdouts, but he remarked that "The forum has been a bit unstable recently with a lot of downtime?"
http://www.bgonline.org/forums/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=210533
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Tim Chow
When you say 'site' you mean 'forums' and again, it was what I said. I don't even care to argue about it though.
At some point it somehow stopped rather abruptly.....
Can someone please briefly explain? And where are
the discussions between Nack, Neil and all the others
taking place now?
On October 9, 2022 at 2:17:31 PM UTC-6, Axel Reichert wrote:
At some point it somehow stopped rather abruptly.....I have similar questions, if anyone cares to answer.
Can someone please briefly explain? And where are
the discussions between Nack, Neil and all the others
taking place now?
Why was BGOnline created in the first place? What
was the need for it? And why by Stick of all people?
At some point, RGB had stopped being "the mother
of all BG forums". Many people had started creating
personal blogs with some requiring paid membership.
Apparently many people had left RGB to participate
in those, including Stick's forum. Do they still exist?
Also, what is the size of current BG "community"? It
seems the have dwindled in general. Looking at the
USBGF membership revenues/fees, it seems like it's
less than 1,000. Are there more accurate estimates?
What about in other countries and world-wide?
MK
That's all that immediately comes to mind.
BGO was created, by me of all people, because I felt like it.
Wasn't necessarily a need for it, it was something I
wanted to do so I did it. My forums have always been
and will always be free for all.
My forums have always been and will always be free for all.
Hardy used to run forums, albeit in German, but still useful
There is still a discussion area that is active at dailygammon
Two plus Two is still alive but Robertie runs it and I'll leave
it at that.
The French Federation ran some sort of forums.....
If you're a member of the USBGF they at least have.....
People talk about bg on reddit of course. Rarely is there
anything worth reading but it's worth stopping by once a
week to check in.
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