Re: Well, it finally happened....
From: Greysky (greyskynospam_at_sbcglobal.net)
Date: 09/26/04
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Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 17:02:57 GMT
Yeah, no body is panicking over anything yet...since what I put on my site
has been there for so long is will never be able to be totally eradicated
from everyone's archives. As far as not paying the bill, it was a free
site... you 've got a point though. If I were a paying customer I guess it
would have taken much more to spook the ISP to drop me...
Greysky
"Dave" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:N8adnedfD4BtJcvcRVn-gA@crocker.com...
> 'they' aren't very good. its still archived at
> http://www.waybackmachine.org/ and there are still references to it in
> google... so all is not lost yet. you would think if they really wanted
> to
> make you go away they would have dredged out all those references also.
> maybe you just forgot to pay your hosting bill????
>
> "Greysky" <greyskynospam@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
> news:3Fw5d.1653$JG2.1449@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com...
>> Begin official message from The FTL Working Group- 092604
>>
>> It was only a matter of time, I suppose...
>>
>> My website , allocations.cc, was finally pulled down. Over the past few
>> years, I have watched with bemusement as my website- the official
>> communications arm of the FTL Working Group- was regularly ripped by
> various
>> government and educational facilities. The first couple years, no one in
> any
>> important capacity probably took what I was attempting to teach the world
>> seriously, but I knew that over the past 8 months, that had changed.
>> Someone, probably a bright young lad hired by a research operation -
>> began
>> to take serious notice of my work. He earnestly began to ask the right
>> questions, and I gladly replied to his e-mails. Of course I knew full
>> well
>> what was going on - I was monitoring the attempt they were making at
>> creating their own quantum information transfer device all along, and,
>> admittedly was very impressed by the high level intellect being devoted
>> to
>> their project. Also, my position all along has been government and
> military
>> friendly. I think their is room for all, including civilians and if
>> historical precedent is any guide, securing the device for only military
>> development would not be a good thing - and that almost happened to radio
> in
>> the early 20th century, by the way. Limiting superluminal communications
> in
>> the same manner will only serve to stifle potential development. (Imagine
>> where the field of radio would be today if the congress had actually
>> succeeded in outlawing AM radio communications...yech!)
>>
>> Early this month, the government boys finally managed to build a *very
>> crude* quantum receiver to which they could hear the simple tonal
>> modulations they had been broadcasting for over a year. It was the
>> equivalent of a gen 2 receiver only on good days, but..... if you can
>> make
> a
>> tone, you can send code. Faster than light. Instantaneously across any
>> distance, with no interference. Of course, I was listening to all this as
> it
>> was going on. One of the messages their op sent in Morse was: "Holy shit
>> this is working/ tell Murdoch"
>>
>> Then my web site disappeared. Sigh. Now they are using binary telemetry,
> and
>> sending at higher rates, but with a very large error rate. In some cases
>> they are sending short packets thousands of times before they connect.
> They
>> have a lot to learn. My 'friend' reports to me that many of his superiors
>> are still in a state of deep shock and denial over all this. I told him I
>> would perhaps help them if I get my site put back up... he describes some
> of
>> the eggheads looking as if they are in a state of sheer panic as the
>> realization sets in... and I am telling him not to worry. But for anyone
>> thinking I might disappear next, not to worry. I am still 20 years ahead
> of
>> them, and am willing to help them informally, as long as the government
>> treats it like they do radio. They seem happy with this, for now.
>>
>> Anyway, though I am still around, I have no idea how long it will take to
>> put up a new web site. If you were one of the lucky ones to have ripped
> the
>> site and have a copy tucked safely away on a floppy disk, guard it well
> for
>> who knows what the future holds? To all my friends over the years, both
>> here and 'elsewhere' wish me luck, and to my detractors - better not
>> start
>> dancing in the streets just yet fellows :)
>>
>> I will try to post developments as they occur!
>>
>> -End of message-
>>
>> Greysky
>>
>>
>
>
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