I am quite happy to press the off switch.
Steve.
Tim Jenness wrote:
> I don't know what to say.
>
> We aren't in control of those servers. Now that we are on a VPN with RAL
> I wonder whether something cleverer can be achieved with us hosting the
> files (I don't understand VPNs mind).
>
> On Sep 11, 2009, at 1:16 AM, Norman Gray wrote:
>
>> ...again.
>>
>> If you google for "starlink java repository", the FIRST TWO LINKS are
>> to dev.starlink.ac.uk and www.starlink.rl.ac.uk/java/java.htm, which
>> describe the brand spanking new 2004 software release. Browsing
>> around, _all_ of the pages are unchanged from that time, as if in a
>> timewarp:
>>
>>> You can download the latest stable release of the whole Starlink
>>> Software Collection from our2004 Release Download Page.
>>
>>
>> Cool URIs don't change, and all that, but if these web servers were
>> wiped and these returned 404s, or if these two names were removed from
>> the DNS, or even if someone went at those machines with an axe, that
>> would _still_ be an improvement.
>>
>> Surely _someone_ knows where those machines' blasted off-switch is.
>>
>> It's getting really embarassing.
>>
>> Norman
>>
>>
>> --
>> Norman Gray : http://nxg.me.uk
>> Dept Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, UK
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