Apparently Stefan’s health is not improving with all the stress
Certain members have gone as far as to threaten him in attempts to
Take him offline ( my opinion)
Why else threaten and stress out a sick man ?
Here things Will hopefully get back on topic… builds experimenting etc
Or ?
We desperately need a true breakthrough and open source venue !
IMO
Stefan’s could be amazing place ( his 30 plus years of data and info)
Very bad time to drill holes in a floundering boat
Respectfully
Chet K
Hi Chet K,
Sincerly sorry to hear about Stephan's (hartiberlin, I believe, is his post nom on OU) health;
it might be wise, and a good step, to take a break. After 30 years of valuable service to the
OU Community, he has done a great job and I'm sure everyone involved "tips their hat to
Stephan in appreciation."
Overunity.com still maintains much better traffic than the other dedicated forums by a
significant number; but, like all technically focused forums, as the true technical content
starts to "dry up" so does the forum. Unfortunately Overunity.com is no exception.
This problem has been evident for some time IMHO and although the traffic numbers
are still high compared to others, the real value added content has declined. This makes
for an even more difficult problem - the useful postings get burried deeper and deeper
in garbage - until it becomes like Dumpster Diving - searching for the one or two jewels.
There's nothing wrong with the forum, per se, but the nature of todays type of posters.
However, the old forums have not kept up with the times from a technology capability.
It's difficult, if not impossible, to easily gather pertiment project information and details
in a timely manner. Forum searches work to some extent but they are combersom and
still take a lot of skill and time to yield anything of value. Also, pretty much all current
forums have very restrictive limitations on the type and amount of data that can be
posted; videos, animated gif's, attachments such as schematics, drawings, pictures and
so forth.
In todays world there are more convient and usable methods of constructing a technical
information data set in a usable and coherent form. After a brief study of what a usable
scheme might consist of; it appears a Managed Virtual Private Server (VPS) setup,
amongst others, may well be an ideal approach. Similar to having a powerful managed
group of PC's on-line (likely cloud based). This allows organizing data subjects into
folders which are accessed through a Web style Graphical User Interface (GUI) index.
Current forums do this in "half fashion" now (links, etc.) but the VPS puts it all together
in one package that can easily maintained and managed by subject and cross reference.
An additional advantage might be integration with an Artificial Intelligence (AI)
application similar to "chatGPS" where posts are vetted prior to posting done in
"real time" and transparent to the actual "forum."
Anyway, transitioning "Overunity.com" to a new venue via VPS might be a viable
option - a major "update/upgrade" so to speak. Stephan might consider this option.
Having the long standing "trade-name" recognition goes a long way in this game!
Which ever way "Overunity.com" decides to proceed - Good Luck - you have my
best wishes and gratitude for all the years of providing a platform for valueable information.
The "OU/FE/CE Excess Energy" is still in it's infancy - but the "time is ripe" for major
movement - many technologies are already there waiting for the "right moment" to blossom
with a fast changing world just around the corner to provide that right moment!
Just My Humble Observation (JMHO)
SL
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