Some general questions regarding the ongoing provision of information on the aforementioned forum:
1. What happens to the archive of posts if "teamprimerib.com" suddenly disappears? Is it lost forever? 2. Are these messages really going to be archived anyway? Will messages expire beyond a certain age? 3. Also, although less significantly, does the hosting site automatically gain ownership of all the material posted? Some sites seem to think they do, although I haven't checked this one. Certainly an archived and freely available mailing list would be a safer bet for all three of the above. However, I'm not against original and accessible ways to make information accessible, of course, so don't take this as a flame against the forum :-) George Woltman wrote: > Hello all, > > Thanks to the dedication of a GIMPS member, we now have our very own > bulletin board system. Check it out at http://www.teamprimerib.com/gimps/ > > The forums are empty now, but you can be among the first to start up a new > thread. Sign up and introduce yourself, then we'll see what this grows > into! > > I know some folks prefer the mailing list approach for news. I'll continue > to post news on this mailing list and on the forums. The forums will let > us do searches and see past posts easily. > > Have fun, > George > > P.S. Don't be fooled by the "www.teamprimerib.com" in the URL. The forums > are for all GIMPS members and will not be used as promotional tool for this > particular GIMPS team. -- ======= Gareth Randall ======= _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
