Re: Bard shutting down due to pending government shutdown.

2013-09-30 Thread eric oyen
I understand that, which is why I was only going to comment on it once. I spent some time downloading a few needed things from BARD over the weekend. Have yet to check and see if the site is still up. anyway, unless the site goes away, I am going to build a library here that I can read at my le

Re: Bard shutting down due to pending government shutdown.

2013-09-30 Thread Jared
om [mailto: > vip...@googlegroups.com ] On Behalf > Of Christopher Chaltain > Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 9:48 AM > To: vip...@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Bard shutting down due to pending government shutdown. > > I'm not sure what you're saying, but i

RE: Bard shutting down due to pending government shutdown.

2013-09-30 Thread Eileen Misrahi
s.com Subject: Re: Bard shutting down due to pending government shutdown. I'm not sure what you're saying, but if the government does shut down tomorrow, I'm fairly certain that NLS and BARD won't be considered an essential service, so one thing users can do to be proactive is make su

Re: Bard shutting down due to pending government shutdown.

2013-09-30 Thread May and Noah
There is no truth to this by the way. Bard will not be shutting down. May and Prince Noah www.canadianlynx.ca On 2013-09-30, at 11:00 AM, alia robinson wrote: > It has nothing to do with our president. It has to do with an obstructionist > congress who will do anything to sabotage the affordab

Re: Bard shutting down due to pending government shutdown, really? Hmmmm

2013-09-30 Thread Cait and Maggie
And if you've already got books in the app, it should still work fine. Cait On 2013-09-30, at 12:50 PM, "Michael Hingson" wrote: > I guess the government has no confidence in web sites staying up by > themselves? Are they going to cut all power to government buildings and that > is why BARD w

Re: Bard shutting down due to pending government shutdown.

2013-09-30 Thread TaraPrakash
I am glad you did. Some stupid stupid folks Are going to politicize everything. I am glad you told the truth. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 30, 2013, at 12:28 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > In any case, the supposed shut-down hasn't happened yet, so I fail to see how > a government agency can take

FW: Bard shutting down due to pending government shutdown, really? Hmmmm

2013-09-30 Thread Michael Hingson
I guess the government has no confidence in web sites staying up by themselves? Are they going to cut all power to government buildings and that is why BARD will shut down? H No politics here, just wondering why the site needs to go away. Probably because it costs money to keep servers up o

Re: Bard shutting down due to pending government shutdown.

2013-09-30 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I'm not sure what you're saying, but if the government does shut down tomorrow, I'm fairly certain that NLS and BARD won't be considered an essential service, so one thing users can do to be proactive is make sure they have downloaded a handful of books to get them through any BARD outage. On

Re: Bard shutting down due to pending government shutdown.

2013-09-30 Thread Teresa Cochran
In any case, the supposed shut-down hasn't happened yet, so I fail to see how a government agency can take proactive measures based on a probability. Teresa On Sep 30, 2013, at 9:13 AM, alia robinson wrote: > I agree, and I apologize for responding, but I have done a *lot* of work for > the ob

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2013-09-30 Thread Cara Quinn
HI All, You guessed it! :) Close this topic immediately! lol! Personally I'd love there to be a way we could feasibly discuss not only politics and religion and anything else here as this is a great and lively group, however, alas, while I think we do have a lot of latitude here in regard to

Re: Bard shutting down due to pending government shutdown.

2013-09-30 Thread alia robinson
I agree, and I apologize for responding, but I have done a *lot* of work for the obama campaign, and heard a *lot* of lies/bashing. I guess my first instinct is to speak up. I am down because I come here to talk about my phone, and I still am hearing of some way to bring Obama-bashing on a list

Re: Bard shutting down due to pending government shutdown.

2013-09-30 Thread Pablo Morales
ity in iDevices, and things that are for blind people. - Original Message - From: "eric oyen" To: Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 11:22 AM Subject: Re: Bard shutting down due to pending government shutdown. I am not playing politics myself. I just have a couple of points

Re: Bard shutting down due to pending government shutdown.

2013-09-30 Thread eric oyen
I am not playing politics myself. I just have a couple of points and then I shall shut up. 1. How can anyone believe that spending $1.1 trillion USD is "saving money"? 2. since virtually no one in congress read the act formally, it makes me wonder what they really voted on (I know, I read it and

Re: Bard shutting down due to pending government shutdown.

2013-09-30 Thread Christopher Chaltain
This is just as much an over simplification of the issue as the first statement. If I wanted to read these one sided over simplifications of a very complex political issue, I'd subscribe to a partisan blog and not a mailing list on the use of the iPhone by the blind. I think these posts are way

Re: Bard shutting down due to pending government shutdown.

2013-09-30 Thread alia robinson
It has nothing to do with our president. It has to do with an obstructionist congress who will do anything to sabotage the affordable care act, which has been votied on and upheld by both houses of congress and the supreme court. get your facts straight and stop bashing politically. On Sep 29

Re: Bard shutting down due to pending government shutdown.

2013-09-29 Thread Daniel Miller
Blind bargains. There was a mod note posted about this, so I'll post no more on the issue. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 29, 2013, at 9:16 PM, "\\Elizabeth Campbell" > wrote: > > Hi Daniel, > Where did you find this information about BARD shutting down? > Thanks > Liz >> On Sunday, September

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2013-09-29 Thread Raul A. Gallegos
Hello, I think that messages like this are only meant to cause confusion and a ton of additional speculative messages to the list. Before posting such things, please check with the moderators. Also, you don't give any resources for your message below, so there is no where to read about what you

Re: Bard shutting down due to pending government shutdown.

2013-09-29 Thread \Elizabeth Campbell
Hi Daniel, Where did you find this information about BARD shutting down? Thanks Liz On Sunday, September 29, 2013 9:03:41 PM UTC-5, Daniel Miller wrote: > Hello, > > I’m just passing this on for those who may not know, Bard will shut down > if the government goes into a parcial shutdown starting

Bard shutting down due to pending government shutdown.

2013-09-29 Thread Daniel Miller
Hello, I’m just passing this on for those who may not know, Bard will shut down if the government goes into a parcial shutdown starting on October 1st, thanks in part to our “lovely” president. I know this isn’t meant to be a discussion on political topics, etc, but I figured I’d point this ou