Some days yes, some days no. I think a lot of it is on my end with a slow ISP, but sometimes the Spring just loads slowly--I notice it when I am FTPing to, not just when I'm on the boards.

Last night (Thursday) I was unable to log on. The dialog box said "timed out". Maybe my ISP..but all the other websites were ok. It's erratic. (Didn't say erotic....maybe that too!!)

had trouble getting in last night too, got a message the computer couldn't connect to the server. Buuuuut, i tried the basic url (http://www.spring.net) and got in no problem.

FTPing is slow right now--practically stuck (Noon Central time).

just curious...why is this in the Drool conference? :)

Cause I had so many emails and icq's from droolers the other night when we went down. And you are such a large, supportive group!

I always want to go to drool too, but I don't know much about actors, male or female, and I'm too lazy to start reading up on them. What a damned shame.

(Charlotte) just curious...why is this in the Drool conference? :) This is one of those topics that is linked from it's original Conference (Porch) to Drool and responses appear in both places. Since we droolers often stay within the walls of this Conference, I think this is Terry's way of introducing us to the people who participate at other parts of Spring. Sounds like a good idea to me. (Terry) And you are such a large, supportive group! However single-minded we are ;-p (Riette) I always want to go to drool too, but I don't know much about actors, male or female Really? There is no actor you have a crush on? Come, come...fess up, who is it? ;-D We also do general celebrities (sports figures, musicians, men in the news, Historical Hunks). If you think of someone who does it for you, I'll be happy to start a topic and hunt down some photos to facilitate your drooling :-) Oh, incidentally Terry...my connection is just fine. Except for the times when Spring hiccups, I fly through the boards. I've even grown fond of the Yapp software (something I once thought I'd never get used to). Hope you never change it ;-)

Charlotte Thanks for the explanation, guys! What a team! Come join us. Newcomers are always welcomed . (Riette) I always want to go to drool too, but I don't know much about actors, male or female Honey...on this board...you'll learn fast. Great fun. Hop on!

(especially if it's onto your favorite actor...)

Thanks Evelyn - just might!

Hmm, Riette hopping on to her favorite actor, now, there was an offer of posting photos and starting a topic but facilitating this would be pretty amazing, but Nan, Evelyn et al are very capable.

Riette hopping on to her favorite actor, now, there was an offer LOL....See what I mean, Riette. #68, 97 & 98 are my favs..... Colin Firth..... but all are fun.

oh, riette, david duchovny is there too! (guess who started that one *grin*)

Hop on it, girls.

I'm not hopping onto anyone but Sean Connery and Anthony Hopkins - they give me the shivers, they're so sexy. Especially Anthony Hopkins. Hope I never get to meet him, I'll probably go into a coma or something!

LOL!!

You're my kind of woman, Riette! All my friends don't understand why I never want to meet Kevin. It's nice to know someone who does.

You and I are the only ones on the planet with a fondness for Waterworld, Riette! He first caught my eye in Fandango, and has been getting better ever since.

(Charlotte) You and I are the only ones on the planet with a fondness for Waterworld, Riette! I liked Waterworld (but, in truth, I've always felt it was because Kevin can do no wrong for me ;-D) It's not Bull Durham, but what is? ;-)~~~

Hey, there's now 3 people on the planet who liked Waterworld, count me in! But I was far more interested in Jeanne Triplehorn (who also played in The Firm with Tom Cruise).

didn't see Waterworld...

Go rent it, KM! We need to start a movement here! I'm sure you'll like it, and then we'll have four people on the planet who liked it. :)

I loved it mostly because of the brilliant photography, and all those wonderful scrap metal contructions. Charlotte, Nan would you two like to come and join us in Art? I think (I hope) it isn't boring there, even for people who aren't 'into' art. There's even some art by Wer and Autumns daughters. Plus I promised Terry something very special in return for a sketch from him!

(Riette) Charlotte, Nan would you two like to come and join us in Art? I think (I hope) it isn't boring there, even for people who aren't 'into' art. Actually, I've already been...several times. I was going to jump into the American Impressionist conversation then I got sidetracked somehow :-/ Plus I promised Terry something very special in return for a sketch from him! And that would be...? ;-)

Go and see for yourself in the 'Let the fun begin' topic! No, it would be great to have you there too, Nan.

Been a little 'disconnected' to the Spring... but here I am! How's the drooling going guys and gals?

Welcome back, Stacey! School back in session?

I've had no problems this morning - and last night I was out, so I don't know if it will have worked then. I'll see how it goes from tomorrow night onwards though....tonight I'm out again! Cool, edgy, hip!

If we get any cooler, edgier and hipper I think I'm gonna throw up!

Roll down the window.

I'm down at the colocation site for the Spring and I just brought www back up. What an ordeal! I had a spare power supply to swap in but it didn't match the old one on this box. At least the connectors are different, and no soldering iron! Well, it's back together with bubble gum and bailing wire. It's not that bad, it's just the fan inside the power supply that I had to replace. And it's spinning now. And this server is running cooler. Check the time on this box and high tail it outa here. Captains Log, stardate 8/30/98 10:22 pm we are back on line after a brief interuption of about 20 minutes of moaning and groaning. You can resume normal activities now!

Thank you, cool guy!

I dunno... he sounded a bit more edgy to me!

Yep, more toward edgy on the proverbial edgy/cool continuum.

I hope this posting goes through. I am testing. It went through on Topic 1 Introductions.

Thank you....so far, so good. :-))

I've asked William Roland (wer@spring.net) to set up Heidi and Karen as hosts of drool. Congratulations Heidi and Karen! I'm out of pocket so hopefully Wm. can do this sometime today. If not, I can get you set up with hostly powers later. But in the meantime, please correspond with wer@spring.net about this and he'll, hopefully, get in touch with you!

anyone having browser problems might like to take a look at Opera - http://www.operasoftware.com

MSIE 4.0 was quite buggy and had problems with a lot of different applications. I installed 4.01 and have had no problems either here or anywhere else.

Thanks, Terry. Will get in touch with William to get the ball rolling.

Great! And thanks so much Heide! New folks in apps: Topic 102 of 387: 'PIRCH' Resp 13 of 13: Solarboy (Solarboy) Sat, Sep 26, 1998 (04:12) 2 lines All the chat programs are similar or are they? l'm trying to find a relativly easy way of conversating. [102/387] Respond, forget, or pass? Item 263 entered Fri, Aug 9, 1996 (19:54) by Paul Terry Walhus (terry) I-View 1 new of 1 response total. Topic 263 of 387: 'I-View' Resp 1 of 1: Pierre R. Schwob (prs) Mon, Sep 28, 1998 (16:02) 5 lines This program isn't supported any longer (since 1996!) Please do not attempt to register for this shareware. Pierre R. Schwob PRS Corporation [263/387] Respond, forget, or pass? Item 381 entered Tue, May 5, 1998 (02:54) by Forrest H. Stroud (buzz) Microsoft Media Player 1 new of 2 responses total. Topic 381 of 387: 'Microsoft Media Player' Resp 2 of 2: John Tubbs (WhytKnyt) Thu, Sep 24, 1998 (17:26) 2 lines Version 6.0? The Microsoft download site says it's version 5.2.

Heide, I'll change your host login from Heide to heide tomorrow... is Karen's login name all lower case as well?

Bill, I login as KarenR. Thanks.

got it...will fix your and Heide's logins as soon as I can...

done...heide and KarenR are now hostesses...

If i may be so bold (and nosy) what happened to the old hostess?

Nan won the Powerball lottery and retired!! Just kidding. She's in graduate school and, with her work on cf.com, she needed to lighten up on her Drool responsibilities. Took two of us to replace her. :-)

Hey, William...Terry...anybody home?? How's about setting Karen and Heide's passwords that they sent you for the sub-directories and setting up their email accounts. Karen has a real neat cover of Colin that we are all eager to see and she can't do it ....Youse' holdin' up the woiks.....:-)

Calling Terry now...

wuz up?

See my note in the projects conference.

Thanks Terry, William and Jeff. I have alerted Karen and Heide. Karen has pictures to scan and can't do it. Appreciate what you guys can do to install the new credentials. I am off to UK. See ya' at the end of the month.

Have fun in the UK, say hi to Mike Griggs if you see him on the street there.

Trying to get onto Topic 2, Terry, but I keep getting an internal server error or misconfiguration. Gee, is it just me? I also get the same message in Topic 34 but no problem anywhere else I've gone. Also, can you explain why Topic 98 doesn't show up in the Conference Center page? There is daily activity there but perhaps it's just me again.

I'll look in to these problems Heide, seems to be working ok today. You may just need to retry. Important information about the Y2K bug: Topic 7 of 9: Y2K or Year 2000 problem Sat, May 2, 1998 (09:22) | Paul Terry Walhus (terry) 1 new of 2 responses total. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Topic 7 of 9 [computer]: Y2K or Year 2000 problem Response 2 of 2: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Oct 11, 1998 (10:31) * 1 lines

Terry, According to the conference log, Topic 98 was "retired" by Myretta on 10/8. As a result, it does not show up on the main listing or for those of us who use "new" even if there are new comments. Can you undo this or will we need to start a new topic for Film Discussions, one of our most active? Also, has a subdirectory been set up for uploading pictures that we wish to link to the drool conference? A ~karen??? or ~heide???

Just decided to do a little testing myself and inadvertenly "retired" this topic. Sorry. :(

Moon, you can still read and post at 98. All "retirement" means is that it doesn't show up on the menu page.

new here, what do i need to know to be political,etc. not sure i understand the layout of the land. sounds interesting however want to listen and learn before jumping in .

i took a left while looking to down load realaudio. looked interesting. looking to chat and moving around to see what's happening . loved the name moonbeam.....an intellectually sound decision.

yo, just read "macworld", i don't have a mac. guess that's it guys. sorry i won't get to know the rest.

According to the conference log, Topic 98 was "retired" by Myretta on 10/8. That's odd. I haven't done a hostly deed in months.

Thank you cfadm whoever you are for resurrecting the topics. :) And Myretta, I always blame the mouse. ;-o

Willliam most likely restored the topics. cfadm is the administrative account for Yapp.

yep, it's all my fault...

This systems been running continually without crashing for 47 days now. We probably need to do a reboot just to let the processes clear out.

The floods have wreaked havoc with our net connection out of San Antonio, but it only seems to be affecting the Spring's subnet isdn connection so far. But there is major work going on at the colocation site to get the routing back to what it was before all the heavy weather. We're on a UPS but there may be outages due to the regions abnormal weather. Stay tuned.

Next time you come in it may. wer has some insights on this (email spew@www.spring.net)

actually, it's probably better to e-mail me at either rotazo@aol.com or kitchen_manager@juno.com or wer@spring.net (don't think you ever did a forward on spew@www.spring.net, or did you, Terry?)

You do have a forward file set up there now and it forwards spewmail to both hotmail and your other email acct but not to wer.

It goes to Juno and Hotmail.

Who at Hotmail? Should forward to AOL... not sure if I remember my Hotmail address and password...

Just log in to your account, and do a pico .forward and you can edit it yourself anytime.

cool...

Usually, .forward files are setup like this: \wer,wer@hotmail.com,wer@aol.com where the \wer keeps a copy on the spring machine. If you set it up like this: wer@hotmail.com,wer@aol.com then no copy will be kept on the forwarding server and it will appear only on the hotmail and aol mail areas. We met Stacey last night at the coffee shop on the drag, she tried buzzing by Little Italy to snag you but no wer at Little Italy (happened to us the last time or two we came by there too). She looked good and seemed happy about her state of affairs in Colorado.

well, maybe next time...

I had one of the best talks ever with her that night. Who says meeting folks online makes you depressed and alienated. Knowing Stacey and the folks online here has enriched my life immeasurable and made for lifelong friendships. We have such a great core group of folks here, we can grow organically.

Several times today i've been disconnected from www.spring.net on telnet...a bit strange.

That is unusual. Wonder if it's your backbone. Our site had been up pretty regularly.

I always use a Netscape browser to log in; whenever I logged in from home, it was nearly always an unhappy experience (long load times, every second attempt "There's no response from the server...", etc.), which is why sometimes there are two postings by me, too, it seems. Anyhow, right now it loads like a marvel, is fast and everything. Yall sleeping? better connection? Upgraded the ancient 386 to a 486DX100? You tell me. Meanwhile, I'll be happy (but for phone charges... checking in from home is hell, as they bill per minute...).

Per minute! That sucks. Isn't there a flat rate provider in your area?

Aren't I in Germany? Last one who tried was the first one who tried was the one who went floating down the river BELLY UP, my friend... I'll work on it. At least I got very good loading times today, too, and that from home.

yipppeee!!! us, too, as we finally got AOL4.0 configured correctly on our new computer...

Congrats, Wer! You ARE the master! Me, too: we got this funky ISDN-adapter w/ analog ports for phones, etc., which I set up AND IT STILL WORKED FROM DAY ONE! Which suprised everyone, but most of all yours truly Alexander.

champagne for everyone!

hey, Terry, in case anyone was wondering... this topic and the Spring as a whole...etcetera topics are no longer linked in drool... the topics are still there but they are no longer linked...my proposal is to start a more of the spring as a whole topic and freeze the two (or more?) existing ones... can probably kill this topic name in drool and re-link this one...

Sure, go fer it.

Boring. Lot's of waiting for others today. Mostly waiting on tenants to come up with rent money. Yesterday was far more productive, we got three rooms sheetrocked and only have two to go in my little country cottage. The Spring is facing a financial crisis of sorts. We're going to crank up the pledge drive here and in drool. The cause? thespring.com domain sale for $6k fell though because the buyer found a technicality in the contract they had me sign. I find myself financially challenged right now. Three room mates found new places in Cedar Creek, so I have 3 rooms to fill and not much time to find new folks. I only got a weeks notice instead of the usual 30 days. I watching the X Files now. Still waiting for Paul N to pay his bills, he and Sam have been keeping me waiting all day.

oops...sorry, Boss!