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Discussion Groups / English Usage / November 2006MasterTexts.com folded?
For two days, the Mastertexts.com site has been unresponsive, giving only one line of near-nonsense text. I don't find any alternate version, and I see that recently the site was listed as being for sale to the highest bidder, so maybe we're out of luck. I found it to be a handy place to survey language use of the 19th to early-20th century. For one thing, it used a Google-based search field; for other collections, I've been forced to create a Google site search of my own and bookmark it. I hate to see these things go.  SignatureSadly -- Donna Richoux >For two days, the Mastertexts.com site has been unresponsive, giving >only one line of near-nonsense text. I don't find any alternate version, >and I see that recently the site was listed as being for sale to the >highest bidder, so maybe we're out of luck. It looks like a cracker defacement, actually. You might call the owner, Declan Stanley, at +353 87 420 699. -GAWollman SignatureGarrett A. Wollman | The real tragedy of human existence is not that we are wollman@csail.mit.edu| nasty by nature, but that a cruel structural asymmetry Opinions not those | grants to rare events of meanness such power to shape of MIT or CSAIL. | our history. - S.J. Gould, Ten Thousand Acts of Kindness > >For two days, the Mastertexts.com site has been unresponsive, giving > >only one line of near-nonsense text. I don't find any alternate version, [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > It looks like a cracker defacement, actually. You might call the > owner, Declan Stanley, at +353 87 420 699. I gave that a shot, with the "plus" numbers that I thought should work (here, double zero), but get only a fast busy signal. 353 means it should be Ireland, if anyone else wants to inquire. SignatureBest -- Donna Richoux Donna Richoux wrote, in <1ho6g5m.12obtb415rewn8N%trio@euronet.nl> on Thu, 2 Nov 2006 13:36:55 +0100: > > >For two days, the Mastertexts.com site has been unresponsive, giving > > >only one line of near-nonsense text. I don't find any alternate version, [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > (here, double zero), but get only a fast busy signal. 353 means it > should be Ireland, if anyone else wants to inquire. I am in Ireland. It is a mobile (AmE cellphone) number. I have tried a couple of times to dial it and always get the busy signal. SignatureNick Spalding > For two days, the Mastertexts.com site has been unresponsive, giving > only one line of near-nonsense text. I don't find any alternate [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > I hate to see these things go. Uh huh. I see the same ' InsideTeam © by_Ironm | Jonny | Nickvicq ' ' só pq não mandou E-mail ' ... A search on "Nickvicq" suggests it relates to the activities of SpyKids. Searching Yahoo to find pages within the site leads eventually to the same message, but usually via a page advertising a game: "Gears of War - Emergence Day" I've emailed (info@mastertexts.com) which is the contact quoted by some pages that link to Mastertexts. SignatureJohn Dean Oxford HI Just to let you know that I have fixed the problem and MasterTexts.com is back up and running. I had been away for a few weeks and had not check the site. Some "Defacement Team" had hacked into my account and changed the home page. Sorry for any inconvenience. Regards - Declan PS I am glad you find the site useful. > > For two days, the Mastertexts.com site has been unresponsive, giving > > only one line of near-nonsense text. I don't find any alternate [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > I've emailed (info@mastertexts.com) which is the contact quoted by some > pages that link to Mastertexts. > HI > Just to let you know that I have fixed the problem and MasterTexts.com > is back up and running. > I had been away for a few weeks and had not check the site. > Some "Defacement Team" had hacked into my account and changed the home > page. A search on your site reveals that Hardy knew of " ... the hideous defacement--the last grotesque phase of a creed which had served mankind well in its time. " > Sorry for any inconvenience. Pas du tout. Not your fault > Regards > - Declan > > PS I am glad you find the site useful. Very much so. Thanks for running it and thanks for fixing it. Especially, thanks for posting to let us know. >>> For two days, the Mastertexts.com site has been unresponsive, giving >>> only one line of near-nonsense text. I don't find any alternate [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] >> some pages that link to Mastertexts. >> -- |
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