There seems to have been a few important / historic threads that have been scavenged by auto-pruning. There's the oft-talked about "Empire Thread" that I've never witnessed but yet I hear so often reminisced from the longer established users.
So, why not take a "snapshot" of the forums? What does it take make a digital copy of the forums so that these mini-tragedies don't happen again? If someone else is willing to offer the hosting, then what are the potential problems to the original owner?
Last time I checked the forum stats, I believe the total data storage was less than gigabyte, LOL. I think members could easily host that on their own computers and set up their own mini-server. I would be more than willing to do it.
Even if the total download bandwidth is limited to a meager 50 kBps from a lousy home-internet connection, that's far better than the current 0.
So, why not take a "snapshot" of the forums? What does it take make a digital copy of the forums so that these mini-tragedies don't happen again? If someone else is willing to offer the hosting, then what are the potential problems to the original owner?
Last time I checked the forum stats, I believe the total data storage was less than gigabyte, LOL. I think members could easily host that on their own computers and set up their own mini-server. I would be more than willing to do it.
Even if the total download bandwidth is limited to a meager 50 kBps from a lousy home-internet connection, that's far better than the current 0.
