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Post by sansseed on Apr 16, 2011 7:44:15 GMT -6
I like to check out the sightings reports on the MUFON website, but I haven't been able to get on for the past 24 hours. Anyone else having trouble?
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Post by starshipdisaster on Apr 16, 2011 7:59:35 GMT -6
I couldn't get on there web site or there forum website. maby they couldn't pay the bills
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Post by skywalker on Apr 16, 2011 8:48:39 GMT -6
I was on it last night but I can't get on today. Maybe they are having computer problems (in addition to all the other problems they have : .
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Post by Steve on Apr 16, 2011 9:04:06 GMT -6
I comfirm too. (as of April 16, 2011 - Saturday morning - 07:46 hours Pacific).
I can think of several possibilities:
A glitch or technical problem at the server.
Mufon BOD has realized their new Forum format as time has shown is very user unfriendly - is a failure, and has gone again back to the drawing board. The last time they shut down their old forum was on a Friday too. Most here remember that one. They probably did not inform it's members this time too probably. Not that many are presently visiting it.
A hacker has shut the system down.
As starshipblaster mentioned, in the tedious Mufon bureaucracy focused at the top - someone has forgot to pay the server their annual five bucks. A little like not wishing to wake Hitler after ordering he did not wish to be disturbed releasing his panzers unawares of the Normandy invasion. The war lost due to a few (or a lot) of sleeping pills. ;D
Their forum is rather dead and little used, considering. It boasts some several thousand members, but in reality this is deceptive, it just reflects the number of current and former mufon members, whether they have access to the Internet or not. So those numbers as in many things about Mufon are inflated.
I removed many of my articles there before I left. I resented Mufon using them, and have reconstructed them here on the The Edge of Reality website. The Identified Flying Objects (IFO) series for one. This series will be concluding, though I will add new segments should members make any suggestions about IFO's.
A new series on UFO's is being developed now. This should be interesting too I hope. It will be scientific & technical in it's orientation and hopefully insightful and useful in a real world sense. Topics will be radiation from UFO's, UFO weight & mass, UFO illumination, flight dynamics, force field evaluation, High acceleration load on occupants. Subsonic and supersonic operation. The occupants themselves.
The proposal of a concept that UFO's do not defy the laws of physics, and despite what seems often displayed to witnesses - these objects very much obey the laws of physics as we understand them.
Steve
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Post by skywalker on Apr 16, 2011 9:22:57 GMT -6
I still don't see why MUFON switched from the old forum format to their new one. Proboards has a very easy system for creating forums and it's free...why screw around with that? Their new forum is a pain in the behind to use. Maybe the Feds finally decided that their UFO agency isn't worth the money and is shutting it down. If so, it would be the first time in recent history the government has actually cut spending on something. I'm looking forward to your new UFO series, Steve. I didn't even know you had done the IFO series before.
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Post by Steve on Apr 16, 2011 10:25:30 GMT -6
I remember just before the current Mufon forum was made public, I talked with the young man named Zack in charge developing their (then) new forum - he selected the format currently used. I was surprised - asking what was wrong with the old Proboard format? It was clean and easy to use. But he told me Mufon was obsessed now with security and control (most of the board members discovering then they even had had a Internet forum). The awkward format selected allowed more invasive control of everything, down to 'permissions' of individual threads and posts. It was complex, cumbersome. (very 'Reever' esque) Stifling any vitality and creativity. Creating instead a big brother/big sister regime. They basically choked themselves. ;D Sure their forum being down is just a temporary thing. Moving on. Steve
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2011 11:12:11 GMT -6
Definitely still down.
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Post by yamacycler on Apr 16, 2011 13:01:35 GMT -6
Mufons new forum has only been up what? Six & one half months to seven. I'm glad I didn't even bother to look at it Sad.
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Post by skywalker on Apr 16, 2011 16:00:08 GMT -6
You didn't miss anything, dude. It looked like something you would see on the back of a box of Lucky Charms.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2011 19:16:35 GMT -6
I like lucky charms
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Post by skywalker on Apr 16, 2011 20:08:17 GMT -6
How about Coco Puffs? Fruity Pebbles? Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs? Wasn't there a breakfast cereal once called UFOs?
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Post by skywalker on Apr 16, 2011 20:29:58 GMT -6
I found a fake UFOs cereal box picture. The picture is copyrighted so I will just post the link... 29.media.tumblr.com/xDgTEMmQGg2wmw39sAtXZoOTo1_400.jpgHere's another one... Those are kind of what the MUFON forum looked like except not as colorful. It was all like light blue and gray and blah. The old forum was much better.
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Post by sansseed on Apr 17, 2011 7:46:43 GMT -6
Ok, glad it's not just me. Still couldn't get on this morning.
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Post by swamprat on Apr 17, 2011 10:51:13 GMT -6
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Post by spotless38 on Apr 17, 2011 11:55:34 GMT -6
Ok, glad it's not just me. Still couldn't get on this morning. I don't understand some of you people . Before MUFON changed many of you blasted MUFON . Now some questioned what happened ? If they shut down .... fine . If they are rebuilding their website . ......Fine . We won't know untill Monday one of you FI.s will find out tomorrow I know I will . I have a case to finish up on so I won't be on untill later tomorrow . By then the word will be out . I am not worried . Ron
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Post by sansseed on Apr 17, 2011 12:37:37 GMT -6
Ok, glad it's not just me. Still couldn't get on this morning. I don't understand some of you people . Before MUFON changed many of you blasted MUFON . Now some questioned what happened ? If they shut down .... fine . If they are rebuilding their website . ......Fine . We won't know untill Monday one of you FI.s will find out tomorrow I know I will . I have a case to finish up on so I won't be on untill later tomorrow . By then the word will be out . I am not worried . Ron Spotless, be very careful of who you accuse of "blasting". Have I questioned MUFON and some of their current actions, yes. I don't see that as the same as "blasting". No where on this board (or any other) will you see a diatribe written by me. As I said in the original post of this thread, I like going on to the website to see the sightings report. No matter what we may feel about MUFON it is still the most recognized UFO research organization, and many will go there to post their sightings. As for coming here to see if others had problems, it was out of curiosity. Was it something with my computer, or was it something on MUFON's end? I really was not thinking it had some great conspiratorial nefarious underpinnings. Just tech problems.
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Post by Steve on Apr 17, 2011 12:47:10 GMT -6
Ok, glad it's not just me. Still couldn't get on this morning. I don't understand some of you people . Before MUFON changed many of you blasted MUFON . Now some questioned what happened ? If they shut down .... fine . If they are rebuilding their website . ......Fine . We won't know untill Monday one of you FI.s will find out tomorrow I know I will . I have a case to finish up on so I won't be on untill later tomorrow . By then the word will be out . I am not worried . Ron I understand the CMS is still working, only the website is down. The forum maybe connected with the homepage. Maybe the homepage's billboards are being revamped for the up coming symposium. I don't really care. But hope the CMS is working Ron so you can still file your case report. Steve
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Post by spotless38 on Apr 17, 2011 13:04:57 GMT -6
I am not accusing any one . only the ones that had wrote many remarks on about MUFON I myself had bad feelings about them closing down the pro board . I am the type of person that has a motto . "Wait and see what happens ". as far as I can figuere out that they ( MUFON ) may up-dating or redesigning their board . sorry that I had upset anyone .
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Post by spotless38 on Apr 17, 2011 13:10:39 GMT -6
Hey Steve . One way or the other I will get it done . LOL
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2011 13:41:51 GMT -6
Spotless..I think it's just natural curiosity to 'wonder' what is going on. Naturally..all incidents will eventually have an answer if one waits but curiosity IS a human characteristic and that's one reason people are not content to wait for ET's to finally get around to announcing why they're invading our air space We like to guess and wonder..speculate if for no other reason than to pass the time while we wait for the truth to unfold. The truth is out there...but we're here today...I'm sure no one meant offense
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Post by spotless38 on Apr 17, 2011 14:07:24 GMT -6
HI Jo . You should know me better than that . I agree with you on your last statement . I ( myself don't like making remarks on anything including someones personal life . ) before the truth comes out .I guess that it is my old age that kicks in LOL Lets wait and see what happens tomorrow . Ron
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2011 16:21:54 GMT -6
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Post by skywalker on Apr 17, 2011 17:24:05 GMT -6
I don't understand some of you people . Before MUFON changed many of you blasted MUFON . Now some questioned what happened ? If they shut down .... fine . If they are rebuilding their website . ......Fine . We won't know untill Monday one of you FI.s will find out tomorrow I know I will . I have a case to finish up on so I won't be on untill later tomorrow . By then the word will be out . I am not worried . Ron Hi, Ron. As far as blasting MUFON goes it is not the organization that I have a problem with just some of the people who are running it. They have made a lot of bad decisions lately (including shutting down the old forum) and it is those decisions that I disagree with. I don't have any problem with MUFON the organization, or with the members. I'm still a member myself and I think the organization has a lot of potential if they can get their problems worked out. They just need to get their act together and do a better job. Having their website mysteriously shut down is not exactly a step in the right direction. I agree we should wait and see what happens. Maybe it is just a minor little glitch somewhere.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2011 22:44:08 GMT -6
~choke~ ~cough~
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Post by spotless38 on Apr 18, 2011 15:31:44 GMT -6
Just to let you all know . MFON is up and running No big deal why they went down . They found theproblem
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Post by skywalker on Apr 18, 2011 20:49:52 GMT -6
Just to let you all know . MFON is up and running No big deal why they went down . They found theproblem Yup, I just checked it out. It still looks like a box of cereal though. "UFO Crunch with frosted MUFON-mallows..." I admit it is a little easier to check the latest sightings with the website operational, so having it back up is a good thing. The really good news though is that the cow still works.
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Post by Steve on Apr 19, 2011 7:22:06 GMT -6
Ron,
And what was the problem?
Steve
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Post by spotless38 on Apr 19, 2011 8:55:38 GMT -6
Ron, And what was the problem? Steve I don't know Steve . All I got was that MUFON had a problem . This was through C Cliff in a Email . In according to him it was a hardwre problem
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2011 14:12:23 GMT -6
Well everyone can breathe a sigh of relief now that they're back in the saddle ;D
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Post by Steve on Apr 20, 2011 1:20:45 GMT -6
Well everyone can breathe a sigh of relief now that they're back in the saddle ;D
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