Notices

Future History

6 Feb 1997

Waitangi Day, New Zealand.

16 Feb 1997

Eleventh Anniversary of invention of Echomail by Jeff Rush.

29 Feb 1997

Nothing will happen on this day.

17 May 1997

Independence Day, Norway.

25 May 1997

Independence Day, Argentina.

6 Jun 1997

National Commemoration Day, Sweden.

11 Jun 1997

Independence Day, Russia.

1 Jul 1997

Canada Day - Happy Birthday Canada.

13 Oct 1997

Thanksgiving Day, Canada.

1 Dec 1997

World AIDS Day.

10 Dec 1997

Nobel Day, Sweden.

12 Jan 1998

HAL 9000 is one year old today.

22 May 1998

Expo '98 World Exposition in Lisbon (Portugal) opens.

1 Dec 1998

Fifteenth Anniversary of release of Fido version 1 by Tom Jennings.

31 Dec 1999

Hogmanay, Scotland. The New Year that can't be missed.

1 Jan 2000

The 20th Century, C.E., is still taking place thru 31 Dec.

15 Sep 2000

Sydney (Australia) Summer Olympiad opens.

1 Jan 2001

This is the actual start of the new millennium, C.E.

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[From the Ringmaster:]

Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 03:02:09 -0800
From: Sage Weil <sage@newdream.net>
Organization: New Dream Network
To: ringmasters-all-l@webring.org
Subject: Webring Server Status
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Sender: owner-ringmasters-all-l@webring.org

Hello,

For those of you who don't think you should be receiving this message, please ignore it.

As I'm sure you already know, the Webring server is still offline. While we were expecting to move the machine to another location last week, the plans fell through due to power problems at the phone company that won't be fixed until late next week. The move will probably take place the following Monday or Tuesday.

Unfortunately, while the system is still connected at the old location, it crashed last Friday and we haven't been able to get into the building to restart it; we're still trying to get ahold of the guy with the keys. I *hope* that we can reach him on Monday or Tuesday, but I can't promise anything.

In any case, don't worry. The Webring is not going anywhere.. at the absolute worst, I will be back online in two weeks when the new server arrives. Most likely, it will be back online next week sometime. When the move does take place, it will be offline for anywhere from a few hours to a day or two depending on how fast the DNS changes propogate to your service provider. (A number of you have also wondering if the address will change.. while the physical location will be different, the URL will still be http://www.webring.org. [faulty URL [jb 4/25/01]]) Update: http://dir.webring.yahoo.com/rw

Thanks for your patience--
sage

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