*** Quoting Bryan Hamilton from a message to Scott Adams ***

 SA> will allow me to get
 SA> to other good projects I have going on programming and elsewise.
BH> yeah i understand. you're not alone there. i think thats whyall the di
BH> bbs's went with the wind. no more callers and little traffic in genera
BH> messages, games, actual callers. all faded to glory. but there are a h
BH> full of us that just won't give up. may we be users or sysops or both.
BH> i fall in the latter catagory as to many. bbss were great in the day a
BH> they still are. they add the sense of community, friendlyness and all
BH> that other stuff we all loved about them. personally no matter whati w
BH> let go. not until my bbs is the last one and the only user is me.  
BH> speaking of my board. would it be wrong to do a shameless plug now? ok
BH> Lucid Dreams BBS

Actually I still have regular callers.  They help post.  But that's just a
small part.  When the entire globe isn't posting then that adds up.  Dialup
or Telnet wouldn't make a difference at all.  Heh.  I said the same thing 2
years ago.  I'd never give up and such.  But I never believe in a never say
never thing.   Just like I say I'll never come back since I can't guarentee
it.  But I doubt it.  The BBS is still going strong and in its glory but
the globe and community at large is declining.  When echos that used to get
500 or 1000 a day get 5 a day if THAt if not a week then maybe its time for
something else.  Games and files have always been secondary to me.  As to
community the bulk of friends I've made I can chat with live in ICQ and
such which I do.  So I still have community.  I came to this decision
scientifically since that's the way I think.  I wrote some programs to
assess mail traffic in fido and other networks over the last full year
(well 8 months).  It clearly showed a decline compared to just  3 years
ago.  In some places I was talking to myself doing 66^ 66% of the traffic. 
Other places only 2 others were talking.  In other places posting was down
as much as 233%.  So no.  Its time to move on.  If a surge comes who knows
I could return but I can still post without having a bbs.  I've got ton of
other projects going on to keep me busy and my BBS life was slowing down as
it was.  I'm just being realistic that's all.  Better to get out on topthan
leave the last one :).  I'm still the most active rpg and programming board
on the globe so at least I can go out with that kudo :)


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