What happened to racesaw.com?

[weimedog]

It was there, now a message saying its permanently closed shows up..

[Rocky_J]

Maybe somebody finally took out the trash. 

[nmurph]

geez, it took me two years to finally get a response to my problems trying to register. i know that others had similar problems. i can't imagine that anything like that would cause membership problems!!!! i was a member there for a total of 2 months and made one post. oh well. there is another tree forum that i can't understand how it stays up. there won't be any new posts in the chainsaw sections for days at the time. maybe they are running gonzo on some of the other sections, i just don't look around on them.

[weimedog]

My guess is they were hacked on the registration and now totally hacked. There was more saw building data on that website than all the rest put together so I liked just reading there!

[Al_Smith]

 I won't speculate because I really have no idea what happened .However I don't know of any web forum no matter what the subject content  is that hasn't been hacked  at least several times .

[Cut4fun]

The reason you could never register is the site Admin/Mod kept the place locked up and only hand picked who he wanted in.

The site owners didn't know this was happening and he lied flat out to the site owners over and over as to why.

Oh, try and start a thread with that heading else where.   :D :D  I cant believe they left it here in the chainsaw section for this long.


Merry Christmas all,

[tlandrum]

now everyone will rush back to arborist site or over to ehpsaws for there saw fix.

[bill m]

now everyone will rush back to arborist site or over to ehpsaws for there saw fix.

Sorry, not me. I'm staying here. 8)

[wannabeonetoo]

They all have their pluses and minuses. Just a shame some of the members, (of any forum), can't seem to be able to keep their egos in check and have fun & enjoy/share information.
I join these places to learn,then share what little I have. I hope it all gets sorted out over there, there is some good people over there with lots to teach.

Just my $0.02

Steve

[Al_Smith]

Just as general thought it seems that no matter what forum or what subject they all get their own special personality .Now this could be good or bad depending on how you see it .

On this praticular forum which I might add is very nice and I enjoy it for what it is . However on some without naming them I can be just as nastey as the partcipants and ask for none nor give no quarter .So goes web forums ,for better or worse ,they are what they are .

[weimedog]

now everyone will rush back to arborist site or over to ehpsaws for there saw fix.

Maybe..looks like some came here vs. arboristsite!

[tlandrum]

myself i go here and aborist site and stayed away from the race saws site. i was a member there and ended up canceling my membership and went else where for my saw fix.

[H60 Hawk Pilot]

My Oh My... I just got a Taste of a Super XX**&^&%$ on the Aborist channel.

Quite a difference in Good Folks Here and Not so Good Folks There.  Little Joke, Jeff would have got'em if they tried that type of behavoir here. The subject I addessed was General Safety. This one guy kept coming at me to include specfic Safety Guidelines that he could follow on his job. He was deranged (my thought's) and after 4 post's from him... I laid into him (the nut case) it was not sugar coated.

It blow's my mind.. how people get that way (nasty ass _ _ les) and ruin about very thing they can because it's their nature.

Happy Holidays

Avery   

[weimedog]

Regardless..it still down for what ever reason...wonder if the name goes back into the pool and can another website can be built w/ that name? I'm not familiar with web rules & laws regarding defining sites and purchasing names etc....or maybe the ones interested in true forestry stuff and saws for the working types can just stay here!

[Ianab]

If no one pays the domain registration fee before it expires, then yes, that domain becomes "free" again and someone else can register it and set up a new site.

Ian

[parrisw]

Haven't been around this site much.  I actually joined here before AS.  I did a search looking for why RS closed, and found this thread.  Maybe I'll hang out a little more here.

[Warbird]

This is a good site.  These guys have a wealth of information.

[Al_Smith]

 A little secret  of web forums,they come they go for whatever reason .Some stay and the people move on for various reasons .

I personaly visit quite a few ,some I participate some I just lurk some I don't even go there because of personal reasons I won't delve into .Eventually though most people that surf the net  might end up on several but might not care for them and leave for whatever reason and end up on others .--and so goes internet  forums.

No one forum has all the info in the world of saw building, forestry ,bandsawing or any other topic although some might have more content of one topic than others do .

[Al_Smith]

News flash ! According to Rick via a google search they got hacked  but should be back on line soon .

As I said before this hacking happens to all of them sooner or later .Too bad but so goes the internet .

[weimedog]

Just real interesting timing this time!

[Al_Smith]

 You can get a lot of interesting situations on the internet .These are often taken to be inuindos of vindettas but most time it's the well thought out plans of a hacker who might not have a thing to do with the site in question .

Just yesterday for example this site I'm typing on had a little glitch for a short period of time which evidently has been repaired .

[weimedog]

Yea..with hacking there is just tons of people around the world who have nothing better to do for recreation than trying to leave their mark on the internet...hacking is one of the forms of that expression unfortunately! And as Al points out its a statistical game...only a matter of time. I don't know much about website security...but are there protections possible from random hackers?

[Al_Smith]

Just as an eye opener go to a very popular web site that orginates out of Colorado .If you are a member in good standing which of course I'm not look at the members list .Thousands of registered users but most with no posts what so ever .These could be potential hackers or  a way to misrepresent the amount of members .Lots of tricks to running forums or tricks in general on the net .It's all over my head though because I have a hard time once I get passed turning the darned machine on .

Some forums you can't even get on unless you are a registered member which I suppose might at least limit the possibility of being hacked .

[Cut4fun]

Yeah I agree on the timing thing.  Funny how [edited] started a rumor saying I hacked the site after I called him out about being a pos thief and a liar IMO stealing from me twice and got busted doing so.  Then he removes my post or re-words them. Then he twist and turns things around to make himself look like a perfect little angel.

The sad part is he let things go to his big head so bad he is using racesaws to run his little porting business in the back ground. No different then some do as sponsors at other site.  Except they pay a fee and he gets free reign to keep people hushed and controlled at his finger tips.

Before I left the site I talked with one of the site owners on the phone (as we always did in the past) and told them I wouldnt be coming back till they had a honest admin/mod running the place for them.

Why people believe anything  that pos says is beyond me. Talk to anyone in the know in the chainsaw world back to 2002 and they can tell you they still waiting to talk to him someday.  Just glad I dont have to watch my back every place I go and  I can walk in clear conscience.

[Cut4fun]

I don't know much about website security...but are there protections possible from random hackers?

I admin/mod on another chainsaw site and I dont see any type of security stuff or know about it. But maybe the site owner knows. I have no idea.