Re:Comp.lang.c Google Group has been banned
by rsync on Sunday February 14, 2021 @12:12AM
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"I just reworked entire architecture of the site, which unfortunately also means I have to re-synchronize over 1 billion posts back into the archive."
Thank you very much for creating and maintaining this archive.
I am not sure how big of a commitment I am making when I say this but we (rsync.net) would like to give you free service, forever, to back up this resource.
Please contact us if this would be useful.
Re:Comp.lang.c Google Group has been banned
by jozefjarosciak on Sunday February 14, 2021 @03:27PM
(#26135936)
Wow, I overlooked this post. But you have me interested. I would like to talk more about the details of your offer. Please send me your contact info.
Re:Comp.lang.c Google Group has been banned
by throw0101a on Saturday February 13, 2021 @08:32PM
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His weblog post on this work:
* https://www.joe0.com/2020/10/07/converting-utzoo-wiseman-net...
* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25036780
Interview with Henry Spencer, who a lot of these early archives came from (along with Wiseman, who extracted the tapes):
Re:Comp.lang.c Google Group has been banned
by vzaliva on Saturday February 13, 2021 @08:31PM
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First of all, thank you for making this available.
However without Search functionality the utility of this archive is very limited.
Re:Comp.lang.c Google Group has been banned
by zikzak on Saturday February 13, 2021 @08:59PM
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Is Google indexing the content? Maybe you can search it that way.
Re:Comp.lang.c Google Group has been banned
by Godel_unicode on Saturday February 13, 2021 @10:38PM
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"site:usenetarchives.com" has a bunch of results, so it seems so.
Re:Comp.lang.c Google Group has been banned
by jozefjarosciak on Sunday February 14, 2021 @03:22PM
(#26135887)
Hello, and thanks for your words, much appreciated.
As far as search capabilities, it's a bit tricky to create a fast search, when you have over billion posts full of text to search through. But I am working on putting together a text search within a specific group, which seems to be working pretty fast. I should have it completed in a week or two.
I have archives of comp.lang.c group going back 35 years (1986-2021) and when I saw this news I decided to prioritize this one and just started synchronizing it into my archive. In a couple of hours, you should be able to see all of the posts ever made to: comp.lang.c group over at my Usenet Archives:
Here it is, enjoy: https://usenetarchives.com/threads.php?id=comp.lang.c&y=0&r=...
BTW. I just reworked entire architecture of the site, which unfortunately also means I have to re-synchronize over 1 billion posts back into the archive. That will take some time, but anyways, just wanted to tell you that I prioritized this group. Enjoy!