'whois' says that the administrative and billing contacts are in sacramento. is that where the machine is?
perhaps someone in the area could track the guy down and give a friendly knock on his door with five or so well-dressed friends - informing him that legal action will commence if the machines are not returned promptly. why the well dressed friends? to haul the hardware, of course. :) and it might scare the crap out of the guy to have a half dozen sharp looking guys show up on the front steps - matrix sunglasses, anyone? :) elijah > Could 'one' person please CC this to the suse list, I am not subscribed. > > I'm going to disagree with Rich here. The machines (plurl) ARE hijacked. > Barrett become so "disinterested" with computers at one point he tried > to ebay the UP2000 API donated to US without even telling me or Rich. > If it wasnt for Kirk Erichson giving me a heads up the thing would have > been sold for under 5K with the profits going in his pocket. > It's a 15K machine. Rich Payne is the orignal owner of alphalinux.org the > domain but the administrative part of it was transfered to Barrett for > some reasons that where practical at the time. Rich still pays the bill even > though the domain name effectivly points no where. > > I have CALLED him numerous times only to be screened on his caller > ID or dumped into his voice mail. He's never returned a call or > an email since the ebay incident which was summer 2000, maybe earlier. > We've faxed him domain trasnfer forms that have been ignored along > with phone calls regarding that subject. So this is the situation. > > Barrett G. Lyon holds hostage by his inaction and blatant disregard in > general: > > 1 UP2000 dual 667/2 in a CH320 chassis. Been offline for 2 years +. > > 1 164LX donated by a former linux/alpha user under certain terms which > are NOT being met. It's supposed to have net access so he can use it from > time to time for a shell. > > 1 domain name, alphalinux.org . > > The last recourse besides a firmly written letter sent via certified mail > is probably legal action of which I wouldnt know how to begin. One > last handicap, Barrett's Dad is a lawyer :-). > > So (me) having no job and very little money I ask the alphalinux community. > > Help. > > Ideas, suggestions, course of action, resources aka money, lawyers, and/or > your time would be greatly, heartfelt appreciated. > > If we can get the hardware back it does nobody any good for it to sit > in mine or Rich's house. It would require colocation of which costs money. > We'll cross that road when we get there. > > If anyone wishes to speak with me just email me and I'll send you my > number. I'd rather not publish my home phone on a mailing list. > > Thank you. > > Peter > > > Not hijacked...but, the machine that has run alphalinux.org for the past > > several years is in California, hosted by theshell.com. They have > > graciously allowed us to use their bandwidth at no charge due to the fact > > that one of the gents that started theshell.com likes Alphas. Now, over > > the past several months the site become more and more flakey and we're > > now at the point where the machine is not on the net. > > > > I don't know why and any requests I send to them are just > > ignored. Unfortunatly the domain name is owned by the person mentioned > > above and he has become "bored" with computers and I seem unable to get a > > hold of him. So it doesn't look good for alphalinux.org. > > -- > www.linuxalpha.org www.alphadriven.org > Peter Petrakis Warrior/Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "<BLAM!!> Who the hell are you!? Name's Ash <click clock> Housewares..." > > > -- -- "Everything that is excellent is as difficult as it is rare." --Spinoza
