It certainly wasn't for nothing. The bard site is down now and the message on the site says that Library of Congress events are canceled and websites are inaccessible except for a couple of legislative ones.
-- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Oct 1, 2013, at 10:06 PM, Ricardo Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Its hard to say it was for nothing. I mean, NLS did issue the statement. > It’s not like some blind person just made it all up. lol. Now, I didn’t > treat it like the sky was falling, and I now needed to download the entire > catalog but, I think the warning, and expectation of no service was valid. > > JMO. > > Ricardo Walker > [email protected] > Twitter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > > On Oct 1, 2013, at 9:51 AM, John Diakogeorgiou <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It's interesting that again the blind community feaks out for nothing. >> As of this morning the sight worked just fine. >> >> On 10/1/13, Patti Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I had to go to a meeting last night, fully intending on coming home and >>> downloading some books that I had found in the new listings. >>> Well I forgot to do that, so when I got up this morning I thought, well >>> that's that, I can't get those books. >>> But I was able to get them. >>> So I wonder did we get a reprieve or since it was yesterday's books is >>> that why I could get them. At any rate I am glad I was successful in >>> getting the ones I wanted. >>> Patti >>> >>> On 9/30/2013 11:07 PM, eric oyen wrote: >>>> This is a major reason why a single app on an iPhone (like BARD) is such a >>>> not so nice idea. In order to read any books from the NLS, the app >>>> authenticates with the NLS servers. If they are shut down, so is your >>>> ability to read. THis is why I prefer the use of both my Braille Sense and >>>> my Victor Reader Stream. With these and a few ram sticks full of books, I >>>> can be set for just about any contingency. >>>> >>>> -eric >>>> >>>> On Sep 30, 2013, at 11:21 AM, Marianne Denning wrote: >>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> I did a little research and copied this information directly from the >>>>> home page of the Library of Congress. If you have downloaded books >>>>> onto your IDevice you should be fine but if they are in your wish list >>>>> you probably won't be able to access them. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> News from the Library of Congress >>>>> >>>>> September 27, 2013 >>>>> >>>>> Advisory: Possible Federal Shutdown >>>>> >>>>> In the event of a temporary shutdown of the federal government, >>>>> beginning Tuesday, October 1, all Library of Congress buildings will >>>>> close to the public and researchers. 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