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biid.org is no more
Written by Sean on Wednesday, December 14, 2005
For the last several weeks, trying to load http://biid.org gets you to a netFirms warning page that the site has exceeded its bandwidth. At first, I thought it was a simple glitch. They happen. But as the days, then weeks, and now months are passing, I must accept that it’s not about to be resurected. But is it only the site, or is it the entire organisation?
For all the issues I have with biid.org (mainly, their refusal to include para wannabes, their "amp wannabe elitism" if you will), I recognise that they were the only group to have manage *some* advances in the field. Is the demise of the website a sign that the organisation is going kaput? I don’t know. I hope not.
I heard through the grapevine that one of the main leaders of it passed away, and he was perhaps paying for the site out of pocket. This could explain why the site went belly up.
Oh humm. I guess time will tell. Or won’t.
In the meantime, http://www.archive.org is a good way to access the pages as they were last updated, 24 September 2004. I’m considering lifting the information and providing it on my site until they get back on their feet (pun intended). Time will tell here as well. Or won’t! ;)
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