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                        Starshipmodeler hacked!

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                        kylwell
                        • Member since
                          May 2003
                        • From: United States
                        Posted by kylwell on Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:42 AM
                        I've been in contact with J&L. The forums will go back up. There's still alot going on, but rest assured it will return.

                        Chris, kinda wonder why you wandered off. Always enjoyed your work. Ego...yeah there are a few, I just try to ignore them. Since the polictic threads have closed down things seem to be much more mellow.

                        Or at least in the areas I frequent.
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:21 AM
                        People really need to get a life and leave decent communities alone. I hope SSM gets the forum back up and running soon. Sad [:(]
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                        Gundamhead
                        • Member since
                          June 2003
                        Posted by Gundamhead on Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:24 AM
                        I feel like a refugee. I can't believe how much info was just lost. Links to sites, projects underway, and all the people that I consider friends.
                        I do hope he does not let the hacker win and brings the forums back.

                        I never saw too much ego there. Everybody helped everybody all the time.
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                        Chris_in_Japan
                        • Member since
                          November 2004
                        • From: Fukuoka Japan / Brisbane AUS.
                        Posted by Chris_in_Japan on Thursday, March 24, 2005 6:46 AM
                        Well, the reason I became a member here, was that I found the members to be a little more relaxed and sociable.. SSM was a little too clicky in my eyes, and at times when your opinion differed from the norm, you were put in your place.. Here I get to talk about modeling in many different subjects, and not restricted to just sci-fi!.. Everyone here is helpfull and sincere.. No ego's!...

                        Chris in Japan

                        On the bench:

                                                  1/48 RAAF 3 Sqn F/A-18B

                                                  1/150 /1/160 N Scale Japanese Rail diorama.

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 24, 2005 5:53 AM
                        I am lost without SSM. Is there anything we can do to help get the forum back up?
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:25 AM
                        I don't really understand the scorched Earth reaction of abandoning the forums.

                        Ok, bummer, they are gone. Start rebuilding a new one. All the info can be replaced in time. The archives were obviously not backed up, but I bet a lot of readers saved stuff.
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                        Umi_Ryuzuki
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: PDX, OR
                        Posted by Umi_Ryuzuki on Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:17 AM
                        We will rebuild if given the opportunity.
                        The community was too large to be completely silenced.
                        However all the specific forums and members will be sorely missed for awhile.

                        Hello to everyone that at least made it here.
                        Cool [8D]

                        Umi_Ryuzuki
                        Nyow / =^o^= Other Models and Miniatures http://mysite.verizon.net/res1tf1s/
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 24, 2005 1:00 AM
                        What I will miss the most are the construction and finishing forums. They were an archive of sage advice and I do not beleive exist anywhere else. We have indeed lost a great resource.
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                        madmike
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Perth, Western Australia
                        Posted by madmike on Thursday, March 24, 2005 12:32 AM
                        We need a bigger participation on ARC's SF forum. I got the name changed from Spacecraft to Spacecraft and Science Fiction, so it is ready for some heavy discussion!

                        What a meathead or meatheads for doing this sort of thing. Prats like that do not care how many people are affected by their smart arsed actions!

                        cheers

                        Mike
                        "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." - Galileo Galilei
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 23, 2005 11:43 PM
                        Seriously, what would motivate someone to crash a site like Starship Modeler??? I can understand going after a site with opposing political views, (I say "understand", not condone) a porn site or some other hot topic, but starship modeling???

                        I'd be worried that I was once again being targeting for being a nerd, but I don't believe former jocks could ever work a computer, let a lone hack a site.
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 23, 2005 11:02 PM
                        John shouldn't let the hacker win like this. The forum should just be re-implemented.
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                        maxx1969
                        • Member since
                          May 2004
                        • From: Oregon
                        Posted by maxx1969 on Wednesday, March 23, 2005 10:36 PM
                        DUDE!SoapBox [soapbox] Thats one of my favorite stops for all the new info. I say we form a posse, track em down and hang em!Grumpy [|(]

                        Matt
                        ~Matt T Meyer
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 23, 2005 10:11 PM
                        Aaaaaaargh! I don't know what to do! This is a serious problem. SSM is my favorite site!! Personally, if we are all going to regroup... i say we do it on Aircraftresourcecenter.com or at Armorama.com... there forums are way better than this one. What do you think?
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 23, 2005 9:43 PM
                        Woody how did you find out?

                        Just answered my own question, its on the main site. I guess we should expect to see some familiar faces over here soon.
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                        Buddho
                        • Member since
                          March 2003
                        • From: Newport News VA
                        Posted by Buddho on Wednesday, March 23, 2005 9:42 PM
                        Boy does that suck...

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                        Model Grandpa
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Keizer, Oregon
                        Posted by Model Grandpa on Wednesday, March 23, 2005 9:40 PM
                        Yep, I check in over there every so often, that really stinks!
                        Regards, Dan Building Scale Models At The Speed Of Dark
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 23, 2005 9:38 PM
                        As usual one person ruins it for everyone.
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                        Woody
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Third rock from the sun.
                        Posted by Woody on Wednesday, March 23, 2005 9:37 PM
                        I hear you. Who ever did it is a real scumbag.Grumpy [|(]

                        " I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way." --John Paul Jones
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 23, 2005 9:36 PM
                        Oh man!!!! That does really suck.Grumpy [|(]
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                        kylwell
                        • Member since
                          May 2003
                        • From: United States
                        Posted by kylwell on Wednesday, March 23, 2005 9:27 PM
                        Just read that...seriously sucks.

                        Whomever did it better hope they never get found.
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                        Woody
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Third rock from the sun.
                        Starshipmodeler hacked!
                        Posted by Woody on Wednesday, March 23, 2005 9:20 PM
                        The forum at Starship Modeler has been hacked and all the data lost. John has closed to forum until more secure software can be obtained. He has also said that there is a chance the forum is gone for good! Disapprove [V]

                        " I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way." --John Paul Jones
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