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The Sacred Octagon
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2001 6:56 am
by Gene Gillam
I was just looking at a back issue of the Sacred Octagon (April 99) and noticed that they were advertising reserved copies of the Sacred Octagon from 1964-1999 on a CD-ROM. Was this CD ever made?
Gene Gillam
Re: The Sacred Octagon
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2001 10:08 am
by sculptart@aol.com
If a CD of the back issues of the "Sacred Octagon" has been made, someone please let me know where to obtain one. It is nice the index is available in the spiral book from the Register, but really frustrating when I cannot find an article because I do not have the issue of the magazine.
If this CD has not been made, who could be contacted about the feasibility of doing this?
My best to all, Ben Cordsen
Re: The Sacred Octagon
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2001 10:35 am
by Chip Old
On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Gene Gillam wrote:
> I was just looking at a back issue of the Sacred Octagon (April 99)
> and noticed that they were advertising reserved copies of the Sacred
> Octagon from 1964-1999 on a CD-ROM. Was this CD ever made?
I think that project was dropped.
--
Chip Old 1948 M.G. TC TC6710 XPAG7430 NEMGTR #2271
Cub Hill, Maryland 1962 Triumph TR4 CT3154LO CT3479E
fold@bcpl.net
Re: The Sacred Octagon
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2001 11:29 am
by Gene Gillam
Chip, Carl, Peter, and all the others that replied,
What a shame the project was dropped - sure would have made a nice Christmas present for me this year.
Gene
Re: The Sacred Octagon
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2001 2:43 pm
by KEN PORTER
Ben:
It is my understanding that this project was dropped as there was no way to prevent the CD from being duplicated either in whole or in part. The old copywrite bugaboo again.
Ken TC 4147
sculptart@aol.com wrote:
If a CD of the back issues of the "Sacred Octagon" has been made, someone please let me know where to obtain one. It is nice the index is available in the spiral book from the Register, but really frustrating when I cannot find an article because I do not have the issue of the magazine.
If this CD has not been made, who could be contacted about the feasibility of doing this?
My best to all, Ben Cordsen
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Re: The Sacred Octagon
Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2001 12:46 am
by C Sherriff
Message text written by INTERNET:
kporter@unix.asb.com
>It is my understanding that this project was dropped as there was no way
to prevent the CD from being duplicated either in whole or in part. The
old copywrite bugaboo again.
Re: The Sacred Octagon
Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2001 4:28 am
by Ray
Hear, hear!!
Best,
Ray
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To: kporter@unix.asb.com>
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Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] The Sacred Octagon
> Message text written by INTERNET:
kporter@unix.asb.com
> >It is my understanding that this project was dropped as there was no way
> to prevent the CD from being duplicated either in whole or in part. The
> old copywrite bugaboo again. ===================================================
> Sad Sad.....
>
> The Rest of the world seems to handle this without to much of a
> problem they can't live with.
>
> After all theres little there that the people involved invented
> themselves, most of the knowledge we are talking about was
> handed on to them from others freely and willingly anyway
> with the intention it be widely known to the MG fraternity.
>
> Does this then translate into a "no way we can maximised financial
> return so don't let the information out to anyone" syndrome that
> we have seen with copyright issues in the past?
>
> Such a pity this attitude exists - should I be charging the TABC list for
> each piece of (occasionally accurate and hopefully useful) information I
> put into it?
>
> Regards
>
> Clive
>
>
>
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to
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>
>
Re: The Sacred Octagon
Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2001 5:31 am
by KEN PORTER
Clive:
One of the things I could not understand was that that National Geographic
Magazine would gladly make the entire 100 plus years of the magazine
available to anyone who purchased their CD and the NEMGTR will not make there
valuable information available to those who really need it. It's just as easy
to photocopy a magazing article as it is to copy the data from a CD. I don't
understand why they have this hangup with the CD. Sometimes I wonder why I
remain a member of the NEMGTR. We, on this list, disseminate more information
in one day then the Sacred Octagon does in a years worth of magazines. And
ours is free, more timely, probably more accurate and with a little humor
thrown in.
Ken TC 4147
C Sherriff wrote:
> Message text written by INTERNET:
kporter@unix.asb.com
> >It is my understanding that this project was dropped as there was no way
> to prevent the CD from being duplicated either in whole or in part. The
> old copywrite bugaboo again. ===================================================
> Sad Sad.....
>
> The Rest of the world seems to handle this without to much of a
> problem they can't live with.
>
> After all theres little there that the people involved invented
> themselves, most of the knowledge we are talking about was
> handed on to them from others freely and willingly anyway
> with the intention it be widely known to the MG fraternity.
>
> Does this then translate into a "no way we can maximised financial
> return so don't let the information out to anyone" syndrome that
> we have seen with copyright issues in the past?
>
> Such a pity this attitude exists - should I be charging the TABC list for
> each piece of (occasionally accurate and hopefully useful) information I
> put into it?
>
> Regards
>
> Clive
>
>
>
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: The Sacred Octagon
Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2001 5:48 am
by Geoff Love
KEN PORTER wrote:
> Sometimes I wonder why I
> remain a member of the NEMGTR. We, on this list, disseminate more information
> in one day then the Sacred Octagon does in a years worth of magazines. And
> ours is free, more timely, probably more accurate and with a little humor
> thrown in.
> Ken TC 4147
>
Have you considered joining the Octagon Car Club in the UK? You will receive
twelve magazines a year with a wealth of knowledge gladly and freely imparted by
enthusiasts for enthusiasts domiciled in a country with very little hang-ups
about being sued for liability. Remember, the NEMGTR is just a "register"
(whatever that means), the Octagon is a club.
Geoff Love.
Re: The Sacred Octagon
Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2001 6:06 am
by alan@somex.freeserve.co.uk
In addition to the very good Octagon club, dont forget that
membership of the MG Car Club gives automatic enrolment in the
appropriate register.. in our case the T Register
Alan Webster
TA 3239
--- In mg-tabc@y..., Geoff Love wrote:
>
>
> KEN PORTER wrote:
>
> > Sometimes I wonder why I
> > remain a member of the NEMGTR. We, on this list, disseminate more
information
> > in one day then the Sacred Octagon does in a years worth of
magazines. And
> > ours is free, more timely, probably more accurate and with a
little humor
> > thrown in.
> > Ken TC 4147
> >
>
> Have you considered joining the Octagon Car Club in the UK? You
will receive
> twelve magazines a year with a wealth of knowledge gladly and
freely imparted by
> enthusiasts for enthusiasts domiciled in a country with very little
hang-ups
> about being sued for liability. Remember, the NEMGTR is just
a "register"
> (whatever that means), the Octagon is a club.
>
> Geoff Love.