Re^3: remove the "Everything Developer" nodelet

You talk like someone you doesn't understand how the DNS works.
Most likely, the machine is still out there, alive and well. To access it, all we'd need is its IP address.

That said, there's no reason we couldn't disable the nodelet now, and if EveryDevel ever pops up again, we could re-enable it.

OTOH, I don't quite see why it was ever exposed to non-developers. If we simply removed it from general visibility, only the developers would care about it, and they could disable it for themselves if they don't want to see it. We wouldn't have to hear people like you whinging about it.

Update: This has now been done: the "Everything Developer" nodelet is no longer available, except to pmdevils. (But note that if you already had this nodelet enabled, it is still there.)

Between the mind which plans and the hands which build, there must be a mediator... and this mediator must be the heart.

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Re^4: remove the "Everything Developer" nodelet by Anonymous Monk on Jan 18, 2009 at 05:52 UTC
No, I talk like someone that has been around long enough to know the history of perlmonks and the everything engine. Blockstackers is dead. everydevel.com is dead. The machines in question are probably long gone too. You are an idiot if you think that somehow a domain squatter grabbed the domain but someone somewhere still cares enough to host the box. Since, by your own admission, you are ignorant of PM history I will inform you: The nodelet was exposed to non-PM developers because a long time ago the everything engine was hoped to someday power a multitude of nifty sites like perlmonks and it was assumed it had broader interest. Well, that didn't happen and now the nodelet is nothing more than a waste of space. Feel free to prove me wrong, of course. Have Tim Vroom post back supporting you since you are so clearly in possession of inside knowledge.scoff I won't hold my breath.	[reply]
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