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[*] posted on 12-5-2015 at 15:37


Archive updated again. Unfortunately forgot to revisit this thread before preparing it so the search contribution still hasn't been added. Archive is now current through 6 May 2015.

http://www.sciencemadness.org/archive/SM-offline2.ova

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[*] posted on 27-9-2015 at 11:59


Archive updated again. Archive is now current through 23 September 2015.

http://www.sciencemadness.org/archive/SM-offline2.ova

This release is 10,673,768,448 bytes in size, md5 hash accd4811ce4f8b8125b19793c3794f25.

The live forum is growing so large, and the archive itself is taking so much space, that I may have to take the archive offline in a few days just to free up space for the live forum. Please send me a U2U if you can host large files like this.




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[*] posted on 29-1-2016 at 16:37


Archive updated again. Archive is now current through 16 January 2016.

http://www.sciencemadness.org/archive/SM-offline2.ova

This release is 11,788,337,664 bytes in size, md5 hash 2371a99d11c848860b18933c37942233.

Remember, if you are unhappy with the administration of the forum, the archive is a chance to replicate Sciencemadness elesewhere, under different leaders and rules. The archive comes with tools to ease replication onto a new host, though you will still need reasonable familiarity with Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP. This is a chance at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exit,_Voice,_and_Loyalty">exit</a>, so that I do not have the temptation or the means to leave members stuck in an organization they are unhappy with.




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[*] posted on 16-6-2016 at 20:41


Archive updated again. Archive is now current through 13 June 2016.

http://www.sciencemadness.org/archive/SM-offline2.ova

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[*] posted on 18-6-2016 at 20:11


While the current backup is offline, if anyone wants it right now : https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6GYzE-Eq2NmaVJFbVpKNUV0Nl...



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[*] posted on 28-2-2017 at 23:05


Is there a 2017 backup available? You could host it at google drive or mega.nz
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[*] posted on 15-5-2017 at 10:54


So... are there any backups of the site for this year?



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[*] posted on 19-2-2018 at 10:17


Okay, in case anyone is having trouble with this or wants to do something similar to what I'm doing, I got the virtual machine running remotely in a headless configuration. VirtualBox can be installed and run via a command line, making it a million times easier to work with via a standard terminal, rather than try to figure out all the quirks of the virtual machine terminal. This allows for easily accessing the guest's filesystem from the host, since you can use tools like rsync and scp over ssh. Since I didn't want to waste my phone's data, I spun up a new Ubuntu server on AWS, then downloaded gflip's copy of the virtual machine here:

https://drive.google.com/uc?id=0B6GYzE-Eq2NmaVJFbVpKNUV0NlE&...

The following perl script will be able to download the file from the above url:

https://github.com/circulosmeos/gdown.pl

Then I set it up so that I could SSH into it locally, using port forwarding as described here:

https://leemendelowitz.github.io/blog/ubuntu-server-virtualb...

The SQL database for the site, compressed, is about 8GB. This seems excessive. Will need to look into it some more.




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[*] posted on 9-6-2018 at 11:31


I have updated the archive a couple of times since I last posted about an update, but I haven't kept up with the announcements.

The archive has been updated again. It is now current through 2 June 2018.

http://www.sciencemadness.org/archive/SM-offline2.ova

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[*] posted on 9-6-2018 at 11:53


I'm getting a "Forbidden" error on that file.

[Edited on 9-6-2018 by streety]
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[*] posted on 9-6-2018 at 12:10


File permissions have been fixed.



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[*] posted on 9-6-2018 at 12:20


The download has started so looks like it is now good.

I downloaded the previous backup and managed to get it running. Remarkably simple.

I downloaded it with the intention of helping Melgar migrate the forum software. phpBB is complex!

I may also parse the posts to extract any youtube links in my ongoing efforts to make copies of all relevant channels.
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[*] posted on 7-7-2019 at 12:21


Anyone able to add this to a torrent? Us slower connections wont be able keep a solid connection long enoguh to get it
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[*] posted on 15-2-2020 at 11:39


The archive has been updated again, after a long delay. It is now current through 8 February 2020.

https://www.sciencemadness.org/archive/SM-offline2.ova

This release is 21,241,060,864 bytes in size, sha256 hash aa4f54ea040b4c826597accec11d20020fa686707a85c3a673c357a8474aa176.

[Edited on 2-16-2020 by Polverone]




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[*] posted on 15-2-2020 at 21:40


Quote: Originally posted by Polverone  
The archive has been updated again, after a long delay. It is now current through 8 February 2019


You meant 8 February *2020* ....NOT... 2019.... Correct ?

Also please confirm this linked VM is still valid

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

[Edited on 2/16/2020 by Rosco Bodine]
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[*] posted on 16-2-2020 at 04:06


So when will we move to new forum software?????:mad:

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[*] posted on 16-2-2020 at 11:48


Quote: Originally posted by fusso  
So when will we move to new forum software?????:mad:

Why such an angry message? Keep in mind that this is all voluntary and unpaid work from the side of Polverone. Of course you can ask for when new software will be available, but sending such an angry-looking message is not the way to go. Also keep in mind, that despite all kinds of problems with software and otherwise, the forums still are alive and kickin' with an active and enthusiastic member base, already for 17 years! For this I want to thank Polverone and of course the community around sciencemadness! How many other forums survive that long? Most of them go out slowly and silently, some after just a few months, others after a few years.




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[*] posted on 16-2-2020 at 12:15


Quote: Originally posted by Rosco Bodine  
Quote: Originally posted by Polverone  
The archive has been updated again, after a long delay. It is now current through 8 February 2019


You meant 8 February *2020* ....NOT... 2019.... Correct ?

Also please confirm this linked VM is still valid

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads



Oops! Yes, 2020. Message updated. The VirtualBox virtualization software is still the right choice for running this image.




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[*] posted on 8-2-2021 at 17:18


Quote: Originally posted by Polverone  


Oops! Yes, 2020. Message updated. The VirtualBox virtualization software is still the right choice for running this image.



Is it possible to do a differential or incremental backup? I think it would be great if every year there was a full backup made and then do an incremental or differential backup each month so people could just download the monthly updates to have their backup fully functional with the latest posts. It's just a thought, I really hate where I see some things going with online censorship and this is one area where being proactive is priceless.

If you need or want any help doing this or figuring out if this is possible, I'd be happy to do so. I'll also be happy to host any/all of the files on a HTTP/FTP download page and as torrents.
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[*] posted on 7-8-2021 at 12:59


The archive has been updated again. It is now current through 25 July 2021.

https://www.sciencemadness.org/archive/SM-offline2.ova

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[*] posted on 13-10-2024 at 15:26


I was wondering if there is a chance of updating the site backup or if there is a way to create a differential file that could include any new threads since the last backup or ideally any thread that has been altered since the last backup.

I would be willing to host any file (the original, a differential or a new complete backup) on my torrent servers as I have 2, one that is 10GBps & one that is 1Gbps.

The only issues I can see about doing an differential is it might be difficult to incorperate it into the existing files unless the files just over-write the older files with the updated files.
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