Ripperologist 100: February 2009

[LTowell]

Same here. It took a while, but it opened up fine on my Mac after about 5 minutes. Great issue!

[John Savage]

Hi All,

For what it is worth I just downloaded Rip. #100 using my mobile broadand connection in 7 minutes.

No problems!

Rgds
John

[Sam Flynn]

"real magazines" are going the way of vinyl records and eight-tracks. In talks with several print medium publishers I have been told that in 10 years--tops--print magazines will be rare indeed.

... that's why the "domestic" printer was invented.

[Supe]

Dr. Watson,

You remember, the "real" magazines

Hold that memory because those so-called "real magazines" are going the way of vinyl records and eight-tracks. In talks with several print medium publishers I have been told that in 10 years--tops--print magazines will be rare indeed.

Don.

[Jane Coram]

Hi,

As Supe said, the team at Rip will call in the Ghostbusters who will hopefully get rid of Druitt's restless spirit and iron out the other kinks that this massive issue has generated. It did make me smile though that it was that particular title - it couldn't have been more appropriate.

If you haven't been able to download the issue, please be patient and we'll get it to you some other way asap! Then in a weeks time you'll get the rest of issue 100 - hopefully with less problems!

Hugs

Jane

xxx

[Dr. John Watson]

Never had those problems with the old paper-and-print editions of Ripperologist. You remember, the "real" magazines - the kind you can hold in your hands and leaf through without having to stare at a screen or fiddle with keys - the kind you can read in bed at night, or at the table while you're having lunch . . . like the ones carefully stacked on two shelves of my bookcase, available for re-reading, anywhere, anytime - yep, even when the power goes out (though you might need a candle)! I miss those relics of yesteryear. I wonder how long before hard-copy books are totally replaced by electronic media (shades of "soylent green"!)

[Natalie Severn]

thanks Don,
I will try again now and if it times out I will just wait until tomorrow.
Cheers

[Supe]

Nats,

I use dial-up and like Debs I have an ante-deluvian machine, but I did not run into "time out" problems and I believe we have the same provider. Hang in there and the Rip tech team will try to sort it out.

Debs,

Your "ghost" is an artifact from a template used for part of this issue. But what more appropriate vestige to appear than "Druitt's Ghost" eh?

Don.

[Debra A]

How did you manage to stop it timing out Debs? My attempt has timed out twice now.
Would be glad of some help on this!!!
Thanks
Norma

Hi Norma
Are you using dial up? I've got broadband so I didn't have that problem, just an age waiting for the dinosaur to download it! Then it crashed twice while I was reading it!!...and I kept seeing Druitt's ghost at the start of every page and I haven't touched a drop!

Hi Suzi

[Supe]

Robert,

Nice catch--I certainly fell into that one.

Don.

[Robert]

"I left my machine going while I went to town for a few things in anticipation of the 14 inches of snow they have promised for tonight and when I returned--voila! It ws there."

Sounds like the snow came early - and fast!

[Natalie Severn]

I have Rip!
And well worth the download wait by the looks of it.

How did you manage to stop it timing out Debs? My attempt has timed out twice now.
Would be glad of some help on this!!!
Thanks
Norma

[Supe]

And remember folks, this is just Part-1, with Part-2 coming along in a week. But our 100th did deserve something special. And for those with geriatric computers like mine, you will have a blank screen for a seeming eternity, but it does eventually load. I left my machine going while I went to town for a few things in anticipation of the 14 inches of snow they have promised for tonight and when I returned--voila! It ws there.

Don.

[Robert]

Just read Stewart's interesting article on pounding the beat. In view of the penalty of dismissal consequent upon negligence, I would like to ask him if he feels that Long's and Harvey's dismissals in the same month of the same year could have been a delayed payback for errors they might have committed on the night of Sept 30th - given that it would have been a PR disaster to sack them in 1888.

[Suzi]

That was really a cool cover, Adam! Really nice indeed.

And congrats to the 100 issue anniversary.

All the best

Hope you'll be there for the 200th!