New Catobase - Page 3

thomamon · 06-14-2005, 06:50 PM

Does anyone have the source code? Perhaps we can just have the error fixed for now to continue using the old one.

DamnYankees · 06-14-2005, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by thomamon

Does anyone have the source code? Perhaps we can just have the error fixed for now to continue using the old one.

There is no 'error.' The program could just be imrpoved, like all programs.

Joshv02 · 06-14-2005, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by thomamon

Does anyone have the source code? Perhaps we can just have the error fixed for now to continue using the old one.

Isn't Jeff in a league or two still? Why not contact him directly?

(Note: just a suggestion!)

rem · 06-14-2005, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by thomamon

Does anyone have the source code? Perhaps we can just have the error fixed for now to continue using the old one.

Is that really ethical? Money issues aside, it seems wrong to use someone's source code without their permission.

rem · 06-14-2005, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Joshv02

Isn't Jeff in a league or two still? Why not contact him directly?

(Note: just a suggestion!)

I don't think so. I'm sure if Cato wanted use to be able to contact him, we wouldn't have any problems.

yanksfan3333 · 06-14-2005, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike D

It would have been so much funnier if he said that 3-4 hours wasn't enough.

Well...looks like I mispoke....mmm...this crow tastes great!

Joshv02 · 06-14-2005, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by remangiii

I don't think so. I'm sure if Cato wanted use to be able to contact him, we wouldn't have any problems.

Not that I'm a stalker or anything, but is this him?

Mike D · 06-14-2005, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Joshv02

Not that I'm a stalker or anything, but is this him?

No, that is obviously a different Cato.

By the way, the authorities have been notified.

rem · 06-14-2005, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Joshv02

Not that I'm a stalker or anything, but is this him?

http://www.sportplanet.com/sbb/tbsba/index.htm

Check out the last updated date on the file.

DamnYankees · 06-14-2005, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by remangiii

http://www.sportplanet.com/sbb/tbsba/index.htm

Check out the last updated date on the file.

Haha, guess that's a dead end.

Joshv02 · 06-14-2005, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by remangiii

http://www.sportplanet.com/sbb/tbsba/index.htm

Check out the last updated date on the file.

Well, that just shows I'm not a good stalker

Anyway, I think he is findable if people wanted to ask him directly for his source code stuff thingy. We just need a good stalker . . . volunteers?

UngratefulDead · 06-14-2005, 07:02 PM

I'd pay for it.

thomamon · 06-14-2005, 07:04 PM

maybe we can hope he comes out of hiding to upgrade it for 6.5 because he wants it to work for himself.

rem · 06-14-2005, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Joshv02

We just need a good stalker . . . volunteers?

Well, I googled his name (which I'm sure you did too) and found own of my posts. Does that count?

Joshv02 · 06-14-2005, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by remangiii

Well, I googled his name (which I'm sure you did too) and found own of my posts. Does that count?

I don't know -- ask yourself?!

D Love · 06-14-2005, 07:11 PM

True to all of it. Having a friend who programmed some useful utility for FPS Baseball for my old league and then made it available publicly for free, I could imagine how he'd feel if someone decided to hijack his utility simply because he didn't feel like updating it anymore.

That said, if the rewrite could really incorporate free thinking, then I'm all for it.

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Originally Posted by Ryan W.

Not just Jeff, but also the owners of baseball-reference.com. They designed out a lot of the screens that Catobase (and my tool a while ago) used. One of the people at baseball-reference.com actually contacted one of the owners of a league that used my tool and wanted to know why they stole their format. If you don't profit from it, though, it's hard to take nothing.

Asking for money, though, opens a new can of worms....

Comedian2004 · 06-14-2005, 07:40 PM

I googled 'Comedian2004 posting to the OOTP forum' and I found this message I was posting. It was strange, like that scene in Spaceballs when they were using the warp.

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Originally Posted by remangiii

Well, I googled his name (which I'm sure you did too) and found own of my posts. Does that count?

Chappy · 06-14-2005, 08:07 PM

Jeff was in the JOBL with me and vanished at the same time he vanished from these forums, which IIRC was around August last year. I don't know if he just quit communicating in general, or if he told the commish he was leaving, but my impression was that it was the former.

thomamon · 06-14-2005, 08:10 PM

I can't imagine he would mind someone fixing it to work with 6.5. After all, he did use open source code to create it in the first place.

If it were me, I would not mind.

johneh · 06-14-2005, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by remangiii

Well, for one thing it's my understanding that Paypal charges a $4 fee for each credit card purchase.

No, depending on the account type Paypal charges something like 35 cents plus 2.5% of the sale.

06-14-2005, 06:50 PM	#41
thomamon Global Moderator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NJ Posts: 5,274	Does anyone have the source code? Perhaps we can just have the error fixed for now to continue using the old one. __________________ Thomas A. Montalto Please check out my Stupid Little Blog - http://www.stupidlittleblog.com

06-14-2005, 07:04 PM	#53
thomamon Global Moderator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NJ Posts: 5,274	maybe we can hope he comes out of hiding to upgrade it for 6.5 because he wants it to work for himself. __________________ Thomas A. Montalto Please check out my Stupid Little Blog - http://www.stupidlittleblog.com

06-14-2005, 08:10 PM	#59
thomamon Global Moderator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NJ Posts: 5,274	I can't imagine he would mind someone fixing it to work with 6.5. After all, he did use open source code to create it in the first place. If it were me, I would not mind. __________________ Thomas A. Montalto Please check out my Stupid Little Blog - http://www.stupidlittleblog.com

06-14-2005, 07:02 PM	#52
UngratefulDead Banned Join Date: May 2004 Location: Bay Area Posts: 3,415	I'd pay for it.

06-14-2005, 08:07 PM	#58
Chappy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 2,721	Jeff was in the JOBL with me and vanished at the same time he vanished from these forums, which IIRC was around August last year. I don't know if he just quit communicating in general, or if he told the commish he was leaving, but my impression was that it was the former.