After a long run within the Princeton University domain, my former department,
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, decided it would no longer provide a home for
the Global Consciousness Project server at noosphere.princeton.edu. At the time of this writing, I still have a pending
request for that name to be linked via DNS to the new server at http://teilhard.global-mind.org,
but we have moved on. We are hoping the University will provide the connection because
of the huge number of links (some 55,000 direct URL references) to the Project in the Internet.
The GCP has a new home but we have been able continue the data collection and archiving
without substantial interruption. The sophisticated design of the software and network
has allowed us to maintain uninterrupted data sequences
despite the old server being cut off suddenly on October 12 2011. All data
are stored locally on the Egg Host computers, awaiting an opportunity to transmit to the central
server. The biggest logistical issue is to provide information and tools for the remote hosts
to change their software to address the new server for data communication. That process
is well along, with over half of the Eggs now reporting data to the new archiving server.
As of October 19, most pages are available, and most links are live on teilhard.global-mind.org.
There is still much to do, especially with the various scripts and programs that do
automatic processing. I will be working on that over the next few days, and assisting the Egg hosts
in the changeover. As has been the case from the beginning, I am deeply indebted to my colleagues
for making the transition possible and surprisingly smooth. Thanks and kudos to Greg Nelson,
Paul Bethke, and Rick Berger for their contributions of time and their extraordinary capabilities.