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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.

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