Well, this is bittersweet. It seems that copywright infringement and numerous online publishing of the "Shape of Things to Come" ALTA reports from the web bot project - have brought it to a screeching halt:
"There has been so much ripping off of the "Shape of Things to Come" report in torrent sharing and on web sites out of places like the Netherlands, that we're being forced to shut down the whole project. While it may appear to some (low-life types) that file-sharing of the reports wouldn't be noticed, not only has it been noticed, but it has driven a stake through the project.
The reason is that the costs of the web bot project run in excess of $20,000 per month and we'd been counting on revenue from sales of the web bot reports to pay for bandwidth. Since the rip-off artists have effectively killed the paid downloads by giving it away free, Cliff is forced into the position of shutting down future web bot prediction reports unless we can find another way to cover the $25K/month in project costs.
Moreover, since that's the road Universe seems to be kicking us toward, might as well harmonize with it and put the whole web bot project up for sale, executables, source code and all. If you're interested (and have a relatively deep pocket) send an inquiry to george@ure.net or moon@halfpasthuman.com and we can talk. Yes, we will talk to any country that wants it and no, we're not interested in 'cooperative ventures' with two-bit players. Cash talks and BS walks. Cliff's sick of the whole thing anyway and knowing the personal toll that goes into the interpretation of the web bot data, can't say as I blame him.
Want to roll your own web bot predictions? Fine. Lots of luck, don't bother us. We're trying to figure out what to do with an $850 electricity bill, a room full of servers at Igor's place and how to get out of a $16,000 data services contract. . ."
You can read the entire article at the Rumor Mill News Room. And if you'd like one last "hoorah" to support Cliff and the web bot prediction project, you can visit Cliff's site, Half Past Human, and purchase "The Shape of Things to Come (2010) - Issue Two" for $10. It covers a period from August 2009 until November 2010. You can also puchase the "Last ALTA Report" which covers the period from the summer of 2009 until the summer of 2010 (120 pages) for $36.
7 Comments:
I have no idea what all this is about i am new to your blog. You sound pretty cool and interesting though all the same.
Did webbot predict this? I dont understand. Im new to this also and dont know how it real works. but i would see or ask if webbot can predict its own future.
I support(ed) Cliff and his project.
This is very upsetting to say the least. I just get word of the web bot project (because I was living under a rock) and it's gone...This is horrible news.
Cliff and crew -- thank you --
Hi Rachel,
With any luck, Cliff and those guys will have a change of heart. Had those that purchased the ALTA reports not published them online . . . this may have been a different story. But the simple fact is, running the project has some major overhead expenses and without the income to support it, it's just not feasible to go on any further.
Thanks for your support of this site, Rachel. We really do appreciate it. (Although, we do not have any affiliation with Cliff or the web bot guys . . . other than our support of their brilliant project.)
We, too, are sad to see it go. . .
You are gonna get some spikes in your web site due to The History Channel - In January 2010
- Decoding The Past: Doomsday 2012, The End of Days - Whewww Here we go !!!!
Yeah I saw some history channel episodes and noticed the web bot stuff is becoming known too normals. So I went to the site and bought thier product. I also bought the subscription to peoplenomics. So far I found it somewhat accurate in predicting stocks.
sorry cliff it really sucks you have to sell,Im sure bot will someday come back twofold
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