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Pemmican is back.
What happened? Here's the short version. The site was
hacked. We're not entirely sure how it happened but we think
that an email containing a virus or a trojan was sent to the
Pemmican mailbox. In any case, the operating system of our
main computer was damaged and it became necessary to wipe
it. Many people have asked if we saved our files. Yes, we
did, for the most part (though there are inexplicable losses
and we're still discovering the extent of our losses). What
we did lose was software, primarily the software to create
Pemmican. Unfortunately, a great deal of that software was
donated to us, with the computer, and no initializing copies
of the software remained. Being working stiffs, that meant
we had to earn the money to buy the software to get Pemmican
back online and the bottom line on that is: it ain't cheap.
One loss that we still haven't recovered from is the loss
of the navigation system software. As you can see, however,
there is a functional navigation system in place, even though
it lacks a certain pizazz. For now, it will have to do. Before
we could do anything, we had to address the issue of security
and that meant that before any of the fun software could be
purchased we had to have virus protection, firewalls, security
scanners, etc. There is probably no ultimate protection against
those who wish you ill--but we're much more armored than we
used to be.
We will be putting accepted work online on a regular basis
as well as updating our graphics. (Not to mention working
out a million bugs...) Therefore, many of you may not see
your work appear for quite awhile. Please, bear with us. We'll
get there. Pemmican is determined to crawl out of the wreckage.
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