Tanpaku page says (thru Babelfish):
To everyone of TANPAKU participation On 2008 August 18th, the Web server/the scheduling server stopped. Cause was the hardware failure which happens on HDD. As for the file system of the HDD partition which it breaks it was possible, to restore, it was possible also to back up the data which it receives from everyone in another computer. Directly, the fact that TANPAKU cannot be reopened reproducing the constitution which causes problem in reality, and is from thought that it does not go to the meaning that, you use. In addition, it was about topic is held concerning the management of user profile edit function and the bulletin board even in the operational aspect. Pulling, also it had become problem not to be able to turn labor to the stage which examines the new idea in regard to research. Recurrence preventive measure explanation was said vis-a-vis this kind of problem, at the same time, raising the plan which can expect the new result in regard to research not only purpose of the beginning lending PC to everyone for the second time, asking the fact that it receives was required, but it was piled up with the transference of the member, when human labor has not been enough, it was not possible to raise this kind of plan. Therefore, TANPAKU stops. Indeed excuse it was not even presently the inquiry expectation according to of everyone support. Also the present remains member, means with to appear in outside the university, but permission of the post laboratory was obtained concerning utilizing the server because of release of the calculation result which past it receives from everyone. Little by little because it keeps updating information, we ask please may.
That was very fun and all, but please, can somebody that speaks japanese translate it better?
I'm curious if all those cycles put in this project (admitedly, i didn't do tanpaku much, but others did) went down the drain, or will something come out of it?
Thanks.