STV: Cayars17 Ultimate STV (Release 17 - Jan 18)

[bgorrell]

Originally Posted by Opus4

I really don't want this to turn into a "How do I contact Cayars?" thread. For whatever reason, he has decided to leave this forum w/o any further word. As far as I know, he is doing fine. It is unfortunate that he decided to leave w/o returning borrowed items or delivering the DVD software that some people paid for, but please don't post contact information or possible links to such information. The sale of such software probably should not have been allowed to be promoted on this forum, so don't be surprised if such posts are removed in the future. However, there is not much we can do about what has already happened, so lets just move on to better things.

Thank you.

- Andy

Fine by me. My intention was to help anyone with a legitimate monetary claim. Just as an analogy, if I let my neighbor borrow a $200 lawn mower, and he moved in the middle of the night without returning it, I would want to get a hold of him! If no one wants to pursue it though, it is a moot point.

BTW, it's amazing what you can find on the internet. It really makes me think about all the digital foot prints we've left behind over the years. Most people only think of cleaning up their own computer of internet history without realizing they leave a history every time they visit a web site or join a forum.

About four years ago someone got my credit card number off the internet when I made a purchase over a supposedly secure site (etronics.com). Within days he had charged thousands of dollars on various online sites such as internet phone services, web hosting services, and Dell computers. He even tried registering a domain in my name (a $4500 charge). American Express started an investigation, but they wouldn't talk to me about it at all. I ended up doing my own search because I was worried about identity theft and what he planned to do with my good name. I was able to quickly locate the individual based on the footprints he left on the web. He slipped up on one site when he registered with my name and credit card, but his own e-mail address. I was able to find the same e-mail address on several other sites. On some of them, he had a complete profile with his real name, age, home town, etc. It turned out he was a 15 year old vietnamese computer hacker living in Russia. It didn't matter though--AmEx wouldn't even take the info because it was an "ongoing" investigation. I'm sure he got away with it. Luckily for me, he stopped using my name and contact info after about a month.

[Cayars]

Originally Posted by ToxMox

As I've said before I'm pretty sure (about 99%) this isn't the case. No one knows what happened to Carlo. He hasn't logged into his forum account for 2 months now. I've attempted to contact him numerous times since he still has my PVR-350 and haven't heard squat. I'm rather disappointed in him unless something terrible has happened.

Actually it was/is the case.

I did talk to opus on the phone one day and did get a message from him on another day via another person. As luck would have it 2 or 3 days after that call I got into a major car accident with many broken bones including both arms and legs with a total of 32 total breaks. It's been a long recovery and I've been "pecking" here and there on a couple of forums and I'm just making my way back.

I've got a lot to catch up on but will. Just wanted to drop in and say hi.

Carlo

[Cayars]

Originally Posted by ToxMox

The most irritating this for me in this situation is that Carlo and I used to chat via MSN messenger and his account comes online often and I send repeated messages which he (or someone using his account) completely ignores. Just now for example I saw him on and this is my transcript:

[10:44] ToxMox: Hey Man!
[10:47] *** "Cayars" signed off at Fri May 06 10:47:09 2005.

I wish he would either just send me back my 350 or give me money for it. Every month that he has the card it goes down in value.

I totally forgot about the card Tox, sorry about that. In the scheme of things around the house it hasn't been given much thought. Give me a couple of days and I'll hook up with you to get it back to you.

Carlo

[ToxMox]

Originally Posted by Cayars

I totally forgot about the card Tox, sorry about that. In the scheme of things around the house it hasn't been given much thought. Give me a couple of days and I'll hook up with you to get it back to you.

Carlo

Thats good to hear Carlo. I'm glad you are OK. I suspect you have a lot of physical therapy to go through. Welcome back.

[ajuhawk]

Originally Posted by Cayars

Actually it was/is the case.

I did talk to opus on the phone one day and did get a message from him on another day via another person. As luck would have it 2 or 3 days after that call I got into a major car accident with many broken bones including both arms and legs with a total of 32 total breaks. It's been a long recovery and I've been "pecking" here and there on a couple of forums and I'm just making my way back.

I've got a lot to catch up on but will. Just wanted to drop in and say hi.

Carlo

You may want to skip all the nasties we had to say Seriously though, sorry to hear you had a bad accident!! And glad to hear you're ok! Welcome back.

[Cayars]

Originally Posted by ToxMox

Well since we are on the topic of Cayars it seems that nothing terrible has happened to him. I guess he was just done with the Sage community.

http://www.aspinvision.com/support/f...ts.asp?TID=925
(about halfway down the page a post from last month)

Well not exactly as you've probably read by now in a few posts above. Since someone is going to ask what happened I'll try and give you a brief overview here. I was in Philadelphia seeing a client and was walking across the street on a "walk" sing and some nut came around a corner and hit me and the guy I was with (client). I got the worse of it with 32 broken bones, punchered lung, ruptured kidney, etc... The hardest part for me has been the recovery and not being able to type worth a damn. I've spend a good deal of time with a pencil in my mouth hitting keys as its faster then the alternative...

Legs are now decent and I can walk (still with a lot of pain) and can use my left hand/arm pretty well but my right hand/arm still isn't back to anywhere near normal. I've got about 30% use of the right arm/hand now with still plenty more rehab to go.

Best of all, the guy that hit us both had no insurance and since I wasn't driving my car insurance doesn't cover anything. Needless to say, when thing get better for me, I'm going to take up lobbying for better insurance laws.

As for the Sage community, I wouldn't say I'm done. Let's just say I took an unfortunate "extended break" from it, and now need to get caught up.

Carlo

[Cayars]

Originally Posted by insomniac

now that i know hes not dead, I wish him to trip on a small crack in the road and break something small like a pinky finger.

Said finger could of been the one he could of used to just throw a "retirement" message in this forum. Hope he made some use of my donation

I.

Dude, don't make wishes like that.

[snoopy]

MAN! you must have helped alot of folks here. EVERYBODY talks about Cayars STV. I just started using SageTV and Cayars makes it all work IMHO. Get well soon. I'm sure I speak for many when I say that 'you are in our prayers'.

Respectfully, Snoopy

[Crashless]

Wow. I'm so sorry to hear about all that. I hope things are getting better for you man.

I am glad to hear you're okay though. Take your time, this forum can wait.

[insomniac]

whoa...so I will own this....from everything that it looked like, you had just plain dumped any movement on your great work, and skipped out on responsibility of returning peoples hardware, etc.

Now that you have let everyone know what happened (now that you are able), I can remove my foot out of my mouth

My wish was after your car incident. I dont hold the karma for that one....I will refrain from judgement in future circumstances like this one for sure....

Glad you are recovering. Hope everything gets as close to 100% as possible.

Originally Posted by Cayars

Dude, don't make wishes like that.

[Surtr]

Hey Carlo -

I just wanted to chime in as well and say welcome back and wish you a smooth recovery.

-Justin

[bgorrell]

Carlos, very sorry to here about your misfortune. My sincere wishes for a full recovery. I'm sure everyone is glad to hear from you and that you neither abandoned us or died. The rumors were flying as you can well imagine. I'm not sure of everything that's been written to this point, but I'm sure you'll see people's emotions ranged from concern, to anger, to moving on. Essentially, you became a "virtual" missing person. I think I even suggested contacting the police re. your well being at one point. I wouldn't have suggested that except that you are such an important part of this community (as you know) that I felt we needed closure.

Of course, take all the time you need to recover and thanks for letting us know what happened.

Brian

[ptaylor]

Cayars,

Heres wishing you a complete recovery... (I switched back to BeyondTV, at least for a while... Just stopped in tonight to see if anything big was going on - And boy was I surprised to hear about your misfortune!)

Paul

[CarlG]

Yay Cayars is back! Sorry to hear about your accident though Looks like alotta ppl on this bb owe you an apology

Cheers

[InsertHere]

I too would like to wish you all the best in your recovery, and be one of the many to say Welcome Back! You are certainly a valuable member of this community.

Cayars STV has thoroughly improved my Sage experience.

[Tej]

Welcome back, and thank you for the work you've done in this forum. Here's hoping you're recovery goes well. We all undervalue our health, until we lose it.

[mayamaniac]

Recently I was in a near death experience myself, a car fell from above freeway overpass and narrowly missed my car. So although I escaped without harm, but I learn that sh*t happens at an instance and you could be dead or hospitalized with many broken bones. Hope you get better Carlos. You've done plenty for the SageTV community already, Cayars STV is the best. Forget everything said here (especially the negative comments), just worry about your health. Glad you're alive and recovering.

[BerrantRyke]

Man, I HATE being right! I was afraid that somthing *bad* had happended, but I am glad to hear you are on the mend. FWIW, let me know if there is anything I can do for you.

And, welcome back

[davephan]

Carlos,

Welcome back. I thought something bad must have happened in your life. That sounds like one bad accident. I thought most of the worst drivers were in Minnesota, where I live.

I came very close to a head on collision on a 30 mph two-lane parkway with no shoulder only a few blocks from my home. There was an idiot passing around a blind corner going about 45 - 50 mph going the opposite direction. I was very lucky that I could make an emergency hard right turn into a parking lot driveway just before the imact would have occurred. After I made the emergency manouver, I saw the idiot continue passing, unconcerned about the near head on collision.

I hope you are able to recover from your life changing accident Carlos.


Dave

[turak]

Originally Posted by davephan

Carlos,
Welcome back. I thought something bad must have happened in your life. That sounds like one bad accident. I thought most of the worst drivers were in Minnesota, where I live.

Nah...People drive like assholes here in philly. Red lights are often ignored. Check out this article about an intersection that is 3 blocks from my house. In a four month period, over 11,000 people ran the red light a Grant and Roosevelt. We have two of the top three most dangerous intersections in the country according to insurance agencies.