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[an_unattributed_source]

OpaQue, on Nov 25 2004, 08:17 PM, said:

I got hundreds of PM's asking what the hell is trap17, how did I get this name, what does it mean.. there is also a thread open regarding this. While most of the people are still wondering, what does trap17 mean ??

Ok! Time to open up the secret!

Warm Regards,
OpaQue.

Wow! That was quite an impressive story, but I wanted to ask a question that I hope will be perceived in the manner which it was intended, which is what they call "politically correct" in the United States. Although you write in what is very "readable" English, it is apparent that English is probably not your native language, or maybe even the one that you use most often. Would it be rude to ask what your linguistic background might be? I like to guess where people might be from based on their spoked accents, but it is harder to tell from their written English. By the way, I ONLY speak and write English, so the fact that you are fluent it probably at least two langauges already makes you superior to me!

[richierich1m]

really a cool story,even i like to spend hours on my site ,but you are a genius

[darran]

What a great story. So many difficulties to get to where you are, but that makes us appreciate being at Trap17 even more. So many things were sacrificed just to get here. And it is really amazing that you do all these without making any profit for yourself, I am sure at least 1/4 of the members of the forum would have no qualms giving you a donation for all your hard work on the forum. The base and foundation of Trap17 is built, we can only grow more popular but I hope in future, Trap17 should never become commercial, let computinghost.com handle it.

The fact that Trap17 is free, and encourages constructive input from its users is what draws people to the forum. A lot of them were looking for a good site to post in and also get some good quality hosting out of it. But sooner or later, I am going to move to computinghost.com, once I have applied for my debit card

[OpaQue]

an_unattributed_source, on Aug 11 2006, 04:08 AM, said:

Wow! That was quite an impressive story, but I wanted to ask a question that I hope will be perceived in the manner which it was intended, which is what they call "politically correct" in the United States. Although you write in what is very "readable" English, it is apparent that English is probably not your native language, or maybe even the one that you use most often. Would it be rude to ask what your linguistic background might be? I like to guess where people might be from based on their spoked accents, but it is harder to tell from their written English. By the way, I ONLY speak and write English, so the fact that you are fluent it probably at least two langauges already makes you superior to me!

Yes, you are right. :-) English is not my native language. I generally speak Hindi, Marathi and Kanadda here. I never scored good in English...so please don't mind my ..err.. broken english, poor vocabs and spelling mistakes. I usually communicate my ideas in a simple language which I believe is easier for a large population of people (non-english) to grasp and understand. :-)

[randomdood]

great story, i mean you came from so far, i guess everyone has to start somewhere but you have come a big way since then. good thing your company took off and i hope for a prosporous future.

[me_boxer_dude]

Wow now this story does tell me a thing or two about the virtue of keeping patience when 'it itself' is hard to find. I may not be an avid biographical artical reader but still I gotta tell you that truly its an awesome story so far to speak of it. Most of us lose our patience after failing in our attempts once or twice at the most but you have been rocking the free hosting world even after facing so many setbacks. Cheers for you man.

[QuickSilva]

Very nice story. I really enjoyed reading that one. Quite emotional at some points, but you battled through that and good on your for doing so. I believe for you it was well worth the trouble and all because now you have such great websites and companies. You and all of the staff have done really well in making and maintaining this website. If this website ever closes, I truly do not know what to do. This website is one of the few things I actually use on the internet, along with Wikipedia .

Anyway, very good website and overall one of the best I have ever been on and the best community on the internet!

[TypoMage]

Wow that is some story I did not realize how deep Trap17 is.
Well now I know.

[jlhaslip]

About time to resurrect this relic and let the newer members have a look at the trials and tribulations Opaque has gone through to bring them this site...