Don't have any relevant information about it but way back then I was a member at MP.net and remember the thread well. The bit you have posted above would of been the original posting that later was lost when the forum had a fatal meltdown and the backups didn't work.
The thread was restarted once the forum came back online, before going totally dead after the forum owner was forced to shut due to repeat copyright infringements being tossed at him. I do have the last few months of posts saved as .pdf files but don't think they contain anything of any importance other than the moment 2495 went MIA.