Service interruption...

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 4:33 am

SnoozeControl wrote: ... or whatever it's called, seems to be happening nearly every day at approximately 5:30 US Mountain Time every morning.

Just in case admin didn't already know.:rolleyes:

Everything seems to be working fine over here with no proble

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 4:40 am

SnoozeControl wrote: Must be those pinko commies messing with my computer again.
Well at least there are no interru

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 4:41 am

ptions

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 4:44 am

Snooze is right, it is popping on and off for about 1/2 hour now.

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 4:44 am

I agree Snooze. It's round 9 or 10pm in eastern Australia, which probably matches.

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 4:50 am

Seems ok now but for a while I was denied access to Supporting Member only areas

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 4:54 am

There are Supporting Member only areas????????????????? Where????

cars · Post by **cars** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 5:49 am

SnoozeControl wrote: ... or whatever it's called, seems to be happening nearly every day at approximately 5:30 US Mountain Time every morning.

Just in case admin didn't already know.:rolleyes:

"They're" just getting even with you!

:p

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 7:34 am

I slept through the whole thing...:wah: :wah:

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 3:39 pm

Pinky, I guess you and I will be told in the fullness of time how to start preparing ourselves for initiation into these loftier mysteries.. hic.. still havent had me coffee... arghghghhghgh ...

We will become worthy

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 3:44 pm

I'll be worthier when I get on the outside of this bloody coffee... ahhhhh

Rapunzel · Post by **Rapunzel** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 4:23 pm

SnoozeControl wrote: ... or whatever it's called, seems to be happening nearly every day at approximately 5:30 US Mountain Time every morning.

Just in case admin didn't already know.:rolleyes:

Maybe the cable that runs across the top of the mountain range has got caught on a mountain peak or squashed in a crevasse perhaps? :-3

Okay, that sounded funnier in my head. :p :rolleyes:

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 7:30 pm

At a similar time I have trouble with yahoo, but not with other sites. May be one router/gateway is hiccupping??????

(Okay I'm spouting nonsense, but if I do it with a really serious, knowledgeable expression.. people might think I'm a real geek who understands the mysteries of life, the universe, cyberspace)

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 7:33 pm

But you do Pam! Someone must be hiccuping somewhere, and it has universal implications.........................nah, it was too much root beer.

anastrophe · Post by **anastrophe** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 7:41 pm

we actually are aware of the problem. we just haven't figured out the solution. it occurs during the nightly backup of the server. i've been trying various little tweaks and things to try to get it to behave, to no avail. unfortunately, because our users come from pretty much every corner of the globe, there really is no time that we could schedule it for that wouldn't affect some cross section of users.

i've made yet another tweak this afternoon, and we shall see how it goes in the morning. i don't think it's going to make any difference.

i recommend 'hot copying' anything important you're in the middle of posting before you hit the 'submit' button, around that time....

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 5:12 am

Thank you for working on it anastrophe. Just for info sake, it was down for about 45 minutes here 7:30 EST.

BabyRider · Post by **BabyRider** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 6:24 am

It was also down around 8:00 a.m., my time. But I'm here now!!! Geeze guys, let's get with the program!!!

(Just kidding, y'all know I'm a serious FG junkie!!)

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 6:27 am

:wah: Yeah, I grab my morning diet coke, and no FG! I need both fixes in the morning!

BabyRider · Post by **BabyRider** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 6:29 am

chonsigirl wrote: :wah: Yeah, I grab my morning diet coke, and no FG! I need both fixes in the morning!
Yeah!!! It used to be coffee and a ciggie. Now it's FG, coffee and ciggie. No better way to start the day!!

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 9:46 am

Rapunzel wrote: Maybe the cable that runs across the top of the mountain range has got caught on a mountain peak or squashed in a crevasse perhaps? :-3

Do you think someone might be standing on it ?

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:55 am

It must be BigFoot.....................

anastrophe · Post by **anastrophe** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:05 am

last night was an entirely different issue, unpleasantly enough. Our network connectivity provider had to do some significant maintenance on the connections feeding into the location of our servers, which took us off the internet for two hours, ten minutes.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:09 am

Wow, you always are on top of it, anastrophe! Thanks for taking such good care of us all!:)

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 12:12 pm

This may be a stupid question so I apologize in advance.

Is Paul's job a full-time paying job as admin for Forum Garden? Or is it just something done 'on the side' for free?

I can't imagine holding down a job and running this zoo!!

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 12:23 pm

cherandbuster wrote: This may be a stupid question so I apologize in advance.

Is Paul's job a full-time paying job as admin for Forum Garden? Or is it just something done 'on the side' for free?

I can't imagine holding down a job and running this zoo!!

I believe that he works at home running a web based computer consultancy and keeps his eye on FG as he's working.

Might not be the full shilling but it's not far short of 11 pence threefarthing.

BabyRider · Post by **BabyRider** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 1:49 pm

anastrophe wrote: last night was an entirely different issue, unpleasantly enough. Our network connectivity provider had to do some significant maintenance on the connections feeding into the location of our servers, which took us off the internet for two hours, ten minutes.
Oh geeze, I am SO glad I wasn't trying to get on during that time. I'd have been convinced I'd been banned!!!

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 1:52 pm

BabyRider wrote: Oh geeze, I am SO glad I wasn't trying to get on during that time. I'd have been convinced I'd been banned!!!

Seriously? Or kidding?

BabyRider · Post by **BabyRider** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 1:53 pm

cherandbuster wrote: Seriously? Or kidding?
Totally serious.

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 1:57 pm

BR, I know you feel very connected to some people on this site. And I'm sure it has been a sort of lifeline for you at your most difficult times.

Who woulda realized just how close you can become to people you type to? It's pretty amazing, ain't it?:)

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 2:02 pm

It's been hitting me just as I come in to check up on everyone before heading off to bed. After we'd been threatened with extinction the other day I really thought we'd been um extinguished.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 2:08 pm

At least they don't out up a screen like they used to do on the TV when a station went off the air..........................

anastrophe · Post by **anastrophe** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 2:15 pm

AussiePam wrote: It's been hitting me just as I come in to check up on everyone before heading off to bed. After we'd been threatened with extinction the other day I really thought we'd been um extinguished.

i apologize for that. my threat was totally unacceptable, i let prevailing personal issues get the best of me, and posted recklessly.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 2:17 pm

We love 'ya, anastrophe! We all have our days.

*please forget my cranky posts when they pop up too*

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 2:20 pm

anastrophe wrote: i apologize for that. my threat was totally unacceptable, i let prevailing personal issues get the best of me, and posted recklessly.

Does this mean you're human after all?

Apology accepted

BabyRider · Post by **BabyRider** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 2:23 pm

cherandbuster wrote: BR, I know you feel very connected to some people on this site. And I'm sure it has been a sort of lifeline for you at your most difficult times.

Who woulda realized just how close you can become to people you type to? It's pretty amazing, ain't it?:)
There are people here who know me better than some of my blood family, and that's not a joke. A lifeline? Bet your ass.

anastrophe wrote: i apologize for that. my threat was totally unacceptable, i let prevailing personal issues get the best of me, and posted recklessly.
Well, lookie here...Paul's human.

It's got to be frustrating for you Paul. We all (I feel safe speaking for the majority) completely understand. Just don't EVER threaten us with that again!! California's not so far away that I won't come out there and kick your ass!!! :yh_rotfl :yh_bigsmi

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 2:32 pm

Gee GOSH... Paul.. I wasn't really having a go at you !!!!!!!!! You're a big part of making all this good stuff possible for us. I was just giving rein to a bit of early morning paranoia.. grin.. angst if you like. Times are tough here right now FG is important to me. I love all you Guys... grin. (But never fear, this schmalzy lovey-dovey feeling will go as soon as I've had me coffee, and normal bad-girl systems will be resumed. There are FGers to tease. FGers to chase with my longbow. Limericks to be written...)

anastrophe · Post by **anastrophe** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 2:32 pm

trust me on this, it will never happen again. tombstone and i 'discussed' the matter at length, and - albeit after far more discussion than should have been necessary - i saw the error of my ways. it was a costly lesson, but i did learn from it.

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 2:35 pm

(((((((((((((((((((( Paul )))))))))))))))))))))

Pam hugs and runs, very fast, in case V is about... :yh_smiley

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 4:56 am

You're right Snooze. Hallelujah !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 4:59 am

*rats*

Slept right through it...............................:wah:

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 5:36 am

anastrophe wrote: i apologize for that. my threat was totally unacceptable, i let prevailing personal issues get the best of me, and posted recklessly.

Paul . . .

. . . behaving recklessly

Sounds pretty interesting to me:sneaky:

anastrophe · Post by **anastrophe** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 10:41 am

SnoozeControl wrote: Yippee... it didn't happen today!

Thank you Anastrophe, you've changed my life.

interesting - good to know. however, one troublefree morning doesn't mean it's solved for sure unfortunately. we'll need to go at least a week of troublefree mornings before i consider the case closed.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 10:46 am

Sherlock Holmes! Always after that sneaky Moriarty of net interruption..............

anastrophe · Post by **anastrophe** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 10:43 am

any glitches this morning?