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kg notes that we're still getting occasional Internal Server Errors. I know why it's happening, I think I know how to stop it but it's going to involve stopping the forum for 15 minutes of downtime.

Depending on what we decide as a long-term fix we may also have a one-day merry-go-round if we need to adjust the nameservers. I'll try to reduce that to as short a time as I can, and I'll give two days' notice before making the adjustment. Other than that, none of the periods of downtime should exceed a quarter of an hour and they'll all of them have a "system down" page rather than just no response.

The server did lock up for ten minutes an hour or so ago - that was me. I'll be more careful next time.
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doesn't worry me . If the wind changes direction I lose my wideband connection. lol

The server did lock up for ten minutes an hour or so ago - that was me. I'll be more careful next time.


Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha poor spot. :)
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spot;1370745 wrote: kg notes that we're still getting occasional Internal Server Errors. I know why it's happening, I think I know how to stop it but it's going to involve stopping the forum for 15 minutes of downtime.

Depending on what we decide as a long-term fix we may also have a one-day merry-go-round if we need to adjust the nameservers. I'll try to reduce that to as short a time as I can, and I'll give two days' notice before making the adjustment. Other than that, none of the periods of downtime should exceed a quarter of an hour and they'll all of them have a "system down" page rather than just no response.

The server did lock up for ten minutes an hour or so ago - that was me. I'll be more careful next time.


OK but twenty pages of error messages to wake up to - you could have warned me first! I nearly had a heart attack :wah:
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I'm going to try that again in an hour.
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Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
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spot;1370745 wrote: kg notes that we're still getting occasional Internal Server Errors. I know why it's happening, I think I know how to stop it but it's going to involve stopping the forum for 15 minutes of downtime.

Depending on what we decide as a long-term fix we may also have a one-day merry-go-round if we need to adjust the nameservers. I'll try to reduce that to as short a time as I can, and I'll give two days' notice before making the adjustment. Other than that, none of the periods of downtime should exceed a quarter of an hour and they'll all of them have a "system down" page rather than just no response.


Only been here three days, and I'm already stirring up all kinds of trouble. :o

See how I am? :sneaky:
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ohhhhh. Do it again!!!!

If you pay real close attention there's a momentary high right before the crash and you can see through the veil of existence.
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We're back, we regret having taken 80 minutes instead of the 20 minutes I thought it should be, we crashed a couple of times unexpectedly.

No more outage anticipated until next week.
Nullius in verba ... ☎||||||||||| ... To Fate I sue, of other means bereft, the only refuge for the wretched left.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
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I was on pins and needles.
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I'm notified by the host that FG was down for perhaps a half hour between three and two hours ago. A somewhat bemused Admin offers his apologies.
Nullius in verba ... ☎||||||||||| ... To Fate I sue, of other means bereft, the only refuge for the wretched left.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
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