Recent server downtime

thomas

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Dear valued Members,

We apologise for the recent downtime.

Following a power outage at the Data Centre, our server went down, and all services needed to be restarted. This happened, of course, on Sunday night after we'd already called it a day.

Thank you for your patience and your understanding!

 

Grandpa Frank

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UGH ! Talk about feeling helpless. Haven't had a problem like this for years. It was down for me about 7 hours that I know of. Not sure how long before I tried to log in at Midnight your time.

 

Last edited: 27 May 2024

thomas

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Yes, this was really bad timing.

Once again, our apologies.

 

nice gaijin

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Thanks for putting us back on the shelf, @thomas!

 

dracuella

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I think I've been tainted by my job - my first reaction was that someone with an axe to grind had started a DDoS attack on the servers. I'm glad it was merely a power outage <3
I'm glad to see you all again ^_^

 

thomas

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dracuella said:

...someone with an axe to grind had started a DDoS attack on the servers.

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To be honest, that was my first thought this morning, too. There's a cohort of potential culprits.

 

Grandpa Frank

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HA HA , too much excitement in my life lately. Just had to deal with a drunk driver passed out in front of my house. Took 2 cops to haul him away. Had an ambulance crew and 4 cop cars come when I called it in.

 

dracuella

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Grandpa Frank said:

HA HA , too much excitement in my life lately. Just had to deal with a drunk driver passed out in front of my house. Took 2 cops to haul him away. Had an ambulance crew and 4 cop cars come when I called it in.

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Sounds SLIGHTLY excessive with four cars xD
Frank, do you live in a very, very bad neighbourhood?

 

Grandpa Frank

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Lived in my house about 40 years now and only have something interesting happen about once every 5 years , LOL. As a side note , the car had some front end damage. Just before they towed it away , an officer showed up with some front bumper pieces that matched the damage on the car. I'm guessing he hit something and left the scene because he had been drinking. I had never seen the car before so I think it was just a case of he decided to sleep it off on my street. Probably be another 5 years before another event , LOL.