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[*] posted on 20-9-2012 at 04:18
Sorry for the downtime


I was travelling and didn't check the site for a few days. There was some sort of low-level problem: virtual machine CPU use went to 100% and the machine was not responsive to any network requests. It seems to be fine after a reboot.



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[*] posted on 20-9-2012 at 04:21


Glad it was nothing serious. Thought maybe someone had decided to DDOS the site or something.



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[*] posted on 20-9-2012 at 04:22


oh thank science! who cares...i was just worried that something may have happened to you! we could live without the board if it had to be down but that you are well and healthy is far more important. glad to see it back up and running though.
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[*] posted on 20-9-2012 at 04:23


Pfewww welcome back!
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[*] posted on 20-9-2012 at 05:28


Glad to have SM again :D.
I feel like my world had suddenly became so silent.:o




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[*] posted on 20-9-2012 at 05:56


Only when we are deprived of our daily visit do we realize how much of a debt we all owe to Polverone. Thank you again, sir, for your efforts.

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[*] posted on 20-9-2012 at 05:59


Thank you! Was scared my science education was coming to a slow down. Good to see its back up and running!
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[*] posted on 20-9-2012 at 06:21


I was going through ScienceMadness withdrawal symptoms. Glad everything is back!
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[*] posted on 20-9-2012 at 07:15


Quote: Originally posted by DerAlte  
Only when we are deprived of our daily visit do we realize how much of a debt we all owe to Polverone. Thank you again, sir, for your efforts.

Regards, Der Alte


So true.
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Wow, I am glad's back. I felt lost.




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thumbup.gif posted on 20-9-2012 at 07:44


Quote: Originally posted by Doc B  
Pfewww welcome back!


I agree. Quite a relief. :D
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[*] posted on 20-9-2012 at 08:01


Yes, thank science Polverone is well and this trauma was just a freak occurence!

Maybe this downtime was fortuitous as it reminded me, and many others, how important this site is. Therefore I want to ask Polverone about costs. Do you need some financial help in supporting this forum?





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[*] posted on 20-9-2012 at 10:26


Glad were all back! I was hoping that torrent you made wouldn't be necessary. (though it is very cool!)



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[*] posted on 20-9-2012 at 10:26


Whew. That was concerning.

Glad you're back.
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[*] posted on 20-9-2012 at 10:44


Y'all a bunch of addicts.



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[*] posted on 20-9-2012 at 10:44


Polverone, thanks for all your efforts. I really am glad sciencemadness is online again!



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[*] posted on 20-9-2012 at 10:51


Yeeeaaah. I have been checking constantly for the last 2 days. Now I know it is nothing serious.

Thanks Polverone.




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[*] posted on 20-9-2012 at 16:27


Quote: Originally posted by hkparker  
Glad were all back! I was hoping that torrent you made wouldn't be necessary. (though it is very cool!)


Ditto.
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[*] posted on 20-9-2012 at 16:29


Quote: Originally posted by Magpie  
Yes, thank science Polverone is well and this trauma was just a freak occurence!

Maybe this downtime was fortuitous as it reminded me, and many others, how important this site is. Therefore I want to ask Polverone about costs. Do you need some financial help in supporting this forum?



Sorry for the double post, but I quoted the wrong one.
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[*] posted on 22-10-2012 at 17:27


when did you all have trouble??? I been able to look things up freely every night when I got off work. though saturday I was at a wedding. but prior all through till 2pm sat(wedding) and then back mid-day say 3ish sunday I was reading.

well glad I didn't even notice. and stuff is up cause I would have freaked out also. usually I read till 1 or 2am n get up ~7 to hang drywall. only gone for 9-10 hrs a day, LOTS of my time is reading here. sooo much to learn

suppose I could have left 3 or so long threads open and still been reading what was loaded before it went down..
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[*] posted on 22-10-2012 at 20:16


perhaps a thread like this should be locked after a reasonable time in order to prevent people from mistakenly thinking it is current and reviving it.
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[*] posted on 28-11-2012 at 16:21


We had a two-for-one special on forum interruptions! The database needed repair and the SSL certificate had expired. Now the DB is fixed, new SSL certificate generated. You will need to confirm a security exception again if you use the HTTPS version of the site.



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[*] posted on 29-11-2012 at 02:23


I thought it was just the Wifi I was using yesterday when I kept getting 500 errors. Glad to know that it's all sorted.



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[*] posted on 30-11-2012 at 00:40


its a relief to hear it wasn't a bug I picked up



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[*] posted on 1-12-2012 at 05:52


Quote: Originally posted by DerAlte  
Only when we are deprived of our daily visit do we realize how much of a debt we all owe to Polverone. Thank you again, sir, for your efforts.

Regards, Der Alte


Indeed.




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[*] posted on 1-12-2012 at 07:22


The u2u service is still buggy. Instead of opening a u2u it pulls up the annoying "would you like to view it now" screen, Clicking ok pulls up another of the same.



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