Forum Down Time

geoschmo · #1 December 10th, 2003, 06:50 PM

EDIT: Statment withdrawn.

[ December 10, 2003, 18:36: Message edited by: geoschmo ]

se5a · #2 December 10th, 2003, 07:19 PM

so umnn why dont they test it on a coppy of the forums first?

Fyron · #3 December 10th, 2003, 08:35 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by geoschmo:
It's not as simple as copying data. The file upload code for the forum was specially written and configured for this forum. The latest update of the forum broke that so it has to be rewritten, and tested, and rewritten again, etc. Sometimes that's a quick process, other times it most definetly is not.

It is quite easy to test the code you are writing on a copy of the forum. You do not have to write it on the actual server. In fact, that is about the worst way to go about it, using the actual forum server as your debugging platform. The code should be written and tested first on a dummy platform, so that it takes little time to get it working on the real server.

geoschmo · #4 December 10th, 2003, 08:38 PM

I withdrew my statement because I have no knowledge of why the forum has been down. I was suggesting a possible hypothesis, but basically talking out my arse. I am confident knowing Richard as I do that it was something more complicated then simply "copying data" or it wouldn't have been down as long as it was, but I have no idea.

Geoschmo

Fyron · #5 December 10th, 2003, 08:40 PM

On that point I would be inclined to agree with you.

Slynky · #6 December 10th, 2003, 08:45 PM

Regardless, a little warning accompanied by time estimates (down at ??:?? and up at ??:??) would be very appreciated, I'm sure. I get tired of clicking the shortcut in order to find out it's still down. If I had an estimate on when it would be back up, I wouldn't be doing that. NOt to mention, if I knew when it was going down, I could make one Last look to see if there was any information I needed (like updating the Ratings site, games on hold, etc.).

Heck, I'm in the government and as poor as our reputations are, we don't pull down any server without first posting notification to everyone.

David E. Gervais · #7 December 10th, 2003, 10:25 PM

The forums were down this past week-end? Gee, I missed it. does someone have a transcript?

I spent the weekend and the past few days taking care of xmas shoping.

18 gifts to buy this year, 18 gifts to buy.
find a good one, make the purchase, 17 gifts to buy this year..
17 gifts to buy this year, 17 gifts to buy.
find a good one, make the purchase, 16 gifts to buy this year..
..5 gifts to buy this year, 5 gifts to buy.
find a good one, make the purchase, (Oops, my credit card is maxed and my bank account is empty.) still 5 gifts to buy this year..

Oh well, I guess the final 5 will have to be happy to get hand-me-downs. (AKA Used DVD's and VHS's)

What was this thread about again? LOL I'm loosing it people, it happens every year at this time.

Cheers!