It was scheduled maintenance that was supposed to be just for Friday night. But from the hosting company:
QuoteThe Host It Now Networks has been in the process of a network and hardware upgrade due to a company datacenter merger.
The parent company promised us that this upgrade would be seamless and downtime would be minimal. Apparently the hard-drives are not compatible with the new hardware.
Had the Host It Now Networks known anything about the impact to our customers, we would have migrated all of our customers to our business class customers in St. Louis, MO prior.
We do strive to keep our customers site up as much as possible and your site is very important to us.
Thank you for your understanding
After this letter, I emailed him back for a guesstimate on the timeframe for the site to be back up and he said 3 hours. 5 hours later, I went to bed. But its back up finally this morning, so I just wanted to let you know what was going on. Out of our hands. Sorry about that.
Sami
Eh... somehow 3 days of downtime seem appropriate for Easter weekend. ;)
Nothing you guys could help.
Boy, was that a drag. I was going into withdrawal.
I took the biggest crap in the history of mankind this weekend. Seriously. I thought it would never end.
i was lost this weekend i didnt know what to do online
this board must be powered by microsoft somehow. as every time there's maintenence or upgrades, it's gets all farged up for a while. :D
(this is no way a shot at anyone running this place. just a joke at a big billion $ powerhouse's expense.)
besides we all know this was TO's fault.
I don't think I did any drugs this morning, but damn if this screen don't look funny...
Life just wasn't the same.
Like Dio, withdrawal was creeping up on me.
I was forced into spending time with the wife n' kids during this 3-day outage...It was unbearable! :D
just in case no one sees or notices what i see now...there is nothing on this site at all for me. it's text and white screen all over. not one single image (except external linked avatars).
no style sheet.
yes i am on a mac. but i use multiple browsers. losta red-ex, and question marks.
just an FYI.
That's how it was for me all day Wingspan, when I could reach the board at all. But now it looks great.
Quote from: Diomedes on March 28, 2005, 03:04:11 PM
That's how it was for me all day Wingspan, when I could reach the board at all. But now it looks great.
yep same here. looks good now. :yay
I missed you guys :'(
I was out of town (actually in Philly area) without internet access. I didn't try to access the site at all while it was down.
I are winnar. :yay
I'm missing the CF masthead (just a big black box right now). Everything else seems fine.
yes, there is lag right now while the douche bags who host it are finishing upgraded whatever it is they upgrade. could be some lag at times for a couple days.
Quote from: TAFKAFF on March 28, 2005, 06:08:41 PM
I was out of town (actually in Philly area) without internet access. I didn't try to access the site at all while it was down.
I are winnar. :yay
I had no interweb access for two weeks. I win more.
I was wondering where you were. Not saying I missed you, of course...
Nobody misses me, I'm annoying. I'm annoying when I'm here, anyway. Other places, like the real world, I'm a charming motherfarger. :)
I knew this whole thing was your fault GF.
Technically, it's PG's fault. She's in charge of ripping the hosting company a new one. Blame her, I know I do. :)
Quote from: rjs246 on March 28, 2005, 09:32:30 AM
I took the biggest crap in the history of mankind this weekend. Seriously. I thought it would never end.
Sometimes, that can feel strangely erotic.
That makes you a homosexual.
Quote from: General_Failure on March 31, 2005, 01:46:58 PM
That makes you a homosexual.
Not that there is anything wrong with that, but I am no salami smuggler.
Sure you are. Stop living a lie.