h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

That *is* odd, Jim! The "eminem" version was never posted! I *previewed* it then I changed it before posting... Weird...

Jinkies! That could be a clue!

You can learn a lot by watching experts at work. Thanks Jim

i just came form the front page and all the latest/ignored/busiest have disppered. is it just me?

fABT

They're not there for me either.

I can see them now. Scrumpy sounds interesting

yeah, its a good entry, i saw it going through peer review

FABT

The topfives disappear occasionally after server problems, but it's now reasonably easy to make them reappear. Only trouble is, they only disappear on one server or another, so I have to track down which one.

Sounds like you're making a case for a smiley

Keep at it. We're all rooting for you

Three cheers for Jim Lynn!

hip hip horray!
hip hip horray!
hip hip horray!

Or even hurray!

(Sorry Clive--couldn't resist--too early in the morning...)

*hands out mufflewhumps--especially to Jim*

A point regarding the possibility of posting to the longest threads causing the problems: I can't speak for QO, but No No No!!! is usually fairly quiet during the daytime and evening (UK time), with only a couple of people posting at no particularly overwhelming rate. The thread tends to be busy after midnight, particularly at weekends, but few of the 'seizures' seem to have occurred at this time.

(OH, and thanks for the kind comments about the Scrumpy entry, folks!)

I've looked at the posting patterns, and it wouldn't seem that the times when there's a lot of posting to the busy threads coincide with the outages. Unless the simulposting completely locks up and fails, thus leaving no posts in the database and no clue that that was what was causing the lockups.

So I'm still looking.

If there's anything we as researchers can do, just ask.

Jim

What are you doing still posting at 11.30 pm!

Go and have a or you'll be found fast asleep over a server making it overheat and blow up !!

I'm at home, so I'm far enough away from the servers that if I fall asleep and drool, I won't short-circuit anything.

And we're watching the Hithhiker's DVD. I just happen to be online as well.

My post was to ask h2g2, which is pretty heavy traffic.

Jim, is there anything you can't see on the logs that someone might have seen at the time?

-Spike A.

maybe the servers need a cup of tea...........


FABT

On the contrary - dont you recall what that did to Eddie on the Heart of Gold!