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27 November 2002: Server Downtime Planned for 28 November 2002
Abi Posted Nov 28, 2002
I quite like the suggestion of 'Maidenhead' 
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Whoami - iD dislikes punctuation Posted Nov 28, 2002
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Nov 28, 2002
27 November 2002: Server Downtime Planned for 28 November 2002
~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum Posted Nov 28, 2002
It's over?
I'd call it a 'quickie'.
~jwf~
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Vicki Virago - Proud Mother Posted Nov 28, 2002
I think a lot of people now have cramp in their hands from the rapid typing taking place.
It must be the addiction. 
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Whoami - iD dislikes punctuation Posted Nov 28, 2002
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Ralph the Wonder Llama and André the dodo; Excrement Occurs Posted Nov 29, 2002
Did soomething go wrong in the move yesterday? I couldn't get in at 13.30 GMT, so was it the move or the system administrators?
27 November 2002: Server Downtime Planned for 28 November 2002
Abi Posted Nov 29, 2002
I believe it took longer then expected but I haven't been told why. I suspect it was traffic on the M25.
27 November 2002: Server Downtime Planned for 28 November 2002
Ralph the Wonder Llama and André the dodo; Excrement Occurs Posted Nov 29, 2002
27 November 2002: Server Downtime Planned for 28 November 2002
Whoami - iD dislikes punctuation Posted Nov 29, 2002
27 November 2002: Server Downtime Planned for 28 November 2002
Ralph the Wonder Llama and André the dodo; Excrement Occurs Posted Nov 29, 2002
They should have shouted:'make way, make way, b'logs coming through!"
27 November 2002: Server Downtime Planned for 28 November 2002
Whoami - iD dislikes punctuation Posted Nov 29, 2002
27 November 2002: Server Downtime Planned for 28 November 2002
Ralph the Wonder Llama and André the dodo; Excrement Occurs Posted Nov 29, 2002
cars jumping everywhere, totall chaos!
27 November 2002: Server Downtime Planned for 28 November 2002
Jim Lynn Posted Nov 29, 2002
Actually, it also took quite a time to unplug the servers at one end, and plug them back in at the other.
It's reassuring to see that even people who do this for a living can take forever to find the right brackets and work out how to fit them into a rack.
Once the servers were plugged in, it only took about 20 minutes to power up all the servers, switch their IP addresses and change their configuration to reflect their new location.
27 November 2002: Server Downtime Planned for 28 November 2002
Whoami - iD dislikes punctuation Posted Nov 29, 2002
If you want a job doing properly...
27 November 2002: Server Downtime Planned for 28 November 2002
egon Posted Nov 29, 2002
I just love the idea of h2g2 getting stuck in traffic.
27 November 2002: Server Downtime Planned for 28 November 2002
Whoami - iD dislikes punctuation Posted Nov 29, 2002
27 November 2002: Server Downtime Planned for 28 November 2002
Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Nov 29, 2002
You moved the rack? Does Mina know? 
27 November 2002: Server Downtime Planned for 28 November 2002
Narapoia Posted Nov 29, 2002
Now what's going on?
I just got bounced out with HTTP errors, then tried to get back in and was told that not only was I not logged on, but all my Personal Space stuff had disappeared (not a bad thing, some might say) and when I tried to log on it told me I wasn't even registered!
So I decided to have lunch and turned it all off, then on again and it all works again!
I will never understand these things. I'm sure they do it to annoy.
27 November 2002: Server Downtime Planned for 28 November 2002
spook Posted Nov 29, 2002
for information on the problem look at A698934.
spook
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- 41: Abi (Nov 28, 2002)
- 42: Whoami - iD dislikes punctuation (Nov 28, 2002)
- 43: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Nov 28, 2002)
- 44: ~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum (Nov 28, 2002)
- 45: Vicki Virago - Proud Mother (Nov 28, 2002)
- 46: Whoami - iD dislikes punctuation (Nov 28, 2002)
- 47: Ralph the Wonder Llama and André the dodo; Excrement Occurs (Nov 29, 2002)
- 48: Abi (Nov 29, 2002)
- 49: Ralph the Wonder Llama and André the dodo; Excrement Occurs (Nov 29, 2002)
- 50: Whoami - iD dislikes punctuation (Nov 29, 2002)
- 51: Ralph the Wonder Llama and André the dodo; Excrement Occurs (Nov 29, 2002)
- 52: Whoami - iD dislikes punctuation (Nov 29, 2002)
- 53: Ralph the Wonder Llama and André the dodo; Excrement Occurs (Nov 29, 2002)
- 54: Jim Lynn (Nov 29, 2002)
- 55: Whoami - iD dislikes punctuation (Nov 29, 2002)
- 56: egon (Nov 29, 2002)
- 57: Whoami - iD dislikes punctuation (Nov 29, 2002)
- 58: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Nov 29, 2002)
- 59: Narapoia (Nov 29, 2002)
- 60: spook (Nov 29, 2002)
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