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7 September, 2004: Potential Downtime Advance Warning - 8 September, 2004 - 1000hrs BST
kbrtiata Posted Sep 8, 2004
7 September, 2004: Potential Downtime Advance Warning - 8 September, 2004 - 1000hrs BST
Zak T Duck Posted Sep 8, 2004
Goo - Nice and soothing on my eyes, my preferred even though there's a lack of features with it compared to the other skins
Plain- Now despite that there's virtually nothing in it, it's got more than enough functionality to work perfectly on my Ipaq for that "Proper Guide" experience.
Alabaster - Briefly used it when it launched, but switched back to goo.
Brunel - It's just too busy looking, to the point it gives me migraines. This is especially true if people insist on changing their user space default colour schemes to something just plain awful.
7 September, 2004: Potential Downtime Advance Warning - 8 September, 2004 - 1000hrs BST
Traveller in Time Reporting Bugs -o-o- Broken the chain of Pliny -o-o- Hired Posted Sep 8, 2004
Announcement voice
"Brace for impact, we can get hit any minute now!
Close your entries in there saved positions.
Hold your breath and above all Do not Panic 
"
Announcement voice
"
Votes for (classic) Goo 6
Yikeses 1
Shy
kes 1
Votes for brunel 7
Yikeses 3
Votes for alabaster 4
Yikeses 8
Votes for plain 3
Yikeses -
Votes for bethel 1
Summarize: Colourfull bunch down here."
Traveller in Time 
still looking for bugs in brunel
"Perhaps there will be an announcement with the changes, if they are not obvious 
."
7 September, 2004: Potential Downtime Advance Warning - 8 September, 2004 - 1000hrs BST
Smij - Formerly Jimster Posted Sep 8, 2004
One of the tweaks will be very obvious in Brunel, one will only be obvious some time this afternoon...
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Demon Drawer Posted Sep 8, 2004
See you on the other side.
7 September, 2004: Potential Downtime Advance Warning - 8 September, 2004 - 1000hrs BST
Kes Posted Sep 8, 2004
We seem to be OK ...
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Paully Posted Sep 8, 2004
Don't jinx it! 
Paully
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Demon Drawer Posted Sep 8, 2004
riot
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Uncle_Bob - Back In Black Posted Sep 8, 2004
Goo is to dark, and its hard to read writing on it.
GO BRUNEL!
7 September, 2004: Potential Downtime Advance Warning - 8 September, 2004 - 1000hrs BST
Demon Drawer Posted Sep 8, 2004
I think I knocked over the biscuit tin.
Sorry Paully.
7 September, 2004: Potential Downtime Advance Warning - 8 September, 2004 - 1000hrs BST
Gnomon - time to move on Posted Sep 8, 2004
So has anybody spotted the really obvious tweak in Brunel yet?
7 September, 2004: Potential Downtime Advance Warning - 8 September, 2004 - 1000hrs BST
Paully Posted Sep 8, 2004
St Demon Drawer! How very dare you! Pick them all up this instant!
Oh, hang on a sec... THEY'VE ALL GONE! Jimster, have you been raiding the biscuit tin again?
Grr!
Paully
7 September, 2004: Potential Downtime Advance Warning - 8 September, 2004 - 1000hrs BST
Demon Drawer Posted Sep 8, 2004
Hmmmmly Hmm Bishmmm Nice.
Munch. Munch. Munch.
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Traveller in Time Reporting Bugs -o-o- Broken the chain of Pliny -o-o- Hired Posted Sep 8, 2004
Traveller in Time still searching for the bugs
"I have not found any obvious change jet.
It must be in the tumbled biscuit tin. Or am I using an obscure cache?
nope nothing new."
7 September, 2004: Potential Downtime Advance Warning - 8 September, 2004 - 1000hrs BST
Paully Posted Sep 8, 2004
I want my biccies...
sob!
Paully
7 September, 2004: Potential Downtime Advance Warning - 8 September, 2004 - 1000hrs BST
Smij - Formerly Jimster Posted Sep 8, 2004
Just to say (with a mouthful of hobnobs) that the upgrade hasn't, er, happened yet. And here we were thinking it had all gone so smoothly.
7 September, 2004: Potential Downtime Advance Warning - 8 September, 2004 Some time this afternoon
Traveller in Time Reporting Bugs -o-o- Broken the chain of Pliny -o-o- Hired Posted Sep 8, 2004
Traveller in Time still searching for the buggies
"How come I was searching for a Jam Cam to monitor the M4? 
"
7 September, 2004: Potential Downtime Advance Warning - 8 September, 2004 Some time this afternoon
Jim Lynn Posted Sep 8, 2004
We're just about to start. Hold on...
7 September, 2004: Potential Downtime Advance Warning - 8 September, 2004 Some time this afternoon
Scandrea Posted Sep 8, 2004
7 September, 2004: Potential Downtime Advance Warning - 8 September, 2004 Some time this afternoon
Wildman - I'm not really mad, I've just been in a very bad mood for 40 years! Posted Sep 8, 2004
Hanging on with both hands! (and both teeth).
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7 September, 2004: Potential Downtime Advance Warning - 8 September, 2004 - 1000hrs BST
- 41: kbrtiata (Sep 8, 2004)
- 42: Zak T Duck (Sep 8, 2004)
- 43: Traveller in Time Reporting Bugs -o-o- Broken the chain of Pliny -o-o- Hired (Sep 8, 2004)
- 44: Smij - Formerly Jimster (Sep 8, 2004)
- 45: Demon Drawer (Sep 8, 2004)
- 46: Kes (Sep 8, 2004)
- 47: Paully (Sep 8, 2004)
- 48: Demon Drawer (Sep 8, 2004)
- 49: Uncle_Bob - Back In Black (Sep 8, 2004)
- 50: Demon Drawer (Sep 8, 2004)
- 51: Gnomon - time to move on (Sep 8, 2004)
- 52: Paully (Sep 8, 2004)
- 53: Demon Drawer (Sep 8, 2004)
- 54: Traveller in Time Reporting Bugs -o-o- Broken the chain of Pliny -o-o- Hired (Sep 8, 2004)
- 55: Paully (Sep 8, 2004)
- 56: Smij - Formerly Jimster (Sep 8, 2004)
- 57: Traveller in Time Reporting Bugs -o-o- Broken the chain of Pliny -o-o- Hired (Sep 8, 2004)
- 58: Jim Lynn (Sep 8, 2004)
- 59: Scandrea (Sep 8, 2004)
- 60: Wildman - I'm not really mad, I've just been in a very bad mood for 40 years! (Sep 8, 2004)
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