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27 September, 2005: Scheduled Downtime, 06:00 - 06:15 (est) BST
Paully Started conversation Sep 26, 2005
h2g2, along with all other BBC services that use SSO (Single Sign-On) will be unavailable in the early hours of 27 September, 2005 whilst essential maintenance work is undertaken. This work will hopefully help to eradicate some of the problems with SSO that have been encountered in recent weeks - fingers crossed the site won't be down for very long. Many thanks for your patience.
27 September, 2005: Scheduled Downtime, 06:00 - 06:15 (est) BST
Traveller in Time Reporting Bugs -o-o- Broken the chain of Pliny -o-o- Hired Posted Sep 26, 2005
Traveller in Time 
holding a spare 
"Hope that 'Elton' does not mind his room is cleaned in the dead of night 
"
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Tony2Times/Prof. Chaos Posted Sep 26, 2005
Ah but if he is nocturnal it shouldn't be a problem.
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Marjin, After a long time of procrastination back lurking Posted Sep 26, 2005
Only 15 minutes?
The poor Hamster deserves a few minutes more rest.
27 September, 2005: Scheduled Downtime, 06:00 - 06:15 (est) BST
Traveller in Time Reporting Bugs -o-o- Broken the chain of Pliny -o-o- Hired Posted Sep 26, 2005
Traveller in Time reading HooToo dictionaries
"Hampster, a Special Guide breed of the European pet subspecies "
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aka Bel - A87832164 Posted Sep 26, 2005
But if we've signed in before 6.00, does it mean we'll be thrown out ? 
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Spacecadet Jack (Supreme Commander in Cheif) [Major] Posted Sep 26, 2005
most likely it does
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MoFoLo Posted Sep 26, 2005
Guess it is better than being "Thrown in". Meanwhile a new way to look at beginnings: http://www.venganza.org/
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Still Incognitas, Still Chairthingy, Still lurking, Still invisible, unnoticeable, missable, unseen, just haunting h2g2 Posted Sep 26, 2005
If I'm on the 'puter at that hour I need to rethink my life...Like getting one...
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echomikeromeo Posted Sep 26, 2005
I'll be asleep at the time. Hopefully I'll wake up and it will all be over.
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Reefgirl (Brunel Baby) Posted Sep 26, 2005
Same here
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cupati Posted Sep 27, 2005
I'll just be waking up.
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Sep 27, 2005
Hasn't it already happened?
27 September, 2005: Scheduled Downtime, 06:00 - 06:15 (est) BST
Paully Posted Sep 27, 2005
Yes, it happened late last night and everything is a-ok. So no worries!
Paully
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Sep 27, 2005
So it didn't cure the Server Busy problems, then.
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Sep 27, 2005
So it didn't cure the Server Too Busy problems, then.
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Sep 27, 2005
I had a minute or so of "Server Busy" trying to read the replies just now, so no...
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Jim Lynn Posted Sep 27, 2005
It wasn't anything to do with the DNA servers, so would have no effect on the Server Too Busy errors.
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Reefgirl (Brunel Baby) Posted Sep 27, 2005
It hasn't cured the page loading slowness either
27 September, 2005: Scheduled Downtime, 06:00 - 06:15 (est) BST
Gnomon - time to move on Posted Sep 27, 2005
What it was supposed to cure was "some of the problems with SSO that have been encountered in recent weeks".
I presume this means the "Greetings Unknown Hiker" phenomenon, where one second you are logged on and the next you are not recognised.
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27 September, 2005: Scheduled Downtime, 06:00 - 06:15 (est) BST
- 1: Paully (Sep 26, 2005)
- 2: Traveller in Time Reporting Bugs -o-o- Broken the chain of Pliny -o-o- Hired (Sep 26, 2005)
- 3: Tony2Times/Prof. Chaos (Sep 26, 2005)
- 4: Marjin, After a long time of procrastination back lurking (Sep 26, 2005)
- 5: Traveller in Time Reporting Bugs -o-o- Broken the chain of Pliny -o-o- Hired (Sep 26, 2005)
- 6: aka Bel - A87832164 (Sep 26, 2005)
- 7: Spacecadet Jack (Supreme Commander in Cheif) [Major] (Sep 26, 2005)
- 8: MoFoLo (Sep 26, 2005)
- 9: Still Incognitas, Still Chairthingy, Still lurking, Still invisible, unnoticeable, missable, unseen, just haunting h2g2 (Sep 26, 2005)
- 10: echomikeromeo (Sep 26, 2005)
- 11: Reefgirl (Brunel Baby) (Sep 26, 2005)
- 12: cupati (Sep 27, 2005)
- 13: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Sep 27, 2005)
- 14: Paully (Sep 27, 2005)
- 15: Gnomon - time to move on (Sep 27, 2005)
- 16: Gnomon - time to move on (Sep 27, 2005)
- 17: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Sep 27, 2005)
- 18: Jim Lynn (Sep 27, 2005)
- 19: Reefgirl (Brunel Baby) (Sep 27, 2005)
- 20: Gnomon - time to move on (Sep 27, 2005)
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