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Welcome back home
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 11:11 pm
by tubadave
As you can all plainly see, the Bored is back, and reasonably functional again.
Before anyone has a chance to ask, the reason some of you got in a few hours ago and some of you still saw the "transferring files" message I left was because I forgot that some of you have bookmarks to the site that bypass the front page. I had kept the front page offline so I could finish checking. In other words, I locked the door, but some of you decided to climb in through the window.
In any case, it wasn't a major concern, because I figured that everything would be more or less OK anyway. Thus far, I am not seeing (under my usual Getaway Blue or the subsilver2 themes) the posting/reading problems that some have described. I'll keep checking.
My web hosting provider will gradually be restoring lost files over the next few days. It's possible that I've missed something, and that they'll fill in the gap, so problems may be disappearing on their own anyway.
I've noticed that the Bored seems a little sluggish right now, and I'm betting that will continue for the next several days, since my account was far from the only one affected, and I'm sure there's a LOT of file transferring happening right now, making the server a bit slow.
Questions? Comments? Concerns? Bug Reports? Knock Knock Jokes? Put 'em in this thread.

Re: Welcome back home
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 11:39 pm
by kayrharris
Thanks for all your hard work. I know it wasn't fun.
I really appreciate it!
Re: Welcome back home
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 12:50 am
by ulysses5019
tubadave wrote:As you can all plainly see, the Bored is back, and reasonably functional again.
Before anyone has a chance to ask, the reason some of you got in a few hours ago and some of you still saw the "transferring files" message I left was because I forgot that some of you have bookmarks to the site that bypass the front page. I had kept the front page offline so I could finish checking. In other words, I locked the door, but some of you decided to climb in through the window.
In any case, it wasn't a major concern, because I figured that everything would be more or less OK anyway. Thus far, I am not seeing (under my usual Getaway Blue or the subsilver2 themes) the posting/reading problems that some have described. I'll keep checking.
My web hosting provider will gradually be restoring lost files over the next few days. It's possible that I've missed something, and that they'll fill in the gap, so problems may be disappearing on their own anyway.
I've noticed that the Bored seems a little sluggish right now, and I'm betting that will continue for the next several days, since my account was far from the only one affected, and I'm sure there's a LOT of file transferring happening right now, making the server a bit slow.
Questions? Comments? Concerns? Bug Reports? Knock Knock Jokes? Put 'em in this thread.

No bugs. So silly wabbits either. But thank you.
Re: Welcome back home
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 2:22 am
by etaoin22
Thank U very much. Very, very, very very much.
Re: Welcome back home
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 6:03 am
by earendel
tubadave wrote:As you can all plainly see, the Bored is back, and reasonably functional again.
Before anyone has a chance to ask, the reason some of you got in a few hours ago and some of you still saw the "transferring files" message I left was because I forgot that some of you have bookmarks to the site that bypass the front page. I had kept the front page offline so I could finish checking. In other words, I locked the door, but some of you decided to climb in through the window.
In any case, it wasn't a major concern, because I figured that everything would be more or less OK anyway. Thus far, I am not seeing (under my usual Getaway Blue or the subsilver2 themes) the posting/reading problems that some have described. I'll keep checking.
My web hosting provider will gradually be restoring lost files over the next few days. It's possible that I've missed something, and that they'll fill in the gap, so problems may be disappearing on their own anyway.
I've noticed that the Bored seems a little sluggish right now, and I'm betting that will continue for the next several days, since my account was far from the only one affected, and I'm sure there's a LOT of file transferring happening right now, making the server a bit slow.
Questions? Comments? Concerns? Bug Reports? Knock Knock Jokes? Put 'em in this thread.

Dave, you have done a great job and put in a lot of work to bring the Bored back and I, for one, would like to thank you.
Re: Welcome back home
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 6:43 am
by peacock2121
A Big Fat "Thank You" is all I got to say.
You didn't have to and you did.
Thank you.
Re: Welcome back home
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 6:56 am
by earendel
tubadave wrote:As you can all plainly see, the Bored is back, and reasonably functional again.
Questions? Comments? Concerns? Bug Reports? Knock Knock Jokes? Put 'em in this thread.

One question/comment - the screen has this message displayed on it:
It is currently Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:54 am
and below it this message:
All times are UTC - 5 hours [ DST ]
Evidently the Bored thinks that DST is in effect because the actual time is 7:54 am where I am.
Re: Welcome back home
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 7:00 am
by MarleysGh0st
You're our hero, Dave!

Re: Welcome back home
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 7:11 am
by christie1111
Dave,
You are the best!
Santa should bring you many presents this year!
Re: Welcome back home
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:10 am
by geoffil
Thank you so much.
Did this problem prevent you from appearing in the Tuba Christmas concert?
Re: Welcome back home
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:00 am
by andrewjackson
It's good to be home.
Re: Welcome back home
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:47 am
by silverscreenselect
You don't realize how much you'll miss something until it's gone. You've done a great job of getting us up and running again and I really appreciate it.
My boss however probably appreciates the fact I got more work done the last two days than usual....
Re: Welcome back home
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 10:22 am
by DadofTwins
Job well done. Thank you.
Re: Welcome back home
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 11:26 am
by Ritterskoop
earendel wrote:tubadave wrote:As you can all plainly see, the Bored is back, and reasonably functional again.
Questions? Comments? Concerns? Bug Reports? Knock Knock Jokes? Put 'em in this thread.

One question/comment - the screen has this message displayed on it:
It is currently Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:54 am
and below it this message:
All times are UTC - 5 hours [ DST ]
Evidently the Bored thinks that DST is in effect because the actual time is 7:54 am where I am.
I believe you can fix this yourself in your profile.
Re: Welcome back home
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 11:35 am
by earendel
Ritterskoop wrote:earendel wrote:tubadave wrote:As you can all plainly see, the Bored is back, and reasonably functional again.
Questions? Comments? Concerns? Bug Reports? Knock Knock Jokes? Put 'em in this thread.

One question/comment - the screen has this message displayed on it:
It is currently Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:54 am
and below it this message:
All times are UTC - 5 hours [ DST ]
Evidently the Bored thinks that DST is in effect because the actual time is 7:54 am where I am.
I believe you can fix this yourself in your profile.
Thanks, 'skoop - I checked that and saw that I was on Eastern time but didn't see the line for indicating whether DST was in effect or not.
Re: Welcome back home
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 12:46 pm
by ne1410s
Dave, thanks so much for your efforts.
Re: Welcome back home
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 3:55 pm
by secondchance
Thanks for all the work you do on this bored, Mr. Tuba.
What's weird is that I can only access it from the little desktop icon we set up through internet explorer. I'm glad I clicked it! I cannot get here through i.e. itself, nor thru aol as I usually do.
Even tho I'm relatively new here, without the sometimes several-times-a-day visit, I was really feeling a big void in my day...
Glad to see y'all back!

Re: Welcome back home
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 6:34 pm
by Beebs52
Dave, you are the best! Thank you so much for your most excellent work!
Whoo hoo! Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and a Joyous Festivus!
Re: Welcome back home
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 9:50 am
by dimmzy
Didn't know how much I'd miss it ... until it was gone.
Thank you.
Re: Welcome back home
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 12:14 pm
by mellytu74
Dave --
Just adding my thanks to the list.
Melly
Re: Welcome back home
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 3:14 pm
by tlynn78
MWAH!
t.
Re: Welcome back home
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 4:54 pm
by lilclyde54
That explains my problems the other day. Thanks for all your work to make things better.
Re: Welcome back home
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 12:32 am
by Bob Juch
earendel wrote:tubadave wrote:As you can all plainly see, the Bored is back, and reasonably functional again.
Questions? Comments? Concerns? Bug Reports? Knock Knock Jokes? Put 'em in this thread.

One question/comment - the screen has this message displayed on it:
It is currently Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:54 am
and below it this message:
All times are UTC - 5 hours [ DST ]
Evidently the Bored thinks that DST is in effect because the actual time is 7:54 am where I am.
Actually the software is too dumb to know when DST starts and ends. Whether or not the time displays DST is in
your profile. In other words, the option says whether or not DST is in effect, not whether or not to observe it.
Re: Welcome back home
Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 10:12 am
by AlphaDummy
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Re: Welcome back home
Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 9:02 pm
by Buffacuse
Dave--Thanks, muchly.