Is the Main Site Experiencing Downtime?

[mangaroosh]

Just wondering if there is an issue with the main site-can't seem to access it.

sending this from my phone

 

[tiny-tim]

hi mangaroosh!

i sometimes have the same problem at exactly that time of day (from an ordinary computer) …

i think it's something to do with daily maintenance, it only seems to last a few minutes

 

[Ryan_m_b]

I had similar problems but only for about 5-10 mins. Usually you know when the site is down for a while because you can hear Micromass's screams from any corner of the world.

 

[Evo]

The forum does it's backing up in the middle of the night, so that might be the problem.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

To backup the database it must be locked. It takes about 5 minutes.

 

[jtbell]

The forum does it's backing up in the middle of the night

...in some parts of the world.

 

[Evo]

...in some parts of the world.

Good point.

 

[tiny-tim]

To backup the database it must be locked. It takes about 5 minutes.

isn't there some way of putting a "GONE TO LUNCH" sign on the door?

 

[LCKurtz]

isn't there some way of putting a "GONE TO LUNCH" sign on the door?

Lunch? In the middle of the night? Who's going to believe that?

 

[Fredrik]

Lunch? In the middle of the night? Who's going to believe that?

It's at 8:30 in the morning for most of Europe. Maybe "gone to breakfast", or "gone to the meal between breakfast and brunch".

 

[jtbell]

isn't there some way of putting a "GONE TO LUNCH" sign on the door?

How about "Gone to the john" (or "loo" or whatever)? That would work for just about any time of day, and it's about the right duration.

 

[tiny-tim]

"GONE FOR A TOROIDAL ENERGY UNIT"

 

[Redbelly98]

"Site temporarily down. Back in 5 × 10⁴⁵ Planck times."

 

[mangaroosh]

thanks guyses!

I couldn't access it for a lot of the day, so not sure what the story was.

a little "sign on the door" would be a nice touch though."Gone fission"

 

[tiny-tim]

"Gone fission"

he he

a musical sign! ​