I had my fears....

scary

Global warming.

Seismic shaking and weathering by frost heave.

MoapaPk wrote:Global warming.

It's the new Russia...Or U.S perspectively.

I was wondering if my employeer blocked the site. Work would get a whole lot slower.

Lolli wrote::shock:
Withdrawal symptoms!!

I guess I was the only one to remember the SP emergency forum ...

54 Emergency Forum

Not as good as the real thing by a long shot, but when you're desperate ...

Catamount wrote:General rule of thumb ... if SP goes down when people in California are sleeping, the problem will be corrected when people from California wake up.

But I couldn't sleep damn it. I had nightmares about life with out SP.

Catamount wrote:General rule of thumb ... if SP goes down when people in California are sleeping, the problem will be corrected when people from California wake up.

Sort of. Matt is in Washington State (or is it Oregon?), and he's the only one (besides the Gods Who are Heard of No More [Josh/Ryle]) that can fix it. Same time zone, though.

The word from Matt was that an Elf caused it by entering an invalid IP address when banning someone.


I swear it wasn't me.

Well, it wouldn't surprise me if the deleted dude knew something like this would happen.





Either that or Aaron planned it all along.

I dunno. It wouldn't surprise me since he has done a pretty good job of messing with things before.

Dave K wrote:I dunno. It wouldn't surprise me since he has done a pretty good job of messing with things before.

Who is the "deleted dude" being talked about?

Word from Matt was that an elf entered an invalid IP address in the banning process. Numbers have to be less than 255 between the dots, but something like "407" was used. Of course that *shouldn't* take down the server, but apparently there is a bad error trap or something, and it does just that. Anyway, I don't see how it could have been done by a rogue member, deleted or otherwise. Probably an elf error. Not sure which one, though. So far, Dave and I are professing innocence.

Bob Burd wrote:. . . something like "407" was used.

Ah. Still safer than this, though:

Bob Burd wrote:

Dave K wrote:I dunno. It wouldn't surprise me since he has done a pretty good job of messing with things before.

Who is the "deleted dude" being talked about?

Word from Matt was that an elf entered an invalid IP address in the banning process. Numbers have to be less than 255 between the dots, but something like "407" was used. Of course that *shouldn't* take down the server, but apparently there is a bad error trap or something, and it does just that. Anyway, I don't see how it could have been done by a rogue member, deleted or otherwise. Probably an elf error. Not sure which one, though. So far, Dave and I are professing innocence.

Me too. Wasn't banning anyone.

was the deleted dude from a "familiar" IP address? That would be pretty shitty if they planned it that way.

I'm the one that caused all the trouble. I've since gone over the scenario with Matt. SP's system brought up the IP address of the offender, which has apparently caused much trouble here before. After writing it down, I simply copied it and pasted it into the ban IP address window and hit submit. I then went to bed. I had no idea SP had wigged out as a result of my action until the next day.

Matt and I have discussed the matter. He never thought a small three-digit number would have such a massive affect on the server, but it did. So yeah, I'll obviously be much more careful in the future (I was not aware of the 255 rule). We've come to the conclusion that this may have been a deliberate set-up, but there's no way to tell for sure. There are folks that are not only sore at me, but sore at SP in general and we'll just have to get through those matters as they come one at a time.

Anyway, my sincere apologies for this mishap, for the grief, anguish and extreme emotional trauma this may have caused our members. As for our members' spouses, Bryan Benn reports they were most pleased with this turn of events. I'll say to them, "you're most welcome!"