We recently received notifications that Linode, our hosting provider, will be performing "Emergency Security Maintenance" as a result of the recently Disclosed Meltdown and Spectre security issues.
So far, we have been informed of maintenance windows for two of our servers: magnesium and fluorine.
There is a two hour window for these reboots starting on Friday January 12th at 10:00AM UTC. Reboots should take on the order of about 10 minutes per server.
The reboot of magnesium should cause no service disruption as it is one of our redundant front-end servers. The same cannot be said for fluorine as TheMightyBuzzard so succinctly summed it up: "slashd and site payments won't work while fluorine's down".
We have not yet received any information as to when our other systems will be rebooted -- we will keep you advised as we learn more.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 11 2018, @09:45PM (14 children)
Just take ShitStainN down permanently and never come back.
(Score: 4, Touché) by maxwell demon on Thursday January 11 2018, @10:04PM (3 children)
You first.
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 11 2018, @10:12PM (2 children)
But if I never come back, how will I see the glorious domain-parking page that will replace it when ShitStain is gone?
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 11 2018, @10:27PM (1 child)
Let's see if Slashdot reports our death or we report their death first.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 12 2018, @01:27PM
I'll only believe it when Netcraft confirms it.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 11 2018, @10:36PM (9 children)
One has to wonder about a poster who, saying the site is so bad it should never come back up, returns — again and again — to that same site.
When I dine at a restaurant and have a poor experience, I ask for the manager and politely explain what I experienced so that they have an opportunity to (1) be made aware of it and (2) to have an opportunity to make amends for the experience. After all, we are all human and occasionally things just go wrong, or happen in unexpected ways. If they make a satisfactory response, I will return there. Otherwise, I do something really outlandish... I go someplace else.
If there is something genuinely amiss with the site's operation, please explain it so the staff may have an opportunity to address it (NB: "I want a pony" ain't gonna happen). If it is unacceptable, you are free to read and comment on other sites.
(Score: 3, Touché) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday January 11 2018, @11:31PM (2 children)
Everyone needs a hobby.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by martyb on Friday January 12 2018, @12:34AM (1 child)
So, Tilting at
WindmillsSoylentNews!Wit is intellect, dancing.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 12 2018, @12:42AM
Onward, noble Rocinante!
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Ethanol-fueled on Friday January 12 2018, @02:14AM (3 children)
What an asshole, you must be a retired baby-boomer. What, you like to be the big man at the Wednesday-night singles romp at the local Black Angus?
People like you are the reason why cooks piss in the jars of bulk pickles and scratch their nuts before plating your food.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 12 2018, @04:43AM (1 child)
If they don't want me to bitch to the manger, all they have to do is not fuck up in the first place.
(Score: 3, Funny) by kazzie on Friday January 12 2018, @04:52AM
I'd love to see you in a nativity play with that language...
(Score: 4, Informative) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday January 12 2018, @05:16AM
To paraphrase Freud: sometimes a nut scratch is just a nut scratch. The boys are gonna itch whether you hold malice towards someone or not. They're balls. That's what balls do.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 3, Touché) by isostatic on Friday January 12 2018, @11:11AM (1 child)
NB: "I want a pony" ain't gonna happen
Go to https://soylentnews.org/my/homepage [soylentnews.org]
Change theme to "OMG PWNIES"
(Score: 2) by AssCork on Friday January 12 2018, @10:24PM
Me: follows link, changes theme
Me: MY EYES!!! THE PINK...IT BURNS!!!
Me: reviews themes
Me: Oh neat a nighttime theme!
Me: click, clicks 'save'
Me: *F5* [ strange feeling begins. ]
Me: Strange, that typically only emerges on other sites ending in 'Hub', 'Tube', and 'Hamster'
Me: *F5* on all SN tabs
Me: [feeling intensifies]
Just popped-out of a tight spot. Came out mostly clean, too.