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Meta: Unplanned DB Maintainence

posted by on Thursday February 08 2018, @01:13AM   
from the there-go-most-of-our-nines dept.

As you're probably aware we experienced some unplanned downtime today. It has been claimed it was entirely the fault of Russian Hackers. They invaded fluorine and caused the database updating code in rehash to not update the database this last site update. Which is just as well, I suppose, since two of the SQL statements refuse to complete even when run manually. That I'm going to have to chalk up to a misconfigured ndbd on helium and neon.

tl;dr The long and short of it is, we'll be fine until we can get those updates into the database, but it is going to mean more downtime this weekend.

~TMB

• Re:There goes a lot of my Karma! (Score: 3, Informative) by JoeMerchant on Thursday February 08 2018, @01:15PM

  by JoeMerchant (3937) on Thursday February 08 2018, @01:15PM (#634877)

  You both got the narrative wrong:

  Russian Hackers. They invaded fluorine

  It actually goes like this:

  Ripper: Have you ever seen a Commie drink a glass of water?
  Mandrake: Well, I can't say I have, Jack.
  Ripper: Vodka, that's what they drink, isn't it? Never water?
  Mandrake: Well, I-I believe that's what they drink, Jack, yes.
  Ripper: On no account will a Commie ever drink water, and not without good reason.
  Mandrake: Oh, eh, yes. I, uhm, can't quite see what you're getting at, Jack.
  Ripper: Water, that's what I'm getting at, water. Mandrake, water is the source of all life. Seven-tenths of this Earth's surface is water. Why, do you realize that 70 percent of you is water?
  Mandrake: Good Lord!
  Ripper: And as human beings, you and I need fresh, pure water to replenish our precious bodily fluids.
  Mandrake: Yes. (he begins to chuckle nervously)
  Ripper: Are you beginning to understand?
  Mandrake: Yes. (more laughter)
  Ripper: Mandrake. Mandrake, have you never wondered why I drink only distilled water, or rainwater, and only pure-grain alcohol?
  Mandrake: Well, it did occur to me, Jack, yes.
  Ripper: Have you ever heard of a thing called fluoridation. Fluoridation of water?
  Mandrake: Uh? Yes, I-I have heard of that, Jack, yes. Yes.
  Ripper: Well, do you know what it is?
  Mandrake: No, no I don't know what it is, no.
  Ripper: Do you realize that fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous Communist plot we have ever had to face?

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