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Our servers are back up!
Earlier today (about 12 hours before this story), our site had a server crash. Early attempts to restart things (bouncing fluorine and hydrogen) were unsuccessful. (Thanks chromas and janrinok for your efforts!)
Fortunately, the system is usually lightly-loaded at this time, so relatively few people were affected.
Then mechanicjay came on the scene and was able to restart helium and neon. Then the rest of the servers for the site successfully came on-line.
Through it all, we retained access to IRC (thanks Deucalion!) and e-mail (thanks audioguy!).
There may be some lingering hiccups as slashd (which handles scheduled tasks -- think cron) plods through those tasks in due time.
We thank you for your patience during this time and send our thanks to all who notified us (politely!) about the outage on IRC and through e-mails.
Please join me in thanking all those who lent a hand through this period! You ROCK! =)
We return you to your regularly-scheduled stories.
--martyb
(Score: 1) by crm114 on Saturday February 12 2022, @08:21PM (4 children)
+1 to the Thanks!
(Score: 2) by martyb on Saturday February 12 2022, @08:38PM (3 children)
LOL! We *try*; (there are plenty of early-mornings and late-nights) so the thanks are very much appreciated!
Wit is intellect, dancing.
(Score: 2) by Reziac on Sunday February 13 2022, @02:24AM (2 children)
More thanks from me. I have no complaints, and would sure miss this place if it disappeared (for more than a few hours, anyway!)
Hats off to all of you for all you do.
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.
(Score: 2) by martyb on Sunday February 13 2022, @02:18PM (1 child)
Thanh you for the very kind works!
That sums up my perspective, too. That's largely the reason I reached out and volunteered to help on the site! I did NOT know in advance what I could do to help. After being vetted as to my skills and motivation, I found myself among staff who were welcoming and supportive. I asked MANY questions and have learned (and am still learning!) so much!
You can join, too =)
Wit is intellect, dancing.
(Score: 2) by Reziac on Sunday February 13 2022, @04:01PM
Alas, not in my skillset. But yours are awesome. You guys took that clanking monstrosity and turned it into a work of art.
BTW there's a Stylish skin called "SoylentNews Night Mode Red" that makes it beautiful to look at too.
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.