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by Jay Garmon 2 views

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For those of you that check the news, San Francisco had a major power outage yesterday, and it took half of CNET down with it. (I don't know full details--like if the outage outlasted our UPS systems, or if the colo center just dropped the ball--because I'm not on the West Coast engineering staff.)

Engineers were cleaning up the mess well into the evening yesterday. I expect there will still be some quirkiness today, as we discover places where interdependent systems didn't quite sync up correctly. Rest assured, we're doing our best to get the site back to normal.

We apologize for any inconvenience. If you find any persistent weirdness on TR, please post the specifics--including date and time (with time zone)--in this thread. We'll look into as soon as we're able (which, given the mountain of error logs, won't necessarily be instantaneous).

Thanks.

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by tig2

Spent some quality time on C-Net as I couldn't reach TR for obvious reasons. While I prefer the home I know, I enjoyed scooting about at C-Net as well.

Had a feeling that it was something on that line. Heard about the SF outage but didn't connect the dots.

Nice to see you all back where you belong!

by locrian_lyric

Deepsand got his knickers in a twist and has declared a unilateral leave of absence.

and there was much rejoicing..

yay.

by Jay Garmon

...just Google "365 Main power outage" and check out all the coverage. We pay good money for a top-end colo, and so do a lot of other big Internet names. If you're ever looking to plot a techno-thriller novel where terrorists take out all the Web 2.0 buzz sites, here's where you start.

by rob mekel

"Give me the money" as to "Show me the money" is good ... the product you're buying ... well maybe not that good, oops :0

Rob

by rob mekel

On Submitting posts with some "<"/i">" or "["b"]" stuff happened.

The end off line after hitting enter didn't work ?:|

in:
https://www.techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=102&threadID=228615&messageID=2287715
07/26/2007 @ 01:59 AM (PDT) (edited 07/26/2007 @ 02:03 AM (PDT))

https://www.techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=102&threadID=230341&messageID=2287753
07/26/2007 @ 02:33 AM (PDT) (edited 07/26/2007 @ 02:35 AM (PDT))

But not consistantly on all posting, like
https://www.techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=102&threadID=231081&messageID=2287720
07/26/2007 @ 02:17 AM (PDT) (edited 07/26/2007 @ 02:21 AM (PDT))

Hope it will help :)

Rob

Little note:
To make it more clear ... they did appear when composing the text but dis-appeared after submitting. ?:|

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