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by Tammy.Cavadias

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Hey Everyone!

As you may have noticed TechRepublic was unavailable for roughly 10 minutes this morning.

I broke it (must have been that sappy stuff Nick warned me about - the server couldn't take it anymore :p )

To make a long story short - the Database was restarted to resolve the 404 errors.

-Tammy :-)

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by charliespencer

Retroactive notices are a good start. The next step is proactive notification. This should be accompanied by suggestions of what the members can do to unconstructively use the time they would otherwise be wasting here :D

by Tammy.Cavadias

I noticed it (404 errors when trying to open discussions) - alerted and Doug in his swiftness responded immediately.

-Tammy :-)

by sleepin'dawg

Somet imes we were told several days in advance that TR would be down and they even would try to indicate the length of outage. Doug used to be great about this. I guess with the recent cutbacks, TR is a little too short staffed at the moment, but it was nice even if retroactive.

[b]Dawg[/b] ]:)

by nicknielsen

But then, I've got the day off and nothing but TR planned... :D

Well, not nothing but TR. Maybe I'll take my walk early today.

by notsochiguy

...that an industry leader like Tech Republic would allow something like this to occur.

Oh...sorry, my bad...wrong thread for this rant!

Thanks for the explanation!

:)

by ontheropes

But no one ever listens to me. When in doubt-reboot.

Of course you know I'm FOS. TR went down about a minute after I got here this morning. I'm glad it wasn't down long.

by the 'g-man.'

to establish the root cause of the problem instead of just restarting a system to make the issue go away.

That way the problem may nor reappear in the future.

I assume a root cause analysis is going on as I type?????

by Tammy.Cavadias

.. the cause.

But I already know the cause - I told ya - I broke it with all my sappy songs I tormented Nick with last night ;)

-Tammy :-)

by gadgetgirl

jd, I've told you before.

Stop playing with your knicker elastic whilst you're posting!

GG

(sorry, you left that "wide open" (DE)...

:D

by Tammy.Cavadias

(I apologize if this shows up 2 or 3 times)..

I'll update as I know more.

Nick, you sure all them candles on that cake of yours didn't burn the place down? ;) :p :D

-Tammy :-)

Edited to add - and I see it did show up twice

by Tammy.Cavadias

(I apologize if this shows up 2 or 3 times)..

I'll update as I know more.

Nick, you sure all them candles on that cake of yours didn't burn the place down? ;) :p :D

-Tammy :-)

by Tammy.Cavadias

..for now.

Bear with us, Doug is working his hind end (can I say that??) off to get us back to normal.

-Tammy :-)

by the scummy one

as I tried refreshing the page and got hit with Rampant 404 errors.
Same thing happened this morning! I think the TR DB needs a good kicking! Maybe it would help if I went over there with the steel toe boots????

by the scummy one

as I tried refreshing the page and got hit with Rampant 404 errors.
Same thing happened this morning! I think the TR DB needs a good kicking! Maybe it would help if I went over there with the steel toe boots????

by the scummy one

as I tried refreshing the page and got hit with Rampant 404 errors.
Same thing happened this morning! I think the TR DB needs a good kicking! Maybe it would help if I went over there with the steel toe boots????

by the scummy one

as I tried refreshing the page and got hit with Rampant 404 errors.
Same thing happened this morning! I think the TR DB needs a good kicking! Maybe it would help if I went over there with the steel toe boots????

by the scummy one

as I tried refreshing the page and got hit with Rampant 404 errors.
Same thing happened this morning! I think the TR DB needs a good kicking! Maybe it would help if I went over there with the steel toe boots????

by the scummy one

see that the forums were still somewhere!
whether trying to click on forums, or go through from previous posts, all I got were 404's.

by the scummy one

see that the forums were still somewhere!
whether trying to click on forums, or go through from previous posts, all I got were 404's.

by nicknielsen

Was it something WE did? Please tell us it isn't our fault! Please! Please? ;)

All kidding aside, as much as we bitch, piss, and moan about outages, I think you guys do a great job overall. I have no idea what it takes to keep TR running, but I suspect it keeps you busier than you'd like.

by ontheropes

They're in the correct order now and of course my post there about timestamps doesn't make any sense. I'm used to my posts not making any sense.

by the scummy one

10 min to the second and another minute to the third. Oz had triplets as well, several minutes apart from each other.

by oz_media

10 minutes EST means 8 hours PST? The damn site hasn't worked properly all day, it works then 404's, then you post and nothign shows up. Close and reopen browser, new TR window, post not there. Repost, and hit submit, 404 AGAIN! Wait for a bit, fart around with other stuff, go back to TR, opens well, click to add comment, type out comment, click SUBMIT and 404 AGAIN!!!!

A few minutes later, I come back, after cleanign the crap up I just threw across my office. TR opens just fine, 404's when i click a discussion, Bit tongue, hold breath count to 10, try again. Page opens, and there are FOUR entries from me now. Try to delete and apologize for TR's errors, clisk EDIT POST and 404 AGAIN!

10 minutes for maintenance? If only it was. :)

by ontheropes

I was cussing like a mofo. Glad I was the only one here.

Now my local TV news is screwing up. Pictures but no sound. It's a conspiracy!

by oz_media

Me too, people are walking on eggshells here now. LOL, I'll play it out a bit longet I think, niiiiiice and quiet.

by netman1958

For some reason when I read the part about throwing crap across your office, I thought about that scene from "Five Easy Pieces" where Jack Nicholson was trying to order breakfast and the waitress wouldn't let him order toast. It ended with him saying "hold it between your knees" and then clearing everything off the table.

Thanks for the laugh.

by oz_media

Very close except my language wasn't so restrained. We are all adults in my office too.

by ontheropes

I couldn't go anywhere without getting a 404. Apparently someone did some server maintenance. TR seems to be behaving much better now.

by Tammy.Cavadias

As of right now... The site has been restored and is currently stable (I have my water hose at the ready :p )

The Database server was rebooted and that is about all I know at the moment outside that they will be monitoring it through out.

-Tammy :-)

PS: Scummy wins the prize for most dupe posts :D

by the scummy one

if it was the time before there would be over 50 dupes, I just sat there waiting 10 seconds and clicking again.
But, I got bored and so I only did it a few times -- then it 404'd on me. I went to look and my post wasnt there (again) so I did nothing for a while, then they showed up ( :( but not the 50 or so)

by Tammy.Cavadias

.. I tried to give it one big swift kick (heck that works for my car) but my leg wasn't long enough, so I did the lady thing - I slammed my mouse down, shoved my keyboard draw in, and then took a big swig of diet coke :D

-Tammy :-)

by jaqui

it's the not alloowing us to be our usual rude, obnoxious selves that broke TR ;)

by ontheropes

Choose two pictures for two layers, add an Alpha channel to the background layer and use the GAP's Morph function to line up the two pictures then generate the image. It's about that easy too.

by the scummy one

)(*&^%$$%^&*())(*&^%$%^&*())))(*&^blah blah )(*&^%@#$%^&*_)(*&^$%^&*()

like a foreign language or something. I am glad you understand it, however, without study -- it is out of my skill level :D

by ontheropes

He grasped about as much of it as you did. Oh well, I guess I'll just enjoy my secret knowledge. :)

by ontheropes

I'm to the point where I'm no longer going to edit double, triple, however many, extra posts.

Wish I could help them fix it but I haven't got a clue.

by the scummy one

It appears that the DB seems to be a bit flaky. Why not offload it into an archival (everything not posted to in over a year or so). Let it be searched, however keep it in archive. This should dramatically reduce the size of the failing DB and may even help with the troubleshooting.

by boxfiddler

the page not found errors are back. Every reply I've posted has generated one. If it happens on this one, that will be five in a row.

by Tammy.Cavadias

Doug is working on the issue

Just wanted to let everyone know we are aware and yes I know it's frustrating as all get go... sorry everyone :(

-Tammy :-)

by oz_media

I didn't hit submit, I just waited for the 404 and then checked the thread to see if it had posted anyway, but it hadn't. By now it had slowed so bad I restarted my browser and went to the forum again, still not there. So I reposted, waited for the 404 (rinse, lather, repeat 4 times.)

Finally on the fourth or fifth try, it posted, lo and behold with all the others lined up neatly behind. :D

by seanferd

You might want to kill this thing:

product key 25 digit for microsoft office 2007
hyderabadTry this46756 36B20 596F7 52C20 61737 3686F 6C65I bet this one worksABCDE-FGHIJ-KLMNO-PQSTV-WXZ12.... the only thing missing from that one is Y R U

that's been on the front door under the "Community Recommends" tab, of all things, forever. It is also, of course, a dead link, as someone has quite sensibly axed it. It just kinda looks bad.

Anyway, have a good one. :)

by ontheropes

They've started for me again. Everything I've posted within the past two hours or so has gone to a 404 page.

Edited to add that this post didn't have a problem.

by boxfiddler

But I have gotten them when trying to access My Workspace, or My Forum Posts. She's been slower than snail poo to load, and to move in and out of discussions.
I'm expecting them to begin any time now.

(Unless I die before that happens.)

etu

by jaqui

I've never made any attempt to hide the fact I was cremated in 1994.
:D

if the little detail of death, cremation and still wandering around isn't proof enough, then kill em all, the gods will know their own. ]:)

by the scummy one

What about writing a blog (with screenshots) about how to create/modify an emoticon/avatar using Gimp?
I could get into that!
I think at least