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DXMachina - Aug 06, 2003 4:31:22 am PDT #4534 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

And of course *now* I can't get to our forums again. Bother.


DXMachina - Aug 06, 2003 5:33:51 am PDT #4535 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

I think that if I can get into WX again, I'm going to try to create a new Buffistas forum on one of the new servers, and then try to move our stuff off wc1, which seems to be the problematic one. I have no idea if that's even possible, but I think it's worth a shot. Any thoughts?


§ ita § - Aug 06, 2003 5:36:30 am PDT #4536 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

But be careful -- I've read reports that forums on WC3 disappear.


Jim - Aug 06, 2003 5:45:17 am PDT #4537 of 10000
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!

WC1 is being nuked soon, as it's causing the roblems. WX aren't allowing movement of threads - we'd have to suck the WC1 ones and create new.


DXMachina - Aug 06, 2003 5:52:24 am PDT #4538 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

The system put the new forum on wc0. It's here, and I've set up the usual stompies. Right now it's set so that only stompies can get into it. Now if wc1 will just cooperate at some point...

eta: Although with some fiddling, it turns out I could've put it on any of the servers.


DXMachina - Aug 06, 2003 9:36:32 am PDT #4539 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Frell!! I was able to get into the old forums, but the system apparently won't let me move the stuff to a different server. I can move threads from one forum to another on wc1, but when I try to move something to the forum on wc0, it tells me it can't find the source thread. Double bother...


Jim - Aug 06, 2003 10:31:31 am PDT #4540 of 10000
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!

They are apparently (we asked) afraid of "contamination". Nope, me neither. We'll have to rebuild from scratch.


DXMachina - Aug 06, 2003 10:50:05 am PDT #4541 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

I suspected it might be something like that. I can see them being terribly gunshy at this point, but it should just be data that's being moved. The whole thing is very weird.


DXMachina - Aug 06, 2003 5:28:13 pm PDT #4542 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Okay, wc1 is down again, but I managed to download everything except the main spoilers thread and the Canadians thread before it started pining for the fjords. Otherwise, I think we have everything.

eta: And I was able to get the last two later on, so we have copies of everything.

Most are not perfect downloads, however. There's still a flaw in either the script or WX that makes it skip occasional posts at random. If anyone wants to take a look at that problem, please feel free. Of course, you won't be able to test it until wc1 comes back up again.


Kristen - Aug 08, 2003 8:43:30 am PDT #4543 of 10000

Okay, as of an hour ago, the transfer was at 95%. I am about to leave for the weekend and will not have computer access.

ita, if there are any emergencies, just call me. I'm emailing you my number.