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KharmaTrain

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5. Slow Down...Yes...

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Thu Feb 21, 2013, 09:36 AM

Feb 2013

Many of us "oldtimers" can remember election nights and other heavy news events where the poor little DU hamsters just couldn't keep up, but the site would soldier on. We see remnants of it when certain features are shut down...

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Has DU ever had a major outage, like FR has now? [View all] Archae Feb 2013 OP

not in the 10 years I have been around ProdigalJunkMail Feb 2013 #1

Wasn't it just down for about 2-3 hours for that problem? FSogol Feb 2013 #4

dependent on who your ISP was ProdigalJunkMail Feb 2013 #6

Took me a week laundry_queen Feb 2013 #15

i think that was the solution for loads of folks! n/t ProdigalJunkMail Feb 2013 #16

Also used the proxy server...seemed kind of strange but it worked... Tikki Feb 2013 #17

No. There's a yahoo group called the DU Panic room treestar Feb 2013 #2

I think I only have the test messges sent out when it was created. n/t woodsprite Feb 2013 #3

Slow Down...Yes... KharmaTrain Feb 2013 #5

That's what I remember leftynyc Feb 2013 #7

Are they STILL down? Kber Feb 2013 #8

Still down, and they've even removed the lame "we'll be up and running any time" splash page. mikeytherat Feb 2013 #9

If the technology is as old as we think.... Renew Deal Feb 2013 #11

I believe the entire backup plan consisted of "cross fingers and pray." mikeytherat Feb 2013 #13

I think we were once down for a day but... Renew Deal Feb 2013 #10

Wait! I read on their Yahoo page that it's sufrommich Feb 2013 #12

Only out of sheer awesomeness. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2013 #14