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07/22/2016 10:17:33 AM · #1 |
One thousand apologies for the state of the site over the past few days. We had some cooling failures at our hosting facility that caused a bunch of issues (servers powering themselves down after reaching their thermal limits).
At this point, everything should be resolved, however there will be 1 more (ideally brief) outage after a data migration to ensure no loss of data.
We've extended three affected challenges (submitting and voting) deadlines until tonight as a result of the outage.
-Langdon
Message edited by author 2016-07-22 10:17:48. |
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07/22/2016 10:24:09 AM · #2 |
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07/22/2016 10:32:05 AM · #3 |
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07/22/2016 10:57:01 AM · #4 |
Whew. A lot of very worried people! Thanks for the update. |
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07/22/2016 11:09:27 AM · #5 |
Thank you for the update.
Next time please can you do a mass mail out to let us know you haven't just shut up shop and vanished forever. I assume you are still able to do this even if the site is down. |
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07/22/2016 11:13:44 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by P-A-U-L: Next time please can you do a mass mail out to let us know you haven't just shut up shop and vanished forever. I assume you are still able to do this even if the site is down. |
Actually, not. The server was offline and that's where the database lives... |
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07/22/2016 11:15:47 AM · #7 |
I've seen this so often on some of the writing sites I've used that I've learnt not to worry too much any more.
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07/22/2016 11:24:30 AM · #8 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music: Originally posted by P-A-U-L: Next time please can you do a mass mail out to let us know you haven't just shut up shop and vanished forever. I assume you are still able to do this even if the site is down. |
Actually, not. The server was offline and that's where the database lives... |
Time to speak to the IT people then |
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07/22/2016 11:53:22 AM · #9 |
I have to ask, was the new topic planned for or slipped in at an opportune moment? :) |
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07/22/2016 12:08:30 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by JakeKurdsjuk: I have to ask, was the new topic planned for or slipped in at an opportune moment? :) |
My guess is that it's Langdon's sense of humor ;) |
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07/22/2016 01:34:34 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by tanguera: Originally posted by JakeKurdsjuk: I have to ask, was the new topic planned for or slipped in at an opportune moment? :) |
My guess is that it's Langdon's sense of humor ;) |
I love it!
Thanks, Langdon.
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07/22/2016 01:36:48 PM · #12 |
Notice the new topic's been MODIFIED to make it more DPC-specific and it's now EXTENDED editing with a FLAG to allow mining your archives :-) |
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07/22/2016 02:36:01 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music: Notice the new topic's been MODIFIED to make it more DPC-specific and it's now EXTENDED editing with a FLAG to allow mining your archives :-) |
I'm assuming the DNG pass isn't allowed here? |
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07/22/2016 08:31:43 PM · #14 |
Can't we get the site to crash again? I'll spending way too much time trying to Photoshop this entry... |
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07/22/2016 11:05:52 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by JakeKurdsjuk: I'm assuming the DNG pass isn't allowed here? |
I expect we'll give it a pass again. I'd certainly advocate doing so if it happens to come up in validation. |
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07/23/2016 04:26:55 AM · #16 |
What's happened to the voting breakdown on the images after the challenge is over...they seemed to have disappeared! |
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07/23/2016 05:10:56 AM · #17 |
Originally posted by Judi: What's happened to the voting breakdown on the images after the challenge is over...they seemed to have disappeared! |
You can only see the voting breakdown for images on which you have actually cast a vote now. |
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07/23/2016 05:12:39 AM · #18 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music: Originally posted by Judi: What's happened to the voting breakdown on the images after the challenge is over...they seemed to have disappeared! |
You can only see the voting breakdown for images on which you have actually cast a vote now. |
When did that happen and why? |
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07/23/2016 05:33:06 AM · #19 |
Originally posted by Judi: Originally posted by Bear_Music: Originally posted by Judi: What's happened to the voting breakdown on the images after the challenge is over...they seemed to have disappeared! |
You can only see the voting breakdown for images on which you have actually cast a vote now. |
When did that happen and why? |
They wouldn't just change this without having consulted the paying members beforehand would they ? that would be too much salt in an already over salted wound. |
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07/23/2016 06:02:09 AM · #20 |
Originally posted by jagar: Originally posted by Judi: Originally posted by Bear_Music: Originally posted by Judi: What's happened to the voting breakdown on the images after the challenge is over...they seemed to have disappeared! |
You can only see the voting breakdown for images on which you have actually cast a vote now. |
When did that happen and why? |
They wouldn't just change this without having consulted the paying members beforehand would they ? that would be too much salt in an already over salted wound. |
The site's having an issue with 'bots engaged in image-grabbing, supposedly for "research" purposes. The lockdown of the voting histograms for non-voters is an attempt to stifle that. It's been going on for a couple months now, and it has been discussed in the forum before, briefly. A lot of details will not be forthcoming because site-security issues are played close to the vest.
Message edited by author 2016-07-23 06:04:08. |
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