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tBP Update - You heard it here first!

Started by Christmas Ape, March 18, 2007, 08:20:51 PM

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Christmas Ape

March 18, 2007, 08:20:51 PM
Quote from: rpg.netA sudden power surge/outage at our ISP today knocked down all of our machines. The RPGnet host survived this, but the main forums table was damaged in the process. The 'CHECK' of it is taking quite a long time because of its size. We're hoping it'll be back up sometime tonight, but for this particular MySQL command there's no way to check progress.
What's that? The CHECK process is choking on Tangency, you say?

Just figured I'd get to be news guy. Carry on about your day.
Heroism is no more than a chapter in a tale of submission.
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fonkaygarry

#1
March 18, 2007, 08:55:05 PM
We go LIVE to fonkaygarry.

   "Thanks Chaz.  We have reports that physicists have determined that The RPGsite exists only in opposition to RPGnet.  Let's go now to Uwe Physicstein."

"Zank yew.  Ve haff found zat eef ze RPGnet vere to zimply WANISH, RPGsite posters vould find zemselves forced to post topics of zere own inwention und zimply VINK out of existance."

"Fascinating, you depraved shiteater.  Back to you, Ed."
teamchimp: I'm doing problem sets concerning inbreeding and effective population size.....I absolutely know this will get me the hot bitches.

My jiujitsu is no match for sharks, ninjas with uzis, and hot lava. Somehow I persist. -Fat Cat

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RockViper

#2
March 18, 2007, 09:08:35 PM
Didn't the size of Tangency cause a crash awhile back? Why don't they just wipe it and start fresh rather than rebuild a broken database?
"Sometimes it's better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness."

Terry Pratchett (Men at Arms)

peteramthor

#3
March 18, 2007, 09:16:15 PM
Quote from: RockViperDidn't the size of Tangency cause a crash awhile back? Why don't they just wipe it and start fresh rather than rebuild a broken database?

Somebody brought up the idea of deleting all the old backlog of posts, threads that have been dead for many months or even years.  Of course he got hollered down as those old posts "were important" and "could be used in the future" etc etc.  All this on a site with no good working search function and a hatred of thread necromancy with favor over creating a whole new thread.

Yeah those old tang threads are important... as important as the toe nails I clipped off five months ago.

Personally if they need to cut space they can cut off half of Tangs posts, half of the for sale section, half of the promo section, over half of the gathering section and all the locked threads.  Nobody would really notice probably, except the tang people who pay attention to the number of threads listed of the forums index.

Ah well.  It's their problem not mine.  Got plenty of other places to post.
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O'Borg

#4
March 19, 2007, 06:29:18 AM
Quote from: RockViperDidn't the size of Tangency cause a crash awhile back? Why don't they just wipe it and start fresh rather than rebuild a broken database?
Not specifically.
The site crashed because SQL hit the bump-stops due to the sheer size of the board. As most of the site is Tangency posts, many people drew the logical conclusion.
 
But we're told it wasnt at all due to Tangency, oh no sir...
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Dr Rotwang!

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March 19, 2007, 06:49:46 AM
Quote from: fonkaygarryWe go LIVE to fonkaygarry. ...
Heh.  Heh heh heh heh heh!  Huh huh.:haw:
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Koltar

#6
March 19, 2007, 11:35:56 AM
Quote from: fonkaygarryWe go LIVE to fonkaygarry.

   "Thanks Chaz.  We have reports that physicists have determined that The RPGsite exists only in opposition to RPGnet.  Let's go now to Uwe Physicstein."

"Zank yew.  Ve haff found zat eef ze RPGnet vere to zimply WANISH, RPGsite posters vould find zemselves forced to post topics of zere own inwention und zimply VINK out of existance."

"Fascinating, you depraved shiteater.  Back to you, Ed."


 Sorry I didn't catch that toss - I was at a convention all weekend and the hotel's internet connection wasn't working.


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Gabriel

#7
March 19, 2007, 11:39:18 AM
The Purple Palace will delete the gaming sections before they even consider doing anything to Tangency.

fonkaygarry

#8
March 19, 2007, 03:05:26 PM
Quote from: KoltarSorry I didn't catch that toss - I was at a convention all weekend and the hotel's internet connection wasn't working.


- Ed Charlton
You got to be on your TOES if you wanna make it at RPGsite.

Or so I have been told by people who claim to have made it at RPGsite...
teamchimp: I'm doing problem sets concerning inbreeding and effective population size.....I absolutely know this will get me the hot bitches.

My jiujitsu is no match for sharks, ninjas with uzis, and hot lava. Somehow I persist. -Fat Cat

"I do believe; help my unbelief!" -Mark 9:24

Christmas Ape

#9
March 19, 2007, 03:17:28 PM
In the interests of fostering your brilliant satire, there's a "Is GNS elitist" thread over there that turned into "...or is it just bullshit", and the Swine are taking a beating. I'd like to think I'm holding my own, in fact.

That is all. I've slept like four hours this weekend so I'm damn loopy.
Heroism is no more than a chapter in a tale of submission.
"There is a general risk that those who flock together, on the Internet or elsewhere, will end up both confident and wrong [..]. They may even think of their fellow citizens as opponents or adversaries in some kind of 'war'." - Cass R. Sunstein
The internet recognizes only five forms of self-expression: bragging, talking shit, ass kissing, bullshitting, and moaning about how pathetic you are. Combine one with your favorite hobby and get out there!

Bradford C. Walker

#10
March 19, 2007, 04:00:17 PM
Quote from: GabrielThe Purple Palace will delete the gaming sections before they even consider doing anything to Tangency.
At which point I would seriously consider deleting Tangency with a sledgehammer.

jdrakeh

#11
March 19, 2007, 04:36:13 PM
Quote from: peteramthorAll this on a site with no good working search function and a hatred of thread necromancy with favor over creating a whole new thread.

There's the rub. Without a fully functional "Search" feature, logging threads that are years old makes no sense at all.
 

fonkaygarry

#12
March 19, 2007, 04:47:35 PM
Quote from: Christmas ApeIn the interests of fostering your brilliant satire, there's a "Is GNS elitist" thread over there that turned into "...or is it just bullshit", and the Swine are taking a beating. I'd like to think I'm holding my own, in fact.

That is all. I've slept like four hours this weekend so I'm damn loopy.
Your TBP handle would be...?
teamchimp: I'm doing problem sets concerning inbreeding and effective population size.....I absolutely know this will get me the hot bitches.

My jiujitsu is no match for sharks, ninjas with uzis, and hot lava. Somehow I persist. -Fat Cat

"I do believe; help my unbelief!" -Mark 9:24

joewolz

#13
March 19, 2007, 07:57:31 PM
Quote from: GabrielThe Purple Palace will delete the gaming sections before they even consider doing anything to Tangency.

Is this because Tangency has the most paid members?

I saw if Tangency is so important, make people have to pay to use it.  They would.
-JFC Wolz
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Christmas Ape

#14
March 20, 2007, 09:54:38 AM
Quote from: fonkaygarryYour TBP handle would be...?
I would be Whatchamacarcass. I'm not right in the thick of it, but I think I pushed things in the right way for a while by getting the "It's just wrong" in there early.
Heroism is no more than a chapter in a tale of submission.
"There is a general risk that those who flock together, on the Internet or elsewhere, will end up both confident and wrong [..]. They may even think of their fellow citizens as opponents or adversaries in some kind of 'war'." - Cass R. Sunstein
The internet recognizes only five forms of self-expression: bragging, talking shit, ass kissing, bullshitting, and moaning about how pathetic you are. Combine one with your favorite hobby and get out there!
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