The website is down

[Sara Marie]

Well folks, It's been fun. But I have to go catch a bus home to do some last minute cleaning before my sister flies in. Anyone wanna drive me to the bus stop?

Edit, well shoot, this is on page two of the thread and no one is gonna see it. :(

[Erik Mona]

My god, don't some of you have meetings to go to or work to do?

[Vic Wertz]

We're up! We're up!

[erian_7]

Jason Bulmahn wrote:

With no one posting, I can finally get caught up on the Playtest Boards...

Nobody fix it... I beg you!

Jason

Does this mean Jason answered if trip weapons are needed to trip?

;^)

EDIT: Oh wait, that's the playtest boards, not rules discussions...nuts!

[Gene 95]

*begins making 'I survived the Paizo crash of 2010' t-shirts*

[Vic Wertz]

Not happy with ISP. 5 hours of downtime is *not* ok. Our previous ISP didn't cause even an hour of downtime over about five years of service...

[Gene 95]

So did they give you a reason why the servers went down?

New guy crashing the block?

Spilled coffee?

Banshee attack?

[Vic Wertz]

Gene wrote:

So did they give you a reason why the servers went down?

It wasn't the servers—something failed well upstream of us, and apparently affected several of their other customers too. It involved some technical abbreviation I wasn't familiar with. I'd totally have googled it, but... you know.

Not pleased to learn that there's something within their control that apparently has no redundancy, nor even hot-swappability...

[Sharoth]

Vic Wertz wrote:

Gene wrote:

So did they give you a reason why the servers went down?

It involved some technical abbreviation I wasn't familiar with. I'd totally have googled it, but...

~hands Vic a loaded shotgun~ Have fun explaing to your ISP as to why having your servers go down is NOT a good idea.

[Gene 95]

Vic Wertz wrote:

It involved some technical abbreviation I wasn't familiar with. I'd totally have googled it, but...

Ah. Those are the worst kind of problems 'cause you can't check to see if they're just playing with you or not.

They probably blew a flux capacitor. Or stepped on one of the tubes. :p

[Adam Daigle]

You people are insane.

Lovely, lovely insane.

[Mothman]

Paizo.com down is bad (I actualy had to work for the past few hours!)0000000000000

[Reggie]

And I thought my staff rambled...

Reggie.

[Skeld]

Best thread EVAR!

-Skeld

[Zil]

Gene wrote:

Vic Wertz wrote:

It involved some technical abbreviation I wasn't familiar with. I'd totally have googled it, but...

Ah. Those are the worst kind of problems 'cause you can't check to see if they're just playing with you or not.

They probably blew a flux capacitor. Or stepped on one of the tubes. :p

A long time ago and in a phone company data centre far away I was on a student tour and I tripped over a cable. Within a couple of minutes the area was flooded with techs desperately looking for what had taken the phone system off-line. Oops.

[damnitall22]

Gene wrote:

They probably blew a flux capacitor. Or stepped on one of the tubes. :p

On a related side note I was in radio repair while I was in the Marines. At one point I was out in the middle of nowhere working on a radio. I manage to get it up and running again and the operator asks what I did to fix it. Before I could say anything he goes into how he is a tech guru and builds computers and works on all kinds of stuff.

Being the incredible smart a$$ that I am I proceed to tell him that the decepticon remix value was shorting out the flux capacitor. His response... yeah I thought that was it.

Idiot.

[Urizen]

You mean it wasn't a 12/21/2012 drill? Dang!

[Gene 95]

damnitall22 wrote:

Being the incredible smart a$$ that I am I proceed to tell him that the decepticon remix value was shorting out the flux capacitor. His response... yeah I thought that was it.

Idiot.

Ha!

Awesome! ^_^

[tdewitt274]

Hey, did you guys know The Website Is Down? Probaby why it took so long to get it back up.

Couldn't resist : )

EDIT: Forgot how bad it was, You'll have to search for it.

[Loopy]

LOL

[Hugo Solis]

OMG I can't believe all the stuff you wrote.... Is like watching a TV show with the Paizo staff... :Picture: Erik Mona walks into the living room: Don't you have workl to do? :backgrond laugher :

:ROFL:

[joela]

+1. I can't believe how much I enjoyed these posts. We've got to have more threads like this. Vic, what's the number of your ISP again? ^_^

[Charles Evans 25]

Well I had internet access, being outside the affected area (just not Paizo access) and split my time between the chatroom and playing *this dangerously addictive little platform game*. I would recommend other messageboarders bookmark it perhaps, for next time this happens.

NB
Sadly my best score is only 45,000 odd, and not high enough to make their top score table.

Edit:
And yes this thread was awesome. In the chatroom we were feverishly speculating if Wayfinder #2 had gone stratospheric and caused the failure of the site as hundreds rushed to try and download it simultaneously.

[Shadowborn]

Well, this was an interesting look into life at Paizo...

[Zark]

Vic Wertz wrote:

Gene wrote:

So did they give you a reason why the servers went down?

It wasn't the servers—something failed well upstream of us, and apparently affected several of their other customers too. It involved some technical abbreviation I wasn't familiar with. [...]

You failed your knowledge check? Perhaps it was a technical aberration?

[Stegger]

You just made my day with this thread :-)

[AWizardInDallas]

Vic Wertz wrote:

I hate computers.

Amen. Horrible data eating monsters with no stats.

[ulgulanoth]

can we get the piazo staff to write a daily piazo something or other what have you, every day?

i just love this thread!

[Aberzombie]

I always wondered what they did when we weren't looking......

[Aberzombie]

I just realized....I hope Heathy is all right. What with the site being down for so long, that's a lot of time for him to be away from the boards.

[Mike Welham]

Did you get all my e-mails telling you the website was down?

[Mairkurion {tm}]

He just went to Super Walmart for five hours.

[Matthew Morris]

Zark wrote:

You failed your knowledge check? Perhaps it was a technical aberration?

Shh, you'll give away what the 8 will have to stat up for round 4...

[Kakarasa]

damnitall22 wrote:

Gene wrote:

They probably blew a flux capacitor. Or stepped on one of the tubes. :p

On a related side note I was in radio repair while I was in the Marines. At one point I was out in the middle of nowhere working on a radio. I manage to get it up and running again and the operator asks what I did to fix it. Before I could say anything he goes into how he is a tech guru and builds computers and works on all kinds of stuff.

Being the incredible smart a$$ that I am I proceed to tell him that the decepticon remix value was shorting out the flux capacitor. His response... yeah I thought that was it.

Idiot.

I just had a quick uncontrollable burst of laughter at starbuck and got the "you're too loud for the library" look from an older employee.

Very funny though.

[Callous Jack]

Treerazer wrote:

I'M IN YOUR INTERNETS, RAZING YOUR TUBEZ!!!! (nom nom)

That's got to be one of the funniest editor posts I've seen.

[Vanulf Wulfson]

To err is Human, to really foul things up requires a computer.

[Celestial Healer]

I feel like the world is a better place thanks to this thread.

[Garydee]

It's nice to know that the guys who work for Paizo are as nutty as the rest of us. :)

[Stebehil]

Garydee, the are AT LEAST as nutty as we are, I´d say.

Zil wrote:

A long time ago and in a phone company data centre far away I was on a student tour and I tripped over a cable. Within a couple of minutes the area was flooded with techs desperately looking for what had taken the phone system off-line. Oops.

You´d think that they would place cables THAT important in a way NOBODY could accidentally trip over them while on a tour. I´d rather not imagine similar standards in, say, nuclear power plants or airplane traffic control centers...

Stefan

[Andrew Turner]

Wouldn't this thread be easier to find if it were in the Tech Section of the messageboards...?

[Freehold DM]

Urizen wrote:

You mean it wasn't a 12/21/2012 drill? Dang!

Happy birthday to me... cries single tear as the world burns

[Aberzombie]

Andrew Turner wrote:

Wouldn't this thread be easier to find if it were in the Tech Section of the messageboards...?

Probably, but who knows what twisted paths of logic Teter followed when creating it. Don't delve to closely into his reasons though, for your avatar is crunchy, and tastes good with digital ketchup.

[Buckaroo Banzai]

Aberzombie wrote:

Andrew Turner wrote:

Wouldn't this thread be easier to find if it were in the Tech Section of the messageboards...?

Probably, but who knows what twisted paths of logic Teter followed when creating it. Don't delve to closely into his reasons though, for your avatar is crunchy, and tastes good with digital ketchup.

No, no, no, don't tug on that! You never know what it might be attached to.

[CourtFool]

So you are saying my order did not go through?

[brock]

Stebehil wrote:

Garydee, the are AT LEAST as nutty as we are, I´d say.

Zil wrote:

A long time ago and in a phone company data centre far away I was on a student tour and I tripped over a cable. Within a couple of minutes the area was flooded with techs desperately looking for what had taken the phone system off-line. Oops.

You´d think that they would place cables THAT important in a way NOBODY could accidentally trip over them while on a tour. I´d rather not imagine similar standards in, say, nuclear power plants or airplane traffic control centers...

Stefan

Funny story : you wouldn't believe just how easy it is to disconnect a relay between the ministry of defence and a destroyers captain during the middle of the first gulf war by accidentally upgrading the 'active' side of the comms relay rather than the 'redundant'...

[Cosmo]

CourtFool wrote:

So you are saying my order did not go through?

You mean this order:

Spoiler:

CourtFool
400 Crazyman Dr
Burgerville, TX 66666

UPS Mail Innovations Bound Printed Matter Submitted 02/03/10
10 x Pokémon—Diamond & Pearl: Stormfront Booster Display Our Price: $13.49

1 x Pokémon Diamond & Pearl V1 (DVD) Our Price: $13.49

5 x Pokémon—Diamond & Pearl: Mysterious Treasures Booster Display: $147.74

5 x Pokémon Platinum Poster Pack Our Price: $10.80

Subtotal: 941.09
Shipping & Handling: 42.89
Shipping and handling Discount: -10.00
Total: 973.98

?

If so... yes.

:)

[Urizen]

runs into thread.

Spoiler:

:golf claps: Cosmo

runs out of thread.

[Clinically Depressed Poodle]

Holy crap cakes!

Pokémon—Diamond & Pearl: Mysterious Treasures Booster Display is only $147.74!

Awesome! I wonder if Courtfool will share with his fellow poodles....

[Loopy]

Cosmo wrote:

CourtFool wrote:

So you are saying my order did not go through?

UPS Mail Innovations Bound Printed Matter Submitted 02/03/10

10 x Pokémon—Diamond & Pearl: Stormfront Booster Display Our Price: $13.49

1 x Pokémon Diamond & Pearl V1 (DVD) Our Price: $13.49

5 x Pokémon—Diamond & Pearl: Mysterious Treasures Booster Display: $147.74

5 x Pokémon Platinum Poster Pack Our Price: $10.80

Subtotal: 941.09
Shipping & Handling: 42.89
Shipping and handling Discount: -10.00
Total: 973.98

I can't tell if you're joking or not.

Please, please tell me you're joking. LOL