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Is Apterous down? [DO NOT POST IN THIS TOPIC FOR ANY OTHER REASON]

Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2010 10:22 am
by Ryan Taylor
And are Likes still broke for everyone?

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2010 11:53 am
by Michael Wallace
Looks like it's down.

Anyone know if Craig and I were still winning the duel when it went down? I got up this morning and eagerly F5ed to see and it's gone and broked.

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2010 12:28 pm
by Matt Morrison
Michael Wallace wrote:Looks like it's down.
I checked when Ryan posted and it was fine so I thought it was an elaborate likes-based joke, but yeah it's down now.
Michael Wallace wrote:Anyone know if Craig and I were still winning the duel when it went down? I got up this morning and eagerly F5ed to see and it's gone and broked.
Yes, at last check. You two on 180, me on 165. Very impressive by the way, very.

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2010 1:16 pm
by Ryan Taylor
Matt Morrison wrote:
Michael Wallace wrote:Looks like it's down.
I checked when Ryan posted and it was fine so I thought it was an elaborate likes-based joke, but yeah it's down now.
It was an elaborate likes-based joke but with a serious message.

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2010 8:19 pm
by Michael Wallace
Matt Morrison wrote:
Michael Wallace wrote:Anyone know if Craig and I were still winning the duel when it went down? I got up this morning and eagerly F5ed to see and it's gone and broked.
Yes, at last check. You two on 180, me on 165. Very impressive by the way, very.
Way to jinx it you cnut :x

(tbh, both Craig and I thought we'd been a bit shit, so it's no real surprise)

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2010 4:56 am
by Rhys Benjamin
Think it's down.

Now I'm off to watch F1.

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2010 6:10 am
by Howard Somerset
My sympathies.

Don't know which is worse. Apterous being down, or F1 being on TV.

On second thoughts, lack of Apterous is marginally worse. In the case of F1 and TV there are always other more interesting stations you can switch to. :D

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2010 8:31 am
by Ian Volante
Howard Somerset wrote:My sympathies.

Don't know which is worse. Apterous being down, or F1 being on TV.

On second thoughts, lack of Apterous is marginally worse. In the case of F1 and TV there are always other more interesting stations you can switch to. :D
Well I've got the NZ v England rugby to keep me going in the interim, could be worse. SHame we're going to lose though.

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2010 8:54 am
by Rhys Benjamin
SPOILER ALERT!I like F1. :x

SPOILERS:Why do Red Bull HAVE to lock out the front row...?

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2010 10:42 am
by Howard Somerset
It's not a good time to let Charlie know (around 4am where he is - may even be 3am, as I'm not sure when DST finishes in the States). If I find it's not back up in a few hours, I'll text Charlie (unless someone else does).

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2010 10:57 am
by Ian Volante
Howard Somerset wrote:It's not a good time to let Charlie know (around 4am where he is - may even be 3am, as I'm not sure when DST finishes in the States). If I find it's not back up in a few hours, I'll text Charlie (unless someone else does).
He might still be up, or could deal with it when he gets up, no harm in texting now I wouldn't have thought.

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2010 11:09 am
by Howard Somerset
Ian Volante wrote: ... no harm in texting now I wouldn't have thought.
You've persuaded me. Done!

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 1:12 am
by James Nguyen
What's up with the site?

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 9:05 am
by Matt Morrison
James Nguyen wrote:What's up with the site?
Nothing's up with it. It's DOWN! Fuck I'm good.

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 11:08 am
by Edward McCullagh
:cry: I miss Apterous.

At least the demo for Football Manager 2011 is out :D

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 12:30 pm
by Dan Abrey
Edward McCullagh wrote::cry: I miss Apterous.
Me too! Any news as to when it will return?

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 12:59 pm
by Nick Boldock
Edward McCullagh wrote::cry: I miss Apterous.

At least the demo for Football Manager 2011 is out :D
That's great if you haven't just slung your graphics card in the bin... :cry:

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 1:19 pm
by Martin Long
Was just about to start playing this. :(

Back to the poker I guess...

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 4:25 pm
by Ryan Taylor
Awesome! It would seem Apterous being down most of the weekend coincided with me walking in the North York Moors for the weekend so I haven't suffered any withdrawal symptoms.

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 4:58 pm
by Charlie Reams
Sorry for the downtime, it seems one of our technical staff* at Apterous Towers** made a hardware installation error***. The member of staff has now been fired****.

* My mum
** My mum's house
*** Unplugged the server to use the hoover
**** Disowned

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 5:35 pm
by Gavin Chipper
Charlie Reams wrote:Sorry for the downtime, it seems one of our technical staff* at Apterous Towers** made a hardware installation error***. The member of staff has now been fired****.

* My mum
** My mum's house
*** Unplugged the server to use the hoover
**** Disowned
Like.

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 6:36 pm
by Chris Davies
Charlie Reams wrote:Sorry for the downtime, it seems one of our technical staff* at Apterous Towers** made a hardware installation error***. The member of staff has now been fired****.

* My mum
** My mum's house
*** Unplugged the server to use the hoover
**** Disowned
:D

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 7:09 pm
by James Robinson
Charlie Reams wrote:Sorry for the downtime, it seems one of our technical staff* at Apterous Towers** made a hardware installation error***. The member of staff has now been fired****.

* My mum
** My mum's house
*** Unplugged the server to use the hoover
**** Disowned
DOUBLE LIKE ;) :) :D :mrgreen: 8-)
DOUBLE LIKE ;) :) :D :mrgreen: 8-)

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 11:34 pm
by James Doohan
James Robinson wrote:
Charlie Reams wrote:Sorry for the downtime, it seems one of our technical staff* at Apterous Towers** made a hardware installation error***. The member of staff has now been fired****.

* My mum
** My mum's house
*** Unplugged the server to use the hoover
**** Disowned
DOUBLE LIKE ;) :) :D :mrgreen: 8-)
DOUBLE LIKE ;) :) :D :mrgreen: 8-)
Am I the only person who doesn't like this? :x

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 11:56 am
by Lesley Hines
James Doohan wrote:
James Robinson wrote:
Charlie Reams wrote:Sorry for the downtime, it seems one of our technical staff* at Apterous Towers** made a hardware installation error***. The member of staff has now been fired****.

* My mum
** My mum's house
*** Unplugged the server to use the hoover
**** Disowned
DOUBLE LIKE ;) :) :D :mrgreen: 8-)
DOUBLE LIKE ;) :) :D :mrgreen: 8-)
Am I the only person who doesn't like this? :x
Nah. It does seem a bit harsh to disown her. Tell her she's not allowed to do your washing or cooking the next time you come home :lol:

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 12:01 pm
by Rhys Benjamin
OH, NO, NOT AGAIN!

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 12:05 pm
by Martin Long
Down again. :(

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 12:19 pm
by Howard Somerset
Rhys Benjamin wrote:OH, NO, NOT AGAIN!
Martin Long wrote:Down again. :(
Texted Charlie about the quality of staff at Apterous Towers.

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 12:23 pm
by Rhys Benjamin
hmmm.

the link Michael put says it's up, but it's down.

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 12:26 pm
by Dan Abrey
That's because it's not giving a 404 error, it's a database issue, as described by the sentence "Could not establish database connection...". That website just checks to see if anything is returned.

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 12:28 pm
by Dan Abrey
Plus the wiki's still up, so it's not the website itself.

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 12:38 pm
by Howard Somerset
Dan Abrey wrote:Plus the wiki's still up, so it's not the website itself.
The wiki was up at the end of last week, when both apterous and the cdb were down due to being unplugged for cleaning. The wiki's on a different machine.

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 1:10 pm
by Martin Long
Anyone know when it will be working again?

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 1:16 pm
by Dan Abrey
Ah, didn't know that Howard. Shouldn't talk out of my arse when I don't actually know anything :)

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 1:32 pm
by Howard Somerset
Dan Abrey wrote:Ah, didn't know that Howard. Shouldn't talk out of my arse when I don't actually know anything :)
No worries, Dan. Some people (no names, of course) make more sense when they talk out of their arse. :)

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 1:42 pm
by Dan Abrey
I've had Sunday and today off this week, typically. Want to play some Countdown!

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 3:27 pm
by Rhys Benjamin
It's back!

And I swear it was gone 5 minutes ago!

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 4:28 pm
by Martin Long
Down again.:(

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 5:13 pm
by Charlie Reams
Power cut.

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 10:58 am
by peter lee
down again ?

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 11:06 am
by Matt Morrison
STOP PRESS!!!
This link doesn't stop working: http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/apterous.org

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 1:36 pm
by Martin Long
:(

Was looking forward to playing some number attacks today.

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 4:56 pm
by Rhys Benjamin
Out come the mobile phones....

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 5:21 pm
by Ian Volante
Rhys Benjamin wrote:Out come the mobile phones....
Why?

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 5:24 pm
by Matt Morrison
Ian Volante wrote:
Rhys Benjamin wrote:Out come the mobile phones....
Why?
That's how the kids get their porn these days. I personally can't stand that pixellated crap, get a PSP dammit.

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 5:30 pm
by Ian Volante
Matt Morrison wrote:
Ian Volante wrote:
Rhys Benjamin wrote:Out come the mobile phones....
Why?
That's how the kids get their porn these days. I personally can't stand that pixellated crap, get a PSP dammit.
Ah, I'm an old Luddite it seems. Nowt like a laminated magazine.

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 10:23 am
by Nick Boldock
Off sick... laid up in bed... thinking "oh well at least I can lay here all day playing Apterous..." and it's fucking DOWN again!!!

God's not a fan of me, I'm tellin ya.

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 11:40 am
by Dan Abrey
I've had 3 days off out of the last 3 weeks and all 3 were Apterous down days :roll:

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 11:42 am
by Michael Wallace
Dan Abrey wrote:I've had 3 days off out of the last 3 weeks and all 3 were Apterous down days :roll:
So it's your fault! :o

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 3:36 pm
by Kai Laddiman
Dan Abrey is obviously Charlie's mom.

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 4:40 pm
by Nick Boldock
Hey. it's back!

Er, except you can't log in. Still, it beats looking at an error page I suppose...

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 11:03 pm
by Ian Volante
Nick Boldock wrote:Hey. it's back!

Er, except you can't log in. Still, it beats looking at an error page I suppose...
Ditto. Seems that some can log in though, boo!

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 11:35 pm
by Dan Abrey
I think if you're still left logged in then you can load the applet, albeit with an error message at the top. I stupidly logged out half an hour ago and so am now left out in the cold.

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2010 5:57 pm
by James Bradley
Anybody else not able to log in again tonight?

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2010 6:00 pm
by James Bradley
Must be me because right after i posted the message it worked!

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 11:20 pm
by James Robinson
Is it down again :?:

I only ask, because as well as not being able to play on Apterous, I can't do any historical recaps either. :roll:

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 11:43 pm
by Dan Abrey
http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/apterous.org

Says it's up. I'm trusting my computer which hasn't loaded it for half an hour, though.

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 8:43 am
by Matt Morrison
Dan Abrey wrote:http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/apterous.org

Says it's up. I'm trusting my computer which hasn't loaded it for half an hour, though.
Thanks for reposting Dan, glad some people are picking up.

However, to explain further - the 'down for everyone or just me' site simply tests whether there is a response from the server.

If the result is 'yes it's down' this means the server isn't responding - in real terms as far as apterous is concerned this means something wrong with Charlie's PC at Apterous Towers, usually in the power department, mum's accidentally turned it off to vacuum or whatever. This manifests itself on our screens with a "could not connect to server" error message branded in your own browser's style.

At the moment though, the computer/server itself is working fine - which is why you don't get a "can't access server" error, and why downforeveryoneorjustme reports that the site is fine. The problem is a SOFTWARE problem on Charlie's PC and not the hardware - it is suffering from a database connection error which means the website is down, not the whole server.

Hope that helps a little. Helps explain I mean, obviously doesn't help y'all get on to apterous :)

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 1:10 pm
by Charlie Reams
Matt Morrison wrote: At the moment though, the computer/server itself is working fine - which is why you don't get a "can't access server" error, and why downforeveryoneorjustme reports that the site is fine. The problem is a SOFTWARE problem on Charlie's PC and not the hardware - it is suffering from a database connection error which means the website is down, not the whole server.
What makes you think that?

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 1:58 pm
by Matt Morrison
Charlie Reams wrote:
Matt Morrison wrote: At the moment though, the computer/server itself is working fine - which is why you don't get a "can't access server" error, and why downforeveryoneorjustme reports that the site is fine. The problem is a SOFTWARE problem on Charlie's PC and not the hardware - it is suffering from a database connection error which means the website is down, not the whole server.
What makes you think that?
What does it matter, I'm trying to be helpful.