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Looks like it's not just me!! Time 0900 Sat 13/Nov
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Matt Morrison wrote:
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.
Whether you were right or wrong at least it was something to read while Apterous is down for the 25th time this month.. :roll:
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Down again. :(
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Dare I ask if it's down again :?:
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:cry:
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Good news about new hardware Charlie, wd :)
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Website working this morning but can't get onto the game window (i.e. after clicking Play). Attempt 18 of 500 is as far as I need to go to convince myself.

This is all a bit frustrating especially after yesterday's "go slow" too.

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Nick Boldock wrote:Website working this morning but can't get onto the game window (i.e. after clicking Play). Attempt 18 of 500 is as far as I need to go to convince myself.

This is all a bit frustrating especially after yesterday's "go slow" too.

:evil:
Scratch that, I'm in after the nth attempt and one reboot.
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Coincidentally, RB has been talking (not disparagingly) about DoS attacks over on Gandiseeg...
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Jon Corby wrote:Coincidentally, RB has been talking (not disparagingly) about DoS attacks over on Gandiseeg...
Link? Just out of interest...
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Nick Boldock wrote:
Jon Corby wrote:Coincidentally, RB has been talking (not disparagingly) about DoS attacks over on Gandiseeg...
Link? Just out of interest...
It's here. It's obviously not mentioned in relation to apterous, and I'm also not suggesting that he has done so, but I also wouldn't believe for a second that he wouldn't do it.
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Jon Corby wrote:Coincidentally, RB has been talking (not disparagingly) about DoS attacks over on Gandiseeg...
I'd love it if he was dumb enough to do that, what with it being a criminal offence carrying a sentence of up to 10 years. I've forgotten what Richard's problem is to be honest (apart from paranoid scizophrenia) but I'm sure a brief jail spell would help clear his mind.
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Jon Corby wrote:Coincidentally, RB has been talking (not disparagingly) about DoS attacks over on Gandiseeg...
What's DoS?
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Charlie Reams wrote:paranoid schizophrenia
Don't be silly; you don't need to be paranoid when you have fan circles across the web and aficionados.
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Oliver Garner wrote:
Jon Corby wrote:Coincidentally, RB has been talking (not disparagingly) about DoS attacks over on Gandiseeg...
What's DoS?
Denial-of-service attack.
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Charlie Reams wrote:
Jon Corby wrote:Coincidentally, RB has been talking (not disparagingly) about DoS attacks over on Gandiseeg...
I'd love it if he was dumb enough to do that, what with it being a criminal offence carrying a sentence of up to 10 years. I've forgotten what Richard's problem is to be honest (apart from paranoid scizophrenia) but I'm sure a brief jail spell would help clear his mind.
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And if you needed any more proof that RB is weird/on a different planet:

"There is talk that PayPal will be attacked tomorrow, and I suggested that maybe they should try to bring down the Interpol website."
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?
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Hmmm...... I was starting to wonder!
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Maybe Charlie's mum is doing the hoovering again.
Mike Brown: "Round 12: T N R S A E I G U

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And we're back!
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Apparently it's up but I can't get in.
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Rhys Benjamin wrote:Apparently it's up but I can't get in.
That's what she said.
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Please don't post in this topic unless apterous is actually down.
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I've got a blank screen at the moment navigating to the (new) apterous front page
Mike Brown: "Round 12: T N R S A E I G U

C1: SIGNATURE (18) ["9; not written down"]
C2: SEATING (7)
Score: 108–16 (max 113)

Another niner for Adam and yet another century. Well done, that man."
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Yeah, its down for me too. Shame, as I was in the mood for some Spoilage NA.
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It's back. (Only the front page was broken, everything else is working.)
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The apterous website isn't loading at all for me. Is it down?
Mike Brown: "Round 12: T N R S A E I G U

C1: SIGNATURE (18) ["9; not written down"]
C2: SEATING (7)
Score: 108–16 (max 113)

Another niner for Adam and yet another century. Well done, that man."
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Yeah. It blew out briefly for most people earlier, but now it's totally down.

THE END IS NIGH :cry:
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Down for me, and looks like it's everyone: http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/www.apterous.org
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Ha, that's a useful site, and I've not seen it before now. Thanks :)
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Presumably that site just tests if its down for them, so should be http://www.downfordownforeveryoneorjust ... justme.com etc.
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What has happened tonight? It said the server is closing down, is it for general maintenance?
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Please don't post in this topic unless apterous is actually down.
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downforeveryone says it's up but whenever I try to access it in any browser it says it's unable to connect.
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It's working fine for me. If downforeveryone says it's up but it doesn't work for you then there's a good chance that the problem is at your end.
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Yeah, it works now. BT must just have had a brainfart or something as I could access it fine through a 3G connection, just not my home one.
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Power cut at apterous towers and the battery backup has now been exhausted so we'll be back as soon as electricity allows.
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Charlie Reams wrote:Power cut at apterous towers and the battery backup has now been exhausted so we'll be back as soon as electricity allows.
That must explain why the recap writer has been shoddy tonight and last night.

At least my back-up is working. :D
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Lightning strike?
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Is there an approximate guess as to when it'll be back up? There was a tourney due at 8pm this evening - I can reschedule it for another day but will host it this evening if it's not too late.

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Could be any time.
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Down again...
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The website is up but the game isn't allowing connections. When I click the "PLAY" link on the main page it shows "Attempt N of 500", where N slowly counts up.

Looks like it stopped working at about 19:35.
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Can't get apterous to open most of the time, and when it does it won't open any game windows. I use the "down for everyone" site and it says this is only my problem, but I can't get it to load on any computers.

EDIT: I was able to get the Daily Duel to work, but no luck with games I want to start. Also, my chat is not working.
EDIT2: Other people can challenge me and play, and I can play Ascension, but I can't challenge bots to games.
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It isn't working for me either, This is the message I'm getting:

No data received
Unable to load the web page because the server sent no data.
Here are some suggestions:
Reload this web page later.
Error 324 (net::ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE): The server closed the connection without sending any data.
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Hmm. I went on down for everyone or just me and it said it was just me and when I clicked the link to the site on that page it loaded but it still doesn't come up when I type apterous.org in to my address bar.
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It now appears to be down for everybody.

EDIT: It now appears to be back.
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http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/www.apterous.org

Is down, possibly since late last night if I remember right.
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Down again, can someone kick the server?
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Down for me too
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David Barnard wrote:Down for me too
I wouldn't post if it wasn't down for everyone ;)
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Haha, I need conundrum practise as I actually have a recording to do around september time :/
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Ian Volante wrote:
David Barnard wrote:Down for me too
I wouldn't post if it wasn't down for everyone ;)
Well, down for you and the website that claims to be checking for everyone anyway.
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Down for me I'm afraid
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It's still down. Beginning to get withdrawal symptoms.

Considering that the Apterous-namechecking CoBliviLon article is one of the most viewed/shared on the Independent website at the moment, this is probably quite a bad time for it to be down.
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Jennifer Steadman wrote:It's still down. Beginning to get withdrawal symptoms.

Considering that the Apterous-namechecking CoBliviLon article is one of the most viewed/shared on the Independent website at the moment, this is probably quite a bad time for it to be down.
Apterous is probably down because of all the extra traffic.
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Gone down. Not in a good way.
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Yep, down for me too, I can get to the start screen but can't get onto the game
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Same here. It won't log in to the game screen.
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