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does boards kinda go *funky* around 3am?

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  • 31-07-2003 3:23am
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    invincibleirish
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,219 ✭✭✭


    i noticed the past couple of nights around 3am that boards stops working,does something happen at this time or something?



    *title changed by popular demand/lynch mob.
    Post edited by Shield on


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    Snaga
    Registered Users Posts: 1,562 ✭✭✭Snaga


    Yup, Every morning at 3 its backup/cleanup time I believe. Boards are usually down for 10-15 minutes.


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    invincibleirish
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,219 ✭✭✭invincibleirish


    then im not going mad,cheers.


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    Mossy Monk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭Mossy Monk


    what is this shut down y'all speak of. never noticed it myself


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    Makaveli
    Registered Users Posts: 8,503 ✭✭✭Makaveli


    Every morning between 3am and 5 past boards goes down for maintenance. Takes about 15 minutes.


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    Pugsley
    Registered Users Posts: 7,136 ✭✭✭Pugsley


    Originally posted by Mossy Monk
    what is this shut down y'all speak of. never noticed it myself
    Its done at 3am for a reason :)


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    ToxicPaddy
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,763 Mod ✭✭✭✭ToxicPaddy


    Originally posted by Pugsley
    Its done at 3am for a reason :)

    And what would that be..????????? :)


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    damnyanks
    Registered Users Posts: 4,276 ✭✭✭damnyanks


    3AM is sorta a "I'm hammered oh look boards let me tell them my life story" time


    Why not 6AM

    And yes people do get home at 6am but thats more a "I'm hammered and tired and have kebab on my face, why the hell is that damn boards open arghhhhhhhhhhhhh!" time


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    TomTom
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 3,290 ✭✭✭TomTom


    there is a bit about this on the feedback forum.


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    lordsippa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,590 ✭✭✭lordsippa


    Ok sure it goes down for a few minutes but how is it "funky"?

    :ninja:


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    Caesar_Bojangle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,263 ✭✭✭Caesar_Bojangle


    Funky as in Slerms McKenzie, or Funky as in an apartment with no windows nor air conditioning shared by five lads which stinks of spunk?


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    [Iramus]
    Closed Accounts Posts: 211 ✭✭[Iramus]


    is it james brown funky or smelly armpits funky?


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    Silent Bob
    Registered Users Posts: 491 ✭✭Silent Bob


    Originally posted by lordsippa
    Ok sure it goes down for a few minutes but how is it "funky"?

    Originally posted in the Jargon File
    funky: adj.

    Said of something that functions, but in a slightly strange, klugey way. It does the job and would be difficult to change, so its obvious non-optimality is left alone. Often used to describe interfaces. The more bugs something has that nobody has bothered to fix because workarounds are easier, the funkier it is. TECO and UUCP are funky. The Intel i860's exception handling is extraordinarily funky. Most standards acquire funkiness as they age. “The new mailer is installed, but is still somewhat funky; if it bounces your mail for no reason, try resubmitting it.” “This UART is pretty funky. The data ready line is active-high in interrupt mode and active-low in DMA mode.”


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    BKtje
    Registered Users Posts: 8,048 ✭✭✭BKtje


    wel if it aint functioning at all i dont think it can be said to be 'funky' ;)


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    de5p0i1er
    Registered Users Posts: 2,274 ✭✭✭de5p0i1er


    Well apart from night shift workers like myself who's online at that time of night.


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    cartman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,443 ✭✭✭cartman


    its actually 3.06 :)

    cartman


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    CuLT
    Subscribers Posts: 9,716 ✭✭✭CuLT


    Originally posted by cartman
    its actually 3.06 :)

    cartman

    So THATS what the admins argue about all the time,

    "What minute past three should we have the backup?"


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    Monty - the one and only
    Registered Users Posts: 3,274 ✭✭✭Monty - the one and only


    moved.


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    Silent Bob
    Registered Users Posts: 491 ✭✭Silent Bob


    Originally posted by B-K-DzR
    wel if it aint functioning at all i dont think it can be said to be 'funky' ;)
    It does function, it just requires a small amount of offline time to keep things in order. Hence funky, it works but there are kludges to keep it working


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    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,556 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    Originally posted by CuLT
    So THATS what the admins argue about all the time,

    "What minute past three should we have the backup?"


    maybe it's the alcohol in my system but that is the funniest thing I've read in weeks :)


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    superconor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 953 ✭✭✭superconor


    maybe it's the alcohol in my system but that is the funniest thing I've read in weeks
    i kinda hope its the alcohol in your system

    im never on boards at that time, (for some reason), so i dont really know about it. does it just lock posting or is everything unnaccessable?


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    phreak
    Registered Users Posts: 3,216 ✭✭✭phreak


    Originally posted by superconor
    im never on boards at that time, (for some reason), so i dont really know about it. does it just lock posting or is everything unnaccessable?

    the site is just down.


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