Bug Stomp

GADZ that really really sucked. I dont know if lightning struck the server or what, but the downtime was caused by the server re-mapping the bots every time a page loads instead of once per day.

And the reason? A total glitch in PHP that started Saturday at midnight where when the Forge creates a new log-in time for a bot, if the hour is 2AM, it's suddenly 1969. It's fixed in that bots will never log in during the hour of 2AM- those will take place at 3AM.

Bizarre and utterly sucky. I suspect lightning. Let's hope that was the extent of the glitch.

I wonder what Moreschi would say about that?
"Oh, it was the summer of 69... Yeh hey!"

Augh! About 2 minutes ago, in the right menu-bar thingy:

Gateway Timeout: A DNS lookup error occurred. The request timed out during the lookup.

As far as euthanasia for old bots, perhaps there's a better idea. Perhaps this was already discussed and I didn't see it, but maybe "suspended animation" is a better idea. You could keep one offline copy of each and send another to the bot's botmaster. I'd be happy to pledge some money toward the writable CDs which would be needed... Someone totally erasing a bot doesn't set well with many of us, but this other way, there is always the possibility of "bringing them back" at some later point? (sorry for using the wrong forum, but this is where it seems to have been most recently mentioned...)

yeah... "Freezing" them until their botmaster logs on again

Anyway, it wasn't euthanasia for old bots but for young abandoned ones.

My transcript keeps starting on March 31 and I have to go forward about 7 pages to get to today. There is no refresh button or forward 7 pages on my transcript either. :o

Actually there is a refresh button.

Hey! April 6th has disapeard from my transcripts. It was on April 6th, I went forward, logged out, logged back it and it was gone. All the others are there. Lightning?

I have April 6th.

Must be the lightning.

Does anyone else seem to get a Page Not Displayed error when using hyphens or certain proper names?

This was on the transcript for April 7th.

LinBot: (to LinBot) I was just born and cant speak well yet. No, really, I was. It's not my fault, I was actually born yesterday. Could you talk this well the day after you were born? I don't think so.
Fizzy Schizoid: I was just born and cant speak well yet. No, really, I was. It's not my fault, I was actually born yesterday. Could you talk this well the day after you were born? I don't think so.