Sorry about that downtime

[Garpal Gumnut]

I don't get it. The only way you could be prevented seeing a thread is if the thread starter blocked you. I started this thread and I'm not blocking you, so you should always have been able to see and read it.

Unless you are referring to not being able to see particular posts in the thread by someone that has blocked you.

Wrong Joe.

If someone double blocks someone else, the latter cannot see the thread in "What's New" unless they do a "search" for the thread.

gg

 

[Joe Blow]

Wrong Joe.

If someone double blocks someone else, the latter cannot see the thread in "What's New" unless they do a "search" for the thread.

But surely only as long as their post is the most recent post in that thread?

 

[Garpal Gumnut]

But surely only as long as their post is the most recent post in that thread?

Yes.

gg

 

[Joe Blow]

Yes.

gg

OK, well that's a shame. If people want me to remove the two-way block functionality then they should say so in that thread. if enough people want it gone I will remove it.

 

[Garpal Gumnut]

But surely only as long as their post is the most recent post in that thread?

Hard as it is to imagine that anyone would block an innocent soul such as I, I now regularly check "Whats New" on an unlogged in browser to see what threads are current.

Hi @qldfrog

lol.

gg

 

[Garpal Gumnut]

OK, well that's a shame. If people want me to remove the two-way block functionality then they should say so in that thread. if enough people want it gone I will remove it.

No, keep it.

Anyone who blocks me, I block them.

gg

 

[Dona Ferentes]

Thanks for coming to the thread, gg.

Now, was it that admirable Frenchman Voltaire was thought to have said?

Monsieur l’abbé, je déteste ce que vous écrivez, mais je donnerai ma vie pour que vous puissiez continuer à écrire.

 

[JohnDe]

Hard as it is to imagine that anyone would block an innocent soul such as I, I now regularly check "Whats New" on an unlogged in browser to see what threads are current.

Hi @qldfrog

lol.

gg

I find that the people that block decent debate can't handle the truth ;-)

 

[rcw1]

Good morning
Happy Saturday

Can ya triple and quadruple block too ha ha ha ha ha

Kind regards
rcw1

 

[Joe Blow]

As long as you can get tech support then.?

Tech support generally won't help you if you mess things up yourself. They help with server maintenance issues, but they aren't too keen to assist with user software issues. In the case of this DNS change there's probably not much they could have done. I changed it back pretty quickly but by then the damage was done.

 

[Dona Ferentes]

I find that the people that block decent debate can't handle the truth ;-)

And you can't have a community if there are restrictions or artificial constructs.

As they say, common sense ain't that common.

 

[frugal.rock]

Should be pub rules.
If the publican wants to bar someone for a period of time or the bouncers beat someone up for looking at them wrong, that's life.

 

[Dona Ferentes]

Falls and seniors do not go together, take care.........market down again last night..

And I hope you're recovering. Sounded unpleasant

And the only link between market falls and seniors is that the latter have seen more of the former, over the years.

 

[eskys]

And I hope you're recovering. Sounded unpleasant

And the only link between market falls and seniors is that the latter have seen more of the former, over the years.

Thanks, Dona. Bit sore but will live to see another day.

I can see how you see 'falls' as market related. I meant accidents, tripping or taking a nose dive like I did. The shock was numbing.....no sense, no pain, till much later........hope you're well.

 

[Dona Ferentes]

Thanks, Dona. Bit sore but will live to see another day.

I can see how you see 'falls' as market related. I meant accidents, tripping or taking a nose dive like I did.

I knew that; just a sad attempt at humour.

The shock was numbing.....no sense, no pain, till much later....

there is a statistic that something like 42% of hospital admissions are from falls. And the older we get the more likelihood there is. I won't do things aI used to when younger, go up on roofs, for example

....hope you're well.

Upright and casting a shadow

 

[SirRumpole]

Should be pub rules.
If the publican wants to bar someone for a period of time or the bouncers beat someone up for looking at them wrong, that's life.

Yes, think that only the administrators should have blocking rights.

If individuals don't want to read others posts they don't have to.

"There are none so blind as those who don't want to see."

 

[eskys]

I knew that; just a sad attempt at humour.

there is a statistic that something like 42% of hospital admissions are from falls. And the older we get the more likelihood there is. I won't do things aI used to when younger, go up on roofs, for example


Upright and casting a shadow

Roof? Didn't know you did that! I did the same when younger.....was a climber....trees too. Now can't go more than 3 or 4 rungs up the ladder, look down and get the jitters....

A large percentage of falls are the elderly and the older the age, the longer the recovery. In fact, some elderly never recover from falls, and go downhill thereafter. Got to look after ourselves....my late mother said 'if I look after myself, I take the burden off my children"

 

[eskys]

Yes, think that only the administrators should have blocking rights.

If individuals don't want to read others posts they don't have to.

"There are none so blind as those who don't want to see."

I don't think we (forum members) need to block anyone. If we don't like what we read, we have the option to move on. And, we can still be civil in disagreement. Don't need name calling and labelling to inflame...........if we don't understand, we can always ask for clarification..........we have words, language........let's use that instead.

 

[Joe Blow]

Good afternoon all,

What a horrible day!

Firstly, let me apologise for that extended downtime.

Between 2am and 3am this morning the data centre that ASF is hosted at suffered a significant hardware failure that caused numerous servers to go offline, many of which suffered data corruption and as a result could not go back online.

Since that time the host has been transferring affected client file systems and databases to new servers. When those transfers are complete, the technical support team has been attempting to repair the data corruption on each server.

The ASF file system has just finished transferring to a new server and the databases have now been repaired. The only positive to come out of all this is that ASF is now on a newer server than it previously was which may improve page loading times and site speed generally. The old server was getting a bit long in the tooth.

These kind of incidents are web hosting black swan events and unfortunately cannot be predicted nor prevented.

I apologise for any inconvenience caused and thank you all for your patience. If you have any questions, please ask them in this thread.

Please resume posting.

 

[finicky]

How about a few words on the twitter account to give a clue about problem and likely downtime if known?