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kunfuchopsticks · #1 Post by **kunfuchopsticks** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 12:06 pm

I experience random down times of this forum, typically lasting from 1 minute to 45+ minutes. Is this a server provider issue?

#2 Post by **rkawakami** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 1:12 pm

Yes, there are occasional "blackouts" due to server problems. I treat them as a good excuse to get up from the keyboard and look around the "real world" and interface with the carbon-based lifeforms in my vicinity

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#3 Post by **carbon_unit** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 6:05 pm

rkawakami wrote:(snip) interface with the carbon-based lifeforms in my vicinity .

Hmmm.....

#4 Post by **gator** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 7:12 pm

carbon_unit wrote:
rkawakami wrote:(snip) interface with the carbon-based lifeforms in my vicinity .
Hmmm.....

LOL!

Ray probably meant 'interact'

#5 Post by **rkawakami** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:35 pm

Hmm... I see where some people may get the wrong impression

....

So yes, "interact" might have been a better choice of words.

In any event, there was at least one more interruption earlier today. Wonder if the net traffic is getting bogged down in the MidWest???

#6 Post by **GomJabbar** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 10:20 pm

I am on the east coast and I experienced the same thing today. I use OpenDNS and received a message from them that the forum.thinkpads.com server was offline. So OpenDNS saw that there was a problem as well. FWIW, I was able to browse the other sites I frequent ok.

#7 Post by **JaneL** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 10:53 pm

I've been having problems for the last few days and just assumed it was Charter (I would blame global warming on Charter if I could!).

kajencik · #8 Post by **kajencik** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 12:24 am

The problem was visible also here in Europe, altough I don't remember the exact time, I can say that the www.thinkpads.com was resolved but forum.thinkpads.com wasn't.

#9 Post by **BillMorrow** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 2:40 am

i too have noticed brief and not-so-brief outages..

there WERE some carrier issues that were resolved last week (around the time of this OP)

if ANYONE notices such things again, please note the time and date and add a post to this thread..

with a few of these and dates/times i am sure i can get the server owner's attention..

#10 Post by **rkawakami** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 3:56 am

There was a slight outage a few minutes ago (has been reported in the sticky). I also have noticed within the last week or two that the system time is about 10 minutes slow. I'm synchronized to NIST (and eBay

) via US Naval Observatory, Washington DC and the DS Clock program.

Marin85 · #11 Post by **Marin85** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 6:04 pm

Forum down time: Fr, 00:42-01:10 (Zone: GMT+1)

basketb · #12 Post by **basketb** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 6:07 pm

Just had a problem connecting via http to forum.thinkpads.com. First noticed at around 3.45 pm pdt, Could connect again approx. 15 minutes later. (ping and tracert to forum.thinkpads.com worked during this time)

#13 Post by **BillMorrow** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 4:18 am

i had a brief outage today:
thursday jul-24-08, 6:56pm, EDT
about 3 minutes long

Marin85 · #14 Post by **Marin85** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 8:26 am

Fr, 15:31 to 15:35 GMT+1

qviri · #15 Post by **qviri** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 1:29 am

Down August 1, 2008, approximately 02:20 to 02:35 EDT (GMT-4); may have started earlier.

Ping to the host was working fine, but none of the forum pages would load.

edit: that's my system time, which is within few seconds of the internet time servers. The board's time runs a bit late.

#16 Post by **RealBlackStuff** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:15 am

Down August 1, 11:10 - 11.24am EST

#17 Post by **Harryc** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 8:10 pm

Down August 3rd 9:00 to 9:15PM EDT.

#18 Post by **Harryc** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 1:53 pm

Down August 4th, 2:56 to 3:02PM EDT

qviri · #19 Post by **qviri** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 4:55 pm

And again intermittently between 17:30 and 17:50 EDT.

basketb · #20 Post by **basketb** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 1:24 pm

today (8/13), approx. 11.00 - 11.20 am PDT.

#21 Post by **carbon_unit** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 9:30 pm

8-18 9:00 PM CDT it was not working. I tried again at 9:20 and it worked.

basketb · #22 Post by **basketb** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 12:38 pm

today (8/19), approx. 10.17 - 10.30 am PDT.

#23 Post by **Harryc** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:17 pm

8/19 - 2PM to 2:15PM EDT

sarbin · #24 Post by **sarbin** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:18 pm

ditto here on 8/19, 2-2:15 or so.

gongo2k1 · #25 Post by **gongo2k1** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 3:02 pm

um, not to sound like an idiot or anything, but...
what's the point of listing the outages here? i mean, it would be useful if i could check it when i can't connect, but seeing as it's hosted here...

is there something we can do to help? if the server is need of replacing/repair, it should be easy enough to get some money together from the forum members, you can get a decent dual nocona xeon rackmount for about $400 or so on ebay.

i haven't been around here for very long, but i'd definitely contribute a little $$$ to keep this place running.

#26 Post by **rkawakami** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 3:36 pm

As outlined in Bill's post above:

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... 972#436972

this thread is more of a way to document the outages so he has some ammunition when discussing this with the owner of the server.

As far as the $$$ is concerned, there's a "donate" link at the top of each page

.

And here's where Murphy's Law applies... it seems like there was an outage when I first tried to submit this post! (1320 to 1335 PDT).

sarbin · #27 Post by **sarbin** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 2:28 am

forum unreachable: ~3:15 to 3:30am edt, 8.20.08

BeeJayEmm · #28 Post by **BeeJayEmm** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:40 am

I lost contact with the forum today, 8/20/08 at 12:06 p.m. ET. till about 12:25 p.m., then was verrrrrrry sloooooooooww for several minutes till I posted at 12:41.

sarbin · #29 Post by **sarbin** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 1:13 pm

~1:45 - 2:15pm edt, 8.20.08

SkiBunny · #30 Post by **SkiBunny** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 1:14 pm

Seems to often be down for short periods, the latest being

today Aug 20 14:03 - 14:12 EDT

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