# Blackout of 'da board? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 22, 2003, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackout-of-da-board/203026 "2003-09-22T00:58:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Soup\_du\_jour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackout-of-da-board/203026/1 "2003-09-22T00:58:43Z")
It seems that the board has been down for most of today. I blame it on the remnants of Isabel. Either that, or something else. I don’t know which. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackout-of-da-board/203026/2 "2003-09-22T01:03:02Z")
I was the first person to post after the end of the blackout, and you, apparently, are the second. Shall we play cribbage, or chess, or Australian Rules football, or something like that, while the others come by? ---
**Author:** ![Akaadji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@Akaadji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaadji)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackout-of-da-board/203026/3 "2003-09-22T01:04:52Z")
Kyaa…I was wondering what happened as well. But, one thing I can say for sure is: well, it wasn’t my fault…^^() ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackout-of-da-board/203026/4 "2003-09-22T01:11:21Z")
It was me, sorry. I was at work today and I tripped over the internet cable to Chicago. My bad. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackout-of-da-board/203026/5 "2003-09-22T01:14:40Z")
It’s Bush. Dang pubbies are out to quash any dissent. Or maybe Ashcroft…yeah…_Ashcroft_ and his thugs are behind this… ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackout-of-da-board/203026/6 "2003-09-22T05:54:34Z")
Damn you, **friedo**! How could you not see something like that? It’s a huge black cable running down the middle of the hallway with CAUTION: INTERNET clearly written on it in large white letters. Apparently you also forgot to dial the Internet back up to full speed. It wasn’t just a blackout; the Zombie Hamsters ate about 6 hours worth of posts too. Did you remember to stuff all the posts back into the end of the cable before you plugged it in, **friedo** , or have you secretly taken them all home for your own private feast? ---
**Author:** ![BethCro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cdc98d/32.png) [@BethCro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BethCro)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackout-of-da-board/203026/7 "2003-09-22T06:08:48Z")
_sigh_ And there I was thinking, I can take SDMB or leave it. I was wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong. I’ve been trying to get into the site all night. _sigh_ - My name is BethCro and I’m and SDMB addict and I have been playing cribbage all night, yet another addiction to deal with. \* ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackout-of-da-board/203026/8 "2003-09-22T06:12:49Z")
Thank Og we’re up and running again! ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackout-of-da-board/203026/9 "2003-09-22T06:26:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Soup\_du\_jour \* > **It seems that the board has been down for most of today. I blame it on the remnants of Isabel.** In Chicago?? ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackout-of-da-board/203026/10 "2003-09-22T10:01:19Z")
You weren’t wrong, **BethCro**. You can take the SDMB _and_ leave it. And take it again. And leave it again. And take it again … Anyway, that cable that **friedo** tripped over runs from coast to coast, from Queens through the hub in Chicago all the way out to California. From California there’s a wireless signal to Hawaii, and from there to Southeast Asia. So you can see how tripping the cable would mess everyone up. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_Heart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Angel\_Heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_Heart)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackout-of-da-board/203026/11 "2003-09-22T14:18:32Z")
SDMB is like the Hotel California: you can check out but never leave. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackout-of-da-board/203026/12 "2003-09-22T14:57:14Z")
Elvis did it. Just because. ---
**Author:** ![Soup\_du\_jour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackout-of-da-board/203026/13 "2003-09-22T16:33:18Z")
> [@](#): > > From **Rilchiam** > In Chicago?? Yes, in Chicago. Those hurricane remnants are a crafty bunch. All the plotting and scheming…you know they’re up to something. ---
**Author:** ![universe.zip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a9adbd/32.png) [@universe.zip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/universe.zip)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackout-of-da-board/203026/14 "2003-09-22T16:44:59Z")
The SDMB went down at more or less the same moment the Galileo space probe plunged into Jupiter´s atmosphere. Coincidence? I think not. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![paperbackwriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@paperbackwriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paperbackwriter)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackout-of-da-board/203026/15 "2003-09-22T17:34:29Z")
What? Are you saying the Board’s servers went into a mourning period? \ I can see the servers now, sitting Shiva in a circle in the Reader’s server room. “Oy, he was such a _good_ space probe. Called home _every day_.” \ I think it’s time for my meds now… ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackout-of-da-board/203026/16 "2003-09-22T19:03:39Z")
All I know is, I had withdrawals… _hearty sigh_ I’m a junkie, no doubt. ARRR! ---
**Author:** ![universe.zip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a9adbd/32.png) [@universe.zip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/universe.zip)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackout-of-da-board/203026/17 "2003-09-22T19:06:21Z")
Well, **paperbackwriter** , my vision actually included gigantic mysterious monoliths and the message ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS - EXCEPT EUROPA. ATTEMPT NO LANDINGS THERE. And hey, Galileo was dumped off at Jupiter so as to avoid the risk of it crashing into Europa and contaminating it with microbes… _someone´s_ taking this stuff seriously… …but it ain´t me But yeah, I like your version too.