# Damn Server!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 22, 2003, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-server/203030 "2003-09-22T01:00:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**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, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-server/203030/1 "2003-09-22T01:00:43Z")
Why in the world did you have to fail? Moreover, why do you keep failing? Does it humor you to fail? Were the people that installed you/run you so incompetant that you have to fail every other month? Do you freak out every time someone write questions like this? Well? ---
**Author:** ![cheddarsnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cheddarsnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheddarsnax)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-server/203030/2 "2003-09-22T01:33:38Z")
I feel your pain, Governor. ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-server/203030/3 "2003-09-22T06:02:30Z")
Board outage = Good time to take a walk. Good time to call a friend ro family member and tell them you love them. Good time to catch up on laundry. Good time to grocery shop. Good time to look for another board of specific interest so you don’t have to whine about this board being down. Good time to catch up on bills, homework, cleaning… Good time to read a book. Good time to catch a movie. Good time to evaluate your dependence on the SDMB. Good time to wash the car. Good time to invite a friend over to drink beer and learn to knit. Good time to… yeah, there is life outside the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-server/203030/4 "2003-09-22T06:03:47Z")
Sounds like a Compaq server running McKesson software. . . at least, such has been my experience ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-server/203030/5 "2003-09-22T06:03:47Z")
Sounds like a Compaq server running McKesson software. . . at least, such has been my experience ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-server/203030/6 "2003-09-22T06:05:11Z")
Wow, i simuposted myself - has that ever been done before? ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-server/203030/7 "2003-09-22T06:07:04Z")
Only several time a day **SR**. Is this thing up and working yet… at least a little? ---
**Author:** ![fushj00mang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@fushj00mang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fushj00mang)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-server/203030/8 "2003-09-22T06:09:11Z")
Dude, its not the end of the world. ---
**Author:** ![Publius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@Publius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Publius)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-server/203030/9 "2003-09-22T06:11:14Z")
Bummer. I’d just completed an OP that cured cancer, made cold fusion practical, and exposed the true identity of Cecil Adams, too. ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-server/203030/10 "2003-09-22T06:12:54Z")
Oh! So you’re to blame… ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-server/203030/11 "2003-09-22T06:36:37Z")
**techchick68** , I’m going to pretend you didn’t say > [@](#): > > yeah, there is life outside the SDMB. . Heresey like that’ll get you banned, you know? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-server/203030/12 "2003-09-22T06:46:01Z")
I watched a very nice DVD of the Kim Novak/William Holden movie “Picnic.” A classic of the '50s. Nice movie. Great supporting cast and nice soundtrack. I spent my time away from the boards productively. Aren’t you all proud of me? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-server/203030/13 "2003-09-22T06:53:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by techchick68 \* > Good time to invite a friend over to drink beer and learn to knit. \ Steve: Hello? Me: Hey Steve, wanna come over for a few beers? Steve: Yeah, sure. You watching the game? Me: Well, I thought we could learn how to knit… \ \ ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-server/203030/14 "2003-09-22T07:25:02Z")
> [@](#): > > Were the people that installed you/run you so incompetant that you have to fail every other month? The people who installed it/run it do a damn good job of applying the shock paddles every time it has a heart attack due to being totally overtaxed day and night. And why do they do it? So that a bunch of largely over-educated smart-assed navel-gazers like the lot of us can be entertained. For free. So watch who you’re calling incompetent, mkay? ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-server/203030/15 "2003-09-22T07:34:56Z")
**Kal** Beer and knitting, surely there must be someone somewhere that does that? I do that and crochet, all the while watching football!! ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-server/203030/16 "2003-09-22T07:42:10Z")
What? The boards were down… :eek: You mean I sat here cussing my PC for (I don’t even know how long) and it wasn’t even to blame. Damn, I gotta get a hobby. ---
**Author:** ![Netbrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71e660/32.png) [@Netbrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Netbrian)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-server/203030/17 "2003-09-22T23:55:16Z")
I’m confused… Did the OP ever specifically single out the SDMB server (notoriously unreliable as I know it is) ---
**Author:** ![Nanoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-server/203030/18 "2003-09-23T07:45:50Z")
I didn’t think so. The OP could quite easily apply to my firewall/file server… so slow at converting jpegs for my gallery! Or… or… the test server! When will this company realize that just because it has no users, it can’t be ignored for the production side! Boo hoo. Well… it coulda been. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-server/203030/19 "2003-09-23T12:02:17Z")
Meh, after the big board crash, everything else is like a blink of an eye. Now if I could only get those 1200 posts back…