# Did you have to restore the SDMB from floppies? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 23, 2008, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-to-restore-the-sdmb-from-floppies/478438 "2008-12-23T21:37:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-to-restore-the-sdmb-from-floppies/478438/21 "2008-12-23T22:50:16Z")
I can’t believe how much people whine about board performance, outages, etc. Jesus, step away from the computer once in a while and go out among the three-dimensional people. The board’s down? Big whoop. Go do something else. It’s a message board, not your iron lung. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-to-restore-the-sdmb-from-floppies/478438/22 "2008-12-23T22:52:13Z")
> [@DudleyGarrett to Cervaise](#): > > What’s a taint? The taint, I am given to understand, is the tender fold of flesh between the anus and the scrotum that is characterized chiefly by its seam, which forms a pinched ridge where one hemisphere of the body joins the other. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-to-restore-the-sdmb-from-floppies/478438/23 "2008-12-23T22:54:28Z")
T’ain’t your ass and t’ain’t your balls. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-to-restore-the-sdmb-from-floppies/478438/24 "2008-12-23T23:00:32Z")
Sometimes this board is perfomance art. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-to-restore-the-sdmb-from-floppies/478438/25 "2008-12-23T23:08:57Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > But…but…they have cookies You’d think she’d know THAT. 😕😉 Hmmm… I missed all of you today. The board hasn’t gone down in a long time. I blame the weather. ---
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-to-restore-the-sdmb-from-floppies/478438/26 "2008-12-23T23:12:16Z")
How long was the board down? Less than a day? Sheesh, some MMOs have downtime every week and they pay even more than SDMB people does. ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-to-restore-the-sdmb-from-floppies/478438/27 "2008-12-23T23:13:36Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > The taint, I am given to understand, is the tender fold of flesh between the anus and the scrotum that is characterized chiefly by its seam, which forms a pinched ridge where one hemisphere of the body joins the other. Well, that’s pretty disgusting. ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-to-restore-the-sdmb-from-floppies/478438/28 "2008-12-23T23:14:42Z")
> [@atomicbadgerrace](#): > > Funny, on the SDMB, there is no such expectation. I don’t recall any Service Level Agreement when I registered, nor do I recall any expectation of being paid back any part of the membership fee if a certain level is not maintained. > > Shut the fuck up and quit whining. Way to miss the point, bitchtits. ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-to-restore-the-sdmb-from-floppies/478438/29 "2008-12-23T23:15:44Z")
> [@scarlett67](#): > > i can’t believe how much people whine about board performance, outages, etc. > > Jesus, step away from the computer once in a while and go out among the three-dimensional people. The board’s down? Big whoop. Go do something else. It’s a message board, not your iron lung. shut it, cunt! ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-to-restore-the-sdmb-from-floppies/478438/30 "2008-12-23T23:22:45Z")
Don’t hold back, **DudleyGarrett** , tell us how you really feel. ---
**Author:** ![atomicbadgerrace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@atomicbadgerrace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atomicbadgerrace)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-to-restore-the-sdmb-from-floppies/478438/31 "2008-12-23T23:37:28Z")
> [@DudleyGarrett](#): > > Way to miss the point, bitchtits. no u? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-to-restore-the-sdmb-from-floppies/478438/32 "2008-12-23T23:39:25Z")
> [@DudleyGarrett](#): > > Way to miss the point, bitchtits. I repeat. You are a tumor. ---
**Author:** ![ReuvenB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@ReuvenB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReuvenB)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-to-restore-the-sdmb-from-floppies/478438/33 "2008-12-23T23:45:09Z")
We’re just flinging insults now, right? Eat a bag of dicks, **Dudley**. I seriously doubt that you work in any sort of data center. ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-to-restore-the-sdmb-from-floppies/478438/34 "2008-12-23T23:54:54Z")
It’s terrible that the board went down for any length of time to deprive us of the wonderful and witty contributions of that intellectual **Dudley Garrett**. No, wait, what’s that word that’s sort of like intellectual? Oh, that’s right: idiot. ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-to-restore-the-sdmb-from-floppies/478438/35 "2008-12-24T00:37:11Z")
> [@DudleyGarrett](#): > > Or did you forget to pay the hosting fee for December? > > Which is it? Dude, not for nothing but if you posted that it is because, you know, shit is working and all. That at least let’s you know that they paid for december. Just saying. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-to-restore-the-sdmb-from-floppies/478438/36 "2008-12-24T00:49:32Z")
Considering that this is a pay optional message board, and this is right before Christmas, we are pretty lucky it got fixed any time before the 26th. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-to-restore-the-sdmb-from-floppies/478438/37 "2008-12-24T00:54:47Z")
> [@DudleyGarrett](#): > > shut it, cunt! I can’t wait to see what **Dudley** does next if the cunt doesn’t oblige him and shut it. ---
**Author:** ![Gleena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-to-restore-the-sdmb-from-floppies/478438/38 "2008-12-24T01:09:53Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > I can’t wait to see what **Dudley** does next if the cunt doesn’t oblige him and shut it. Whinge harder, I suspect. Honestly, I’m continually amazed at the level of vitriol whenever the boards hiccough, which hasn’t been much at all since the upgrade. Some people are never happy, and determined to suck the rest of down into the depths of their petty little unfulfilled lives. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-to-restore-the-sdmb-from-floppies/478438/39 "2008-12-24T03:44:03Z")
Oh, for fuck’s sake. Sure, I had a twinge of anxiety today when an unfamiliar error showed up. The problem was fixed within hours, so far as I can make out. (I checked throughout my lunch break, and then went back to work. Too busy to check in during working hours today.) Got home to my nice warm SDMB. Ahhhhhh. This is a crisis? Seriously: Shut the fuck up, you whiny, mealy-mouthed crybaby bitch. Oh, and happy holidays and best wishes for the new year. ---
**Author:** ![St.Urho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@St.Urho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St.Urho)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-to-restore-the-sdmb-from-floppies/478438/40 "2008-12-24T04:06:19Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > You’d think she’d know THAT. 😕😉 > Hmmm… That’s the dark SIDE, the dark place is much less pleasant. And cookie free. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-to-restore-the-sdmb-from-floppies/478438.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-to-restore-the-sdmb-from-floppies/478438.md?page=3)