# 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:** 13\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-to-restore-the-sdmb-from-floppies/478438/101 "2008-12-29T03:36:48Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > When on earth did the SDMB crash? What did I miss? Not much. Just the usual splattering of hamster entrails around the server room. > [@Fish](#): > > LOAD"SDMB" > > PRESS PLAY ON TAPE > SEARCHING FOR SDMB > LOADING > READY. > \_ > > I kid the computer guys, I do. Lord love a gerbil. I _remember_ those days. Thank you for adding a few dozen more gray hairs to my head. Can you imagine how twisted the OP’s knickers would be if the SDMB server were a CoCo 1 with 4k of memory and a single cassette machine for a bulk storage device? Seriously, **DudleyGarrett** , I don’t think you know how good you have it. ---
**Author:** ![Algher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-to-restore-the-sdmb-from-floppies/478438/102 "2008-12-29T03:47:14Z")
I just want to know if you are Charter member, when the Board goes down - does it like, go \*DOWN \*on you? When the SDMB DB crashes, please save Cafe Society recipe threads. The Pit and GD will refresh their content within 15 minutes or less. ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-to-restore-the-sdmb-from-floppies/478438/103 "2008-12-29T03:54:04Z")
> [@Algher](#): > > I just want to know if you are Charter member, when the Board goes down - does it like, go \*DOWN \*on you? Were that the case, I would’ve been damn sure to sign my husband up for a charter membership when they first went into effect. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-to-restore-the-sdmb-from-floppies/478438/104 "2008-12-29T04:04:50Z")
> [@Algher](#): > > I just want to know if you are Charter member, when the Board goes down - does it like, go \*DOWN \*on you? Vagina dentata. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-to-restore-the-sdmb-from-floppies/478438/105 "2008-12-29T04:55:55Z")
> [@DudleyGarrett](#): > > As it stands now, the board has a lot of problems… Yes, but there’s always hope that you’ll leave, and then the board will have one fewer. ---
**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 29, 2008, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-to-restore-the-sdmb-from-floppies/478438/106 "2008-12-29T15:29:47Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Vagina dentata. Ain’t no passing craze. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-to-restore-the-sdmb-from-floppies/478438/107 "2008-12-30T10:11:21Z")
I guess someone else misses Queen of Wands. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-to-restore-the-sdmb-from-floppies/478438/108 "2008-12-30T17:45:41Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > I guess someone else misses Queen of Wands. Yes. Although I’m enjoying [Punch-n-Pie](http://www.punchanpie.net/cgi-bin/autokeenlite.cgi). ---
**Author:** ![alterego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-to-restore-the-sdmb-from-floppies/478438/109 "2008-12-31T00:36:09Z")
OP, you can safely ignore the criticisms you’ve received in this thread from seasoned posters, because each and every one of them keeps a dark secret in their heart: They too are unsatisfied with the lack of progress and basic maintenance around here. I personally like the tone of the question, and wish Jerry’s brain would snap out of the floppy era. If he has a brain, that is. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-to-restore-the-sdmb-from-floppies/478438/110 "2008-12-31T01:39:49Z")
> [@TroubleAgain](#): > > Yes. Although I’m enjoying [Punch-n-Pie](http://www.punchanpie.net/cgi-bin/autokeenlite.cgi). Punch-n-Pie is all right, but I don’t like it nearly as much as QoW. Don’t know why…I just always liked Kestrel a lot more than Angie. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-to-restore-the-sdmb-from-floppies/478438/111 "2008-12-31T02:43:35Z")
> [@alterego](#): > > OP, you can safely ignore the criticisms you’ve received in this thread from seasoned posters, because each and every one of them keeps a dark secret in their heart: They too are unsatisfied with the lack of progress and basic maintenance around here. I personally like the tone of the question, and wish Jerry’s brain would snap out of the floppy era. If he has a brain, that is. And you have inside knowledge of Jerry’s abilities and work schedule-how? ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-to-restore-the-sdmb-from-floppies/478438/112 "2008-12-31T05:17:38Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > And you have inside knowledge of Jerry’s abilities and work schedule-how? Let alone knowing what lurks inside the minds of Dopers. ---
**Author:** ![chromaticity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@chromaticity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chromaticity)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-to-restore-the-sdmb-from-floppies/478438/113 "2008-12-31T08:34:58Z")
Awesome! I rarely laugh hard these days. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-to-restore-the-sdmb-from-floppies/478438.md?page=5)