# G'Dope down? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 3, 2002, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gdope-down/130616 "2002-10-03T00:23:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gdope-down/130616/1 "2002-10-03T00:23:36Z")
Since last night, I haven’t been able to access the G’Dope or any other EZboard. This morning I can get to [www.ezboard.com](http://www.ezboard.com), but I can’t get to any of the forums including the EZboard help forums - this suggests that it isn’t just pub31 which is down, but all of the EZboard forums. I’m going to email EZboard and see if I can find out the nature of the problem and an estimate of when it will be fixed. I’ve worked out what your problem is **Narrad** - you need to edit your preferences and change the “maximum number of replies per page” to 50 - something you won’t be able to change until EZboard is working again. If you want to email me, I’ll send you the explanation I was going to post last night when EZboard went down. As soon as I have some indication from EZboard of when the G’Dope will be back online, I’ll post an update here. ---
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gdope-down/130616/2 "2002-10-03T00:29:38Z")
An announcement from EZboard : > [@](#): > > Today at 1 PM PST one of our NetApp had an abnormal failure. This was our core database server and as a result of this failure the entire ezboard network went down. Because of this server failure we were also unable to make changes to the homepage, thus we had no way to keep you updated on the network status. > > After working with our colocation provider we realized that the hardware had failed but NO data was lost. We are back up right now because we are using a spare system but it is not as fast as the old server. We will have the replacement tomorrow and at that time the speed will improve. > > We are very sorry for the downtime and the slowness and we will work as quickly as possible to rectify the situation. We’re currently back online, but expect the system to be unstable until it’s fixed properly. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gdope-down/130616/3 "2002-10-03T03:09:02Z")
Well, it looks like the dropbear finally died. The latest update from EZboard : > [@](#): > > This server is temporarily down: > We are performing a system upgrade. > > We appreciate your patience and understanding during this time. We expect to be back up by midnight tonight (12 AM Oct 3, 2002 PST). > Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gdope-down/130616/4 "2002-10-03T05:24:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by reprise \* > **I’ve worked out what your problem is Narrad - you need to edit your preferences and change the “maximum number of replies per page” to 50 - something you won’t be able to change until EZboard is working again.** Thanks, **reprise**! I’ll see to that when EZboards are back up. Thanks also for the heads-up on G’dope. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gdope-down/130616/5 "2002-10-03T11:28:33Z")
I can handle when the SDMB goes down. But I _really_ miss G’Dope. _twitch, twitch_ ---
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gdope-down/130616/6 "2002-10-03T22:58:10Z")
Looks like you’ll be missing it a bit longer **Wolfie**. > [@](#): > > This server is temporarily down: > Due to an unforseen hardware failure, we are performing a system upgrade. No data have been lost. > > We appreciate your patience and understanding during this time. We expect to be back up Thursday evening (8 PM Oct 3, 2002 PDT) or (3 AM October 4, 2002 GMT) > Please note that we will credit all down time to all GOLD communities once we have finished our maintenance. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding. > > UPDATE: We are taking this opportunity to balance the core database servers to improve performance and reliability. We appreciate your understanding and patience. The dropbear willing, we should be back online around 1pm EST today (3pm Kiwi time). ---
**Author:** ![Thylacine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thylacine/32/1143_2.png) [@Thylacine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thylacine)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gdope-down/130616/7 "2002-10-04T01:43:18Z")
Yeah, yeah, you pretend the dropbear has nicked off for a smoko but I know the truth, you non Victorians just couldn’t bear to have to face the inevitable discussion of [this news](http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/10/04/1033538761412.html) > [@](#): > > Melbourne has been declared the near-perfect town after being rated the best city in the world to call home. > > In a survey of 130 cities, the Economist Intelligence Unit rated Melbourne and Vancouver in Canada as the best cities in the world in which to live, with Perth ranked third and Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide tied in eighth place. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![tritone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e7dd6/32.png) [@tritone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tritone)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gdope-down/130616/8 "2002-10-04T01:56:21Z")
> [@](#): > > In a survey of 130 cities, the Economist Intelligence Unit rated Melbourne and Vancouver in Canada as the best cities in the world in which to live, with **Perth ranked third** and Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide tied in eighth place. Perth the third best places in the world to live, huh? _tritone looks out the window at the glorious blue sky and contemplates heading down to the beach later on_ Yuppo, I can agree with that 😃 [sub]Melbourne would never have won if they’d taken weather into account![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![tritone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e7dd6/32.png) [@tritone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tritone)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gdope-down/130616/9 "2002-10-04T02:02:57Z")
_tritone actually reads linked article, sees that weather was taken into account_ What the… ?? OK, I feel silly now. I’d best shut up. ---
**Author:** ![Essured](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Essured](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Essured)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gdope-down/130616/10 "2002-10-04T02:05:22Z")
I’m going bush… I can’t take it anymore ! Hopefully when I get back G’Dope will be restored. AAAAAAHHHHHH Psst, **Wolfie** didja see where Auckland ranked ? Didja ? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gdope-down/130616/11 "2002-10-04T02:08:04Z")
Hope you and Dave enjoy your long weekend **Goo**. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gdope-down/130616/12 "2002-10-04T02:34:38Z")
My home-away-from-home may be up in half and hour. Or it may be there at 11 pm my time. _sigh_ I’m hanging in there, just. Onto other, less painful and nerve-wracking matters … Auckland 24th, **Goo**? I don’t mind that, but _equal_ with _Wellington???!!_. Aw, c’mon. The thing was _rigged_!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gdope-down/130616/13 "2002-10-04T03:11:18Z")
And in news just in, [Dr Karl Kruszelnicki](http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/aboutkk.htm) has just been awarded an [IgNobel Prize](http://www.improb.com/ig/ig-top.html) for his [International Bellybutton Lint Survey](http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/lint/results.htm). It must be Friday. ---
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gdope-down/130616/14 "2002-10-04T03:36:50Z")
Were baaaaaaaaaaack. 🙂 ::happy dance::