# Major system problems

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-system-problems/2980>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 2, 1999, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-system-problems/2980 "1999-09-02T04:51:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 1999, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-system-problems/2980/1 "1999-09-02T04:51:00Z")

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I sure hope this is not the first post in GQ . . .but for right now it’s a warning to others.

For the time being, post here at your own risk.

The techs are working on the situation and trying to fix this as soon as possible.

your humble TubaDiva/SDStaffDiv  
for the Straight Dope

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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 1999, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-system-problems/2980/2 "1999-09-02T16:46:00Z")

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Thanks, Tuba. Thanks, Techs.

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**Abstainer:** _a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure._  
**- Ambrose Bierce**

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 1999, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-system-problems/2980/3 "1999-09-02T16:58:00Z")

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Okay, seems to be fixed now.

We hope.

your humble TubaDiva/SDStaffDiv  
for the Straight Dope  
staggering from crisis to crisis

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**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 1999, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-system-problems/2980/4 "1999-09-03T05:01:00Z")

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You guys rock. Thanks for puttin’ in the late hours for our benefit.

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Livin’ on Tums, Vitamin E and Rogaine

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**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 1999, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-system-problems/2980/5 "1999-09-03T05:12:00Z")

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Looks like the workmen left a miss behind. I can just picture Nickrz heaving a big sigh before spitting on his hands, grabbing a broom and getting to work deleting all those test threads.

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**Author:** ![Nickrz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@Nickrz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nickrz)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 1999, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-system-problems/2980/6 "1999-09-03T00:35:00Z")

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Alas, I dasn’t touch that control panel,  
lest we all go _POOF_ again.

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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2000, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-system-problems/2980/7 "2000-06-28T15:10:35Z")

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Its working fine. don’t you think whenits working fine again, one should take out messages about it? Otherwise I get nervous wondering whats going to happen next 🙂