# Moving to New Server Friday, January 19th @ 09:00 CST **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 18, 2007, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-to-new-server-friday-january-19th-09-00-cst/388522 "2007-01-18T23:54:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-to-new-server-friday-january-19th-09-00-cst/388522/41 "2007-01-19T20:25:18Z")
So, am I here, or am I there? (I’m so confused…) Hey! I figured it out all by myself! I’m here _and_ there! ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-to-new-server-friday-january-19th-09-00-cst/388522/42 "2007-01-19T20:28:38Z")
[QUOTE=picunurse] So, am I here, or am I there? (I’m so confused…) [/QUOTE] Here _is_ there. Until the DNS information propagates through the DNS network, you’ll have to use the IP address–DNS is the system that resolves a URL to an IP address, because it’s easier for people to remember [www.straightdope.com](http://www.straightdope.com) than 208.100.20.199. It should be golden by tomorrow, the day after, at most. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-to-new-server-friday-january-19th-09-00-cst/388522/43 "2007-01-19T20:31:59Z")
Stoopid edit feature. _shakes fist at **picunurse** _ ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-to-new-server-friday-january-19th-09-00-cst/388522/44 "2007-01-19T20:32:27Z")
[QUOTE=picunurse] So, am I here, or am I there? (I’m so confused…) Hey! I figured it out all by myself! I’m here _and_ there! [/QUOTE] Here is now there and vice a versa. The new server is now the live SDMB and **Jerry** wiped the test environment. So far performance looks much improved and that is with some extra features on. Hooray. Jim ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-to-new-server-friday-january-19th-09-00-cst/388522/45 "2007-01-19T22:02:22Z")
I typically open a thread by right-click–\>Open in New Window. A few minutes ago I started getting messages that a pop-up had been blocked every time I tried to open a new thread in this way. Now it’s working again. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-to-new-server-friday-january-19th-09-00-cst/388522/46 "2007-01-19T22:33:19Z")
Now again my browser is seeing right-click + Open in New Window as a pop-up, but only on SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-to-new-server-friday-january-19th-09-00-cst/388522/47 "2007-01-19T22:45:04Z")
My propogation is complete. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-to-new-server-friday-january-19th-09-00-cst/388522/48 "2007-01-19T22:49:11Z")
As I said in the test forum, thank you! There’s probably going to be some kinks to work out, and I know some of us might be whiny during that time, but please don’t think we aren’t grateful. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-to-new-server-friday-january-19th-09-00-cst/388522/49 "2007-01-19T23:54:01Z")
> [@The New Scientist](#): > > Q. Could hamster power be an environmentally friendly answer to the impending energy crisis? How many hamsters running on wheels would it take to provide energy for a house or a factory? > > A. Let’s assume a hamster weighing 50 grams can run up a 30-degree slope at 2 metres per second. This corresponds to a power output of half a watt. If it delivers the same power when running in a hamster wheel, we would need 120 hamsters working flat-out to light a 60-watt bulb. > > The average hamster probably doesn’t spend more than 5 per cent of its life running in its wheel, so already we need a brigade of 2400 hamsters just to light our bulb. I refer the New Scientist to the experiences of [Lucy 2.0](http://www.hamstertracker.com/Lucy2.html). On Day 110 of her wheelathon she achieved a personal best of 2.3868 km/h or, to put it another way, mach 0.0019483 over a period of 6 minutes 41 seconds. This compares with the New Scientist’s speed assumption of 7.2 km/h (2 metres per second). Therefore, if we can regard Lucy 2.0 as a reliable benchmark, more than 360 hamsters would be required to light a 60-watt bulb rather than the 120 mentioned in the quoted article. Please note this figure assumes 360+ hamsters could operate at Lucy 2.0’s maximum speed during the whole of their working day. Frankly this assumption is unrealistic due to the unreliability of hamsters in general. And yet, hope is at hand. On Day 130 of her project, Lucy 2.0 spent 10.02% of her time on the treadmill rather than the 5% estimated by the New Scientist. I don’t follow the calculation too well but, if you ask me, I’d rather believe Lucy 2.0’s handler than the New Scientist any day of the week. Anyway, bearing in mind Lucy 2.0’s work rate, the brigade of hamsters required to light one 60-watt bulb would be well in excess of 3,600 rather than the quoted 2,400. Clearly, these revelations imply that the impact of any environmental and economic disasters referred to in the article would be multiplied by a factor of more than 1.5. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-to-new-server-friday-january-19th-09-00-cst/388522/50 "2007-01-19T23:58:10Z")
Resistance was futile. We have been assimilated. Thanks to all who worked on this. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-to-new-server-friday-january-19th-09-00-cst/388522/51 "2007-01-20T00:10:23Z")
[QUOTE=Duckster] So what happened to the hamsters running the old server? Are they retired and put out to pasture? Do they have plenty of food to tide them over until that Chicago winter becomes a Chicago spring? Did you move them into the new house with the new server? If so, are you expecting territorial fights with the new hamsters yet? Or did you do the unthinkable …? _Shock, horror!_ You didn’t, did you?? [/QUOTE] \ We simply beamed them over to the Klingon ship. \ ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-to-new-server-friday-january-19th-09-00-cst/388522/52 "2007-01-20T00:54:06Z")
[QUOTE=Rico] \ We simply beamed them over to the Klingon ship. \ [/QUOTE] Hardly obscure… 😛 Can you pun Hamster, though? THAT’s the question… ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-to-new-server-friday-january-19th-09-00-cst/388522/53 "2007-01-20T01:44:43Z")
Now I can again right click and open in a new window. I’m just reporting, not kvetching. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-to-new-server-friday-january-19th-09-00-cst/388522/54 "2007-01-20T02:18:17Z")
[QUOTE=Rico] \ We simply beamed them over to the Klingon ship. \ [/QUOTE] Obscure? Obscure? That is one of the most famous lines in Star Trek’s most famous episode. ---
**Author:** ![35340](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/8baadc/32.png) [@35340](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/35340)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-to-new-server-friday-january-19th-09-00-cst/388522/55 "2007-01-20T02:25:41Z")
[QUOTE=control-z] I don’t know how many people are on this new server at this point, but it is F A S T!! Good job guys! [/QUOTE] speak. self. :(. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-to-new-server-friday-january-19th-09-00-cst/388522.md?page=2)