# SDMB will go offline for maintenance at 1 am CT Fri 5/6/16 **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 5, 2016, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-will-go-offline-for-maintenance-at-1-am-ct-fri-5-6-16/754022 "2016-05-05T21:02:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-will-go-offline-for-maintenance-at-1-am-ct-fri-5-6-16/754022/1 "2016-05-05T21:02:20Z")
Should be back on in an hour. Sorry for any inconvenience. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-will-go-offline-for-maintenance-at-1-am-ct-fri-5-6-16/754022/2 "2016-05-05T21:03:42Z")
No. NO! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooo! \*weeps pathetically in the corner ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-will-go-offline-for-maintenance-at-1-am-ct-fri-5-6-16/754022/3 "2016-05-05T21:14:14Z")
And that was when I was going to post my solution to the “which ‘gry’ words can take off on a treadmill” quandary. Now you will never know! ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-will-go-offline-for-maintenance-at-1-am-ct-fri-5-6-16/754022/4 "2016-05-05T21:39:20Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > And that was when I was going to post my solution to the “which ‘gry’ words can take off on a treadmill” quandary. Now you will never know! Can you at least post the answer to 14 k of g in a f p d? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-will-go-offline-for-maintenance-at-1-am-ct-fri-5-6-16/754022/5 "2016-05-05T21:43:30Z")
Where will we go. What will we do? Hey, look! It’s the Goodyear blimp. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-will-go-offline-for-maintenance-at-1-am-ct-fri-5-6-16/754022/6 "2016-05-05T22:40:13Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Where will we go. What will we do? Hey, look! It’s the Goodyear blimp. [Leslie?](http://www.gocomics.com/libertymeadows/2016/04/21) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-will-go-offline-for-maintenance-at-1-am-ct-fri-5-6-16/754022/7 "2016-05-05T22:44:08Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > [Leslie?](http://www.gocomics.com/libertymeadows/2016/04/21) Nope. _Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure._ ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-will-go-offline-for-maintenance-at-1-am-ct-fri-5-6-16/754022/8 "2016-05-05T23:02:48Z")
I remember when the Dope went down for an hour every day. For us in the US it was the wee small hours of the morning, but for Dopers in other time zones it was prime time. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-will-go-offline-for-maintenance-at-1-am-ct-fri-5-6-16/754022/9 "2016-05-05T23:35:31Z")
Should we start creating socks now, or wait until after the down time? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-will-go-offline-for-maintenance-at-1-am-ct-fri-5-6-16/754022/10 "2016-05-06T00:04:34Z")
> [@Ed\_Zotti](#): > > Should be back on in an hour. Sorry for any inconvenience. It will only take an hour??? ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-will-go-offline-for-maintenance-at-1-am-ct-fri-5-6-16/754022/11 "2016-05-06T01:19:10Z")
Have you tried just [turning it off and on again](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_IT_Crowd)? ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-will-go-offline-for-maintenance-at-1-am-ct-fri-5-6-16/754022/12 "2016-05-06T01:36:42Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > It will only take an hour??? ‘should’ not ‘will’ - this means to plan on doing something else for several hours. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-will-go-offline-for-maintenance-at-1-am-ct-fri-5-6-16/754022/13 "2016-05-06T01:37:32Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Nope. _Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure._ All we are is dust — in the wind. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-will-go-offline-for-maintenance-at-1-am-ct-fri-5-6-16/754022/14 "2016-05-06T02:47:36Z")
It’s the annual hamster update. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-will-go-offline-for-maintenance-at-1-am-ct-fri-5-6-16/754022/15 "2016-05-06T02:50:25Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > It’s the annual hamster update. By ‘update’ you of course mean ‘flush and refresh.’ ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-will-go-offline-for-maintenance-at-1-am-ct-fri-5-6-16/754022/16 "2016-05-06T09:57:09Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Can you at least post the answer to 14 k of g in a f p d? My money’s on “14 kinds of grenades in a force-protection detachment.” ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-will-go-offline-for-maintenance-at-1-am-ct-fri-5-6-16/754022/17 "2016-05-06T11:48:42Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > My money’s on “14 kinds of grenades in a force-protection detachment.” Really? It’s “14 kangaroos of grease in a future pizza dictatorship.” I thought we settled that years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-will-go-offline-for-maintenance-at-1-am-ct-fri-5-6-16/754022/18 "2016-05-06T13:51:51Z")
CT? You rebels! CDT or GTFO! ---
**Author:** ![tonyfop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/85f322/32.png) [@tonyfop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tonyfop)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-will-go-offline-for-maintenance-at-1-am-ct-fri-5-6-16/754022/19 "2016-05-06T14:20:37Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > All we are is dust — in the wind. Dude! ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-will-go-offline-for-maintenance-at-1-am-ct-fri-5-6-16/754022/20 "2016-05-07T14:19:46Z")
So I guess it happened? Was it successful? Are we all alive, is everybody here? **Bullitt** , sockless, is alive.