# Thank you, tech team **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 25, 2000, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-tech-team/873 "2000-02-25T20:35:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2000, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-tech-team/873/21 "2000-02-26T16:17:00Z")
I’d like to add my thanks also. You guys kick ass! ---
**Author:** ![brooklyn44](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/51bf81/32.png) [@brooklyn44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brooklyn44)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2000, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-tech-team/873/22 "2000-02-26T17:03:00Z")
Amen!! Renee ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2000, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-tech-team/873/23 "2000-02-27T06:45:00Z")
What they said. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2000, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-tech-team/873/24 "2000-02-26T19:08:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Just curious…did you keep a count of the emails you received asking about the board? Several hundred. So many that I’ve got to redo my computer, I corrupted some files in the white-heat frenzy of it, I guess. Not counting Instant Messages, although I got enough of them too. This is how I learned my computer can take no more than 10 open IM windows at one time. Y’all exhibited great patience and a good deal of restraint over the past week, with the exception of a few threats from the truly desperate. (The threats were mostly followed by deep groveling, so it balances out.) I’ll pass this thread on to the techs, so any good wishes you’d like to pass on, feel free. If you wanna send 'em booze or chocolates, send them to me, I’ll test it for them first. 🙂 Jenny your humble TubaDiva Throwing myself on that single malt hand grenade. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2000, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-tech-team/873/25 "2000-02-26T19:24:00Z")
Thank you on behalf of p\*\ ***l h** t people everywhere! 😃 [running from Gaudere…] ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2000, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-tech-team/873/26 "2000-02-26T19:56:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Libertarian: > **[running from Gaudere…]** It’s not **Gaudere** you should be worried about…! Heh, heh, heh, heh… Oh, and my thanks to the tech team, as well. * * * \>\< DARWIN \> \_\_ **L\_\_\_L** ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2000, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-tech-team/873/27 "2000-02-26T21:10:00Z")
Thanks to the techies for restoring our board - Hip Hip Hooray! Hip Hip Hooray! Hip Hip Hooray! I would also like to thank Melin for helping to get the word out. I know she took some very undeserved flak for this on another forum (Misc.facts.straight-dope newsgroup), but, when you think about it: 1. It would never occur to some of us to e-mail/IM Tuba or other SD Staff in the midst of a crisis like this. I assume they have better things to do than answer ?s from 4000+ members. 2. In this mailgroup, another member (Tomndebb) stated he had e-mailed Tuba & got back a message simply stating that it was a very bad day. 3. There was no helpful information posted anywhere on the site until quite late Wednesday night. I realize this was most likely due to the global nature of the technical problems, and not an attempt to keep us in the dark. I have no idea how many people heard the straight dope about TSD from such unofficial/second-hand sources as Melin, but it would seem that they did the SDMB staff a big favor by cutting down on the interruptions and getting the word out. * * * Sue from El Paso Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted. ---
**Author:** ![NickyLarson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b2d939/32.png) [@NickyLarson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NickyLarson)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2000, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-tech-team/873/28 "2000-02-27T03:43:00Z")
Tuba-you’re a single malt guy too? 😃 Really, thank you all for the work you do for us, the moderaters, tech people, everyone. When you stop to consider how much is provided to us for the cost of absolutly nothing, it really is amazing. How do you do it, anyway? The only ad banner is the one for the Reader. Signed– -Curious * * * “I drive way too fast to worry about my cholesterol.” ---
**Author:** ![Anti\_Pro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Anti\_Pro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anti_Pro)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2000, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-tech-team/873/29 "2000-02-27T05:21:00Z")
When the message board first disappeared I asked my oldest son to check from his computer, because maybe mine was just being mean. He verified that the site was blocked and then told me he’d seen many that never opened again. I was really dumbstruck, I’m SO glad that isn’t the case here, and the Tech Angels worked so hard to bring you back from the cyberdead. I hope whoever did the hacking gets the ‘Casino’ punishment, where’s Robert DeNiro??? * * * Judy * * * “Cheat is TEACH, backwards!” Doodlebug’ Up the Down Stair Case ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2000, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-tech-team/873/30 "2000-02-27T06:57:00Z")
I, too would like to extend thanks to the tech team. Way to go! Zette * * * “If I had to live your life, I’d be begging to have someone pop out both my eyes. Just in case I came across a mirror.” - android209 (in the Pit) [Zettecity](http://www.angelfire.com/ny3/zettecity/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2000, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-tech-team/873/31 "2000-02-27T07:35:00Z")
1)What’s the tech team’s favorite poison? 2)Can it be shipped c/o The Chicago Reader? 3)Is it legal to ship it in the state of Illinois? ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2000, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-tech-team/873/32 "2000-02-27T17:18:00Z")
Bless you, bless you, bless you! Many thanks from me - and if I get to Chicago, I’ll be happy to show my appreciation in a more (ahem) personal way. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2000, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-tech-team/873/33 "2000-02-27T17:21:00Z")
Y’all ROCK. Thanks for returning me to my drug of choice… * * * [**StoryTyler**](http://sites.netscape.net/storytyler/homepage) “Not everybody does it, but everybody should.” ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2000, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-tech-team/873/34 "2000-02-27T19:03:00Z")
Thank you board! * * * My only complaint is always having to wait for someone to come in the room and turn the set on. ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2000, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-tech-team/873/35 "2000-02-28T06:40:00Z")
Thank you to everyone who got the board back up! (Even if it DID come back on a day when I was in a car and couldn’t post.) 🙂 Ahh…this makes having to drag my ass into work tomorrow a little easier. ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2000, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-tech-team/873/36 "2000-02-28T13:24:00Z")
Another big round of thank you to the tech gods that restored the board, the admins, the mods, Ed, Melin, and all the others who got the word out. Where do I send the chocolate chip cookies to? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-tech-team/873.md?page=1)