# We May be Back to Normal **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 24, 2016, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-be-back-to-normal/753006 "2016-04-24T19:15:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [April 24, 2016, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-be-back-to-normal/753006/21 "2016-04-24T20:18:29Z")
Any clues as to the nature of the perpetrators? Is this something for the FBI to look at? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2016, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-be-back-to-normal/753006/22 "2016-04-24T20:26:27Z")
Just adding to the “Thanks” column! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2016, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-be-back-to-normal/753006/23 "2016-04-24T20:29:00Z")
But we’re still not letting Marley touch the banhammer anymore, right? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2016, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-be-back-to-normal/753006/24 "2016-04-24T20:51:19Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Any clues as to the nature of the perpetrators? Is this something for the FBI to look at? Don’t hold your breath. Computer crimes by their very nature are extremely difficult to investigate, let alone prosecute. I don’t think they ever caught those guys who took down the Playstation network, or stole all those credit cards from Target years ago. And unfortunately I doubt very much that the FBI would expend any manpower investigating a cyberattack that didn’t result in identity theft or other financial damage – heck, I’ll bet some users here were more productive over the last two days, without the SDMB to distract them. I sure know I was. 🙂 My gut tells me that this was probably the act of someone with a personal vendetta against the boards, instead of some random drive-by script kiddie. But then, my gut also tells me that Burger King Whoppers are good for me, so there’s that. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2016, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-be-back-to-normal/753006/25 "2016-04-24T21:02:32Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > I have back most of my Mod Powers in the last 45 minutes and am not getting logged out no matter what I do. > > I just banned many of the sock accounts members had to use a few days ago. Couldn’t do that until just now. > > Thanks, John and crew. > [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > Speak for yourself. I just successfully multi-quoted a post! Now to see if my tablet can autofill the password field correctly. ETA: even better, I just cycled myself out and in without needing a new login at all. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2016, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-be-back-to-normal/753006/26 "2016-04-24T21:05:29Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Haven’t had a chance to test my ban powers. Who to pick, who to pick… > > ETA: Self- banning. I took out ITD12 I was always told self-banning will make me go blind. ---
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-be-back-to-normal/753006/27 "2016-04-24T21:56:11Z")
Even Tapatalk is now working for me! Congratulations and many thanks to the unnamed toilers who’ve worked so long and so hard to return to us what is really just an entertainment, not a matter of life or death. (Despite the anguish so many of us, myself included, felt. 🙂 ) I am grateful. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2016, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-be-back-to-normal/753006/28 "2016-04-24T22:01:27Z")
I tried to log in using the sock account I created but was unable to successfully use during the recent unpleasantness. Alas, **Socky McSockface** was already banned before posting a single post. The board helpfully informed me that the reason for poor **Socky** ’s banning is his being a sock, and the date when the ban will be lifted is “never.” Too bad. It was a great username for a sock. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2016, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-be-back-to-normal/753006/29 "2016-04-24T22:24:25Z")
Yay, I can reply from Tapatalk now! And I don’t have to keep logging in every time. No need to clean up a sock for me, I didn’t create one during the outage. No shoes, no socks! ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2016, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-be-back-to-normal/753006/30 "2016-04-24T22:50:45Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Any clues as to the nature of the perpetrators? Is this something for the FBI to look at? I hope so. We don’t go after other boards, we moderate our people well, and quite honestly… we mind our own business. Its almost fun to think that somewhere there might be a very slow and methodical steel net that will eventually land on someone with the full force of the federal government. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-be-back-to-normal/753006/31 "2016-04-24T23:14:18Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I was always told self-banning will make me go blind. That’s for the boy moderators. The girl moderators just turn into wanton women. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-be-back-to-normal/753006/32 "2016-04-24T23:23:26Z")
Wow, I was moderately impressed at the fixes here and then I saw that the clock was keeping the correct time. Now I’m really impressed. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2016, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-be-back-to-normal/753006/33 "2016-04-24T23:25:59Z")
_sniff_ Rest in peace **Sockyfuzz** , you were a good sock. ---
**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:** [April 24, 2016, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-be-back-to-normal/753006/34 "2016-04-24T23:32:00Z")
a) I do indeed thank everyone who worked to get us through this - techs, admins, mods and everyone else. b) I will not be normal. For me to be normal would be so abnormal as to be frightening. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2016, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-be-back-to-normal/753006/35 "2016-04-24T23:32:50Z")
> [@](#): > > Quoth **Northern Piper** : > > SDMB Normal is not the same as In Real Life normal. Entirely different concepts. I think someone did a mathematical proof of it. I prefer to think of “normal” in the sense of “perpendicular”. > [@](#): > > Quoth **IvoryTowerDenizen** : > > That’s for the boy moderators. The girl moderators just turn into wanton women. Or in some cases, hot-and-sour women. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2016, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-be-back-to-normal/753006/36 "2016-04-24T23:37:34Z")
Funny, since I almost submitted my post with “wonton” ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2016, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-be-back-to-normal/753006/37 "2016-04-24T23:44:07Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > _sniff_ Rest in peace **Sockyfuzz** , you were a good sock. Thanks, BTW, for saying you were the poster formerly known as **Shakes**. I totally missed that anouncement. Just hope you aren’t shaking your fists at us in anger… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-be-back-to-normal/753006/38 "2016-04-25T00:07:48Z")
I admit, it’s GOOD to be in Great Debates and have moderation powers. Someone go over there and be obnoxious. Please? ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-be-back-to-normal/753006/39 "2016-04-25T00:17:07Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > I admit, it’s GOOD to be in Great Debates and have moderation powers. > > Someone go over there and be obnoxious. Please? Countdown to someone citing this post as “following moderator instruction” in 3…2… ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-be-back-to-normal/753006/40 "2016-04-25T00:26:30Z")
Fine. I’ll go over and do it. Always leave it to the newbie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-be-back-to-normal/753006.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-be-back-to-normal/753006.md?page=3)