# What happened to the Daily "Shut Down"?  (Not that I really miss it!)

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**Created:** [October 19, 2004, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-daily-shut-down-not-that-i-really-miss-it/269997 "2004-10-19T08:51:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-daily-shut-down-not-that-i-really-miss-it/269997/1 "2004-10-19T08:51:22Z")

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I used to be able to count on the Board shutting down at 1:30am Pacific then coming back again between 2:30 and 3:00am.

This is when I got all my work done! The SDMB would boot me off at 1:30, I’d do a significant bit of the work for which I’m getting paid to be in front of this computer, then I’d be all ready to hop back on the SDMB train at 3:00.

Now I have do rely on my own willpower?!?!?!?

What are you people trying to do to me?

But, really, out of curiosity: Is that daily hour and a half no longer necessary for whatever it used to be used for (Board Maintenance? Drunken Mod Orgy?), or has the “shut down” time been moved to another time of day.

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**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-daily-shut-down-not-that-i-really-miss-it/269997/2 "2004-10-19T09:04:04Z")

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From [this thread:](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=275068)

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> _From **jdavis** _  
> I’m happy to say that after the transition we can at least provide you with one additional benefit. We should not need to take the SDMB offline from 03:30 to 04:30 CST each night to perform backups any longer. That process will occur in a new way that does not require the SDMB to be offline.

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**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-daily-shut-down-not-that-i-really-miss-it/269997/3 "2004-10-19T09:09:55Z")

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> [@Ice Wolf](#):
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> From [this thread:](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=275068)

And I even did a search first! Thanks for the help, **Ice Wolf**!

With this new technology, Drunken Mod Orgy need never end!

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**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:** [October 19, 2004, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-daily-shut-down-not-that-i-really-miss-it/269997/4 "2004-10-19T22:43:06Z")

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Aw, man, first I miss out on the Topless Mod Air-Hockey, and now this? If we had had drunken mod orgies in my time, I’d never have retired!