# What happened today??? 7/5/06 **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 5, 2006, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-today-7-5-06/363248 "2006-07-05T20:08:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [July 5, 2006, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-today-7-5-06/363248/1 "2006-07-05T20:08:04Z")
Couldn’t get on all day! I was jonesing for a SDMB hit… Glad you’re back! ---
**Author:** ![RumMunkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@RumMunkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RumMunkey)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2006, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-today-7-5-06/363248/2 "2006-07-05T20:14:34Z")
The temp page said “a hardware failure”. Glad you’re back though! I almost had to do work today! ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2006, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-today-7-5-06/363248/3 "2006-07-05T20:18:18Z")
I’d been having trouble since last night. I tried to post in GQ and got a “fatal error” message. I was worried I’d killed the boards! Glad they’re back up! ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2006, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-today-7-5-06/363248/4 "2006-07-05T20:21:18Z")
There’s an announcement posted by jdavis at the top of each forum with the details of the outage. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2006, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-today-7-5-06/363248/5 "2006-07-05T20:31:03Z")
Thanks for getting us back up, **jdavis**! ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2006, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-today-7-5-06/363248/6 "2006-07-05T20:55:50Z")
Did a hamster slip off the wheel and fall into the power supply again? :eek: As for the subscription extension, I wish other providers (I’m looking right at you, Cable TV companies!) could be so responsive and responsible. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2006, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-today-7-5-06/363248/7 "2006-07-05T20:57:51Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > As for the subscription extension, I wish other providers (I’m looking right at you, Cable TV companies!) could be so responsive and responsible. Very cool on their part! Everytime the boards stalls now I get sweaty… ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2006, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-today-7-5-06/363248/8 "2006-07-05T21:27:46Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > Did a hamster slip off the wheel and fall into the power supply again? :eek: That almost makes me sadder than the boards being down! ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2006, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-today-7-5-06/363248/9 "2006-07-05T21:34:01Z")
I heard elsewhere it was Ed Zotti’s pet python getting loose in the hamster room. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2006, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-today-7-5-06/363248/10 "2006-07-05T22:12:13Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > I heard elsewhere it was Ed Zotti’s pet python getting loose in the hamster room. :eek: Snakes on a Mainframe? ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2006, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-today-7-5-06/363248/11 "2006-07-05T22:14:45Z")
Wow, what a class act by this organization to extend subscriptions 1 day. This is completely unnecessary, but just shows a caring attittude towards the consumer. In a world of MMORPG’s that will have massive errors for weeks at times and not ever dream of giving extensions on subscriptions, this little pay board (who already charges almost nothing for an excellent service), chooses customer service over customer dismissiveness. Thank you SDMB for years of fun, education and community. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2006, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-today-7-5-06/363248/12 "2006-07-05T23:48:53Z")
Hmmm… could today have been a test to see how hooked we all are- and then they will threaten to hijack the board until we comply to some perverse and secret commands? I’d be in… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-today-7-5-06/363248/13 "2006-07-06T01:59:02Z")
Could this have something to do with the holiday weekend? ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-today-7-5-06/363248/14 "2006-07-06T02:14:08Z")
I’ll echo others to say that I’m glad that the Board is back up, and that the subscription extension was unexpected and appreciated. Thank you. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2006, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-today-7-5-06/363248/15 "2006-07-06T02:53:15Z")
Please add my thanks to the list, plus a thumbs up to the SDMB team. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-today-7-5-06/363248/16 "2006-07-06T04:35:01Z")
**jdavis** and the rest of you are heroes! _salutes_ ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-today-7-5-06/363248/17 "2006-07-06T04:52:25Z")
I told 'em not to buy their serveris from the back of Slug Signorino’s van! ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-today-7-5-06/363248/18 "2006-07-06T06:26:00Z")
Cecil and the rest of the gang thought North Korea was shooting at them, so they shut off all signals. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-today-7-5-06/363248/19 "2006-07-06T12:41:47Z")
> [@Lissa](#): > > Wow, what a class act by this organization to extend subscriptions 1 day. This is completely unnecessary, but just shows a caring attittude towards the consumer. … > > Thank you SDMB for years of fun, education and community. I agree. Very nice gesture. Thanks. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-today-7-5-06/363248/20 "2006-07-06T15:52:50Z")
> [@Lissa](#): > > Wow, what a class act by this organization to extend subscriptions 1 day. This is completely unnecessary, but just shows a caring attittude towards the consumer. In a world of MMORPG’s that will have massive errors for weeks at times and not ever dream of giving extensions on subscriptions, this little pay board (who already charges almost nothing for an excellent service), chooses customer service over customer dismissiveness. > > Thank you SDMB for years of fun, education and community. I guess I don’t see why this qualifies as a “class act”. I’d be pretty shocked if I lost a day of service that I had a paid subscription to and the company didn’t offer some sort of recompense. That kind of thing is included in most contracts for subscription services; if it was included in the SDMB’s contract, then it’s merely a case of them fulfilling their contractual obligations. Conversely, if it wasn’t, then that’s a rather sneaky attempt to offer less service than most comparable subscription models. Either way, providing the expected standard of service is perhaps impressive if compared with cell phone carriers, but it’s certainly nothing they need to be congratulated for. That is, unless your expectations of the SDMB staff have been lowered by some history of bad service on their part (and I’m not sure what that would be.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-today-7-5-06/363248.md?page=2)