# Whew! We're back! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 11, 2001, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-were-back/75743 "2001-08-11T03:38:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-were-back/75743/1 "2001-08-11T03:38:20Z")
Hello again! ---
**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:** [August 11, 2001, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-were-back/75743/2 "2001-08-11T03:41:51Z")
So? How was it for you guys? Not too many smoked cigarettes or chewed nails, I hope? How many actually bit the bullet and got some work done? _shudder_ ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-were-back/75743/3 "2001-08-11T03:42:34Z")
Hello my good beatle!! Back we are… I’ve been sobbing for hours while spasticly clicking refresh on my browser. ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-were-back/75743/4 "2001-08-11T03:48:45Z")
I don’t suppose that anyone would care to explain what just happened there. ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-were-back/75743/5 "2001-08-11T03:49:27Z")
I didn’t even know the MB was down until I hit Una’s board then Fathom…egads, that’s what a week terribly limiting your internet access will do. I miss out on all the fun. ---
**Author:** ![Jeannie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@Jeannie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeannie)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-were-back/75743/6 "2001-08-11T04:02:13Z")
How long was it down? I was on here about noon-ish today. Then when I got home at about 8:30pm (Central Time), it was gone. Just curious. ---
**Author:** ![GrandfatherTrout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f17d59/32.png) [@GrandfatherTrout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandfatherTrout)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-were-back/75743/7 "2001-08-11T04:06:09Z")
It went back up between 11 and midnight Eastern time. Anybody else notice that a great number of posts made today prior to the Mysterious Blackout are now missing? I feel bad for **Mike Turk,** who had a whole lot of good suggestions piling up in [his thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=81321) before things went kablooie. They’re all gone now. ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-were-back/75743/8 "2001-08-11T04:13:52Z")
I was surfing on the boards right when it went down. One weird thing I noticed was under pldennison’s name where it usually says “member” it said: “Face it, I’m right, you’re wrong”. Tried to load another page and _poof_, nothing. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-were-back/75743/9 "2001-08-11T04:26:23Z")
Your passwords may well have been compromised - take the earliest opportunity to change your password. ---
**Author:** ![Rossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3e96dc/32.png) [@Rossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rossarian)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-were-back/75743/10 "2001-08-11T05:23:14Z")
So why would anyone hack into the SMDB? Weird. As is that thing about _“Face it, I’m right, you’re wrong”_. Maybe some argument over in Great Debates got a little too fierce… ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-were-back/75743/11 "2001-08-11T05:28:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ice Wolf \* > **So? How was it for you guys? Not too many smoked cigarettes or chewed nails, I hope?** Not me. I was in the [company of fascinating men](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=79505) 😃 But I am _very_ glad it’s back up. ---
**Author:** ![night](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@night](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/night)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-were-back/75743/12 "2001-08-11T05:30:17Z")
Hey forgive me for being a newbie but how do I go about changing my password? I certainly wouldn’t want to be compromised now would I? ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-were-back/75743/13 "2001-08-11T05:39:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by night \* > **Hey forgive me for being a newbie …** NO EXCUSE! Drop and give me 20, maggot…! Ooops… sorry about that: Flashbacks, ya know. Look in the upper right corner of the page, beside the big “The Straight Dope” logo. Click on “Profile”, and log into your profile using your handle and current password. Your profile will come up, and you can replace your password (Don’t forget: You’ll have to type it in two places). Now about your uniform… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-were-back/75743/14 "2001-08-11T06:55:19Z")
Also, you could make wild leaps of logic, and come to the conclusion that someone has probably asked this in ATMB, and look over there. As a matter of fact, everyone should read everything in ATMB and check everything new hourly, day and night. Even test threads. OK, maybe not, but it does get lonely over there sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![mongrel\_8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@mongrel\_8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mongrel_8)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-were-back/75743/15 "2001-08-11T17:42:25Z")
It sure is good to have SD back. I actually spent some time doing something constructive yesterday. _shudder_