# Wonderful.. SDMB went under for me.. Anybody else?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonderful-sdmb-went-under-for-me-anybody-else/143298>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 17, 2002, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonderful-sdmb-went-under-for-me-anybody-else/143298 "2002-12-17T10:07:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![SmileyDeath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@SmileyDeath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmileyDeath)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonderful-sdmb-went-under-for-me-anybody-else/143298/1 "2002-12-17T10:07:51Z")

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The server was down…Or something…

Does this happen often?

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**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonderful-sdmb-went-under-for-me-anybody-else/143298/2 "2002-12-17T10:08:52Z")

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Every night around this time.

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**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonderful-sdmb-went-under-for-me-anybody-else/143298/3 "2002-12-17T10:17:51Z")

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Yep. Every single day. They’re backing up the files.

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**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonderful-sdmb-went-under-for-me-anybody-else/143298/4 "2002-12-17T10:24:51Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Francesca \*  
> \*\*Yep. Every single day. They’re backing up the files. \*\*

BACKING UP FILES???

DAMN THEIR EFFICIENCY TO HELL! IT INTERRUPTED MY POSTING 😃

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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:** [December 17, 2002, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonderful-sdmb-went-under-for-me-anybody-else/143298/5 "2002-12-17T10:30:34Z")

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I think [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=150631) was th’ latest of many, many such threads on the regular back-up of the SDMB, **SmileyDeath**. Have a look in ATMB if you need to find out stuff about the running of the board.