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 09/21/2005 08:44:58 AM · #1
The DPC network admin, davidc, and langdon, suspected the problem has been with the innodb database, but after some help from me, they've discovered that my original diagnosis of a faulty router is actually the problem.


They've decided it would be prudent to fly me down to the server location so I can pinpoint the problem router and fix it for them. Please be patient while I'm on my flight, and rest assured I will get there and have the site running faster than ever.
 09/21/2005 09:48:28 AM · #2
Don't forget to pack your "test router"
 09/21/2005 09:58:56 AM · #3
and pack the important stuff too...your camera!

09/21/2005 10:24:21 AM · #4
No fair!
Slippy gets to fly!
Slippy gets to take a trip!
Slippy gets to meet up with Langdon!
Slippy gets a day off!

Well, I deserve to get sumpthin'too!
(Can I have the day off Slippy?)
09/21/2005 12:14:56 PM · #5
Originally posted by KaDi:
Well, I deserve to get sumpthin'too!
(Can I have the day off Slippy?)


Sorry, no day off for you, you're much too valuable to the company and they'd surely fold if you were away for a day. Have a liquid-lunch instead.

09/22/2005 08:24:49 AM · #6
Update:

Almost had it fixed last night, but then langdon spilled a hot coffee on davidc's lap, which caused him to jump up, banging his head on a shelf. There was a cat sleeping on the shelf, which freaked out & did a Scooby-Doo-run into a large bundle of cables. The cat was immediately electrocuted, and my day's work was ruined.

:-(
 09/22/2005 08:29:23 AM · #7
Did many routers get fried?

Sorry to hear about the cat.

;-)
 09/22/2005 08:36:52 AM · #8
No! This one goes there! That one goes there! Would it help if I got out and pushed?

Damn. Try again tomorrow, we need speedy updateability. 1.21 Jigawatts - that cat never stood a chance.
 09/22/2005 08:37:54 AM · #9
Originally posted by jhonan:
Did many routers get fried?

Sorry to hear about the cat.

;-)


Who cares about the cat, what happened to the poor router? ;)
 09/22/2005 09:02:14 AM · #10
Originally posted by conglett:
No! This one goes there! That one goes there! Would it help if I got out and pushed?

Hey! A Star Wars conoisseur :)
 09/22/2005 09:03:28 AM · #11
Hey slippy, if your test router got fried, you can always go "old school"



Message edited by author 2005-09-22 09:04:23.
 09/22/2005 09:15:23 PM · #12
Originally posted by gloda:
Originally posted by conglett:
No! This one goes there! That one goes there! Would it help if I got out and pushed?

Hey! A Star Wars conoisseur :)


You better believe it!. Not a bad catch for a German... :-)
 09/23/2005 08:57:26 AM · #13
Another Update:

Once again I had it fixed, and everything was running extremely fast. So fast that if you were on dialup, it would seem like you had high-speed while cruising the DPC site.

davidc & langdon decided it was time to celebrate. davidc pulled out the champaign, and langdon grabbed the glasses. But when davidc popped the cork, it shot up and hit a sprinkler head. That set off the sprinkler system and quickly ruined all my hard work, after having hacked an xbox to use as a router. Luckily I rigged up a temporary solution using coathangers and bubblegum, so we can all enjoy DPC at the usual, wonky speed.

I'm beginning to wonder if my efforts are hopeless.


09/23/2005 09:41:38 AM · #14
Originally posted by conglett:
1.21 Jigawatts - that cat never stood a chance.


Great Scott!
09/23/2005 07:04:46 PM · #15

09/23/2005 08:06:27 PM · #16
Update 19:45pm EST

Today we had some minor success. While Strikeslip was jiggling with the cables on the faulty router, langdon and I sneaked up behind him and hit him on the head with known good one. While he was knocked out cold, we had excellent success in treating the database for innodb dilatory syndrome. In fact things were going so well, we called all our friends to tell them the excellent news. Unfortunately while we were thus engaged, Strikeslip woke up and spotted the known good router. In a fit of glee, he attached it to the dead cat with an elastic band and two bent paperclips. Jubilantly screaming "I've done it, I'm a genius!" he leapt across the room toward the servers with a manic grin on his face. Unfortunately he failed to spot the booby trap we had set up to catch the undefragmented fragments of the Internet that were still roaming the halls.

Friends, I am sorry to report that he was defragmented together with the cat, the known good router, the elastic band and the two bent paperclips. He's now stalking around the parking lot helpfully directing people to the nearest bowl of milk. It's not pretty. We're consulting with Legal to see if we can fire him without the union getting stroppy.

We'll try again tomorrow.
 09/23/2005 08:13:10 PM · #17
I love this thread. Its utter nonsense and I adore it! :)
 09/23/2005 08:38:47 PM · #18
Hey, whatever it takes. At least the site is responding.

To commemorate the replacing of the server with a known good one, what better than a photograph of davidc and Strikeslip. Can you tell who is who?

New Router Moment

Unfortunately, I know about being defragmented. It happened to me last month when I was jiggling the little wire to the back of my electromechanical DPC update button. A little stray voltage and I defragged all over my chair. We just found the mouse on Tuesday.
 09/23/2005 08:40:57 PM · #19
WD40
 09/23/2005 09:07:52 PM · #20
Shoulda just used some ball bearings and some 2-in-1 oil...It's all ball bearings these days. :)


09/23/2005 09:19:51 PM · #21
More likely they'll be instituting something more like this

Sorry, was that too serious? :0)
 09/23/2005 09:22:40 PM · #22
Originally posted by laurielblack:
Shoulda just used some ball bearings and some 2-in-1 oil...It's all ball bearings these days. :)


Now you prepare that Fetzer valve with some 3-in-1 oil and some gauze pads. And I'm gonna need 'bout ten quarts of anti-freeze, preferably Prestone. No, no make that Quaker State.
 09/23/2005 09:43:54 PM · #23
Originally posted by alfresco:
Originally posted by laurielblack:
Shoulda just used some ball bearings and some 2-in-1 oil...It's all ball bearings these days. :)


Now you prepare that Fetzer valve with some 3-in-1 oil and some gauze pads. And I'm gonna need 'bout ten quarts of anti-freeze, preferably Prestone. No, no make that Quaker State.


and get someone to clean the windshield...it's all covered in guck! :)
 09/23/2005 10:12:05 PM · #24
Well, davidc and langdon were chasing slippy around the parking lot when i checked on them..... Slippy yelling about Sher's 2 in 1 windshield and giveing laurie aball bearing bath... with the FEMA workers that were given bad maps, we duct taped Slippy to the CN tower, where he started ranting on about going back to the future to celebrate Heida's birthday...I'd stay clear of him for a few days. We have a GO train full of tranquilizers that may help him ... but ... nothing but a blue ribbon will truely help..
 09/23/2005 11:14:06 PM · #25
Hey the quick fix would be to connect slippy to a gerbal wheel and let him run the servers on slippy power!!!!
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