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SuezanneC Baskerville

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08-24-2008 14:40

I wonder who broke the central server?

My theory is that one of the San Francisco hippies working in the colo had one hit too many on his mini-bong in his gas-electric vehicle while on break, causing him on his return to work to bump into the server rack and knock over and break a lavalamp, causing molten wax and lavalamp fluid to run down the server rack shorting out several motherboards and making some hard drives get stuck from solidified wax inside.

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Anti Antonelli

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08-24-2008 14:58

My money's on a worker at the Texas site got drunk and began randomly shooting up server racks. Good news is he'll probably get the death penalty, even if nobody got hurt.

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SuezanneC Baskerville

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08-24-2008 15:44

You might be right, Anti, it's happened plenty of times before.

Although maybe it was a meteor strike.

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Archie Lukas

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08-24-2008 15:50

me me me me

It twas me

I used pyscho-energy

I thought, I know, I have 2 hours free I'll log-into SL

WTF???? It's down!

Voila....................

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Har Fairweather

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08-24-2008 15:51

It was the Rooshians, who mistakenly thought SL was too damn close to South Ossetia.

Adz Childs

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08-24-2008 15:55

From: SuezanneC Baskerville

I wonder who broke the central server?

Don't ask. And whatever you do, do NOT call Central Services. They'll pull out all the ducts in your house, wrap you in red tape, and bury you in paperwork.

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Hmm, there's nothing really helpful there, but thanks for pasting.

TundraFire Nightfire

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08-24-2008 15:56

I don't know who did it, but I'm givin' 'em a virtual whack with my sturdy Oosik for ineptitude.

Not Alaskan?...an Oosik is the penile bone of a bull walrus.

Zaphod Kotobide

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08-24-2008 15:56

Rumor has it that weekend data center staff in Texas were bored, hauled in a massive sound system, and had a rave. Unfortunately, they placed the 2500 watt subs too close to the SAN storage racks which house the fragile asset server filesystem, and began spinning old Torley Wong techno tracks. Already seriously edging, they began a Jack Daniels shooter contest, and after 6 shots each, decided to turn up the Torley Techno to "Eleven". That would have been about the time we began to notice problems in-world.

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FD Spark

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08-24-2008 15:59

It says 65k are online so somebody is having fun or their bots are.
I crashed around 2 pm haven't been able to login.
I don't know who to blame.

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Anti Antonelli

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08-24-2008 16:00

From: Adz Childs

Don't ask. And whatever you do, do NOT call Central Services. They'll pull out all the ducts in your house, wrap you in red tape, and bury you in paperwork.

I assure you, the Ministry is very scrupulous about following up and eradicating any error. If you have any complaints which you'd like to make, I'd be more than happy to send you the appropriate forms.

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Jesse Barnett

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08-24-2008 16:00

Katt Linden had a nervous breakdown after being called out about censoring the website and about how insecure the forums were. Discovering just how thankless and hopeless her job really was, she went postal and took out headquarters.

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Haroldthe Burrel

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08-24-2008 16:01

Overload of welfare accounts.

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Ralektra Breda

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08-24-2008 16:36

methinks it was a Linden Tree revolt..instead of rezzing trees in the road they started rezzing rezzers that rezzed more rezzers and then they took over.

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Tarina Sewell

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08-24-2008 16:53

what is strange...... When I went to sign out, after the issuesd warning... whatever I was on all freakin day I needed to get off, anyway.......... The screen suddenly went back to about an hour or so prior when I went afk to go get my daughter, I was sitting at my tea table in that silly slumped shoulders position, but when I actually closed out the window to leave I was biding farewell to a friend on the other side of the sim in the lighthouse, how freakin freaky is that?

Tarina Sewell

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08-24-2008 16:54

From: Ralektra Breda

methinks it was a Linden Tree revolt..instead of rezzing trees in the road they started rezzing rezzers that rezzed more rezzers and then they took over.

captian america rezzers?

Jodina Patton

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08-24-2008 17:43

Anyone remember this:

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1040_22-148320.html

From: Linden Lab CEO Philip Rosedale

It can scale to infinity. The underlying architecture of the Internet and of 'Second Life' is perfectly scalable.

At one time they said they were gearing up for millions of weekly sign-ups and millions of concurrent users...

Zaphod Kotobide

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08-24-2008 17:54

I'm thinking that's still true. It is the timing that's off.

From: Jodina Patton

Anyone remember this:

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1040_22-148320.html

At one time they said they were gearing up for millions of weekly sign-ups and millions of concurrent users...

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Jodina Patton

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08-24-2008 18:08

From: Zaphod Kotobide

I'm thinking that's still true. It is the timing that's off.

It isn't possible with their current game plan. To many technical limitations. However they may find there just isn't "millions of people" that want to play SL at the same time anyway as we have seen the significant drop of new "unique" sign-ups over the last year and hardly a push in the currently on-line numbers over the last several months. Good thing because of what happened today.

Actually the grid system itself is very scalable as you can add as many sims as you can. The problem is the asset and database server system is not.

Here is the blog post I was looking for.
http://blog.secondlife.com/2007/02/16/contingency-measures-to-ensure-service-as-second-life-grows/

From: Robin Linden

Beyond that we are building ambitious plans for re-architecting the Grid, so that in the future we can realize the full potential of the Second Life Grid to support millions of concurrent users.

Who broke the central server?
SuezanneC Baskerville Forums Rock! Join date: 22 Dec 2003 Posts: 14,229	08-24-2008 14:40 I wonder who broke the central server? My theory is that one of the San Francisco hippies working in the colo had one hit too many on his mini-bong in his gas-electric vehicle while on break, causing him on his return to work to bump into the server rack and knock over and break a lavalamp, causing molten wax and lavalamp fluid to run down the server rack shorting out several motherboards and making some hard drives get stuck from solidified wax inside. _____________________ - So long to these forums, the vBulletin forums that used to be at forums.secondlife.com. I will miss them. I can be found on the web by searching for "SuezanneC Baskerville", or go to http://www.google.com/profiles/suezanne - http://lindenlab.tribe.net/ created on 11/19/03. Members: Ben, Catherine, Colin, Cory, Dan, Doug, Jim, Philip, Phoenix, Richard, Robin, and Ryan -
Anti Antonelli Deranged Toymaker Join date: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 1,091	08-24-2008 14:58 My money's on a worker at the Texas site got drunk and began randomly shooting up server racks. Good news is he'll probably get the death penalty, even if nobody got hurt. _____________________ Designer of sensual, tasteful couple's animations - for residents who take their leisure time seriously. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Brownlee/203/110/109/
SuezanneC Baskerville Forums Rock! Join date: 22 Dec 2003 Posts: 14,229	08-24-2008 15:44 You might be right, Anti, it's happened plenty of times before. Although maybe it was a meteor strike. _____________________ - So long to these forums, the vBulletin forums that used to be at forums.secondlife.com. I will miss them. I can be found on the web by searching for "SuezanneC Baskerville", or go to http://www.google.com/profiles/suezanne - http://lindenlab.tribe.net/ created on 11/19/03. Members: Ben, Catherine, Colin, Cory, Dan, Doug, Jim, Philip, Phoenix, Richard, Robin, and Ryan -
Archie Lukas Transcended Join date: 5 Jan 2007 Posts: 115	08-24-2008 15:50 me me me me It twas me I used pyscho-energy I thought, I know, I have 2 hours free I'll log-into SL WTF???? It's down! Voila.................... _____________________ Archie Lukas "Just the facts ma'am" MI5
Har Fairweather Registered User Join date: 24 Jan 2007 Posts: 2,320	08-24-2008 15:51 It was the Rooshians, who mistakenly thought SL was too damn close to South Ossetia.
Adz Childs Artificial Boy Join date: 6 Apr 2006 Posts: 865	08-24-2008 15:55 From: SuezanneC Baskerville I wonder who broke the central server? Don't ask. And whatever you do, do NOT call Central Services. They'll pull out all the ducts in your house, wrap you in red tape, and bury you in paperwork. _____________________ http://slnamewatch.com — Second Life Last Name Tracking — Email Alerts — Famous People Lookup — http://adz.secondlifekid.com/ — Artificial Boy — Personal Blog From: Tofu Linden Hmm, there's nothing really helpful there, but thanks for pasting.
TundraFire Nightfire Permafrostbilly Join date: 5 Apr 2008 Posts: 532	08-24-2008 15:56 I don't know who did it, but I'm givin' 'em a virtual whack with my sturdy Oosik for ineptitude. Not Alaskan?...an Oosik is the penile bone of a bull walrus.
Zaphod Kotobide zOMGWTFPME! Join date: 19 Oct 2006 Posts: 2,087	08-24-2008 15:56 Rumor has it that weekend data center staff in Texas were bored, hauled in a massive sound system, and had a rave. Unfortunately, they placed the 2500 watt subs too close to the SAN storage racks which house the fragile asset server filesystem, and began spinning old Torley Wong techno tracks. Already seriously edging, they began a Jack Daniels shooter contest, and after 6 shots each, decided to turn up the Torley Techno to "Eleven". That would have been about the time we began to notice problems in-world. _____________________ From: Albert Einstein Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them.
FD Spark Prim & Texture Doodler Join date: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 4,697	08-24-2008 15:59 It says 65k are online so somebody is having fun or their bots are. I crashed around 2 pm haven't been able to login. I don't know who to blame. _____________________ Look for my alt Dagon Xanith on Youtube.com Newest video is Loneliness by Duo Zikr DX's Alts & SL Art Death of Avatar
Anti Antonelli Deranged Toymaker Join date: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 1,091	08-24-2008 16:00 From: Adz Childs Don't ask. And whatever you do, do NOT call Central Services. They'll pull out all the ducts in your house, wrap you in red tape, and bury you in paperwork. I assure you, the Ministry is very scrupulous about following up and eradicating any error. If you have any complaints which you'd like to make, I'd be more than happy to send you the appropriate forms. _____________________ Designer of sensual, tasteful couple's animations - for residents who take their leisure time seriously. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Brownlee/203/110/109/
Jesse Barnett 500,000 scoville units Join date: 21 May 2006 Posts: 4,160	08-24-2008 16:00 Katt Linden had a nervous breakdown after being called out about censoring the website and about how insecure the forums were. Discovering just how thankless and hopeless her job really was, she went postal and took out headquarters. _____________________ I (who is a she not a he) reserve the right to exercise selective comprehension of the OP's question at anytime. From: someone I am still around, just no longer here. See you across the aisle. Hope LL burns in hell for archiving this forum
Haroldthe Burrel Registered User Join date: 24 Apr 2006 Posts: 56	08-24-2008 16:01 Overload of welfare accounts. HtB
Ralektra Breda Template Painter Join date: 7 Apr 2008 Posts: 1,875	08-24-2008 16:36 methinks it was a Linden Tree revolt..instead of rezzing trees in the road they started rezzing rezzers that rezzed more rezzers and then they took over. _____________________ Mainstore: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Phantasm/51/164/501 http://rbzdesign.blogspot.com/ I'm not a designer IRL, but I RP one on SL!
Tarina Sewell Just Browsing Thank you Join date: 20 Jul 2007 Posts: 2,180	08-24-2008 16:53 what is strange...... When I went to sign out, after the issuesd warning... whatever I was on all freakin day I needed to get off, anyway.......... The screen suddenly went back to about an hour or so prior when I went afk to go get my daughter, I was sitting at my tea table in that silly slumped shoulders position, but when I actually closed out the window to leave I was biding farewell to a friend on the other side of the sim in the lighthouse, how freakin freaky is that?
Tarina Sewell Just Browsing Thank you Join date: 20 Jul 2007 Posts: 2,180	08-24-2008 16:54 From: Ralektra Breda methinks it was a Linden Tree revolt..instead of rezzing trees in the road they started rezzing rezzers that rezzed more rezzers and then they took over. captian america rezzers?
Jodina Patton Registered User Join date: 19 Nov 2005 Posts: 170	08-24-2008 17:43 Anyone remember this: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1040_22-148320.html From: Linden Lab CEO Philip Rosedale It can scale to infinity. The underlying architecture of the Internet and of 'Second Life' is perfectly scalable. At one time they said they were gearing up for millions of weekly sign-ups and millions of concurrent users...
Zaphod Kotobide zOMGWTFPME! Join date: 19 Oct 2006 Posts: 2,087	08-24-2008 17:54 I'm thinking that's still true. It is the timing that's off. From: Jodina Patton Anyone remember this: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1040_22-148320.html At one time they said they were gearing up for millions of weekly sign-ups and millions of concurrent users... _____________________ From: Albert Einstein Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them.
Jodina Patton Registered User Join date: 19 Nov 2005 Posts: 170	08-24-2008 18:08 From: Zaphod Kotobide I'm thinking that's still true. It is the timing that's off. It isn't possible with their current game plan. To many technical limitations. However they may find there just isn't "millions of people" that want to play SL at the same time anyway as we have seen the significant drop of new "unique" sign-ups over the last year and hardly a push in the currently on-line numbers over the last several months. Good thing because of what happened today. Actually the grid system itself is very scalable as you can add as many sims as you can. The problem is the asset and database server system is not. Here is the blog post I was looking for. http://blog.secondlife.com/2007/02/16/contingency-measures-to-ensure-service-as-second-life-grows/ From: Robin Linden Beyond that we are building ambitious plans for re-architecting the Grid, so that in the future we can realize the full potential of the Second Life Grid to support millions of concurrent users.

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