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Broccoli Curry
I am my alt's alt's alt.
Join date: 13 Jun 2006
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12-29-2006 00:02
takes a lot of patience to deal with 15 thousand angry SLers... However, it doesn't take much at all to post a blog entry, comments closed, and leave the mess on the forums to the few remaining 'resmods' to deal with - if anyone except Strife is even still here. Broccoli _____________________
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Jesseaitui Petion
king of polynesia :P
Join date: 2 Jan 2006
Posts: 2,175
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12-29-2006 00:02
lol I would close SL if I had to deal with what they did.
Im guilty of being a SOB at times to them. But I wouldnt be able to carry on without getting pissed and just smashing it. |
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Lilliput Boshops
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Join date: 25 Oct 2006
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Thank you...
12-29-2006 00:03
...I can finally shower and change my underwear.
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Jesseaitui Petion
king of polynesia :P
Join date: 2 Jan 2006
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12-29-2006 00:04
...I can finally shower and change my underwear. lmfaoirl |
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Sukit Dailey
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Join date: 28 Dec 2006
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12-29-2006 00:05
yeah, pointing out what someone already said, 300,000 people and businesses are without power tonight in SF. Where are you getting your data? Half of San Francisco is not out. In fact, it appears to be fully intact. Marin, Santa Cruz and Mendocino have some outages due to storms, but presently there are no storms in the immediate bay area. Want to look out my window?  |
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Starbuckk Serapis
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Join date: 10 Nov 2006
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12-29-2006 00:05
yeah, pointing out what someone already said, 300,000 people and businesses are without power tonight in SF. Where is this information coming from? |
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Champie Jack
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Join date: 6 Dec 2003
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12-29-2006 00:06
Where is this information coming from? I'd like a link myself...I can't find any info on this major power outage |
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Sukit Dailey
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Join date: 28 Dec 2006
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12-29-2006 00:07
PG&E's Grid Status 1 (800) 743-5002.
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Starbuckk Serapis
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Join date: 10 Nov 2006
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12-29-2006 00:10
Thanks. Nothing in there about San Francisco. Marin County is only in San Francisco in Star Trek IV's world <g>.
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Elaina Bainbridge
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12-29-2006 00:11
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Michi Lumin
Sharp and Pointy
Join date: 14 Oct 2003
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12-29-2006 00:11
Likely related to this weather. (mentions the CA issues at bottom of page)
In California, another powerful winter storm left tens of thousands of people without power on Thursday as winds gusted to near-hurricane force and blowing snow closed a stretch of Interstate 5 in the mountains north of Los Angeles for 11 hours. It reopened Thursday morning. Forecasters in California warned of dangerous winds, with gusts over 80 mph, through Friday morning in the region's valleys and mountain passes. More on it here Thousands Without Power In Bay AreaWinds May Cause More Outages Dec. 28 - KGO - Most of the power is back on around the Bay Area tonight -- but not all of it. A couple thousand people are still in the dark. And there was a surprise problem the wind caused on the Peninsula. Giant transmission located just east of the exits of Whipple and Seaport Boulevard fell over. Since Tuesday morning, 350,000 PG&E customers had lost power at one time or another. The high winds toppled trees like a giant fir in a remote area of Woodside -- not an uncommon sight these past three days. So I'd say, give em some slack, they can't control the weather. Could have been a surge, could have been a power issue. Could have been a lot of things. _____________________
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Daphne Molinari
The Delectable One
Join date: 29 Jun 2004
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12-29-2006 00:11
...I can finally shower and change my underwear. LMFAO!!! And to think I spent all that money on a porta potty to sit next to my desk ... silly me! _____________________
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Tormented Twilight
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Join date: 30 Jan 2004
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12-29-2006 00:13
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Devi Sakai
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Join date: 7 Oct 2006
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12-29-2006 00:13
[00:20pm PST] Asset server has recovered and we are in the midst of cleaning up before we re-open.
Woooo! |
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Starbuckk Serapis
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Join date: 10 Nov 2006
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12-29-2006 00:14
LMFAO!!! And to think I spent all that money on a porta potty to sit next to my desk ... silly me! Wireless laptop...its a good thing! |
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Devian Ayres
Don't look behind you.
Join date: 28 Dec 2006
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12-29-2006 00:14
[00:20pm PST] Asset server has recovered and we are in the midst of cleaning up before we re-open.
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Elaina Bainbridge
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Join date: 15 Aug 2006
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12-29-2006 00:14
can you see all of SF from your window? How much do you pay for that view? Dont bash. I'm just sharing local news.
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Sukit Dailey
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Join date: 28 Dec 2006
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12-29-2006 00:15
Where exactly are these SF servers? Got an address, I'll go down there and take a photo of the situation if you'll all sleep better. Yeah I can see quite a bit of it as I'm near diamond heights. (and by the way, measure it on a map, it's a very small little peninsula not a sprawling metropolis like most big cities)
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Broccoli Curry
I am my alt's alt's alt.
Join date: 13 Jun 2006
Posts: 1,660
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12-29-2006 00:15
So I'd say, give em some slack, they can't control the weather. Could have been a surge, could have been a power issue. Could have been a lot of things. To me, the message that was sent out gave an indication of something going "bang" in a fairly serious terminal magnitude, not a power cut. But surely, power issues are exactly why these sort of places have generator backup, surge protectors and smoothing circuits? Broccoli _____________________
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Tya Fallingbridge
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12-29-2006 00:15
Maybe a copybot fell in love with a replicator. or got divorced and said !quit _____________________
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Jesseaitui Petion
king of polynesia :P
Join date: 2 Jan 2006
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12-29-2006 00:15
Ok so, 300,000 people WERE without power for a time. But as of this morning it says 45,000+ were still without it. I wonder how many of them got it back by now. |
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Elaina Bainbridge
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12-29-2006 00:18
Never said it was THE reason, just reiterating what someone had said as a possibility. ANd yes, they should have generators but even generators aren't fool-proof...
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Michi Lumin
Sharp and Pointy
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12-29-2006 00:19
To me, the message that was sent out gave an indication of something going "bang" in a fairly serious terminal magnitude, not a power cut. But surely, power issues are exactly why these sort of places have generator backup, surge protectors and smoothing circuits? Broccoli Not always. Failure protection equipment doesn't always work when it's under stress. We've had refrigerator-sized UPSes fail in spectacular (and dangerous) ways, and diesel gens fail to kick on. And *nothing* can protect absolutely from a direct adjacent lightning hit. When it's a hardware failure, it's unlikely that the issue was Linden dropping the ball. In either case, even if their clustered storage threw a node, it's just a matter of inconvenience most likely. (edit: What elaina said. Seen plenty fail - especially if the grid in SF has been shaky for a few days.) |
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Elaina Bainbridge
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12-29-2006 00:19
and what time exactly is 00:20 pm on a 24 hr clock?
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Winter Ventura
Eclectic Randomness
Join date: 18 Jul 2006
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12-29-2006 00:19
[00:20pm PST] Asset server has recovered and we are in the midst of cleaning up before we re-open. It's not even :20 yet The guys at Linden Labs live several minutes in the future, in an attempt to head off problems before we complain about it. _____________________
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