As you may have noticed, 9622.net was down for much of Monday afternoon and evening. We had some problems with the database, and some entries got corrupted (y'know, cigarettes. swear words. the usual.) and Bad Things were happening all around.
Although it may look the same, 9622.net has an entirely new back-end. We wiped out the whole damn thing and installed the newest version of MovableType (v 2.5), this time using a MySQL database.
As you can see, we're having trouble recovering the last couple of weeks of threads. The data still exists (I think), it's just a matter of pulling it out of one hurtin'-ass database. (I encourage anyone experienced with berkeley databases, who thinks they might be able to help, to please contact us.) Hopefully, we can restore most or all of the missing weeks.
IMPORTANT: As part of the rebuild, the Authors database had to be rebuilt by hand and all the passwords had to be reset. This means that if you had posting privileges before the crash (not davis) you will need to reset your password before you can post again.
Now, I'm not going to post the default password here, for obvious reasons, and I really don't feel like digging up 40 email addresses to send it out to you all. So.... log in using the original default password--the one you were assigned when you first became a member. If you don't remember, try to find that original email. If you can't recall or can't find it, email us and we'll happily send it out to you.
Anyway, we're curious to see if the new back-end will help with the server errors we've been getting. If you get any error messages while trying to post or comment, please let us know in this thread.
So welcome back and sorry about the downtime and the (hopefully temporarily) lost entries. If you have any questions, please let us know.
--Da Admins
P.S. Go GIANTS!
Apparently, even the old default password doesn't work for some accounts. Please let us know if you can't log in.
Posted by: jpoulos on October 14, 2002 11:44 PMOoh, and I'm getting image errors all over this page...
(Great job, though!)
Posted by: Marquis on October 15, 2002 12:00 AMimage errors? really?
(default password problem fixed, btw.)
Posted by: jpoulos on October 15, 2002 12:15 AMYeah - the picture in the page's topmost corner shows as a big red X, so do the four little ones under the Comments entry box.
The front page looks fine.
Posted by: Marquis on October 15, 2002 12:20 AMThere we go. The broken images weren't showing in Mozilla. Moz just shows nothing. All fixed now.
Posted by: jpoulos on October 15, 2002 12:26 AMI hope I live long enough to someday get a whole new back end, myself. Good work, Lupo!
Posted by: yhbc on October 15, 2002 12:29 AMThe Giants win the Pennant!
The Giants win the Pennant!
The Giants win the Pennant!
Oh, and the site looks great Lupo. You are doing more than the lion's share of work around here. Us other lazy admins should be ashamed.
Posted by: kafkaesque on October 15, 2002 12:30 AMThe old default password doesn't work because I gave other users other default passwords when they started. If you check the old email and it's from me, that isn't the password. Email me or jpoulos for the correct default. Sorry, just mixing it up at the original logins so no one knew anyone else's defaults.
Posted by: eyeballkid on October 15, 2002 01:02 AM
[ed. note: HA HA HA!!!! Behold the power of the admin!]
Posted by: eyeballkid on October 15, 2002 04:14 AMHoly shit, I can't believe I remembered the default, original password, and got it on the first try.
Posted by: adampsyche on October 15, 2002 07:27 AMHopefully, we can restore most or all of the missing weeks.
Sounds like we're trying to figure out if we killed someone while we had amnesia.
Anyways good to see ya back. I have today off and without the monkey house I would've started to twitch.
Posted by: jonmc on October 15, 2002 10:21 AMOh, so THAT'S why I have 9622 tattoed backwards on my.... oh, dear.
Posted by: tizzie on October 15, 2002 10:36 AMAll we need to do is find a wormhole and then hook up with ourselves 2 weeks ago.
Or something like that.
On a side note, I made it back (mostly intact) from the wilds of Utah. You missed me, dammit!
Posted by: witchstone on October 15, 2002 10:44 AMI did! I thought, "Where the heck is that Witchstone, huh?" at least once a day. At least. No lie.
(pssst: how were those cowboys??)
Posted by: tizzie on October 15, 2002 10:54 AM(pssst: how were those cowboys??)
I managed to avoid each and every one of them.
Posted by: witchstone on October 15, 2002 11:18 AMI managed to avoid each and every one of them.
That good, huh? Git along, little doggies.
Me and you's gonna have words, Eyeball.
*begins pulling arms off rally monkey*
Posted by: kafkaesque on October 15, 2002 11:26 AMMy wife's sister lives in Utah. She's been out to visit her a couple of times, and describes the attitude inspired by the locals as "feeling like you're walking around with your fly unzipped".
I didn't mind it too much, but I was only there for a couple of days.
Posted by: kafkaesque on October 15, 2002 11:27 AMKaf, by default, this site must endorse the Angels. Thabks to the rally monkey.
Posted by: tj on October 15, 2002 11:52 AM
I always thought the Giants were a football team.
Posted by: witchstone on October 15, 2002 12:07 PMI say no, sir.
I cannot with good conscience endorse the Angels when they are going against the Giants.
Viva Los Gigantes!
Posted by: kafkaesque on October 15, 2002 12:15 PMwho da admins?
who grant de posting powerz?
why da site be sideways?
quonsar! you who made the "Dogs denounce clerics" article - I salute you.
(that *was* you, wasn't it?)
Posted by: tizzie on October 15, 2002 12:39 PMnot quite. i thought i had it, but i was wrong. they'll be back soon, though.
Posted by: jpoulos on October 15, 2002 01:46 PM(that *was* you, wasn't it?)
guilty as charged. btw - stan chin said it was "brilliant", but hey, me3dia got it right - with source material like that, the job is easy!
I don't see the big problem here.
If everyone would just remember everything they've written on this site in the past month, in the order that they wrote it, we could just post it back.
Easy-Peasy.
Posted by: ColdChef on October 15, 2002 02:41 PMI'd like to thank Lupo for all his hard work in restoring the site that perpetually prevents me from finding work in my feild.
You're the man, man.
Posted by: brittney on October 15, 2002 03:01 PMKaf: I hate to sound like a bumper sticker but...
My favorite teams are the Dodgers and whoever is kicking the shit out of the Yankees or the Giants.
The Angels have a good chance of fulfilling the second criteria.
Posted by: eyeballkid on October 15, 2002 03:26 PMHow considerate of you all...I had lost internet access as of yesterday morning (something about a phone bill...)...so I suppose I didn't miss too terribly much-except the gnashing of teeth I would have done if I'd been around to notice the site was down.
*big fat bunny smack a la Bugs in drag*
Posted by: b****fire on October 15, 2002 03:29 PMsorry ebk, i just can't go for the angels because they were responsible for a) the mariners not getting the wild card slot, and b) the twins not winning the pennant. these two things make me sad and angry and likely to get drunk and make fun of barry zito or the guy with the really dirty hat.
Posted by: pikachulolita on October 15, 2002 03:33 PMwait! that was the a's! who i hate even more!
but still. who spells their name "jarrod"?
Posted by: pikachulolita on October 15, 2002 03:34 PMoh. yeah. can't stand the twins or mariners either. thanks for reminding me p-Lo ;)
Posted by: eyeballkid on October 15, 2002 03:36 PMJust sit back, relax, and say "Thank gawd it's not the fookin' Braves." Amen.
Posted by: tizzie on October 15, 2002 03:52 PMThe Giants give me a rash in someplace rather uncomfortable.
it seems that we may have to have a tag-team admin match here, with ebk and I going up against jpoulos and kafkaesque.
something makes me think we can take 'em matt.
Posted by: tj on October 15, 2002 04:27 PMTwo hits: Me and Lupo hittin' you, and you hittin the floor.
Or is that 4 hits?
Some hits will be involved, that's for sure. And maybe some Mexican wrestling masks.
Posted by: kafkaesque on October 15, 2002 05:02 PMI'll have you know, I was a wrestler in college.
Sure, it was mud wrestling and I had breasts then, but I was pretty good. Second in my club one month.
Posted by: eyeballkid on October 15, 2002 05:28 PMBTW, I have a good idea about what was choking up the server:
Entries: 584 Comments: 21418.
Thass a lotta stuff. 2148 comments? You know, we could get a lot of shit done if we spent this time working for world piece.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I gotta get back to knocking around kafka and lupo.
Posted by: eyeballkid on October 15, 2002 05:31 PM*walks in wearing velour smoking jacket and assless chaps*
Posted by: tj on October 15, 2002 05:33 PM*walks in wearing velour smoking jacket and assless chaps*
Posted by: tj's clone on October 15, 2002 05:36 PMNo matter how many assless chaps you're wearing, it's just wrong.
Posted by: kafkaesque on October 15, 2002 06:15 PMhow can you hate the mariners? they have ichiro, the cutest baseball player ever. he's all cute and little and asian. i love him. he does this pseudo-tai-chi / babe ruth pointing at the stands thing every time he prepares for a pitch. it's totally cute.
besides, the mariners aren't cocky assholes. i appreciate this in a sports team.
Posted by: pikachulolita on October 15, 2002 06:17 PMBritt totally ♥s me. That rocks.
The lost entries should be back up soon. i'm 90% done, but i'm away from my machine right now. eating pad thai. yum.
Posted by: jpoulos on October 15, 2002 08:02 PMIt must be damn good pad thai to be able to transmit your thoughts directly to the internet.
Posted by: yhbc on October 15, 2002 09:28 PMPAD THAI...I am coming through the computer screen right now to grab your plate away from you...you might as well finish the archives, as I finish your dinner.
*burp*
Posted by: b****fire on October 15, 2002 10:24 PMi never said i wasn't near a machine...
But who says you can't transmit straight from your brain?
Anyway...the missing entries are back, thank zod. please let me know if you see anythink that doesn't look quite right. somehow, the link to the photo of our sick little monkey from a couple of days has been lost. let me know if you see anything else like that.
Posted by: jpoulos on October 15, 2002 11:20 PMAhh, did jonmc's NYC announcement thread get completely lost? Or is it just temporarily MIA? 'cause it'd be a shame if at least the first part of it was gone for good, you know.
Posted by: yhbc on October 15, 2002 11:39 PMOK, I fixed the sick monkey link, but I also found the following:
Somewhere between last night and today my password got reset to the default (which I corrected),
AND
the "Forgot my password" link doesn't work (which an admin will have to correct).
I'm sure y'all can reconstruct how that scenario played itself out.
Posted by: Crash on October 16, 2002 12:09 AMThe NYC thread is the one that got corrupted. It's lost for good. As far as I know, it's the only one.
Posted by: jpoulos on October 16, 2002 12:23 AMwitchy--I announced that I got a job in NYC and not in retail. Me and pips shall be moving to Gotham probably early next year. Goodbye, counter and nametag. New Yorkers, lock up your snackfood etc.etc.
Posted by: jonmc on October 16, 2002 10:58 AMBraves win! Braves win!
(ooops, wrong year.)
The NYC thread got corrupted and is gone for good?
It's the Nancy Spungen of threads. I will mourn it's passing.
Posted by: octobersurprise on October 16, 2002 12:56 PMIt was a whiny heroin addict in an abusive, spiralling relationship.
Posted by: kafkaesque on October 16, 2002 01:19 PM...what thread wouldn't benefit from a sapphic visitor?
Posted by: jonmc on October 16, 2002 02:02 PMI had Pad Thai (amongst other thai food delicacies) for lunch today.
Your fault, Jpo.
Posted by: b****fire on October 16, 2002 02:48 PMPasta? I think not. *cocks hammer* How about a nice steaming dish of Pad Thai, punk?
Posted by: Lupo, Thai Food Enforcer on October 16, 2002 03:14 PMWhat this thread really needs, following Coldchef's recent "How I got Goneill's CD" revelations is a lesbian alright, but a kind farmer's wife lesbian.
Posted by: Miguel on October 16, 2002 04:32 PMLook, the hair pills made a funny.
Deep inside, they just want to belong.
Posted by: dong resin on March 31, 2004 07:44 AMI imagine they could keep this up forever, poor simple souls.
Posted by: tizzie on July 24, 2004 06:38 PMA note about posting images:
We encourage users to post images, especially those hilarous pics of monkeys
wearing dresses or programming for Linux. But posting images that reside on someone
else's server is considered by many to be bandwidth theft. Our thoughts
on the matter, along with some solutions to the problem, can be found
here. Thanks.
In an effort to help eliminate spam (and to preserve the sanity of the 9622 Volunteer Simian Spam-Cop Brigade) all threads older than 30 days will now be closed to comments.