Server Downtime

HOW DARE YOU INTERRUPT THIS SERVICE THAT YOU DON'T CHARGE ANYTHING FOR

fascist

Try reconfiguring the spam deflector arrays to power the auxiliary browsing generators. That should bypass the cluster long enough to maintain site integrity until the cluster is re-coupled.

Maybe I should take this as a sign to go outside and see the sun.

Ha, who am I attempting to kid? The internet never sleeps and there arises distraction aplenty. Much obliged for the heads up. <3

9-4 is a pretty wide window, lol. I could miss is completely while at work, or come home just in time to greet it. xD

Of course the internet sleeps. Usually around 5am GMT. Or at least forums get very quiet around that time.

AAAAGH THE DAYSTAR IT BURNS

This is just like that novel in which there was a freak total eclipse on a planet with 3 suns that never set at the same time, and the scientists knew it was going to happen but everybody went insane anyway because of reasons (stars).
Kinda like that.

Isn't that when the monsters come out of hibernation underground and eat everyone on the surface of the planet, except for maybe Vin Diesel because he can outrun them with his mad racing skillz?

GAME OVER MAN. GAME OVER!

"Huh, BF's down for maintenance. Oh well, I'll just watch a movie instead, I've been meaning to check out that time travel one they were talking about in the movie thread, can't remember what it was called but I'll just check...oh, right. Ah, maybe I'll just play some Dark Souls, I want to get that two-handed sword that Charles mentioned...wait, where did he say it was? Hmm. Eh, I'll just fiddle with my tablet, somebody had posted a bunch of recommended apps so I'll just go grab the URL and GODDAMMIT"

So now we know that the server is hosted with Comcast.

He said 9 PM to 4 AM. If those are your working hours, you have my pity. Or empathy. Which one is the good one?

Neither; the official BrokenForum response is unmitigated, withering scorn.

Er, that one Asimov wrote? Maybe together with Silverberg? The name elyscapes me now.

I was unaware they adapted it to a novel. It is in fact an excellent short story.

I don't understand. How is dying my hair going to help here?

Great, now how am I going to constructively waste my time?

acquire and EAT A BURRITO! you'll thank me later for the suggestion.

That's a pretty solid all-purpose solution.

=insert weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth here=

This is all you need to know:

Yes darlin', I'm a night shifter. I heard it correctly. I work 5pm - 1am usually.

Can we start doing this? Invoking the name of Elyscape (Apparently without even needing to put a @ in front of it!) and he'll come charging in with whatever information we require?

Oh man this is going to make arguing on the internet so much fun.

I fear clicking play on that video.

I have a feeling it's gonna be some sort of "The Ring" kind of thing. I'm not that stupid, Neopythia.

I'll click it as soon as the servers go down. Oh wait...

It's even better/worse than that.

I'm about an hour and half into that video and like it a lot. The variety keeps me hooked.

WHAT? No! The servers aren't going down. They can't!
It wasn't something we did, was it? What did we do wrong?
Dammit, this is so damn unfair. Who do I have to screw to keep the server up?
What am I going to do with myself? What are any of us going to do? Fine, I'll just sit here by myself, alone. I don't even care any more.
Sigh, at least I can still remember some of the good times we shared.
And, I guess if I try hard enough I'd find a neglected game in my Steam library I could play.
As a matter of fact, I've got several! This might not be such a bad thing after all. Things are looking up.

So this is how the zombie apocalypse starts . . .

Kibo.

There is not nearly enough time to start prepping. I could spend the weekend stockpiling guns, or canned goods, or books about how to rebuild civilization, but not all three.

I guess if you have enough guns, then you don't really need to know how to rebuild civilization, and you can just take other peoples' canned goods.