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Heh awesome
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Gavin Chipper wrote:At the moment it just gives a list of films.
Looks like it's working to me. Link?
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Charlie Reams wrote:
Gavin Chipper wrote:At the moment it just gives a list of films.
Looks like it's working to me. Link?
It's working now, but it was http://apterous.org/
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Gavin Chipper wrote:
Charlie Reams wrote:
Gavin Chipper wrote:At the moment it just gives a list of films.
Looks like it's working to me. Link?
It's working now, but it was http://apterous.org/
Oh right, I forget that some people still go there even though it just redirects you to www.apterous.org. I imagine it was related to me moving cdb to cdb.apterous.org.
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Looks like we're down again
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Charlie days this on the Apterous Google+ page
"First weekend back, all seems to be going smoothly. We'll be upgrading our connection sometime this week, so there may be some minor disruption during the changeover."
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Site back up
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Yes, yes it is down.
Possibly the first contestant to accelerate with a mic clipped...
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Usually I don't get a 404 when Apterous is down, this time is different.

Also, another 15 rounder via Kountdown's generators. Letters will alternate between 4, 5, and 6 consonants in that order. Random.org determined the numbers would be three games of 2 large and one game of 4 large. For the conundrum, I found one that I knew would be acceptable via their generator, and then made my own scramble.

R1:BDDNUAIEE
R2:DNPLRIUAI
R3: 4 4 5 10 50 75 Target: 939
R4: TNJPXSEEO
R5: SDMMAUOAI
R6: 3 6 7 8 75 100 Target: 305
R7: RSSTLAIII
R8: GCFTFMUIE
R9: 2 6 7 10 75 100 Target: 105
R10: RNQYEEOEE
R11: NFLTWEEOU
R12: RCGKLDOOE
R13: FSDSOEAUE
R14: 6 9 25 50 75 100 Target: 432
R15:TRENDONCE
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Looks like it could be down for a few days according to Charlie on Google+. Bit of a nightmare... I'm recording on Wed!
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109 Jordan. That's with 50 for numbers/ conundrum. They're some seriously horrible letters selections!
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115, and good luck Sean!
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For those who don't Google+ Charlie posted :-

Yesterday 09:18

Disaster season is upon us again, the disk that contains all of apterous has crashed and died. We have good backups but realistically it'll take at least a few days to get everything up and running again. Sorry for the disruption.

Yesterday 23:15

After some pain we've successfully restored a backup from four days ago. (Other daily backups seem to have been corrupted along with the disk.) Still other work to do to get things back to normal, but we should be able to restore some sort of service on Wednesday or Thursday. And the missing days may yet be restorable.

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Thanks for the information Ziggy and the best of luck for tomorrow Sean!

I think I've got 112, maybe a break from apterous is (ironically) helping my performance. :)
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To answer the titular question... no!

Hopefully.
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Yes, but I'm getting no sound when I access the site!
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Down again I think!
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Yep was down for me this morning, Charlie said on his google page that it was back up so not sure if it is just my computer or whether it's down for everyone else
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Down again
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Going down, down, down, down, down, down:
http://youtu.be/Zmzv5xJ4wE4?t=55s
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John Garcia wrote:Going down, down, down, down, down, down:
http://youtu.be/Zmzv5xJ4wE4?t=55s
John is funny.
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Am I the only person that gets redirected to the home page when I go to log in, only to be told I'm not logged in?
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Install Google Chrome Hywel
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I've been using Chrome for 3 years, Jason. That's not the problem. Thanks though.
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Hywel Morgan wrote:Am I the only person that gets redirected to the home page when I go to log in, only to be told I'm not logged in?
If you add me on Facebook or Google Chat we can work through some things and try to get to the bottom of it. Pretty sure you won't be the only person experiencing this.
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Charlie Reams wrote:
Hywel Morgan wrote:Am I the only person that gets redirected to the home page when I go to log in, only to be told I'm not logged in?
If you add me on Facebook or Google Chat we can work through some things and try to get to the bottom of it. Pretty sure you won't be the only person experiencing this.
Ok will do, Charlie.
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Charlie is one of the best guys in the universe!
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Site is down for me at the moment.
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Charlie posted at 8.34 a.m.
Our ISP (idiots) have broken our Internet connection. You can still access a limited version of the site directly at http://86.173.210.147
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Can some people other than me start pestering Charlie for an official Facebook presence? At the moment it's about three people reading Google+ and Ziggy repeating messages here. Go on Charlie!
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Down here.
My home is on the south side,
High up on a ridge,
Just a half a mile from
The Scarborough Valley bridge.
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Matt Morrison wrote:Can some people other than me start pestering Charlie for an official Facebook presence? At the moment it's about three people reading Google+ and Ziggy repeating messages here. Go on Charlie!
I would be appreciative of that too! Don't do google plus. P.s. thanks for the info Ziggy.
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Matt Morrison wrote:Can some people other than me start pestering Charlie for an official Facebook presence? At the moment it's about three people reading Google+ and Ziggy repeating messages here. Go on Charlie!
Charlie - consider yourself pestered :D

Hope the site comes back to life soon, they're going to get suspicious at work of my sudden spurt of productivity.
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An official FB presence would be great, nice suggestion Matt.
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What are you guys talking about? It's not down!
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No Jason
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Dan and Jason, it is!
meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles
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It was down. Then it was up. Now it is down. Or maybe half-way up. I'm giving it a new name: Duke-of-York-itis.
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As of right now, 11:10pm BST, it is up.
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Jason Larsen wrote:As of right now, 11:10pm BST, it is up.
It was up just now, I was playing a game, then it froze at 10.42am. It's apparently down now.

When it was up it was up, when it was down it was down, when it was only half-way up it was neither up nor down!
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Gemma Church wrote: Hope the site comes back to life soon, they're going to get suspicious at work of my sudden spurt of productivity.
Weird. My productivity has plummeted. I use Apterous as my reward mechanism. So, I tell myself that, if I finished a particular piece of work, I can have a game. Without it, I am rather aimless and unmotivated!
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John Garcia wrote:
It was up just now, I was playing a game, then it froze at 10.42am. It's apparently down now.

When it was up it was up, when it was down it was down, when it was only half-way up it was neither up nor down!
Mind if I ask who you are on apterous? This is un-necessarily bugging me...
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The fact apterous keeps going down is bugging me lol, everyday, seriously though I hope it comes back soon as we all do
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I am having the same pictures issue as I had been having before. What is the problem?
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The host pictures are missing by the way.

I reported it as a bug to Charlie, then the bug disappeared, it was working as intended and now it's back again.

Help!
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And it's down again. Aye aye aye.
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Charlie. please fix the pictures bug ASAP
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Jason Larsen wrote:Charlie. please fix the pictures bug ASAP

This isn't really the topic for these requests.
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Is apterous down? Why yes! Yes it is!
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Zarte Siempre wrote:Is apterous down? Why yes! Yes it is!
I can confirm. Tango down.
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There is a server problem, yes
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I'm investigating, unfortunately the server is not responding and I'm in California at the moment so if it's a physical problem I can't do much.
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Good luck Charlie!
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Charlie Reams wrote:I'm investigating, unfortunately the server is not responding and I'm in California at the moment so if it's a physical problem I can't do much.
How long does a bit of vacuuming take?
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How do you know that Gavin?
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Just wondered - any of the IronMan/IronWoman Apterites getting withdrawal symptoms yet? And, if so, how are you dealing with it?
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Fine for me Ziggy, can't wait to have it back so I can while away the hours that I would have spent doing nothing before, bliss
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What?

David, are you not having trouble?
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Ziggy Davidson wrote:Just wondered - any of the IronMan/IronWoman Apterites getting withdrawal symptoms yet? And, if so, how are you dealing with it?
It's awful, I've had to interact with family, do jobs around the house, read books, watch tv and have conversations with people that extend beyond "hi, gl" and "gg, wp"... it's tough. I worry about Horace though, how's Horace gonna cope? Did Charlie think about that when he neglectfully left his poor defenceless server behind so he could head off on a jolly?!
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Haha me too Sean! In all seriousness though, Charlie - is this something that can only be fixed when you come back? And presumably if it is, when are you back??
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