Why was Atheist Nexus down?

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Permalink Reply by Loren Miller on February 11, 2013 at 3:49pm

I have to wonder if there was some serious damage to the data base which required use of backups or something else going on at NING, Ruth.  The "explanation," such as it is, of regular maintenance doesn't cut the mustard with me, and I like you would like to hear some substantial answers.

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Permalink Reply by Greg on February 11, 2013 at 3:51pm

To restore public faith in A/N I suggest full transparency. Otherwise an investigation may be in order. Charges may then be charged and those responsible will be held accountable. Of course if this is a privately maintained website...nevermind ;-)

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Permalink Reply by Steph S. on February 11, 2013 at 3:51pm

Yes I would have thought the site would have a backup server - that's like website 101. I was really worried it was a DNS attack or something. This site is a home and refuge for me - what would I do without it?

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Permalink Reply by Steph S. on February 11, 2013 at 3:52pm

That's strange. My response is multiplied over and over.

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Permalink Reply by The Flying Atheist on February 11, 2013 at 3:57pm

Steph, we can never get enough of you.  :)

I'd like to know about the outage as well.  If this was supposed to be regularly scheduled maintenance, we should have been notified beforehand. 

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Permalink Reply by Steph S. on February 11, 2013 at 5:13pm

Awww how sweet - thank you Flying Atheist.

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Permalink Reply by booklover on February 11, 2013 at 5:30pm

I second what Carl said Steph!  And I agree with you, I felt lost not being to read or post here today.~ Melinda

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Permalink Reply by John Aultman on February 11, 2013 at 9:28pm

So was it maintenance outage or what?

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Permalink Reply by Brother Richard on February 11, 2013 at 11:42pm

For the record, we do not yet know what happened. We were not down for maintenance, and it looks like it might of been a DNS attack or something similar. Many have tried to take us down over the past year, but we were able to fight them off.

I assure you all that I focused on nothing else over the past 30 or so hours, and once we find the source, we will take measures to prevent it from happening again.

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Permalink Reply by Napoleon Bonaparte on February 12, 2013 at 12:22am

Qu'est-ce l'histoire, sinon une fable sur laquelle tout le monde est d'accord ?

Napoleon Bonaparte

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Permalink Reply by Joan Denoo on February 12, 2013 at 1:51am

what history, if not a fable on which everyone agrees?

Translate "qu'est-ce l'histoire, sinon une fable sur laquelle tout le monde est d'accord ?" from French

Is this correct? 

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Permalink Reply by Napoleon Bonaparte on February 12, 2013 at 2:38am

Napoleon is often difficult to translate. I would say, 'What is history, if not a fable on which all the world agrees' or 'What is history but a fable on which everyone agrees'.

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