aaroads.com forum down
H.B. Elkins
on what happened or how long before it is fixed?
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The Chief Instigator
> Looks like the aaroads.com forum has had a major failure. Any word from
> anyone on what happened or how long before it is fixed?
It's getting a trickle through to prismnet.com, but not much more.
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LAST GAME: Houston 1, Peoria 0 (November 18)
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deanej
> On 19 Nov 2009 18:56:43 -0800, H.B Elkins <hbelk...@mis.net.restrictorplate> wrote:
>
> > Looks like the aaroads.com forum has had a major failure. Any word from
> > anyone on what happened or how long before it is fixed?
>
> It's getting a trickle through to prismnet.com, but not much more.
>
> --
> www.io.com/~patrick/aeros.php(TCI's 2008-09 Houston Aeros) AA#2273
> LAST GAME: Houston 1, Peoria 0 (November 18)
> NEXT GAME: Friday, November 20 vs. Milwaukee, 7:35
It's completly down for me too. What's going on? Given when the last
topic reply notification I've gotten was, the forum's been down for a
day now!
The Chief Instigator
> On Nov 19, 10:11?pm, The Chief Instigator <patr...@io.com> wrote:
>> On 19 Nov 2009 18:56:43 -0800, H.B ?Elkins <hbelk...@mis.net.restrictorplate> wrote:
>>
>> > Looks like the aaroads.com forum has had a major failure. Any word from
>> > anyone on what happened or how long before it is fixed?
>>
>> It's getting a trickle through to prismnet.com, but not much more.
>>
>> --
>> ? ? ?www.io.com/~patrick/aeros.php(TCI's 2008-09 Houston Aeros) AA#2273
>> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? LAST GAME: Houston 1, Peoria 0 (November 18)
>> ? ? ? ? ? ? ?NEXT GAME: Friday, November 20 vs. Milwaukee, 7:35
>
> It's completly down for me too. What's going on? Given when the last
> topic reply notification I've gotten was, the forum's been down for a
> day now!
It didn't start slowing down here until around a few minutes ago, but it's
definitely slower.
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www.io.com/~patrick/aeros.php (TCI's 2008-09 Houston Aeros) AA#2273
deanej
> On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:31:53 -0800 (PST), deanej <deane....@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Nov 19, 10:11?pm, The Chief Instigator <patr...@io.com> wrote:
> >> On 19 Nov 2009 18:56:43 -0800, H.B ?Elkins <hbelk...@mis.net.restrictorplate> wrote:
>
> >> > Looks like the aaroads.com forum has had a major failure. Any word from
> >> > anyone on what happened or how long before it is fixed?
>
> >> It's getting a trickle through to prismnet.com, but not much more.
>
> >> --
> >> ?Patrick L. "The Chief Instigator" Humphrey ?(patr...@io.com) Houston, Texas
> >> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? LAST GAME: Houston 1, Peoria 0 (November 18)
> >> ? ? ? ? ? ? ?NEXT GAME: Friday, November 20 vs. Milwaukee, 7:35
>
> > It's completly down for me too. What's going on? Given when the last
> > topic reply notification I've gotten was, the forum's been down for a
> > day now!
>
> It didn't start slowing down here until around a few minutes ago, but it's
> definitely slower.
>
> --
> www.io.com/~patrick/aeros.php(TCI's 2008-09 Houston Aeros) AA#2273
> LAST GAME: Houston 1, Peoria 0 (November 18)
>
> - Show quoted text -
Whenever I try to go there I get the following error:
Multiple Choices
The document name you requested (/forum/index.php) could not be found
on this server. However, we found documents with names similar to the
one you requested.
Available documents:
/forum/index.html?topic=450.new;topicseen (common basename)
If I go directly to the forum I get:
Out of Service
Call Attendant
jdb1234
> On Nov 19, 10:45 pm, The Chief Instigator <patr...@io.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:31:53 -0800 (PST), deanej <deane....@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Nov 19, 10:11?pm, The Chief Instigator <patr...@io.com> wrote:
> > >> On 19 Nov 2009 18:56:43 -0800, H.B ?Elkins <hbelk...@mis.net.restrictorplate> wrote:
>
> > >> > Looks like the aaroads.com forum has had a major failure. Any word from
> > >> > anyone on what happened or how long before it is fixed?
>
> > >> It's getting a trickle through to prismnet.com, but not much more.
>
> > >> --
> > >> ?Patrick L. "The Chief Instigator" Humphrey ?(patr...@io.com) Houston, Texas
> > >> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? LAST GAME: Houston 1, Peoria 0 (November 18)
> > >> ? ? ? ? ? ? ?NEXT GAME: Friday, November 20 vs. Milwaukee, 7:35
>
> > > It's completly down for me too. What's going on? Given when the last
> > > topic reply notification I've gotten was, the forum's been down for a
> > > day now!
>
> > It didn't start slowing down here until around a few minutes ago, but it's
> > definitely slower.
>
> > --
> > Patrick L. "The Chief Instigator" Humphrey (patr...@io.com) Houston, Texas
> > LAST GAME: Houston 1, Peoria 0 (November 18)
> > NEXT GAME: Friday, November 20 vs. Milwaukee, 7:35- Hide quoted text -
>
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> Whenever I try to go there I get the following error:
> Multiple Choices
>
> The document name you requested (/forum/index.php) could not be found
> on this server. However, we found documents with names similar to the
> one you requested.
> Available documents:
>
> /forum/index.html?topic=450.new;topicseen (common basename)
>
> If I go directly to the forum I get:
> Out of Service
> Call Attendant
I have the same problem myself. The forum worked early this morning
but then suddenly I received a 403 error.
Brian
wrote:
They're upgrading to the latest version of Simple Machine Forums after
a server hack. They're making sure everything is running right before
bringing it live again.
Bryant5493
I'm having an issue as well. The error message reads, "Out of Service
-- Call Attendant."
danman
Brian wrote:
>
> They're upgrading to the latest version of Simple Machine Forums after
> a server hack. They're making sure everything is running right before
> bringing it live again.
I'm only here for updating everyone on the progress. The process of
upgrading versions of the forum has been much more complex & difficult
than first anticipated. The process continues, & we appreciate your
patience in the meantime. Hope is for the forum to be back up &
running very soon.
In the meantime, as some of you could have guessed, instead of posting
here on this dying, useless excuse of a newsgroup (MTR), I recommend
everyone check out the various Yahoo Groups road groups -- Roadgeek,
NorthEastRoads, GreatLakesRoads, SERoads, GPRoads, CanRoads, etc. --
for your roads discussion fix.
H.B. Elkins
>In the meantime, as some of you could have guessed, instead of posting
>here on this dying, useless excuse of a newsgroup (MTR), I recommend
>everyone check out the various Yahoo Groups road groups -- Roadgeek,
>NorthEastRoads, GreatLakesRoads, SERoads, GPRoads, CanRoads, etc. --
>for your roads discussion fix.
I still take strong exception to this opinion. Yes we have trolls, racists and
idiots who can and do post whatever they want because this is an unmoderated
forum, but this group still has a purpose and a need. It's still the first place
I look for road-related news.
Scott M. Kozel
>
> danman wrote:
>
>> In the meantime, as some of you could have guessed, instead of posting
>> here on this dying, useless excuse of a newsgroup (MTR), I recommend
>> everyone check out the various Yahoo Groups road groups -- Roadgeek,
>> NorthEastRoads, GreatLakesRoads, SERoads, GPRoads, CanRoads, etc. --
>> for your roads discussion fix.
>
> I still take strong exception to this opinion. Yes we have trolls, racists and
> idiots who can and do post whatever they want because this is an unmoderated
> forum, but this group still has a purpose and a need. It's still the first place
> I look for road-related news.
This newsgroup has a highly dysfunctional group culture, comparable to
one of the more dysfunctional junior high school (middle school) cultures.
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Scott Nazelrod
security reasons and have run into some unforeseen issues. It will
return as soon as we can get those worked out. However it may take us
a few days because Alex is on a roadtrip this weekend, so he will out
until Monday. We're trying to do what we can in his absence. Thanks
for your concern, everyone. Until we're back up, please do use either
MTR or the Yahoo groups.
Thanks, and sorry for the inconvenience.
--Scott
Admin, AARoads Forum
Paul S Wolf
> H.B. Elkins <hbel...@mis.net.restrictorplate> wrote:
>>
>> danman wrote:
>>
>>> In the meantime, as some of you could have guessed, instead of posting
>>> here on this dying, useless excuse of a newsgroup (MTR), I recommend
>>> everyone check out the various Yahoo Groups road groups -- Roadgeek,
>>> NorthEastRoads, GreatLakesRoads, SERoads, GPRoads, CanRoads, etc. --
>>> for your roads discussion fix.
>>
>> I still take strong exception to this opinion. Yes we have trolls,
>> racists and
>> idiots who can and do post whatever they want because this is an
>> unmoderated
>> forum, but this group still has a purpose and a need. It's still the
>> first place
>> I look for road-related news.
>
> This newsgroup has a highly dysfunctional group culture, comparable to
> one of the more dysfunctional junior high school (middle school) cultures.
>
I'd say "This group has a large number of dysfunctional posters (calrog,
ghersh, richard, and others), and a high noise-signal ratio, but, with
kill files and judicious marking of unwanted threads, there can still be
meaningful discussions. There are many, (Scott, Argatlam, Arif, Doug,
froggie, Garrett, Guy, Landsford, Marc, Koerner, Oscar, Rich, Rick,
Sobol, and a few others) that provide meaningful discussions and
important information."
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Fellow, Institute of Transportation Engineers
Froggie
>
> In the meantime, as some of you could have guessed, instead of posting
> here on this dying, useless excuse of a newsgroup (MTR), I recommend
> everyone check out the various Yahoo Groups road groups -- Roadgeek,
> NorthEastRoads, GreatLakesRoads, SERoads, GPRoads, CanRoads, etc. --
> for your roads discussion fix.
It wouldn't be such a "dying, useless excuse" if people did their part
to increase their own signal, instead of succumbing to the noise. The
nice thing about a medium like this is it's easy to ignore the noise.
Froggie | Alexandria, VA | http://www.ajfroggie.com/roads/
Steve Sobol
koz...@comcast.net says...
> This newsgroup has a highly dysfunctional group culture, comparable to
> one of the more dysfunctional junior high school (middle school) cultures.
This is just begging for a typical high-school reply...
"SO DOES YOUR MOTHER!"
Or a typical elementary-school reply...
"I know you are, but what am I?"
<grin, duck, run like hell>
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sjs...@JustThe.net
Steve Sobol
paul....@alum.wpi.edu says...
> I'd say "This group has a large number of dysfunctional posters (calrog,
> ghersh, richard, and others), and a high noise-signal ratio, but, with
> kill files and judicious marking of unwanted threads, there can still be
> meaningful discussions. There are many, (Scott, Argatlam, Arif, Doug,
> froggie, Garrett, Guy, Landsford, Marc, Koerner, Oscar, Rich, Rick,
> Sobol, and a few others) that provide meaningful discussions and
> important information."
The whole problem with MTR is that the trolls make a ton of noise. There
IS useful information. There is a lot of useful information. It tends to
get drowned out by a small minority (Rogers mostly, plus a couple
others).
But... this newsgroup? Useless? I think not.
jdb1234
wrote:
I think the forum is back up. I cannot log in at all
jdb1234
Correction it is down once again.
Scott Onson
forum back up and running tomorrow. I hope to have the forum back up
tomorrow evening once the repairs are complete. I'll keep you posted
as best I can.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
Scott M. Kozel
>
>
> koz...@comcast.net says...
>
>> This newsgroup has a highly dysfunctional group culture, comparable to
>> one of the more dysfunctional junior high school (middle school) cultures.
>
> This is just begging for a typical high-school reply...
>
> "SO DOES YOUR MOTHER!"
>
> Or a typical elementary-school reply...
>
> "I know you are, but what am I?"
Junior high school (middle school) reply...
"Hey fatso, where did you buy your clothes at ... Wal-Mart ???
Larry Sheldon
> "Hey fatso, where did you buy your clothes at ... Wal-Mart ???
Actually, no. Can't afford WallyWorld clothes.
Get mine at Haband.
Wait, what was the question? I was busy trying to unclog the filters.
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Scott M. Kozel
>
>> "Hey fatso, where did you buy your clothes at ... Wal-Mart ???
>
> Actually, no. Can't afford WallyWorld clothes.
>
> Get mine at Haband.
>
> Wait, what was the question? I was busy trying to unclog the filters.
Well, there are thrift stores, and Goodwill ...
Frito Pendejo
"H.B. Elkins" <hbel...@mis.net.restrictorplate> wrote in message
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I agree 100%.
Cameron Kaiser
>>I'd say "This group has a large number of dysfunctional posters (calrog,
>>ghersh, richard, and others), and a high noise-signal ratio, but, with
>>kill files and judicious marking of unwanted threads, there can still be
>>meaningful discussions. There are many, (Scott, Argatlam, Arif, Doug,
>>froggie, Garrett, Guy, Landsford, Marc, Koerner, Oscar, Rich, Rick,
>>Sobol, and a few others) that provide meaningful discussions and
>>important information."
>The whole problem with MTR is that the trolls make a ton of noise. There
>IS useful information. There is a lot of useful information. It tends to
>get drowned out by a small minority (Rogers mostly, plus a couple
>others).
>But... this newsgroup? Useless? I think not.
I just have a very large killfile, and killfile threads that get outside
of it that I don't want to contribute to. Works well. Group gets quiet
at times tho. ;-)
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Douglas Kerr
wrote:
> Looks like the aaroads.com forum has had a major failure. Any word from anyone
> on what happened or how long before it is fixed?
>
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Now it appears as though the AARoads.com discussion forum is now back
online. Hopefully this signals the end of that forum's technical
issues.
SF Lights
> On Nov 19, 9:56 pm, H.B. Elkins <hbelk...@mis.net.restrictorplate>
> wrote:
>
> > on what happened or how long before it is fixed?
>
> > --
> > To reply by e-mail, remove the "restrictor plate"
>
> online. Hopefully this signals the end of thatforum'stechnical
> issues.
This is what happens when people steal technology who don't know how
to use it.
H.B. Elkins
>This is what happens when people steal technology who don't know how
>to use it.
Depending on their Web hosting service, they may have the capability to install
a Simple Machines forum built-in to the site. I know that option exists with my
host should I ever decide to avail myself of it.
Douglas Kerr
"H.B. Elkins" <hbel...@mis.net.restrictorplate> wrote in message
> On Tue, 5 Jan 2010 17:30:55 -0800 (PST), SF Lights wrote:
>
>>This is what happens when people steal technology who don't know how
>>to use it.
>
> Depending on their Web hosting service, they may have the capability to
> install
> a Simple Machines forum built-in to the site. I know that option exists
> with my
> host should I ever decide to avail myself of it.
I also believe that Simple Machines forums are considered to be open source.
SF Lights
> Last time on misc.transport.road, SF Lights <cowifor...@gmail.com>
> said:
>
> >This is what happens when people steal technology who don't know how
> >to use it.
>
They stole it from me, it was my idea to use Simplemachines, and the
AAroads forum remained my favorite (and still does to this day) forum
that was ripped away from me because myself and Alex had one too many
disagreements. Believe me, I would love nothing more than to be
allowed back as a part of that forum (that still mentions me quite
often) and contribute to it again, but even though I did nothing wrong
other than trying to save the forum's database from being deleted,
I've been pernamently banned from the forum because they don't want me
there anymore.
Sorry if I can't help but be bitter.
US 71
>Sorry if I can't help but be bitter.
Like some cheese with your whine? :)
Care to point out exactly WHERE we are supposedly talking about you? You know:
specific messages. None of this "I'm being persecuted" BS without proof. If
you can keep from being a whiney little brat and control freak, maybe we'd let
you back on. If memory serves correct, you didn't even own the site OR the
forum but tried to dictate how it was run.
Now, run along, little boy. You bother me.
Scott Onson
I'm sorry if you can't get your act together. You might claim it was
your idea - but it was Alex's site, his domain, and therefore *his*
forum. All your claims are null and void because of that.
Odo Ital
Ach! Just ignore him. He's just an attention whore, like calrag.
Larry Sheldon
Gosh, we haven't beat on this horse since last year. It is about time!
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SF Lights
Oh please, grown men over twice my age who decide to step down to the
level of ignoring all the lies that were told about the forum's
destruction (which I took no part in, it was Alex's website as you say
so how could I have destroyed it anyways?). Stop bringing all this
useless shit up about the fact that it was Alex's forum. So what. He
(actually no, he didn't, Andy did) gave it to me as a project for me
to do because I had loved AARoads for so long. He was never an actual
part of the forum and let it to me to handle by myself with the
occasional "Hey you need to get this done"...but then he started
getting bored and wanted to change things and ban people that didn't
need to be banned -- and that didn't even have a reason to be banned
other than the fact that he "didn't like them" (if I still had the
chat logs from that they would be up here in an instant - believe me).
So that's when the problems started happening. Why does it matter that
it was his website? I was under the pretense when it started that he
wouldn't even be a part of it. You all don't care because you're no
better than those (and among those) who believed the fabrications and
who won't let me back on the forum for those same petty reasons that
Alex wouldn't, but if you really knew how much of myself I put into
that forum and into making it into the great place that it was, you
would let me back there.