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Richard Heathfield
Dec 10, 2020, 3:44:09 PM12/10/20
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Kevin Stone's "Brainbashers" site recently stopped posting Puzzle of the
Day.
Now the whole site is 503-ing ("service is unavailable"). Any ideas
what's going on?
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Richard Heathfield
Email: rjh at cpax dot org dot uk
"Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29 July 1999
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Day.
Now the whole site is 503-ing ("service is unavailable"). Any ideas
what's going on?
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Richard Heathfield
Email: rjh at cpax dot org dot uk
"Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29 July 1999
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gerson
Dec 10, 2020, 5:36:01 PM12/10/20
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"Richard Heathfield" wrote in message news:rqu1an$eef$1...@dont-email.me...
Kevin Stone's "Brainbashers" site recently stopped posting Puzzle of the
Day.
Now the whole site is 503-ing ("service is unavailable"). Any ideas
what's going on?
>
>
>
relief for me since I recently learned to do the super hard ones, but
it's disappointing that the 'ABC path' is gone, I liked that;
I haven't yet found where it originated because I can't remember
the name of the person who made it - it was something like
'Jocko' something or something 'Jocko' - anyone know ?
And continued thanks to Kevin
Richard Heathfield
Dec 10, 2020, 6:02:45 PM12/10/20
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significantly scaled back, which is a shame; nevertheless, all credit to
Kevin for keeping it going for almost a quarter of a century!
Most of the puzzles I enjoy are still there, although I'll miss the
"Puzzle of the Day" and, as you say, the ABC path.
Kevin - if you're reading... I take my hat off to you, sir, for all your
hard work over the decades.
gerson
Dec 10, 2020, 6:16:59 PM12/10/20
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"gerson" wrote in message news:2_CdnUMcqKdSP0_C...@giganews.com...
with the 'Brainbashers' version
gerson
Dec 10, 2020, 7:07:05 PM12/10/20
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"gerson" wrote in message news:2_CdnUMcqKdSP0_C...@giganews.com...
doing compared with the Brainasher's version
Richard Harnden
Dec 10, 2020, 8:31:25 PM12/10/20
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On 10/12/2020 23:02, Richard Heathfield wrote:
> On 10/12/2020 22:35, gerson wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Richard Heathfield" wrote in message news:rqu1an$eef$1...@dont-email.me...
>> Kevin Stone's "Brainbashers" site recently stopped posting Puzzle of
>> the Day.
>>
>> Now the whole site is 503-ing ("service is unavailable"). Any ideas
>> what's going on?
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> The sudoku is still going which is something, well plenty, and is a
>> relief for me since I recently learned to do the super hard ones, but
>> it's disappointing that the 'ABC path' is gone, I liked that;
>> I haven't yet found where it originated because I can't remember
>> the name of the person who made it - it was something like
>> 'Jocko' something or something 'Jocko' - anyone know ?
>>
>> And continued thanks to Kevin
>
>
> I just retried, and found that the site is now back up, but it has been
> significantly scaled back, which is a shame; nevertheless, all credit to
> Kevin for keeping it going for almost a quarter of a century!
>
> Most of the puzzles I enjoy are still there, although I'll miss the
> "Puzzle of the Day" and, as you say, the ABC path.
>
> Kevin - if you're reading... I take my hat off to you, sir, for all your
> hard work over the decades.
>
https://www.brainbashers.com/importantnotice.asp
> On 10/12/2020 22:35, gerson wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Richard Heathfield" wrote in message news:rqu1an$eef$1...@dont-email.me...
>> Kevin Stone's "Brainbashers" site recently stopped posting Puzzle of
>> the Day.
>>
>> Now the whole site is 503-ing ("service is unavailable"). Any ideas
>> what's going on?
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> The sudoku is still going which is something, well plenty, and is a
>> relief for me since I recently learned to do the super hard ones, but
>> it's disappointing that the 'ABC path' is gone, I liked that;
>> I haven't yet found where it originated because I can't remember
>> the name of the person who made it - it was something like
>> 'Jocko' something or something 'Jocko' - anyone know ?
>>
>> And continued thanks to Kevin
>
>
> I just retried, and found that the site is now back up, but it has been
> significantly scaled back, which is a shame; nevertheless, all credit to
> Kevin for keeping it going for almost a quarter of a century!
>
> Most of the puzzles I enjoy are still there, although I'll miss the
> "Puzzle of the Day" and, as you say, the ABC path.
>
> Kevin - if you're reading... I take my hat off to you, sir, for all your
> hard work over the decades.
>
Mike Terry
Dec 10, 2020, 9:31:22 PM12/10/20
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On 10/12/2020 23:02, Richard Heathfield wrote:
> On 10/12/2020 22:35, gerson wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Richard Heathfield" wrote in message news:rqu1an$eef$1...@dont-email.me...
>> Kevin Stone's "Brainbashers" site recently stopped posting Puzzle of
>> the Day.
>>
>> Now the whole site is 503-ing ("service is unavailable"). Any ideas
>> what's going on?
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> The sudoku is still going which is something, well plenty, and is a
>> relief for me since I recently learned to do the super hard ones, but
>> it's disappointing that the 'ABC path' is gone, I liked that;
>> I haven't yet found where it originated because I can't remember
>> the name of the person who made it - it was something like
>> 'Jocko' something or something 'Jocko' - anyone know ?
>>
>> And continued thanks to Kevin
>
>
> I just retried, and found that the site is now back up, but it has been
> significantly scaled back, which is a shame; nevertheless, all credit to
> Kevin for keeping it going for almost a quarter of a century!
>
> Most of the puzzles I enjoy are still there, although I'll miss the
> "Puzzle of the Day" and, as you say, the ABC path.
>
> Kevin - if you're reading... I take my hat off to you, sir, for all your
> hard work over the decades.
>
All my favourites are listed (I never did the ABC path) so "phew!". But
>>
>>
>> "Richard Heathfield" wrote in message news:rqu1an$eef$1...@dont-email.me...
>> Kevin Stone's "Brainbashers" site recently stopped posting Puzzle of
>> the Day.
>>
>> Now the whole site is 503-ing ("service is unavailable"). Any ideas
>> what's going on?
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> The sudoku is still going which is something, well plenty, and is a
>> relief for me since I recently learned to do the super hard ones, but
>> it's disappointing that the 'ABC path' is gone, I liked that;
>> I haven't yet found where it originated because I can't remember
>> the name of the person who made it - it was something like
>> 'Jocko' something or something 'Jocko' - anyone know ?
>>
>> And continued thanks to Kevin
>
>
> I just retried, and found that the site is now back up, but it has been
> significantly scaled back, which is a shame; nevertheless, all credit to
> Kevin for keeping it going for almost a quarter of a century!
>
> Most of the puzzles I enjoy are still there, although I'll miss the
> "Puzzle of the Day" and, as you say, the ABC path.
>
> Kevin - if you're reading... I take my hat off to you, sir, for all your
> hard work over the decades.
>
there only seems to be the current version of each puzzle, no previous
days - that's a shame because I do the puzzles on and off over my waking
day, which typically spans the point (00:00 UTC?) when the server
changes the current puzzle version. Usually I would just go back to
yesterdays if that happens before I go to bed, but now it will mean
missing out...
Hmm, the puzzles I just tried didn't work (time out) but that's
temporary I hope. (Also, the sudoku ones are on the page in two places,
but you can never have too many sudokus, I guess!)
I would also add my thanks to Kevin if he still reads here, for keeping
the site going for so long!
Mike.
Mike Terry
Dec 11, 2020, 2:44:37 PM12/11/20
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the main icon for the puzzle type you want. :)
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