does boards kinda go *funky* around 3am?

invincibleirish

i noticed the past couple of nights around 3am that boards stops working,does something happen at this time or something?



*title changed by popular demand/lynch mob.

Snaga

Yup, Every morning at 3 its backup/cleanup time I believe. Boards are usually down for 10-15 minutes.

invincibleirish

then im not going mad,cheers.

Mossy Monk

what is this shut down y'all speak of. never noticed it myself

Makaveli

Every morning between 3am and 5 past boards goes down for maintenance. Takes about 15 minutes.

Pugsley

Originally posted by Mossy Monk
what is this shut down y'all speak of. never noticed it myself

Its done at 3am for a reason

ToxicPaddy

Originally posted by Pugsley
Its done at 3am for a reason

And what would that be..?????????

damnyanks

3AM is sorta a "I'm hammered oh look boards let me tell them my life story" time


Why not 6AM

And yes people do get home at 6am but thats more a "I'm hammered and tired and have kebab on my face, why the hell is that damn boards open arghhhhhhhhhhhhh!" time

TomTom

there is a bit about this on the feedback forum.

lordsippa

Ok sure it goes down for a few minutes but how is it "funky"?

:ninja:

Caesar_Bojangle

Funky as in Slerms McKenzie, or Funky as in an apartment with no windows nor air conditioning shared by five lads which stinks of spunk?

[Iramus]

is it james brown funky or smelly armpits funky?

Silent Bob

Originally posted by lordsippa
Ok sure it goes down for a few minutes but how is it "funky"?

Originally posted in the Jargon File
funky: adj.

Said of something that functions, but in a slightly strange, klugey way. It does the job and would be difficult to change, so its obvious non-optimality is left alone. Often used to describe interfaces. The more bugs something has that nobody has bothered to fix because workarounds are easier, the funkier it is. TECO and UUCP are funky. The Intel i860's exception handling is extraordinarily funky. Most standards acquire funkiness as they age. “The new mailer is installed, but is still somewhat funky; if it bounces your mail for no reason, try resubmitting it.” “This UART is pretty funky. The data ready line is active-high in interrupt mode and active-low in DMA mode.”

BKtje

wel if it aint functioning at all i dont think it can be said to be 'funky'

de5p0i1er

Well apart from night shift workers like myself who's online at that time of night.

cartman

its actually 3.06

cartman

CuLT

Originally posted by cartman
its actually 3.06

cartman

So THATS what the admins argue about all the time,

"What minute past three should we have the backup?"

Monty - the one and only

moved.

Silent Bob

Originally posted by B-K-DzR
wel if it aint functioning at all i dont think it can be said to be 'funky'

It does function, it just requires a small amount of offline time to keep things in order. Hence funky, it works but there are kludges to keep it working

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

Originally posted by CuLT
So THATS what the admins argue about all the time,

"What minute past three should we have the backup?"

maybe it's the alcohol in my system but that is the funniest thing I've read in weeks

superconor

maybe it's the alcohol in my system but that is the funniest thing I've read in weeks

i kinda hope its the alcohol in your system

im never on boards at that time, (for some reason), so i dont really know about it. does it just lock posting or is everything unnaccessable?

phreak

Originally posted by superconor
im never on boards at that time, (for some reason), so i dont really know about it. does it just lock posting or is everything unnaccessable?

the site is just down.