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YetMoreTech · 19/05/2009 23:31

Some of you will have noticed we've been offline a bit over the last few days for some brief periods. You will be pleased to now that we've increased the size of the hamster wheel and sprinkled some little blue pills in the feed tray and we're hopefully now in much better shape.

Just to put your collective mind at ease - it was not a result of viscous attacks from shadowy corners but rather a mahoosive load of work in the corner of a dusty old data centre stuck alone with flashing lights and that odd clunking noise.

Clearly a few young posters have been a bit upset over the last few days and have had a little dig, but we're going to let that slide. However... we wish it to be known that MN is a lovely place full of vipers well-meaning parents who are smart enough not to provoke hackers, freedom fighters, or geese.

So instead of conspiracy theories and winding up people whose dad's might be bigger than someone else's dads, have a look at this instead [give it a second to load].

(I had a little help... thanks matey!)

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HeinzSight · 22/05/2009 11:50
Grin
BecauseImWorthIt · 20/05/2009 19:05

sorry YMT. Think you're doing a fab job.

Do we have an arselickey emoticon?

KingCanuteIAm · 20/05/2009 18:28

No, the trolling didn't bring the site down, it just kept HQ busy deleting threads and posts.

The data centre throwing a little fit bought the site down, luckily we have Super YetMoreTech on our side and the data centre stands no chance

Joggler · 20/05/2009 18:19

i thought it was particularly "fantastic" trollng thoug if it did the whole site in?

KingCanuteIAm · 20/05/2009 18:18

Just more of the silly troll threads Joggler, everyone is just ignoring and reporting. It is not even very good trolling, just rather sad attempts to shock people into responding.

Joggler · 20/05/2009 18:16

what really happened last night then?

KingCanuteIAm · 20/05/2009 18:11

Let it play Vogon, it takes quite a while to start

ProstetnicVogonJeltz · 20/05/2009 18:07

I don't get it. is just a picture. not doing anything at all. am missing out on in-jokes and funnyness
let me in on it or i'm orf to netmums.

RustyBear · 20/05/2009 18:01

But I hadn't been distracted or amused when I typed that - it wouldn't play on my iPhone, which is what I do my late night mumsnetting on, and when I tried to play it this morning at work I forgot I was plugged in to the ICT suite sound system & 30 Year 6s, their teacher and two TAs all turned round and looked at me....

I haven't dared look at it again till now.

But it is very amusing, so you can delete my post if you like....

BoysAreLikeDogs · 20/05/2009 17:51

tut tut

YetMoreTech · 20/05/2009 17:47

Cor blimey you save the world from cyber annihilation and create a distracting and amusing video montage for late night entertainment and you get a load of blardy grief over a typo!

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nickytwotimes · 20/05/2009 14:46

Oh, thank god it's all over.

Loved the video, particularly the lemon drizzle cake.
Good choice of tune too.

BecauseImWorthIt · 20/05/2009 14:40

I was being forgiving about viscous given the montage!

Jux · 20/05/2009 12:02

I want to be attacked viscously too.

Nice video, nice soundtrack. Well done.

Missed all the hoohaa

RustyBear · 20/05/2009 10:04

'viscous attacks' - you mean someone poured oil over the server?

Sorry - but we are, of course, a nest of pedantic vipers...

TheScarletMacdog · 20/05/2009 07:52

Well done YMT.

Tortington · 20/05/2009 07:48

i ma not entirely sure what went on

BecauseImWorthIt · 20/05/2009 07:40

Brilliant YMT! But I thought you were busy sorting out the 'data centre' (whatever one of those is ) not messing around on YouTube?

St G - really sorry to hear your news. Glad you're here, but sorry it's under such circumstances.

InternationalFlight · 20/05/2009 07:07

Oh i thought there was someone outside the back with a radio on, jumped about a mile then realised the earphones were plugged in...good song

LeninGrad · 20/05/2009 07:01

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SaintGeorge · 20/05/2009 02:04

Bugger all at the moment. Too many redundancies locally with very few industries so loads of people all fighting for the very few jobs .

Jobs pages in the local rag once ran to a dozen or more pages. Lucky if they can fill one now.

BillSilverFoxBuchanan · 20/05/2009 01:57

The music scared the crap out of me.

Good work YetMoreTech

KingCanuteIAm · 20/05/2009 01:32

Oh no StG, sorry to hear that, is there any prospect of anything else coming along?

SOLOisMeredithGrey · 20/05/2009 01:15

Arghhhh! I'm so sorry. It seems to be a theme these days

SaintGeorge · 20/05/2009 01:13

Flitting in and out.

DH made redundant so everything has gone to pot.