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Offline earlier this evening

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YetMoreTech · 16/02/2010 01:28

Mumsnet was offline for several hours earlier this evening. This was due to a hardware fault on one of the several servers used to run the site. Thanks for the various emails of moral support, offers of virtual biscuits and the amusing conspiracy theories.

Apologies for the inconvenience.

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Slubberdegullion · 16/02/2010 19:45
Grin
bellavita · 16/02/2010 19:36

Three cheers for Slubbs

Hip Hip Hooray

Hip Hip Hooray

Hip Hip Hooray

Slubberdegullion · 16/02/2010 19:21

done bella

psycho, aww poor you. No I'm sure it was just team tech who were having the nightmares.

bellavita · 16/02/2010 19:16

Sorry for shouting at you Slubs

psychomum5 · 16/02/2010 19:13

slubbs, I didn;t get the message at forst tho, I got one that said that the internet could not find MN, maybe it was offline or I had typed the address wrong (the standard internet cannot find webpage one).

I then did get the message, but due to sleepyness and me going to bed almost straight after, I did wonder if it was me having nightmares....

am glad that was not the case

bellavita · 16/02/2010 19:10

SLUBS - I REALLY REALLY NEED YOUR HELP - CAN YOU POP OVER TO THE SHINEY THREAD AND I WILL POST MY PLEA THERE..... PRETTY PRETTY PLEASE.

Slubberdegullion · 16/02/2010 19:02

I think they added the 'significant' at a later time. Initially the techs swaggered in cracking thier fingers and firmly directing the fretting minions to "pop down the shop love and buy me a Yorkie and a full fat coke, we'll have this up and running in a jiffy"

two hours later they are up to their eyeballs in wires and motherboards and probably monstermunch and porkscratchings that have been dropped down the back

"FFS IT'S SIGNIFICANT THESE PROBLEMS HERE. SOMEONE BETTER LET THEM KNOW"

Anguis · 16/02/2010 18:50

lol slubber. I was a bit unnerved by the word 'significant' in 'significant hardware problem'.

It sounded like doctor's code, when briefing relatives , warning them that the patient was going to die.

Slubberdegullion · 16/02/2010 18:24

Did the emergency message not soothe you though psycho?

I felt strangely reassured by it. It was in a funny non mn font too, like a policeman or scientist in biohazzard suit had come into mnhq and typed it.

psychomum5 · 16/02/2010 18:18

oh thankgod.....

I was really feeling odd last night and thought that me not being able to log on was a bad bad dream.

Slubberdegullion · 16/02/2010 18:16

OH GOD

That make me sound like I'm off to shag a dog.

Hell Fire.

NO!

It was just interesting. I feel I have increased my knowledge base for dinner party conversations etc.

Slubberdegullion · 16/02/2010 18:14

I spent a good amount of time last night on LabradorForum learning all about how to put my dog up for stud and what I have to do with vaseline and during 'the tie'.

I don't even have a dog yet but it wasn't a wasted evening.

CheeeseOnToast · 16/02/2010 17:56

ah thanks

you look rather glam if you dont mind me saying!

MmeLindt · 16/02/2010 17:42

oooh, you are pretty, Cheeseontoast. Like your eye makeup.

CheeeseOnToast · 16/02/2010 17:29

my name is S***dotcom

first word is my real first name

MmeLindt · 16/02/2010 16:48

No, no. CheeseonToast. I am chuffed to have a few more followers. Give me a sign of who you are so I can follow you back in case they spill coffee on the puter at MNHQ again

solo · 16/02/2010 16:41

I have a theory!!! I reckon a NetMums hacker sabotaged the hardware at Mumsnet so that they could get us to defect have a look in there...?

I think I should've joined Twitter by the sound of it!

CheeeseOnToast · 16/02/2010 12:34

I am following you MmeLindt

I did a rather harrassed sweep of twitter last night in the absence of MN and looked at all those who mentioned #mumsnet...

hope you dont mind

JustAnotherManicMummy · 16/02/2010 12:25

I see you have the whole on MN on there! If only I'd known last night.

I am a Twitter-luddite

JustAnotherManicMummy · 16/02/2010 12:21

I am not following any madams at all! I saw you on there last night and thought I was following you... but no. Can't get that right either!

I am stalking following you now

MmeLindt · 16/02/2010 12:14

Me

MmeLindt was taken so I am MmeLindor

JustAnotherManicMummy · 16/02/2010 12:11

I am on as JAManicMummy. Stupid Twitter names are too small for my proper name [humpf]

Course it may be another Madam I am following

MmeLindt · 16/02/2010 12:04

JustAnother
Send me a hint who you are. I have a lot of new followers all of a sudden.

JustAnotherManicMummy · 16/02/2010 11:56

No I don't think you're following me MmeLindt. I expect you'd gone to bed by the time I got onto Twitter (briefly thought I'd broken that too as it wasn't working for about half an hour) but I think I'm following you now

WeddingDaze · 16/02/2010 11:51

Twitter, i didn't think of Twitter, duh.

It was horrid, please don't do it again.

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