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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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KingCanuteIAm · 20/05/2009 00:40

Well I have just experimented and it does not seem to give my name on a link so I am going to link it on my montage thread and trust that MNtowers will delete it if it all goes wrong

KingCanuteIAm · 20/05/2009 00:42

Ahh, that is the one I found too StG, it is one of the later ones though isn't it?

I wonder where the early ones have gone to... I suppose they will be in the archives but going on a thread hunt could be a bit of a long trek!

SaintGeorge · 20/05/2009 00:47

I don't remember any others.

LGJ did one a couple of years ago and then updated it at the end of last year, that is the one on YouTube.

Then I did the members name one and someone else did a rip off version another.

There were a few personal montages doing the rounds a few years ago, do you mean those?

KingCanuteIAm · 20/05/2009 00:51

They were a few years ago, I wouldn't have said personal no...

I think they would have been about 5 years ago? Possibly a bit more...

SOLOisMeredithGrey · 20/05/2009 00:53

I need to do some real life housework SG and I'm not happy about it.

SOLOisMeredithGrey · 20/05/2009 00:54

I wonder why the music's gone

gigglewitch · 20/05/2009 00:58

we wore it out?
or ....it went offline

KingCanuteIAm · 20/05/2009 00:59

Possibly a permission thing? they have been getting on at youtube for that sort of thing recently haven't they?

SaintGeorge · 20/05/2009 00:59

It will be copyright issues. Licensed to use on OneTrueMedia (the site the video was made on, watch it on there and you get the music) but not on YouTube.

SOLOisMeredithGrey · 20/05/2009 00:59

No idea.

SaintGeorge · 20/05/2009 01:02

With sound

SOLOisMeredithGrey · 20/05/2009 01:03

Oooh! you are clever that lady!

SOLOisMeredithGrey · 20/05/2009 01:04

It makes all the difference with sound

SG, are you staying a while or has RL got it's hooks in you?

SaintGeorge · 20/05/2009 01:13

Flitting in and out.

DH made redundant so everything has gone to pot.

SOLOisMeredithGrey · 20/05/2009 01:15

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

KingCanuteIAm · 20/05/2009 01:32

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

BillSilverFoxBuchanan · 20/05/2009 01:57

The music scared the crap out of me.

Good work YetMoreTech

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.

LeninGrad · 20/05/2009 07:01

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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

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.

Tortington · 20/05/2009 07:48

i ma not entirely sure what went on

TheScarletMacdog · 20/05/2009 07:52

Well done YMT.

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...

Jux · 20/05/2009 12:02

I want to be attacked viscously too.

Nice video, nice soundtrack. Well done.

Missed all the hoohaa

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