Dunenovels troubles

SandChigger · Post by **SandChigger** » 29 May 2008 18:56

Nekhrun wrote:Also, I just checked it out,you have got to see this.

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Har dee har har.

Har.

Pardot Kynes · Post by **Pardot Kynes** » 29 May 2008 19:35

message_die() was called multiple times. This isn't supposed to happen. Was message_die() used in page_tail.php?

orald · Post by **orald** » 29 May 2008 20:06

So...someone(s) sent them lots of messeages that only said "die" and it collapsed?

SandChigger · Post by **SandChigger** » 29 May 2008 20:38

No. message_die() is the name of a function (subroutine) in the boardware. Programmers call it in other parts of the code where there is a possibility of something failing (like the code to pull up and display all of your posts from the database...and the database server is down), to give a message (for help in finding and debugging an error) instead of just a blank screen (which is the ultimate in unhelpful server responses!).

I'm at home today, and I'm still being told I'm banned.

That tells me that the same software is still in place and the same database.

What the fook is Mike Anderson doing? I see no evidence that he's doing ANYTHING.

Nekhrun · Post by **Nekhrun** » 29 May 2008 20:40

SandChigger wrote:
Nekhrun wrote:Also, I just checked it out,you have got to see this.

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Har dee har har.

Har.

Sorry, it's been a while since someone checked.

SandChigger · Post by **SandChigger** » 29 May 2008 20:53

It's still down, right?

Pardot Kynes · Post by **Pardot Kynes** » 29 May 2008 21:46

Still down.

orald · Post by **orald** » 29 May 2008 22:39

I find this amusing how much you guys seemt o care for that site, checking if it's up several times a day and all.

A Thing of Eternity · Post by **A Thing of Eternity** » 29 May 2008 22:52

I seemt o care about it because I get great amusement out of "discussing" things with arnoldo.

SandChigger · Post by **SandChigger** » 30 May 2008 01:15

I enjoy(ed) watching it slide ever further down into mediocrity.

I wonder what arnoloco is doing with himself while it's down?

Simon · Post by **Simon** » 30 May 2008 04:25

Has anyone heard why it's down?

inhuien · Post by **inhuien** » 30 May 2008 04:52

Simon I don't think HLP have made any comment regarding the error/downtime. There's a Mad Cow mooing about hackerey but apart from those warblings sweet fanny Adams.

Simon · Post by **Simon** » 30 May 2008 05:04

gotcha

orald · Post by **orald** » 30 May 2008 06:34

SandChigger wrote:I wonder what arnoloco is doing with himself while it's down?

Damn you Chig, I was eating!

Bijaz · Post by **Bijaz** » 30 May 2008 06:50

SandChigger wrote: I wonder what arnoloco is doing with himself while it's downnnnnn?

DuneFishUK · Post by **DuneFishUK** » 30 May 2008 07:14

inhuien wrote:Simon I don't think HLP have made any comment regarding the error/downtime. There's a Mad Cow mooing about hackerey but apart from those warblings sweet fanny Adams.

There was this: http://www.dunenovels.com/notice2.html

(which is really really informative... and the page title is wrong

)

Nekhrun · Post by **Nekhrun** » 30 May 2008 07:26

THIS ISN'T SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN!

SandChigger · Post by **SandChigger** » 30 May 2008 09:33

DuneFishUK wrote:(which is really really informative... and the page title is wrong )

ZING!!!

Nice one, Feesh! D'uh, I didn't even notice that the other day.

Mike has done that before. It's obvious that what he's doing is just copying a webpage file and changing the content of the body tag...but forgetting to change the contents of the title tag as well.

There was one "blog" post linking to Brian's latest books and some reprints and what have you a few months back and the titles of the Timeweb book pages were all screwed up.

It's an easy mistake to make, I've done it myself a few times.

But then again, I'm not getting paid to do it.

SandChigger · Post by **SandChigger** » 30 May 2008 09:34

Nekhrun wrote:THIS ISN'T SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN!

Sing it, man, yeah!

(If you don't know the tune, you haven't caught The Musical Podcast yet.)

Post by **Omphalos** » 30 May 2008 09:50

Bijaz wrote:
SandChigger wrote: I wonder what arnoloco is doing with himself while it's downnnnnn?

God, I hope he is gone for good.

SandChigger · Post by **SandChigger** » 30 May 2008 10:06

What makes you think he's not here among us again, quietly biding his time?

Post by **Omphalos** » 30 May 2008 10:36

SandChigger wrote:What makes you think he's not here among us again, quietly biding his time?

I'm sure that he is. I just hate the little bastard so much that I revel in the fact that something he loves is dead. I know, I know. I'm evil and full of spite. So fucking what?

Pardot Kynes · Post by **Pardot Kynes** » 30 May 2008 11:07

You make me sad...

Post by **Omphalos** » 30 May 2008 12:44

Pardot Kynes wrote:

You make me sad...

You'll live.

But there is a light at the end of the tunnel. I promise to be good and kind if you teach me about mythology!

orald · Post by **orald** » 30 May 2008 13:21

What, planning to do a doctorate about the myth that FH's notes really do exist or the one that says Brian actually wrote stuff from the new Dung novels?