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Title: Forum down
Post by: Bikeracer on April 30, 2012, 01:31:49 PM
The forum was down this morning and I thought perhaps Tank had put all the donations into his Swiss bank account and done a runner. ;D

Allan
Title: Re: Forum down
Post by: tgv_obsessed on April 30, 2012, 01:47:25 PM
Must say, it did cross my mind that a pretend forum would be an excellent way (if you had the time) to relieve someone of their fiver!

THIS IS A JOKE I AM POKING FUN
Title: Re: Forum down
Post by: Dock Shunter on April 30, 2012, 02:01:49 PM
Quote from: tgv_obsessed on April 30, 2012, 01:47:25 PM
Must say, it did cross my mind that a pretend forum would be an excellent way (if you had the time) to relieve someone of their fiver!

I think "Find The Lady" on a street corner would be a lot easier........  ;D
Title: Re: Forum down
Post by: Lawrence on April 30, 2012, 02:09:52 PM
Quote from: Bikeracer on April 30, 2012, 01:31:49 PM
The forum was down this morning and I thought perhaps Tank had put all the donations into his Swiss bank account and done a runner. ;D

Allan

Yes, can you all please stop donating until next month, thank you  ;)
Title: Re: Forum down
Post by: Mustermark on April 30, 2012, 02:13:06 PM
Fom what i've seen, the time and effort of getting this running, to say nothing of the initial outlay, it wouldnt be worth trying this as a scam at all. :o

Better bet would be spamming people about viagra and selling them placebo.  Oh, wait, i think that was done already.
Title: Re: Forum down
Post by: Newportnobby on April 30, 2012, 02:54:32 PM
Quote from: Dock Shunter on April 30, 2012, 02:01:49 PM
Quote from: tgv_obsessed on April 30, 2012, 01:47:25 PM
Must say, it did cross my mind that a pretend forum would be an excellent way (if you had the time) to relieve someone of their fiver!

I think "Find The Lady" on a street corner would be a lot easier........  ;D

Blimey, DS. Rampant inflation, minimum wage etc means that's a tenner now.....er...I am told.... er.....oops :-[
Title: Re: Forum down
Post by: Dock Shunter on April 30, 2012, 02:59:39 PM
Quote from: Mustermark on April 30, 2012, 02:13:06 PM


Better bet would be spamming people about viagra and selling them placebo.

I don't know..........i think it might be quite "Hard" to do that one Mark..... ;D
Title: Re: Forum down
Post by: Tank on April 30, 2012, 06:14:50 PM
There would be nothing for a Swiss bank account, as I spend all of the money on cases of Anadin Extra!!! :smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing:
Title: Re: Forum down
Post by: BobB on April 30, 2012, 06:37:52 PM
Yep the site was down ! As for tank running off with money - my guess would be he is running from those demanding money - he can not be making money from this.

Frustrating yes, but give the guy a chance !
Title: Re: Forum down
Post by: Calnefoxile on April 30, 2012, 06:41:34 PM
Can I just ask what caused this mornings outage???

From the error report I was getting, uit looked like a Denial of Service attack, but I can't for the life of me think why the NGF would be attacked by a DoS. I mean, it's not as if we're really mainstream and against anything radical is it???

Cheers

Neal.
Title: Re: Forum down
Post by: Lawrence on April 30, 2012, 08:05:26 PM
The server needed a reboot apparently Neal
Title: Re: Forum down
Post by: Tank on April 30, 2012, 08:07:21 PM
Quote from: Calnefoxile on April 30, 2012, 06:41:34 PM
Can I just ask what caused this mornings outage???

From the error report I was getting, uit looked like a Denial of Service attack, but I can't for the life of me think why the NGF would be attacked by a DoS. I mean, it's not as if we're really mainstream and against anything radical is it???

Cheers

Neal.

It was the horrible Communists.  They hate model railways!!!! ;D :thumbsup:

As Lawrence just said (beat me to it), the server needed to be reset, but I haven't had the full report back yet.  I'll keep you all posted.