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2020-12-08 --Tech & Moderator Notes

Rantburg access has been all over the place for the past few days. This is why I've put off moving the server for so long. Murphy's Law is immutable. Most of the things that could go wrong have gone wrong.

Step 1: Overwrite the drive containing all our backups. (Gasp. Call self an idiot.)

Step 2: Break the database, and I mean seriously... (Google mightily for a couple days to find a hint how to fix it. Observation: Most hints are bullsit.)

Step 3: Change DNS servers. (Been putting that off for a long time, because it’s dangerous.)

Step 4: Try and figure where the Burg disappeared to. (France, at one point.)

You get the idea. If you're reading this, you got here from https://grampaw.org/rantburg or you carefully entered https://www.rantburg.com, not https://rantburg.com. One works, the other doesn't, at least at the moment. Apache sez they both go to the same place, one's an alias for the other. (UPDATE: Next time I clicked on it the www link had ceased working. I hadn't done anything in the meantime...)

Anyway, I'm continuing to make repairs. I'm hoping not to break anything else. Thank you for your patience, assuming you have any left. I'm pretty short, myself. At least Apache and Postgresql are shut down on the old server so I can go get it.

Posted by Fred 2020-12-08 02:32|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top

#1 Thank you Fred and all others involved for producing the RANT BURG site.

Posted by NN2N1 2020-12-08 06:11|| 2020-12-08 06:11|| Front Page Top

#2 "Anyway, I'm continuing to make repairs. I'm hoping not to break anything else."

BEAUTIFUL DREAMER
/singing really Really badly off key :-)

Posted by Sonny Black 2020-12-08 07:11|| https://www.therightreasons.net/ 2020-12-08 07:11|| Front Page Top

#3 Thanks, Fred

Posted by Frank G 2020-12-08 08:57|| 2020-12-08 08:57|| Front Page Top

#4 Murphy's Law: Mathematically it can be stated as:

"If, in any given situation, there's a 50-50 chance of getting screwed, you'll get screwed 9 times out of 10."

Exception 1A: If dealing with software or hardware, the failure rate approaches unity.

This is why I retired......

Seriously, Fred and minions, many thanks....

Posted by Mercutio 2020-12-08 09:01|| 2020-12-08 09:01|| Front Page Top

#5 Thanks Fred for your patience. Sorry for the computer/server difficulties. There are many days I curse computers. Hang in there.

Posted by JohnQC 2020-12-08 10:41|| 2020-12-08 10:41|| Front Page Top

#6 Murphy was an optimist.

Thanks Fred! Tip incoming.

Posted by DarthVader 2020-12-08 11:09|| 2020-12-08 11:09|| Front Page Top

#7 Observation: Most hints are bullsit.

Ain't that the truth. I had the BSOD twice this year, and the hints are, for the most part, a sick joke.

Posted by Clem 2020-12-08 11:36|| 2020-12-08 11:36|| Front Page Top

#8 Thanks so very much Fred. I trust the community here at the Burg far more than other news sites, and I find the comments the highlight of most morning news reads. God bless your efforts and those here who care about this site. In the coming months we all face ugly possibilities but I am confident that here i can believe what i read, especially when is is 180 out from the MSM, and now far too often even Fox.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2020-12-08 11:59|| 2020-12-08 11:59|| Front Page Top

#9 It's been a rough couple of days for readers without Rantburg. I guess it's like an addiction. Rantingly, Bongino and Breitbart help but they're just not Rantburg. I finally did a DuckDuckGo search, found https://grampaw.org/rantburg and clicked on it. Does Fred need us to hit the tip jar? I can do that.

Posted by Zorba Poodle6937 2020-12-08 12:24|| 2020-12-08 12:24|| Front Page Top

#10 We're flat broke at the moment. I need to hold another bleg as soon as I get thing running normally, assuming I ever do.

Posted by Fred 2020-12-08 13:22|| 2020-12-08 13:22|| Front Page Top

#11 Whew! I was beginning to think I had died and hadn't been good enough in this life. I will try to do marginally better just in case. Thanks, Fred et al, for giving me another chance. :-)

Posted by gorb 2020-12-08 15:01|| 2020-12-08 15:01|| Front Page Top

#12 Well I clicked on the paypal link and got a connection refusal. I'll get it to you by the end of the day when I get home Fred. You earned this.

Posted by DarthVader 2020-12-08 15:56|| 2020-12-08 15:56|| Front Page Top

#13 Sent PayPal contribution. Went right through.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2020-12-08 17:03|| 2020-12-08 17:03|| Front Page Top

#14 same here

Posted by Frank G 2020-12-08 17:04|| 2020-12-08 17:04|| Front Page Top

#15 Virtual tip jar. Mine's the one with the rubber band.

Posted by jpal 2020-12-08 17:28|| 2020-12-08 17:28|| Front Page Top

#16 ^ if it were all ones

Posted by jpal 2020-12-08 18:08|| 2020-12-08 18:08|| Front Page Top

#17 Was worried for a while.

Salute to Fred.

Posted by Dron66046 2020-12-08 19:30|| 2020-12-08 19:30|| Front Page Top

#18 Got it working through the http://grampaw.org/rantburg/ link

Posted by DarthVader 2020-12-08 19:56|| 2020-12-08 19:56|| Front Page Top

#19 Where does one send a PYPL contribution?

Posted by Unuting Tingle9837 2020-12-08 21:14|| 2020-12-08 21:14|| Front Page Top

#20 Where does one send a PYPL contribution?

Here. Or scroll down — it’s on the right hand side below all the other stuff.

Posted by trailing wife 2020-12-08 21:34|| 2020-12-08 21:34|| Front Page Top

#21 Paid
Thank you, Fred

Posted by Sperert Snore5802 2020-12-08 21:54|| 2020-12-08 21:54|| Front Page Top

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