An Explanation and other important info!

[TechDawgFan]

First and foremost . . . WELCOME BACK!!!

I know many of you were going through withdrawal symptoms and we'll be trying to find you some good counselors to help you get through these troubled times.

Second, let me explain what happened, or what didn't happen. As all of you are probably aware, we have were experiencing some problems at latechbbb.com. Let me put some of the rumors to rest.

1. We did NOT experience a hack from a certain Turkish punk
2. Jim Oakes did NOT find the location of our server and pour Katrina storm water over the top of the servers
3. We have NOT been implicated in a certain student organization's non-profit IRS investigation and been forced to terminate our web site.
4. Michigan State wanna be's did NOT cause our server to overheat and burn the place to the ground.
5. We have not been hit by either Israeli nor Hezbollah rockets gone astray from the middle east.
6. This is in no way connected to the forum upgrade that was done and completed on Friday morning.

What HAS happened:

Our server rebooted as it does from time to time due to a configuration issue we are trying to fix. When it did, the reboot did not complete and it is sitting there waiting for someone to unplug it, plug it back in, and boot it up. John is away on vacation on a cruise and he has been unable to reach his backup to reboot the server.

So that's the story.

Now, there are few things you need to be prepared for as part of your emergency preparedness plan in the future.

1. Bookmark a couple of sites:
http://forums.delphiforums.com/dawgbytes/messages This is our old site from prior to 2001 and when things go bad, we normally let people know what is going on there
http://www.dawgtalk.net This is a brand new site that I am running that went online today. I'll tell more about it later, but register and use it for backup as well.

2. Get the e-mail address of other members so you can contact them in the case something happens and we need to spread the word again.

3. Bookmark The Shreveport Times and The News Star so you can actually see what is going on!

Again, we apoligize for the inconvenience and this was a freak occurance that we do not expect to occur again in the future. But if it does, BE PREPARED to find a backup site!

Chris

[johnnylightnin]

Thanks for your hard work Chris. The admins and moderators at this site are awesome...that's why everybody misses it so much when it's gone.

[JAB]

Thanks for your hard work Chris. The admins and moderators at this site are awesome...that's why everybody misses it so much when it's gone.

Johnny, did you know about the other sites?

[johnnylightnin]

Johnny, did you know about the other sites?

I knew about the delphi board, but I didn't have time to check it. We closed on our house up here in Kentucky on Friday and moved in on Sunday. I've been in placement exams all day today and will do the same tomorrow. I'm interested in dawgtalk...I'm anxious to here about it.

[Dawgpix]

Chris-Thanks buddy.
bookmarks made and already registered my screen name on dawgtalk.
tm

[JAB]

Oh, come on Johnny. I saw you over at the WACbb site trying to hijack the FF thread.:icon_wink
They wouldn't let me register.:bigcry:

[GatorDawg]

Oh, come on Johnny. I saw you over at the WACbb site trying to hijack the FF thread.:icon_wink
They wouldn't let me register.:bigcry:

Actually we hijacked another thread talking about predicted OOC records. The FF thread was already talking about Tech so we just continued the discussion.

Are you sure they won't let you register? Maybe you should send them a copy of BTE II...I mean your business card.

[johnnylightnin]

They seem real laid back over there. I'd try registering again.

[JAB]

Are you sure they won't let you register?

I e-mailed the admin over there and they said they wouldn't let me in because they don't except free (hotmail) accounts. So I then signed up with my work address. That was yesterday and I still can't log in. I am one of the newest members now though. (what freakin good is that?)

And who has LITEMAN on Delphi?:bigcry: I had to sign up as LITEMAN9 (that also sucks)

[SummaCumDoggie]

Chris,

Thanks for everything and for your suggestions. I was begining to greive the fact that the most important part of the site, the people, might not get reconnected somewhere else. Good advice indeed!

[beefcakes]

Oh, come on Johnny. I saw you over at the WACbb site trying to hijack the FF thread.:icon_wink
They wouldn't let me register.:bigcry:

Y'all ought to go to www.raginpagin.com and see what our old buddy titanandlsufan is posting there. Boy the lsu board must suck. And if any of you are asking why I was at rhe usl site, yes I was that desperate this weekend.

[aubunique]

It was a frustrating weekend!

[Bigdog13]

These last few days proved that I am a die hard Tech fan and also


......................................a geek.

[TYLERTECHSAS]

Thanks guys!

[WWDog]

Thanks for your hard work on this board! I found out how much I depend on this board for my news about Tech the last few days.