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Jinn · 02-27-2008, 08:27 AM

Wooooooooooooooo! We're back!

Phew, I've missed the forum style. The blog was great in the interim, but a forum is a totally different world.

Did anyone do anything productive in the wait? I just ended up bored at work.

One thing that made me laugh, on the day of the crash:

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PonyPotato · 02-27-2008, 08:30 AM

I've been somewhat productive.. but my procrastination experienced new lows. I actually started watching TV again since I didn't have TFP to distract me.

Cynthetiq · 02-27-2008, 08:32 AM

Welcome back everyone!

I figure it's going to come up, someone's going to ask it.

What did you do while TFP was the server was down?

I tried to get in chat as often as I could. I also tried to find something more general to look at for the blog. It was hard to write an entry and not think in "blog" or "journal" modes. For some reason the format stuck in my craw.

But it's very much nice to see the place back, intact, and not really TFP5.0, but definitely a bit above TFP4.0.

Mostly I got work done.

Herk · 02-27-2008, 08:37 AM

That code snippet is pretty funny. I'm so glad to be back. You never realize just how truly powerless over your addiction you are until the drug is in short supply.

Craven Morehead · 02-27-2008, 08:38 AM

Great job! Big thanks to all that were involved in bringing TFP back to life.

Shauk · 02-27-2008, 08:39 AM

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

oh hi.

ring · 02-27-2008, 08:45 AM

Oooo, white letterings on the peaceful green expanse again.

ratbastid · 02-27-2008, 08:49 AM

RIP catfish.

Long live anchovy!

I'm proud to have provided a temporary (if not quite resource-adequate) home for the TFP blog!

snowy · 02-27-2008, 08:51 AM

I read almost all of James Loewen's Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong and finished C.S. Forester's Mr. Midshipman Hornblower. I also had a pretty busy weekend--went to the farmers market, to the annual library book sale fundraiser, and a potluck. That helped too.

ring · 02-27-2008, 08:57 AM

Thank you ratbastid for the life-raft..
Kudos to Hal and his compatriots for their tireless dedication..

sheesh...I think I'm gonna cry..

Tully Mars · 02-27-2008, 09:00 AM

I went swimming and to the gym more. Maybe the more often TFP crashes the longer I'll live?

Halx · 02-27-2008, 09:02 AM

Everyone needs to thank Sty, who is sort of a silent Administrator here. He spent his entire day setting up the server and deserves a LOT of love.

snowy · 02-27-2008, 09:04 AM

Much thanks to the awesome Sty!

canuckguy · 02-27-2008, 09:28 AM

Thanks Sty and Hal!!!!!

woo-hoo!

its alive! alive!!!!!

ring · 02-27-2008, 09:29 AM

Okay..

Thanks Sty person...a whole lotta..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-CEmIqhqk4

savmesom11 · 02-27-2008, 09:29 AM

Felt extremely lonely and lost....I agree with the addiction statement above, I didn't expect to feel a sense of loss the way I did. I didn't do squat in replace of the forum which is probably why I have been so crabby these last few days. Glad to be back to the ol' self!!!

I thank everyone involved with helping get the site back up and running, today you are my hero(s)!

connyosis · 02-27-2008, 09:40 AM

Ahh, nice to have the old forum back. Good job everyone involved in getting it back up.

Cynthetiq · 02-27-2008, 09:44 AM

thanks to sty, halx, ratbastid, and all the other community members that waited patiently and excitedly for the server replacement

glad it's back and intact.

it's nice to see my mailbox slowly filling with alerts of posts from TFP..

cj22009 · 02-27-2008, 09:53 AM

I am glad to see everyone back great works guys !!!!

Halx · 02-27-2008, 10:00 AM

Annnnd now that I have a little free time:

Thank you to Cynthetiq and Ratbastid for providing temporary hosting for the TFP while we worked this out.

Thank you to cj22009 for donating the new server!

Thank you to EVERYONE who donated! Your contributions made it easy for us to bring this all together.

You all rock!

jewels · 02-27-2008, 10:03 AM

Yaaaaaaaaaayy! Welcome back everybody

It's good to be home.

Redlemon · 02-27-2008, 10:18 AM

Wow, it's really ALL back. It even kept the "new content since last visit" status from before the crash. Nice job to everyone.

snowy · 02-27-2008, 10:25 AM

I gotta say...I am super-glad the data is intact. I remember the crashes when I first joined TFP, and I would have been crushed to lose my journal. I suppose I should consider backing it up somewhere else, but that seems difficult at best. Hrm.

SSJTWIZTA · 02-27-2008, 10:36 AM

im so fucking happy right now.

the blog was okay and all, but this place just feels like home.

green and white, avatars and quotes, titties and nonsence.

allaboutmusic · 02-27-2008, 10:37 AM

Yay, we're back! Glad to finally have donated, should have done so sooner.

SecretMethod70 · 02-27-2008, 10:43 AM

Yes, thanks sty, cynthetiq, ratbastid, cj22009, halx, and everyone else!

Glad to see the site back up and running

And, snowy, it may not be quite what you're looking for, but while you're in your journal, you can go to journal tools (top right), and select to download your journal in TXT or XML format

blahblah454 · 02-27-2008, 10:49 AM

I studied my ass off, I am in the middle of midterm week.
I also had all my bank info stolen and used in another city. So I have been dealing with that.

All in all a pretty productive short while.

shoegirl · 02-27-2008, 10:57 AM

I was sick! I really missed TFP while I was laying on my couch. Welcome back!!

cj2112 · 02-27-2008, 11:29 AM

I missed this place horribly, I was literally sick to my stomach when I thought it was gone for good.

jewels · 02-27-2008, 11:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SecretMethod70

Yes, thanks sty, cynthetiq, ratbastid, cj22009, halx, and everyone else!

Glad to see the site back up and running

And, snowy, it may not be quite what you're looking for, but while you're in your journal, you can go to journal tools (top right), and select to download your journal in TXT or XML format

Ditto on all those thanks. We have some amazing administrators and members in our family

And thank you, SM. I had never even noticed those journal tools. Duh.

Baraka_Guru · 02-27-2008, 12:24 PM

This was one of those you-don't-realize-just-how-much-you-value-something-until-it's-gone kind of moments.

Thanks to everyone who pitched in during this difficult time, and welcome back everyone!

snowy · 02-27-2008, 01:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SecretMethod70

And, snowy, it may not be quite what you're looking for, but while you're in your journal, you can go to journal tools (top right), and select to download your journal in TXT or XML format

That's EXACTLY what I'm looking for. Thanks for the heads up, Smeth.

toxic515 · 02-27-2008, 01:58 PM

Welcome back, and thanks to Sty , Cyn, Hal, CJ and Ratbastid and anyone else who helped donated, etc. Glad to donate again to the cause, it's too easy to take the site for granted and forget that someone's got their personal time and cash in this thing! Glad to see it, us, etc. all back up and running. I for one welcome our new anchovy overlord.... or something.. :-D

Ace_O_Spades · 02-27-2008, 03:13 PM

Back! Huzzah!!

Willravel · 02-27-2008, 03:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cynthetiq

What did you do while TFP was the server was down?

I've killed a lot of people. Some girls in the apartment uptown uh, some homeless people maybe 5 or 10 um an NYU girl I met in Central Park. I left her in a parking lot behind some donut shop. I killed Bethany, my old girlfriend, with a nail gun, and some man uh some old faggot with a dog last week. I killed another girl with a chainsaw, I had to, she almost got away and uh someone else there I can't remember maybe a model, but she's dead too. And Paul Allen. I killed Paul Allen with an axe in the face, his body is dissolving in a bathtub in Hell's Kitchen. I don't want to leave anything out here. I guess I've killed maybe 20 people, maybe 40. I have tapes of a lot of it, uh some of the girls have seen the tapes. I even, um... I ate some of their brains, and I tried to cook a little. Tonight I, uh, I just had to kill a LOT of people. And I'm not sure I'm gonna get away with it this time. I guess I'll uh, I mean, ah, I guess I'm a pretty uh, I mean I guess I'm a pretty sick guy.

Ace_O_Spades · 02-27-2008, 03:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by willravel

I've killed a lot of people. Some girls in the apartment uptown uh, some homeless people maybe 5 or 10 um an NYU girl I met in Central Park. I left her in a parking lot behind some donut shop. I killed Bethany, my old girlfriend, with a nail gun, and some man uh some old faggot with a dog last week. I killed another girl with a chainsaw, I had to, she almost got away and uh someone else there I can't remember maybe a model, but she's dead too. And Paul Allen. I killed Paul Allen with an axe in the face, his body is dissolving in a bathtub in Hell's Kitchen. I don't want to leave anything out here. I guess I've killed maybe 20 people, maybe 40. I have tapes of a lot of it, uh some of the girls have seen the tapes. I even, um... I ate some of their brains, and I tried to cook a little. Tonight I, uh, I just had to kill a LOT of people. And I'm not sure I'm gonna get away with it this time. I guess I'll uh, I mean, ah, I guess I'm a pretty uh, I mean I guess I'm a pretty sick guy.

There are no more barriers to cross. All I have in common with the uncontrollable and the insane, the vicious and the evil, all the mayhem I have caused and my utter indifference toward it I have now surpassed. My pain is constant and sharp and I do not hope for a better world for anyone, in fact I want my pain to be inflicted on others. I want no one to escape, but even after admitting this there is no catharsis, my punishment continues to elude me, and I gain no deeper knowledge of myself. No new knowledge can be extracted from my telling. This confession has meant nothing.

uncle phil · 02-27-2008, 03:48 PM

"law and order" needs a new plot...

hotzot · 02-27-2008, 04:08 PM

I won't lie and say that I wasn't a little upset at maybe losing TFP, but I was!!!

Good to have you folks back.

Kaimi · 02-27-2008, 04:31 PM

Thanks to all of you who worked so hard and donated to bring back the forums. And those who keep it running every day.

Now, I swear that if it were possible I would inject TFP straight to the vein. I am definitely addicted.

Dick · 02-27-2008, 04:43 PM

HURRAY!

02-27-2008, 08:27 AM	#1 (permalink)
Jinn Lover - Protector - Teacher Location: Seattle, WA	We're back! Wooooooooooooooo! We're back! Phew, I've missed the forum style. The blog was great in the interim, but a forum is a totally different world. Did anyone do anything productive in the wait? I just ended up bored at work. One thing that made me laugh, on the day of the crash: PHP Code: `<div class="sidebarcontent"> <h2>Latest Posts</h2> <ul id="latestposts"> <li><a href="#">There are none</a></li> <li><a href="#">because</a></li> <li><a href="#">the web server</a></li> <li><a href="#">died last night</a></li> </ul>` __________________ "I'm typing on a computer of science, which is being sent by science wires to a little science server where you can access it. I'm not typing on a computer of philosophy or religion or whatever other thing you think can be used to understand the universe because they're a poor substitute in the role of understanding the universe which exists independent from ourselves." - Willravel

02-27-2008, 08:30 AM	#2 (permalink)
PonyPotato Soaring Location: Ohio!	I've been somewhat productive.. but my procrastination experienced new lows. I actually started watching TV again since I didn't have TFP to distract me. __________________ "Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark." — Henri-Frédéric Amiel

02-27-2008, 08:32 AM	#3 (permalink)
Cynthetiq Tilted Cat Head Administrator Location: Manhattan, NY	The mandatory what did you do? thread Welcome back everyone! I figure it's going to come up, someone's going to ask it. What did you do while TFP was the server was down? I tried to get in chat as often as I could. I also tried to find something more general to look at for the blog. It was hard to write an entry and not think in "blog" or "journal" modes. For some reason the format stuck in my craw. But it's very much nice to see the place back, intact, and not really TFP5.0, but definitely a bit above TFP4.0. Mostly I got work done. __________________ I don't care if you are black, white, purple, green, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, hippie, cop, bum, admin, user, English, Irish, French, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, indian, cowboy, tall, short, fat, skinny, emo, punk, mod, rocker, straight, gay, lesbian, jock, nerd, geek, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Independent, driver, pedestrian, or bicyclist, either you're an asshole or you're not. What's the best nation in the world? DO-NATION!

02-27-2008, 08:37 AM	#4 (permalink)
Herk Insane Location: Kansas City, MO	That code snippet is pretty funny. I'm so glad to be back. You never realize just how truly powerless over your addiction you are until the drug is in short supply. __________________ -Blind faith runs into things!-

02-27-2008, 08:51 AM	#9 (permalink)
snowy Kick Ass Kunoichi Location: Oregon	I read almost all of James Loewen's Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong and finished C.S. Forester's Mr. Midshipman Hornblower. I also had a pretty busy weekend--went to the farmers market, to the annual library book sale fundraiser, and a potluck. That helped too. __________________ If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau

02-27-2008, 08:38 AM	#5 (permalink)
Craven Morehead Custom User Title	Great job! Big thanks to all that were involved in bringing TFP back to life.

02-27-2008, 08:39 AM	#6 (permalink)
Shauk Confused Adult Location: Spokane, WA	EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! oh hi.

02-27-2008, 08:45 AM	#7 (permalink)
ring ░ Location: ❤	Oooo, white letterings on the peaceful green expanse again.

02-27-2008, 08:49 AM	#8 (permalink)
ratbastid Darth Papa Location: Yonder	RIP catfish. Long live anchovy! I'm proud to have provided a temporary (if not quite resource-adequate) home for the TFP blog!

02-27-2008, 08:57 AM	#10 (permalink)
ring ░ Location: ❤	Thank you ratbastid for the life-raft.. Kudos to Hal and his compatriots for their tireless dedication.. sheesh...I think I'm gonna cry..

02-27-2008, 09:00 AM	#11 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	I went swimming and to the gym more. Maybe the more often TFP crashes the longer I'll live? __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

02-27-2008, 09:02 AM	#12 (permalink)
Halx Please touch this. Owner/Admin Location: Manhattan	Everyone needs to thank Sty, who is sort of a silent Administrator here. He spent his entire day setting up the server and deserves a LOT of love. __________________ You have found this post informative. -The Administrator [Don't Feed The Animals]

02-27-2008, 09:04 AM	#13 (permalink)
snowy Kick Ass Kunoichi Location: Oregon	Much thanks to the awesome Sty! __________________ If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau

02-27-2008, 09:28 AM	#14 (permalink)
canuckguy I read your emails. Location: earth	Thanks Sty and Hal!!!!! woo-hoo! its alive! alive!!!!!

02-27-2008, 09:29 AM	#16 (permalink)
savmesom11 Insane	Nothing and hated every minute of it Felt extremely lonely and lost....I agree with the addiction statement above, I didn't expect to feel a sense of loss the way I did. I didn't do squat in replace of the forum which is probably why I have been so crabby these last few days. Glad to be back to the ol' self!!! I thank everyone involved with helping get the site back up and running, today you are my hero(s)! __________________ * I do not believe that struggles are a sign of life falling apart, but rather a step of life falling into place. *

02-27-2008, 09:40 AM	#17 (permalink)
connyosis Psycho Location: Sweden - Land of the sodomite damned	Ahh, nice to have the old forum back. Good job everyone involved in getting it back up. __________________ If atheism is a religion, then not collecting stamps is a hobby.

02-27-2008, 09:44 AM	#18 (permalink)
Cynthetiq Tilted Cat Head Administrator Location: Manhattan, NY	thanks to sty, halx, ratbastid, and all the other community members that waited patiently and excitedly for the server replacement glad it's back and intact. it's nice to see my mailbox slowly filling with alerts of posts from TFP.. __________________ I don't care if you are black, white, purple, green, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, hippie, cop, bum, admin, user, English, Irish, French, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, indian, cowboy, tall, short, fat, skinny, emo, punk, mod, rocker, straight, gay, lesbian, jock, nerd, geek, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Independent, driver, pedestrian, or bicyclist, either you're an asshole or you're not. What's the best nation in the world? DO-NATION!

02-27-2008, 09:53 AM	#19 (permalink)
cj22009 On the edge of control Location: Ga	I am glad to see everyone back great works guys !!!!

02-27-2008, 10:00 AM	#20 (permalink)
Halx Please touch this. Owner/Admin Location: Manhattan	Annnnd now that I have a little free time: Thank you to Cynthetiq and Ratbastid for providing temporary hosting for the TFP while we worked this out. Thank you to cj22009 for donating the new server! Thank you to EVERYONE who donated! Your contributions made it easy for us to bring this all together. You all rock! __________________ You have found this post informative. -The Administrator [Don't Feed The Animals]

02-27-2008, 10:03 AM	#21 (permalink)
jewels Eponymous Location: Central Central Florida	Yaaaaaaaaaayy! Welcome back everybody It's good to be home. __________________ We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess. Mark Twain

02-27-2008, 10:18 AM	#22 (permalink)
Redlemon Devoted Donor Location: New England	Wow, it's really ALL back. It even kept the "new content since last visit" status from before the crash. Nice job to everyone. __________________ I can't read your signature. Sorry.

02-27-2008, 10:25 AM	#23 (permalink)
snowy Kick Ass Kunoichi Location: Oregon	I gotta say...I am super-glad the data is intact. I remember the crashes when I first joined TFP, and I would have been crushed to lose my journal. I suppose I should consider backing it up somewhere else, but that seems difficult at best. Hrm. __________________ If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau

02-27-2008, 10:36 AM	#24 (permalink)
SSJTWIZTA Master Thief. Master Criminal. Masturbator. Location: Windiwana	im so fucking happy right now. the blog was okay and all, but this place just feels like home. green and white, avatars and quotes, titties and nonsence. __________________ First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the communists and I did not speak out because I was not a communist. Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist Then they came for me And there was no one left to speak out for me. -Pastor Martin Niemoller

02-27-2008, 10:37 AM	#25 (permalink)
allaboutmusic Aurally Fixated	Yay, we're back! Glad to finally have donated, should have done so sooner.

02-27-2008, 10:43 AM	#26 (permalink)
SecretMethod70 Human Administrator Location: Chicago	Yes, thanks sty, cynthetiq, ratbastid, cj22009, halx, and everyone else! Glad to see the site back up and running And, snowy, it may not be quite what you're looking for, but while you're in your journal, you can go to journal tools (top right), and select to download your journal in TXT or XML format __________________ Le temps détruit tout "Musicians are the carriers and communicators of spirit in the most immediate sense." - Kurt Elling

02-27-2008, 10:49 AM	#27 (permalink)
blahblah454 Let's put a smile on that face Location: On the road...	I studied my ass off, I am in the middle of midterm week. I also had all my bank info stolen and used in another city. So I have been dealing with that. All in all a pretty productive short while.

02-27-2008, 10:57 AM	#28 (permalink)
shoegirl Addict Location: Ohio	I was sick! I really missed TFP while I was laying on my couch. Welcome back!!

02-27-2008, 11:29 AM	#29 (permalink)
cj2112 Unbelievable Location: Grants Pass OR	I missed this place horribly, I was literally sick to my stomach when I thought it was gone for good.

02-27-2008, 12:24 PM	#31 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru warrior bodhisattva Super Moderator Location: East-central Canada	This was one of those you-don't-realize-just-how-much-you-value-something-until-it's-gone kind of moments. Thanks to everyone who pitched in during this difficult time, and welcome back everyone! __________________ Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot

02-27-2008, 01:58 PM	#33 (permalink)
toxic515 Addict Location: Texas	Welcome back, and thanks to Sty , Cyn, Hal, CJ and Ratbastid and anyone else who helped donated, etc. Glad to donate again to the cause, it's too easy to take the site for granted and forget that someone's got their personal time and cash in this thing! Glad to see it, us, etc. all back up and running. I for one welcome our new anchovy overlord.... or something.. :-D __________________ Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.

02-27-2008, 03:13 PM	#34 (permalink)
Ace_O_Spades The Death Card Location: EH!?!?	Back! Huzzah!! __________________ Feh.

02-27-2008, 03:48 PM	#37 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	"law and order" needs a new plot... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

02-27-2008, 04:08 PM	#38 (permalink)
hotzot We're having potato pancakes! Location: stalag 13	I won't lie and say that I wasn't a little upset at maybe losing TFP, but I was!!! Good to have you folks back. __________________ The Bully Boys are here!

02-27-2008, 04:31 PM	#39 (permalink)
Kaimi Crazy	Thanks to all of you who worked so hard and donated to bring back the forums. And those who keep it running every day. Now, I swear that if it were possible I would inject TFP straight to the vein. I am definitely addicted.