English Amiga Board Down?

[buzz]

I don't have an idea about servers, but what can make a server like that or this or another go down for three days?

hardware failure with no mechanism to get a replacement in quickly for example.

or loss of data, and no backups (that should never happen of course but people still think they don't need backups for some reason)

[buzz]

Doubtful, because the admin (RCK) owns the server (if I'm not mistaken).

It is doubtful, but owning your own server does not mean you get no costs. The biggest costs with hosting are power and such. abime sounds co-located, so you still pay the hosting costs (Unless your mate owns the data center etc) ;-)

[buzz]

laserback is trolling (or a poor attempt at humour).

abime.net and RCK are based in france.

[buzz]

I think someone is pulling your leg then! - and which thread?

the address you mentioned in your post is the address for "Progressive peripherals and software" - a company many might remember from the old days.

How about stopping spreading nonsense!

[buzz]

irc topic on official abime channel - "RCK:abime server down, hard reboot useless , I will have to go at Netcenter tuesday]"

now stop this idiotic trolling.

[buzz]

you have already received confirmed information from multiple people. As in, unknown fault on the server and he will look into it on Tuesday. This has been verified by multiple people.

[buzz]

I recommend laserback be banned. Whether or not his posts are considered funny, ironic, or just dumb, they are personal - making false, stupid remarks about someone and their life.

(edit: more importantly intentionally so - and trolling).

[buzz]

I recommend laserback be banned. Whether or not his posts are considered funny, ironic, or just dumb, they are personal - making false, stupid remarks about someone and their life.

(edit: more importantly intentionally so - and trolling).

*note* I wanted to use much stronger language but then I would be a candidate too for banning ;-) but really. this is just so ridiculous.. and annoying.

[buzz]

I don't even think that is the problem. I think most people here love EAB. this thread has ben derailed and f**ked with by a single person. who is no doubt mental in some way. It's this sort of "amiga user" that re-enforces my thought that amiga users are idiots.. I know you aint (you being whoever is reading this), but soooo many are..

Real Amiga users are not even me (and not 90% of the people here either really).. they are the ones like britelite (and others) who made me gawp at their absolutely incredible (imho - some might disagree), amiga 500 demo released at revision..

to purify the thread..

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