Site Down Again?
Nov 18, 2005 | 3:23 pm
#91
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Originally Posted by SPIT
You're making a lot of assumptions here. As someone who is in IT Management for a large company (large enough you've all heard of it), you can't test everything before implementation... without extreme costs. (Try simulating millions of customers from around the world hitting your web servers before live production). You can test, test, test, and then still implement and have unforseen issues, possibly out of your control. Not all changes are easy to back out.
All the best websites have experienced extended downtimes. Depends on loss of revenue on how much resources you put towards a fix.... in this case.... the loss of revenue isn't huge so I doubt FT would spend what someone like Amazon.com would spend to get things up and running again.
Don't just assume the guys behind FT are a bunch of cowboys with no testing or change control skills. They provide this site at no cost to you... so do you really want to badmouth them?
All the best websites have experienced extended downtimes. Depends on loss of revenue on how much resources you put towards a fix.... in this case.... the loss of revenue isn't huge so I doubt FT would spend what someone like Amazon.com would spend to get things up and running again.
Don't just assume the guys behind FT are a bunch of cowboys with no testing or change control skills. They provide this site at no cost to you... so do you really want to badmouth them?
Nov 20, 2005 | 9:02 pm
#92
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Originally Posted by SPIT
<snip> They provide this site at no cost to you... so do you really want to badmouth them?
All the best, James
Nov 20, 2005 | 9:51 pm
#93
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Originally Posted by fdog
Speaking of which...other forums (provided as "freebies") have a mechanism for donations...is there one here?
All the best, James
All the best, James
Dec 20, 2005 | 9:37 pm
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Sorry - it appears there are problems of which I suspect you are fully aware of. In case it matters, as of 8:30 p.m. Pacific 12/20/05:
- www.flyertalk.com times out
- web1.flyertalk.com works
- web2.flyertalk.com times out
- http://64.78.185.85/ works
- http://64.78.185.92/ times out
Last edited by FlyinHawaiian; Dec 20, 2005 at 9:40 pm
Dec 21, 2005 | 4:19 am
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Originally Posted by FlyinHawaiian
Sorry - it appears there are problems of which I suspect you are fully aware of. In case it matters, as of 8:30 p.m. Pacific 12/20/05:
- http://www.flyertalk.com times out
- http://web1.flyertalk.com works
- http://web2.flyertalk.com times out
- http://64.78.185.85/ works
- http://64.78.185.92/ times out
