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« Reply #330 on: October 03, 2008, 10:54:22 AM » |
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Maybe related to some of Itchmo's problems? I don't know. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7649761.stmChina 'spying on Skype messages' Skype say they are abiding by Chinese laws over internet use China has been monitoring and censoring messages sent through the internet service Skype, researchers say. Citizen Lab, a Canadian research group, says it found a database containing thousands of politically sensitive words which had been blocked by China. The publically available database also displayed personal data on subscribers. |
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« Reply #331 on: October 18, 2008, 03:46:46 PM » |
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Nice to be back in action Many thanks to Ben and Emily  |
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Tortie cats are like Almond Joys........Very sweet and a little nuts
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« Reply #332 on: October 18, 2008, 03:48:56 PM » |
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The demise of the Itchmo Forums has once again been greatly exaggerated!!
Thank you Ben and Emily!
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Never forget our cats and dogs and the Pet Food Recalls of 2007; the reason most of us are here!
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« Reply #333 on: October 18, 2008, 04:17:59 PM » |
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When a server "goes down" and if the DNS records are changed, it can take from 24-72 hours for those records to propagate across the internet thru the root name servers... (like making a map to Itchmo thru cyberspace that your computer can read)
The DNS (Domain Name Server) records are like the street number on your house or on the mailbox at the driveway to your house so folks can know they're using the right driveway to you and not going to a stranger's house by mistake.
There's also the off-chance of an entire segment/system down like AT&T had awhile back that took out a lot of the southeast US.
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"The days of the fox guarding the henhouse, with corporate lobbyists writing the laws that regulate their industries, must end."*Brent Blackwelder, Friends of the Earth, Sept. 22, 2008
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« Reply #334 on: October 18, 2008, 04:23:28 PM » |
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Yesterday it was at first giving me the usual white blank screen. But later in the day, my internet provider kept coming up with a page that said "this address may no longer be available" (which kind of freaked me out!). So maybe that message was an indication of what you're saying Offy?
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« Reply #335 on: October 18, 2008, 04:35:23 PM » |
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Thanks Ben and Emily for getting us back on track. Whatever it was, I hope it won't happen again!
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« Reply #336 on: October 18, 2008, 04:40:24 PM » |
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Yup, address not found. IP numbers and Domain Name Servers are the "map" ingredients - one or the other gets messed up and your website isn't found (usually as a result of a broken server that carries the specific DNS records & the IP address has no driveway or door to knock on until the new server & new DNS record assignment is passed along the information highway.) Changing hosts pretty much has the same effect, the DNS records change and it takes time for it to inform cyberspace of the change of address.. almost as bad as using snail mail LOL. Then there's always satellites and sunspots that could gum up the works ... downed towers, etc. if you're not dialup  Once upon a time (less frequent a scenario now) a connection spot in the hardwired lines that crossed the country would take companies/business mainframe systems down for days at a time until the cables/lines/connections were repaired. |
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"The days of the fox guarding the henhouse, with corporate lobbyists writing the laws that regulate their industries, must end."*Brent Blackwelder, Friends of the Earth, Sept. 22, 2008
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« Reply #337 on: October 18, 2008, 04:47:03 PM » |
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And weird things can happen. Although this is not what happened here, last spring a fire! took down a whole bunch of forums at Proboards for several days. Servers and the other nuts and bolts that make the forums run can suffer physical accidents, just like anything else.
Thanks again, Ben and Emily!
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« Reply #338 on: October 18, 2008, 06:33:39 PM » |
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Thank you Ben & Emily !
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« Reply #339 on: October 18, 2008, 06:35:07 PM » |
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Thanks from me, too, Ben and Emily! We could be getting more traffic in the server due to our melamine thread being listed on what looks like a clearing house for resources about the tainting in Asia. Maybe that overwhelmed it. Search for 'Itchmo' http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1465585-melamine-lotte/images |
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« Reply #340 on: October 18, 2008, 07:08:19 PM » |
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Oh I saw it, its at the bottom of that page next to the candle! Way to go you guys! Good job! Offy's name is first on the link it brings up followed by Purringfur, Menusux, 3cat, 5cat, & Justme. LOL  |
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« Reply #341 on: October 18, 2008, 07:11:20 PM » |
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It's purringfur's avatar candle--the one so many of us used during the 1-year memorial for the pets killed by melamine.
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« Reply #342 on: October 18, 2008, 07:13:30 PM » |
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Thanks from me too, Ben and Emily, for getting us going again!
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« Reply #343 on: October 18, 2008, 07:20:32 PM » |
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It's purringfur's avatar candle--the one so many of us used during the 1-year memorial for the pets killed by melamine.
Oh good for her! There are many others here to in that link at their site as for some reason it comes up at page 30.... Add my thanks to the many too, I was having withdrawals again, the shakes, and eating way toooooo much candy while I was waiting.  |
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« Reply #344 on: October 18, 2008, 07:23:24 PM » |
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Thanks again for getting Itchmo back up! Although there are many "natural" causes that can put a site down, it seems to happen when info on a "hot" issues is being posted/linked. Coincidence?
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