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Hey everyone.

As of 12h00 02/06/2004 GMT, ILX will become unavailable for precisely two weeks.

This should give me enough time and space to get the new server up and running, as well as do some much needed overhauling of the ILX code. While it's not strictly necessary for the server to be down for this, it'll certainly make things easier not having to worry about administrative issues on top of everything else.

Also, some of you guys could use a break.

― Andrew (enneff), Thursday, 1 July 2004 13:53 (twenty years ago)

http://www.whotokill.com/

― ¥¤±²£¢Ð¼æ®ª«¶Þ÷³¹ß½Ø×©§¾¿¥¤±²£¢Ð¼æ®ª«¶Þ÷³¹ß½Ø×©§¾¿¥¤±²£¢Ð¼æ®ª«¶Þ÷³¹ß½Ø×©§¾¿ (ex , Thursday, 1 July 2004 13:54 (twenty years ago)

Do you mean tomorrow? I assume you got the date wrong.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Thursday, 1 July 2004 13:55 (twenty years ago)

Yes, I mean in, like, less than 24 hours.

― Andrew (enneff), Thursday, 1 July 2004 13:56 (twenty years ago)

Yay. I can actually get some much needed work done. I'll miss it for two weeks though.

― Velveteen Bingo (Chris V), Thursday, 1 July 2004 13:56 (twenty years ago)

GET YOUR KICKS IN WHILE YOU CAN, KIDDOS.

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Thursday, 1 July 2004 13:56 (twenty years ago)

Are we going to get that update on the contribs?

― Velveteen Bingo (Chris V), Thursday, 1 July 2004 13:56 (twenty years ago)

SO MANY FRED DURST PICS TO POST, SO LITTLE TIME!!!!!

― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 1 July 2004 13:57 (twenty years ago)

Thanks for doing so much work, Andrew.

― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 1 July 2004 13:57 (twenty years ago)

Excellent news.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 July 2004 13:57 (twenty years ago)

No he meant 4 weeks ago. xxxxxpost

I read the title as "ILX Planned Outrage" and that's making me giggle.

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 1 July 2004 13:57 (twenty years ago)

YOU'VE TAKEN ALL OUR MONEY AND BOOKED A FORTNIGHT'S HOLIDAY IN THE MALDIVES, HAVEN'T YOU ANDREW??????

(pls send postcard plus bring back a stick of rock, ta)

― C J (C J), Thursday, 1 July 2004 13:57 (twenty years ago)

Suggestion...
2 weeks back over to greenspun? as temp measure

Greenspun
http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/index.tcl

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Thursday, 1 July 2004 13:59 (twenty years ago)

Are we going to get that update on the contribs?

They totalled something like USD$1700 in the end. I've bought the new server and bits to go with it, unfortunately everything that can go wrong seems to be going wrong. :( Still, I'm working hard to sort everything out. I'll post a detailed writeup of everything that's been going down when all's finished.

― Andrew (enneff), Thursday, 1 July 2004 13:59 (twenty years ago)

2 weeks back over to greenspun? as temp measure

Please, don't trash the guy's server.

― Andrew (enneff), Thursday, 1 July 2004 13:59 (twenty years ago)

Cool, Thanks for all the hard work Andrew.

― Velveteen Bingo (Chris V), Thursday, 1 July 2004 14:00 (twenty years ago)

Rest muchly, every1!
Thanx muchly, Andrew!

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Thursday, 1 July 2004 14:00 (twenty years ago)

Righto. Should be interesting when everyone comes back. Thanks Andrew.

― Matt (Matt), Thursday, 1 July 2004 14:00 (twenty years ago)

"two weeeeks" (!!)

Thanks Andrew.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Thursday, 1 July 2004 14:01 (twenty years ago)

This is excellent. Productivity ahoy!!

Thanks for all your hard work on this, Andrew. When ILX returns, will it bring pie?

― robster (robster), Thursday, 1 July 2004 14:02 (twenty years ago)

Also, some of you guys could use a break.

― RJG (RJG), Thursday, 1 July 2004 14:02 (twenty years ago)

probably should duplicate this announcement across all the boards. Thanks for all the hard work.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 1 July 2004 14:02 (twenty years ago)

http://membres.lycos.fr/marsetsf/tr/total_recall_1456.jpg

TWOOOOOOOOOOOOO WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKS!

woah. i guess this will benefit me really. thanks for the warning Andrew.

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 July 2004 14:03 (twenty years ago)

Yr hot Andrew

― Andrew Blood Thames (Andrew Thames), Thursday, 1 July 2004 14:03 (twenty years ago)

omg lol everyone seems really happy about this. isn't that pathetic in a way?

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 July 2004 14:04 (twenty years ago)

2 weeks?!! but who's going to tell me what
to like+think for all that time?!!

― piscesboy, Thursday, 1 July 2004 14:05 (twenty years ago)

probably should duplicate this announcement across all the boards

I've placed a link to this thread in the top-right of every page.

― Andrew (enneff), Thursday, 1 July 2004 14:06 (twenty years ago)

That's because everyone ELSE read the title as "ILX Planned Outrage" too, stevem. It's time for a holiday.

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Thursday, 1 July 2004 14:06 (twenty years ago)

thank you andrew! here's to the ilx dt's!

― teeny (teeny), Thursday, 1 July 2004 14:06 (twenty years ago)

http://www.justhelicopters.de/aufkleber/airwolf%20abzeichen.jpg

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I wonder whose going to kick off first about this? Law of averages there's bound to be someone.

― Matt (Matt), Thursday, 1 July 2004 14:07 (twenty years ago)

Andrew, you should hack the title of this thread so it's in a bigger font. Just so it doesn't escape attention!

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Thursday, 1 July 2004 14:07 (twenty years ago)

sean can you e-mail me a 'shopjob of jon williams battling mecharaccoon over tokyo at some point over the next fortnight to compensate? chars

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 July 2004 14:08 (twenty years ago)

I'm sure the panic will set in soon...

― xexxee, Thursday, 1 July 2004 14:08 (twenty years ago)

Sure, stevem. I'll also create a zombie army of Nedheads and Momuses massing in the distance, if that's okay.

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Thursday, 1 July 2004 14:09 (twenty years ago)

instead of two weeks can we make it two months? omg lol

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 July 2004 14:10 (twenty years ago)

Reaction 1: OH MY GOD, NO!
Reaction 2: Thank goodness, I'll get some work done!
Reaction 3: My coming-to-London FAP is in less than 2 weeks, help!
Reaction 4: Thank you Andrew!

― Madchen (Madchen), Thursday, 1 July 2004 14:10 (twenty years ago)

Reaction 5: [EXPLOSION]

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Oh, shit madchen. My advice is to get as many email addresses as you can...

― Andrew (enneff), Thursday, 1 July 2004 14:12 (twenty years ago)

I needed more time to devote to my livejournal

― Andrew Blood Thames (Andrew Thames), Thursday, 1 July 2004 14:12 (twenty years ago)

Let's all just go here -

http://www.nightscrawlers.com/

- and camp out for a bit.

― Vic Fluro, Thursday, 1 July 2004 14:12 (twenty years ago)

Yr FAP will have to be organdised through good old-fashioned email, Madchen.

xpost I'm sure this will be good for me, but my fingernails will be gnawed through - my job can be reeeeeeaaaaly boring.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Thursday, 1 July 2004 14:13 (twenty years ago)

This is like the government banning smoking and it being greated with delight by smokers grateful for having temptation moved out of harms way.

― Dave B (daveb), Thursday, 1 July 2004 14:13 (twenty years ago)

While you're at it, perhaps you should delete all the posts made to ILX ever. It would kinda cool to start from tabula rasa.

(I'm only half-joking.)

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 1 July 2004 14:13 (twenty years ago)

If Andrew bans smoking I'll murder his ass

― Andrew Blood Thames (Andrew Thames), Thursday, 1 July 2004 14:14 (twenty years ago)

Oh, you wacky finns.

― Andrew (enneff), Thursday, 1 July 2004 14:15 (twenty years ago)

IGN boards here we come.

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Thursday, 1 July 2004 14:15 (twenty years ago)

delete more of mine, if you have time, please.

― RJG (RJG), Thursday, 1 July 2004 14:15 (twenty years ago)

Oh, shit madchen. My advice is to get as many email addresses as you can...

Silly, I am not trying to suggest you hold up technological progress and assorted other marvels because we are going to the pub :)

― Madchen (Madchen), Thursday, 1 July 2004 14:17 (twenty years ago)

madchen, I posted as you, on the newest big bro thread.

I REALLY DIDN'T MEAN IT

― RJG (RJG), Thursday, 1 July 2004 14:20 (twenty years ago)

Skipping 280 messages at this point... Click here if you want to load them all.

Bye Aaron!

― Ask For Samantha (thatgirl), Friday, 2 July 2004 08:52 (twenty years ago)

That's a shame, take care sam!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 July 2004 08:53 (twenty years ago)

:( you know where you can find me Pink. I just don't want to clog my veins up with an Ilx substitute. Lord knows I have enough to keep me busy. . .

― Ask For Samantha (thatgirl), Friday, 2 July 2004 08:54 (twenty years ago)

mary otm, in many ways.

I think the less-than-24-hours notice and the "not strictly necessary" and the final line, of his first post, are a little bit insulting and I know how much andrew dislikes insults.

I'm sure he thinks of himself as "hands-off" and thoughtful and "well received" but why wouldn't he?

that said, it seems, almost, fortuitous, that there will be one fewer thing, to distract, for the next two weeks.

I know, of course, that andrew dedicates personal time, to ILX and its server etc., but it shows. all the same, good luck, with the server switch stuff, andrew.

― RJG (RJG), Friday, 2 July 2004 09:51 (twenty years ago)

Andrew is well-received*, Richard. What point are you trying to make?

*with the inevitbale small number of people who disagree, obv

― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 2 July 2004 09:57 (twenty years ago)

thankfully, I don't need to make a point, mark.

― RJG (RJG), Friday, 2 July 2004 09:59 (twenty years ago)

And yet you're making it anyway, or rather you're making snide insinuations. It's not very nice.

― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 2 July 2004 10:00 (twenty years ago)

I don't care for andrew. it is allowed.

I don't think I was too snide.

― RJG (RJG), Friday, 2 July 2004 10:02 (twenty years ago)

He looks like Lou Barlow, that's all I know.

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Friday, 2 July 2004 10:04 (twenty years ago)

he looks as much like lou barlow as RJG is snide

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 2 July 2004 10:05 (twenty years ago)

Of course it's allowed. Passive aggressive digs are allowed too, but I'd rather you didn't.

― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 2 July 2004 10:06 (twenty years ago)

mark, are you being funny?

― RJG (RJG), Friday, 2 July 2004 10:06 (twenty years ago)

No.

― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 2 July 2004 10:07 (twenty years ago)

I think you are.

― RJG (RJG), Friday, 2 July 2004 10:07 (twenty years ago)

No.

why so negative Mark

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 2 July 2004 10:07 (twenty years ago)

Thankfully, Mark doesn't need to be funny.

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 2 July 2004 10:08 (twenty years ago)

Very clever, Ronan.

― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 2 July 2004 10:08 (twenty years ago)

Well, for what it's worth, Andrew's someone for whom I have developped more respect for in the past few days, for actually taking the time to take stuff offboard, instead of going into overdrive on Moderator Fatigue. This is not a snipe, either, just an observation that some Moderators are very definitely suffering from Moderator Fatigue.

― My New Identity (kate), Friday, 2 July 2004 10:10 (twenty years ago)

I never bothered pursuing an argument, with andrew, on ILX, for one pointless/slightly baffling moderation, but I did send him an e-mail about it, a few months later, just out of curiosity. he replied, once, in an apologetic, yet insulting (I don't think he realised), manner, never giving an actual reason. I also think he thought he didn't have to. oh well!!

― RJG (RJG), Friday, 2 July 2004 10:18 (twenty years ago)

Serious query: WILL this be a tabula rasa situation?

― Enrique (Enrique), Friday, 2 July 2004 10:27 (twenty years ago)

why would it?

― RJG (RJG), Friday, 2 July 2004 10:28 (twenty years ago)

if anything they should preserve the archives and disable new posts

― benito mussolinington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 2 July 2004 10:30 (twenty years ago)

It would be easier to take your serious comments seriously if you weren't twatting about with commas, RJG

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Friday, 2 July 2004 10:37 (twenty years ago)

he replied, once, in an apologetic, yet insulting (I don't think he realised), manner, never giving an actual reason.

You sent one email, I sent one back. I really think you're being unfair with me. I honestly didn't mean to insult you. The whole "sorry, but seriously..." thing was completely unintentional. "But seriously" is one of my verbal tics, I'm afraid.

Again, I'm really sorry to have offended you Rich.

― Andrew (enneff), Friday, 2 July 2004 10:37 (twenty years ago)

i wasn't aware rjg had human feeling

― benito mussolinington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 2 July 2004 10:38 (twenty years ago)

you're all so goddamned cute. snarf.

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 July 2004 10:39 (twenty years ago)

have you guys ever realize that your just dissing people you will never be i.e Accountants, lawyers, people that go to university?

― Enrique (Enrique), Friday, 2 July 2004 10:41 (twenty years ago)

people who spell properly?

― benito mussolinington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 2 July 2004 10:42 (twenty years ago)

and we'll never ever like DMB

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 July 2004 10:43 (twenty years ago)

PEOPLE WHO MAKE REAL MONEY NOT "ART"

― benito mussolinington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 2 July 2004 10:43 (twenty years ago)

I dont get why people are panicking and going on with this tabula rasa shit. The server's going offline for a bit for maintenance. Then it comes back, same as before, but with tidied up code, on a new machine many of you paid good shekels for.

And yet now some of those same people are whining and freaking out or saying its good and goodbye. WTF?

A pause for thought, is all it is. Chill dudes!

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 2 July 2004 10:45 (twenty years ago)

I was going to make an argument about why all the people talking shit about someone elses music are fucking lamers, but I decided that it was a waste of time. Go fuck yourselves and come back when you've actually accomplished something important.

― Enrique (Enrique), Friday, 2 July 2004 10:45 (twenty years ago)

it was like the time I got a haircut and the guy cut a few hairs, at the front of my hairline, shorter, than the rest. it only made me angry because I couldn't work out why he had done it, deliberately.

andrew, there was no reason for you to delete that thread. it was of no less value than any other thread (in my opinion), really, but, even if it was, you shouldn't just delete, on a whim. I realise it was a whim.

I often have human feeling but not right now.

― RJG (RJG), Friday, 2 July 2004 10:45 (twenty years ago)

"hike up your dress a little more/ and show your world to me:" is a funny line. dont you guys like humor in your music? do you have to really take music so seriously? its only music. I like music as much as the next guy but why do you hate a band so much. At least they play their instruments and write their own songs. Unlike those Pop idol 'artists'.

― Enrique (Enrique), Friday, 2 July 2004 10:48 (twenty years ago)

Enrique, who are you talking to ? (I'm referring to this thread, by the way)

― Vic (Vic), Friday, 2 July 2004 10:50 (twenty years ago)

Umm, wrong thread?

― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 2 July 2004 10:50 (twenty years ago)

Yeah I seriously doubt this is the right thread, Enrique.

― Andrew (enneff), Friday, 2 July 2004 10:54 (twenty years ago)

don't forget to explain why

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 2 July 2004 10:55 (twenty years ago)

http://sabertech.net/routergod/agentsmith/agent_smith_explains.jpg

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 July 2004 10:56 (twenty years ago)

Knobheads.

― Marcia Gay Harden (MichaelJ), Friday, 2 July 2004 10:57 (twenty years ago)

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/spiritof76/mark_owen.jpg

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 July 2004 10:57 (twenty years ago)

U R ALL GAY

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 2 July 2004 10:58 (twenty years ago)

here, i've just outed all of you, thread ends.

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 2 July 2004 10:59 (twenty years ago)

does it?

― Ed (dali), Friday, 2 July 2004 10:59 (twenty years ago)

two weeks pass...

Hello again everybodypeeps!

― C J (C J), Friday, 16 July 2004 14:37 (twenty years ago)

Hey Andrew, thanks for the work. I take it everything went OK... (please god)

― Madchen (Madchen), Friday, 16 July 2004 18:34 (twenty years ago)

Hi Andrew

Hope the code overhaul went OK. The RSS feed is broken though, just thought I'd let you know.

― holojames (holojames), Saturday, 17 July 2004 09:16 (twenty years ago)

Rock on Cleveland

― Andrew Blood Thames (Andrew Thames), Saturday, 17 July 2004 09:21 (twenty years ago)

Hope the code overhaul went OK. The RSS feed is broken though, just thought I'd let you know.

Just fixed it.

― Andrew (enneff), Saturday, 17 July 2004 14:54 (twenty years ago)

Thanks, it's good to have "I Love AFL" back.

― Lucy Lion (Lucy Lion), Sunday, 18 July 2004 22:40 (twenty years ago)

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