Technical Issues and Problems

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On THIS board, posting this brought up a 500 Server Glitch Error Message. Refreshing the page cleared it....XD........
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The hosting service has a network problem that had the OTNOT site offline for the last several hours.
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Typhoon wrote:The hosting service has a network problem that had the OTNOT site offline for the last several hours.
I noticed that. The forum is still having technical problems; it's slow to load each page. Does this have the same cause?
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Azrael wrote:
Typhoon wrote:The hosting service has a network problem that had the OTNOT site offline for the last several hours.
I noticed that. The forum is still having technical problems; it's slow to load each page. Does this have the same cause?
Yes, it does.
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I also find the forum slow and it often freezes, but I assumed that this was due to hosting issues for what is, after all, a free service maintained by volunteers. I don't expect the response times of a Korean e-sports league.
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Ibrahim wrote:I also find the forum slow and it often freezes, but I assumed that this was due to hosting issues for what is, after all, a free service maintained by volunteers. I don't expect the response times of a Korean e-sports league.
Ditto. Do you think ~ is has the technical capability to write a DoS script?
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Are forum members still experiencing this slow response time problem?
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Taboo wrote:
Ibrahim wrote:I also find the forum slow and it often freezes, but I assumed that this was due to hosting issues for what is, after all, a free service maintained by volunteers. I don't expect the response times of a Korean e-sports league.
Ditto. Do you think ~ is has the technical capability to write a DoS script?
It would be amusing to pin the following on ~

BBC | Global internet slows after 'biggest attack in history'
The internet around the world has been slowed down in what security experts are describing as the biggest cyber-attack of its kind in history.

A row between a spam-fighting group and hosting firm has sparked retaliation attacks affecting the wider internet.

It is having an impact on popular services like Netflix - and experts worry it could escalate to affect banking and email systems.
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Typhoon wrote:Are forum members still experiencing this slow response time problem?
Sometimes, yes.
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YMix wrote:
Typhoon wrote:Are forum members still experiencing this slow response time problem?
Sometimes, yes.
Thank you.

At the moment I can't deconvolve between this being a site specific problem and the general internet problem linked above.

Once the latter is dealt with, then I'll look into it when I have a moment.
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Typhoon wrote:
YMix wrote:
Typhoon wrote:Are forum members still experiencing this slow response time problem?
Sometimes, yes.
Thank you.

At the moment I can't deconvolve between this being a site specific problem and the general internet problem linked above.

Once the latter is dealt with, then I'll look into it when I have a moment.
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Doc wrote:
Typhoon wrote:
YMix wrote:
Typhoon wrote:Are forum members still experiencing this slow response time problem?
Sometimes, yes.
Thank you.

At the moment I can't deconvolve between this being a site specific problem and the general internet problem linked above.

Once the latter is dealt with, then I'll look into it when I have a moment.
Te Spamhaus attackis apparently over, but I am seeing slower downloads than I was earlier today. It takes several minutes between clicks here if not getting timeouts.
Please first hit the "Delete all board cookies" text at the bottom of the page. This will log you out. Clear your browser cache and log back in.

Then let me know if the problem persists.
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Zack Morris wrote: . . .

Off-topic: Why do I always have to log in two times? Has someone mis-configured the forum software?
The only reason that I could think of is that I was experimenting recently with https versus http.

Please first hit the "Delete all board cookies" text at the bottom of the page. This will log you out. Clear your browser cache and log back in.
[Why not select to be automatic login option to avoid having to log in each time?]

Then let me know if the problem persists.
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The site response appears to be back up to speed. At least for me.
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Typhoon: it isn't a recent problem but one that has been on-going. I typically do not remain logged into the site and only log in to make replies. When I do so, I am taken to another log-in page before being returned to the reply screen. I haven't seen that behavior before on other phpBB forums, including one I administer. Is anyone else experiencing this?
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Zack Morris wrote:Typhoon: it isn't a recent problem but one that has been on-going. I typically do not remain logged into the site and only log in to make replies. When I do so, I am taken to another log-in page before being returned to the reply screen. I haven't seen that behavior before on other phpBB forums, including one I administer. Is anyone else experiencing this?
As I can't reproduce this problem, it's difficult for me to try and do anything about it.

Sorry.
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A forum member pointed out to me that embedding pictures with the [img] tag and an url to its original source might infringe copyright. What to do?
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Parodite wrote:A forum member pointed out to me that embedding pictures with the [img] tag and an url to its original source might infringe copyright. What to do?
Hot-linking, embedding pictures with the [img].%20.%20.[/img] tag and an url to its original source, should be avoided.

Please use one of the free image uploading - hosting sites instead:

postimage.org

imageshack.us

tinypic.com

photobucket.com

etc.
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Typhoon wrote:
Parodite wrote:A forum member pointed out to me that embedding pictures with the [img] tag and an url to its original source might infringe copyright. What to do?
Hot-linking, embedding pictures with the [img].%20.%20.[/img] tag and an url to its original source, should be avoided.

Please use one of the free image uploading - hosting sites instead:

postimage.org

imageshack.us

tinypic.com

photobucket.com

etc.
Ok will do.
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Typhoon wrote:
Parodite wrote:A forum member pointed out to me that embedding pictures with the [img] tag and an url to its original source might infringe copyright. What to do?
Hot-linking, embedding pictures with the [img].%20.%20.[/img] tag and an url to its original source, should be avoided.

Please use one of the free image uploading - hosting sites instead:

postimage.org

imageshack.us

tinypic.com

photobucket.com

etc.
Thank You VERY Much for maintaining the Forum, Typhoon.

Is there a problem with hot linking to Wikipedia images? AIUI the images there are copyright free or small and fair use?

Likewise hot linking to videos on You Tube and similar?
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monster_gardener wrote:
Typhoon wrote:
Parodite wrote:A forum member pointed out to me that embedding pictures with the [img] tag and an url to its original source might infringe copyright. What to do?
Hot-linking, embedding pictures with the [img].%20.%20.[/img] tag and an url to its original source, should be avoided.

Please use one of the free image uploading - hosting sites instead:

postimage.org

imageshack.us

tinypic.com

photobucket.com

etc.
Thank You VERY Much for maintaining the Forum, Typhoon.

Is there a problem with hot linking to Wikipedia images? AIUI the images there are copyright free or small and fair use?

Likewise hot linking to videos on You Tube and similar?
I would assume Wiki pics and youtube are ok. Otherwise I would think they would not give links. On the other hand I did not think that posting pics /with the URL was a problem.
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monster_gardener wrote:
Typhoon wrote:
Parodite wrote:A forum member pointed out to me that embedding pictures with the [img] tag and an url to its original source might infringe copyright. What to do?
Hot-linking, embedding pictures with the [img].%20.%20.[/img] tag and an url to its original source, should be avoided.

Please use one of the free image uploading - hosting sites instead:

postimage.org

imageshack.us

tinypic.com

photobucket.com

etc.
Thank You VERY Much for maintaining the Forum, Typhoon.

Is there a problem with hot linking to Wikipedia images? AIUI the images there are copyright free or small and fair use?

Likewise hot linking to videos on You Tube and similar?
No problem with linking either.
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Since I returned on this forum my account has a number of default functions disabled. Can they be enabled again?
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Parodite wrote:Since I returned on this forum my account has a number of default functions disabled. Can they be enabled again?
Answered by PM.
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Greetings, Typhoon.

Many thanks.

I may be a slow typist: twice now, while compiling a post and doing a little research in the background, I've finished composing a reply — and found that after I click "submit" I'm required to log in again — and whatever it is I've just finished writing is wiped from the cache altogether. Rather than wrack my brains to remember what it is I just finished writing, I opt to slink back to matters related to work. I'm not sure if this is to preserve bandwidth and keep cost down — or if it's merely my glacial pace ill-fitted to the era of texts and tweets. If it's the former — quite understandable — I'll prep first in a text editor and copy and paste in one go. If it's just a default "log out after X min." setting that costs you not a penny more, please consider multiplying it by a bunch.

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