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04 August 2005

The system... is down! The system... is down! *throws light switch rave*

post by: loquacious at: 13:13 | 39 comments

I thought you'd already turned off you lights on the way out, which is why MeFi is down.

posted by omiewise 04 August | 13:19

OH NO THE CHEAT!

posted by klangklangston 04 August | 13:20

* throws light switch slayer show strobe lightshow during hummed and hooted cover of Jesus Saves*

posted by Divine_Wino 04 August | 13:22

Still down.

posted by gramschmidt 04 August | 13:27

Loquacious is grounded.

posted by Wolfdog 04 August | 13:31

Still down.

posted by gramschmidt 04 August | 13:33

all praise and glory to unicode and live preview for banishing the evil jrun forever. oh, wait...

posted by quonsar 04 August | 13:34

Be still, my down.

posted by gramschmidt 04 August | 13:34

Stillness and restitude, my beautiful down pillow.

posted by gramschmidt 04 August | 13:35

softness and freshness, my Downy fabric softener

posted by jonmc 04 August | 13:37

Dut duh-dah-dat dut duh-dah-dat dut duh-dah-dat dut duh-dah-dat dut

Doo-doot-too-doo-do-doo! Doo-doot-too-doo-do-doo! Doo-doot-too-doo-do-doo!

posted by frecklefaerie 04 August | 13:39

"A little suffering is good for the soul."

~Captain James T. Kirk, stardate 1514.0

posted by iconomy 04 August | 13:44

I suggest someone J-Run over to 7/11 and pickup some Slim Jims, jimmy hats, Mr. Pibb, Kool Milds, Midol, Midori Sours, Sour Patch Kids, Steak and Kidney Pie, a copy of Chunky Asses and a server that does not run on MS and whatever the fuck J-Run is and does, other than go down like Roy Cohn on ten Manhattans and two reds in full blackout mode a fellatin' through the brambles. I mean just pull the J-Run server out, I'm sure it's not vital. I pulled the winshield wipers off my car when they stopped working and there's never been any fallout from that. Sheesh.

posted by Divine_Wino 04 August | 13:52

Has anyone ever put sour patch kids in a bottle of vodka, then froze it? I betcha that would taste interesting. Or like Pucker.

posted by jonmc 04 August | 13:54

Dear MetaFilter:

Nixon's drunk again.

Sincerely,
Henry Kissinger

posted by gramschmidt 04 August | 13:55

How about a print version of MetaFilter? I think I'd prefer blaming the USPS when I'm denied.

posted by gramschmidt 04 August | 13:57

"A little suffering is good for the soul."

~Captain James T. Kirk, stardate 1514.0

"He's dead, Jim."

~Doctor Leonard "Bones" McCoy, stardate 1514.3

posted by quonsar 04 August | 13:59

I just found a stream (no mp3 sadly, and it's buried deep in a 3-hour radio show) of my fave Jerry Dale McFadden number:

sing with me:

I'm just a down-home farmboy
who likes humiliation, beatings, and bondage and pain

I like to listen to Hank while I'm being spanked
Country beats the hell out of me...

posted by jonmc 04 August | 14:00

Has anyone ever put sour patch kids in a bottle of vodka, then froze it? I betcha that would taste interesting. Or like Pucker.

Absolut has that, it's called Absolut Wasteofvodka.

I would rather put a bottle of Vodka in me and then throw Sour Patch Kids at old people.

posted by Divine_Wino 04 August | 14:05

The ValueList() function has an invalid parameter: getLinks.link_id.!!!

hey, it's a sign of life...

posted by quonsar 04 August | 14:08

do they make Sour Patch Old People? I suppose you could just by microwaving the kids for 15 seconds or until they wrinkle and leak fluid.

posted by jonmc 04 August | 14:09

I swear I got it up for a second there.

posted by danostuporstar 04 August | 14:11

Does mathowie develop on the live site or something?

posted by benzo8 04 August | 14:12

Does mathowie develop on the live site or something?

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

*cough*

sorry. he only develops on the dead site.

posted by quonsar 04 August | 14:13

tis back.

posted by quonsar 04 August | 14:15

Wait, am I supposed to do work or something now?

posted by Moral Animal 04 August | 14:18

tis back.

no it isn't

posted by darsh 04 August | 14:21

tis not.

posted by mr.marx 04 August | 14:21

it was just teasing me. sigh.

PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINATION

would you rather:

a) run your website on windows using macromedia jrun and coldfusion?
b) hire mathowie to do "web stuff"
c) die now

posted by quonsar 04 August | 14:27

Were the litle blue squares there before each "posted by" line before? Or did I miss something?

Or are you all just doing it to get under my skin???

posted by yhbc 04 August | 14:31

Oh, and MetaFilter seems to be down. Something about jrun.

posted by yhbc 04 August | 14:32

It looks like it might down for some time:
status.metafilter.com

posted by caddis 04 August | 14:32

Like dano, I saw a sign of life: I was able to get a single MeTa thread to re-load.

AND THERE WAS MUCH REJOICING IN CANAAN.

posted by gramschmidt 04 August | 14:37

That was a short party.

The ValueList() function has an invalid parameter: getLinks.link_id.

posted by caddis 04 August | 14:46

It's back. For me at least.

posted by yhbc 04 August | 14:49

≡ Click to see image ≡

posted by Divine_Wino 04 August | 14:50

Re: status. ~~Oh, fuck me and pass the vodka~~

IT'S ALIVE! IT'S ALIIIIIIIIVE!

posted by loquacious 04 August | 15:01

Don't worry; it'll go down again soon. MoFi hardly ever goes down. Just sayin'.

posted by Skrik 04 August | 15:26

"...We're all Kosh."

~Captain James T. Kirk, stardate 9522.6

posted by Smart Dalek 04 August | 15:51

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