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BromicAcid
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Sciencemadness.org Down
Don't know if anyone here noticed but the main page is down. I tried to access it from school but found I got a 404 error, too bad I didn't
have the link to this page. Now that I'm home everything is all fine and dandy. But does anyone, probably Polverone want to shed some light on
when/if we'll have our main page back or why it's down?
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mick
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I had to re-google to get through.
mick
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Darkblade48
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Ah, the miracles of bookmarking the main forum page 
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Polverone
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Our old web host, Bravidio, controlled our domain name, which was registered by Bravidio on my behalf through directNIC. I asked for them to unlock
their directNIC account so the domain could be transferred to a new registrar, but they never unlocked it nor replied. I have had to send a letter and
documentation proving my identity and ownership of sciencemadness.org to directNIC to get them to unlock the domain without Bravidio's
cooperation. In the meantime, the domain name has expired because Bravidio didn't renew it or allow me to renew it with a new registrar. Now I
wait for a reply from directNIC or Bravidio to advance the plot of this little drama.
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BromicAcid
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Hopefully everyone has the new page bookmarked or at least knows someone outside of this forum that does. Maybe you should send one of those mass
update e-mails, might generate lots of traffic 
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I am a fish
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If I was you, I'd complain to DirectNIC, using the tough sounding but totally noncommittal phrase "will seek legal advice", and then
carbon-copy the complaint to Bravidio. DirectNIC will probably do nothing, but Bravidio will be sufficiently worried about DirectNIC taking your
side, that they'll be spurred into action.
A similar thing happened to me, when some punk ripped off my "Readily Available Chemicals" website. I complained to the web host, but they
did nothing. I then complained to the host's ISP, carbon-copying the complaint to the host. The ISP sent me a form-letter, that amounted to
"Sue us or shut up". The host however, removed the page immediately.
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neutrino
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A minute ago, right in the middle of reading the day’s new posts, I an error telling me that “the connection was refused when attempting to
contact” the site. A quick flush of the DNS fixed this. It might be a freak accident, or there might be some problem with the board’s software.
Has anyone else have this happen to them?
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Esplosivo
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Well yes, a couple of times during the day. I don't know what is happening though, hope the forum will gain the stability of before (... should
it decrease it's entropy?  )
Theory guides, experiment decides.
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Esplosivo
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Got this message when trying to login a few minutes ago.
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Database connection error!!!
A connection to the Database could not be established.
Please check your username, password, database name and host.
Also make sure config.php is rightly configured!
When connecting, the database returned:
Error 1203: User sciencem_xmb1 has already more than 'max_user_connections' active connections
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Theory guides, experiment decides.
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cyclonite4
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Notice the phrase 'max_user_connections'?
It means what it sounds like, you can't connect because the maximum amount of users the board can accept is logged on, I've gotten the same
message several times before, even long before SM shifted hosts.
\"It is dangerous to be right, when your government is wrong.\" - Voltaire
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Esplosivo
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Yeah well I noticed that, but it surely never occured before, at least in my case. And what is the maximum number of users which can log on
simultaneously here? I doubt that a few minutes ago there were more than 10 users, although I don't now the number of guests to be honest. Well
if that's simply it, then its OK.
Theory guides, experiment decides.
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Polverone
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Finally!
DirectNIC received my letter and transferred the domain name to me. It appears that sciencemadness.org is currently resolving correctly on at least
some networks (my campus's, for example) but not not all (not on my local Verizon DSL). I imagine that by tomorrow all the DNS information should
be correctly propagated, and we can go back to using the actual domain name. Then I'll see if the other problems still crop up and, if so, see
about getting them fixed.
Edit: because of how the board software works, you will have to re-login when visiting the board via the domain name instead of the IP address.
Further, I'll have to switch the board back to using domain name instead of IP address.
[Edited on 4-16-2005 by Polverone]
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vulture
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Working fine in rusty old Europe...
It's good to be back.
One shouldn't accept or resort to the mutilation of science to appease the mentally impaired.
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The_Davster
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Glad to see we are back.
I have, however, been noticing a strange problem. A few times today and yesterday I have been browsing the forums, while logged in, and suddenly I am
no longer logged in. If I close firefox and reopen it, I am again logged in, without me entering my username and password.
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Rosco Bodine
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login problem
The science madness dot org address refuses my login even after clearing all cookies and the browser cache .
I had to go back and use the temporary address to login so I could post this message .
UPDATE : Well now it seems to be working fine after trying it again .
Close out all of your browsers and try
again after a couple of minutes .
[Edited on 17-4-2005 by Rosco Bodine]
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Darkblade48
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Rosco Bodine
The science madness dot org address refuses my login even after clearing all cookies and the browser cache .
I had to go back and use the temporary address to login so I could post this message . |
I noticed the same thing. I ended up giving up, getting a new password sent to me, and for some reason, that worked and I can log in again. I changed
my password, and then logged out again, and I could log in fine afterwards.
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BromicAcid
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Twice in the last 24 hours my login status as BromicAcid disappeared. When I went to the main page it said I was logged in still so I closed the
browser and re-opened it and I was logged in again. Strange.
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sparkgap
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To anyone concerned:
Any idea why MSDB was inaccessible for the past few hours? I got a "max_user_connections" error first, and then, the site could no longer be
resolved. 
sparky (°_°)
"What's UTFSE? I keep hearing about it, but I can't be arsed to search for the answer..."
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Polverone
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There were database problems on the server, fixed by a hard restart of the database. This obviously doesn't address whatever the underlying
problem was. Micfo is looking into the problem now, so hopefully it will be prevented in the future. I think this may be the source of the max
connections errors people have seen in the past as well.
Edit: I know the site worked after Micfo informed me of the database restart, but that wouldn't explain why the site didn't resolve at all.
How mysterious. I will continue to ask our host what went wrong and how they can fix it.
[Edited on 4-18-2005 by Polverone]
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neutrino
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I also got the error this morning. Whatever they did didn’t fix the problem.
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The_Davster
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Hmm, this problem is not solely random, the same effect can be produced if one under 'who's online' clicks any link to 'browsing
the index', they are instantly signed off. Refreshing and viewing threads, does not regain logged in status, however pushing the back button
untill one is logged in again works.
EDIT: most threads being viewed under 'who's online do not result in being logged out, but a few do, such as the 'toluene -->
benzaldehyde' thread.
EDIT2: Being logged out also results from the 'MgSO4-->H2SO4' thread, perhaps it has something to do with the ">" symbol, as
under 'who's online' the '>' symbol is viewed as a '>'. ('& gt' but without the space in
between, the board turns it into '>' )
[Edited on 20-4-2005 by rogue chemist]
[Edited on 20-4-2005 by rogue chemist]
[Edited on 20-4-2005 by rogue chemist]
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Polverone
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Can you clarify? I don't know what you mean about viewing threads under who's online. What sequence of actions causes you to be logged out?
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The_Davster
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'who's online' button(just below the detritus section), then clicking on any thread being viewed by someone online that is either
'browsing the index' or any thread that has '-->' in the title will log you out when you click the link to it. In the
'Who's online' page a thread with a --> in the title will appear as '--& gt' (except remove the space between the
'&' and the 'gt', if I do not put the space as I type this, the post will automaticaly convert it to a '-->' )
I hope this makes sense.
EDIT: Strange, clicking a link to 'browsing the index' no longer logs me out.
[Edited on 20-4-2005 by rogue chemist]
[Edited on 20-4-2005 by rogue chemist]
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Polverone
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I didn't realize until that description that Who's Online was actually clickable and showed what it shows. Did this bug show up before the
move?
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The_Davster
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By bug do you mean being able to click the 'who's online' button or the problem of being signed out when certain threads are clicked?
If the latter, I do not remember any problems with being logged out when clicking threads before the move. It is possible that I just never bothered
clicking the links to 'browsing the index' or the certain threads in question with the '-->' in the title before.
EDIT: Now this is strange, even threads like the toluene--> benzaldehyde one, which would previously log me out upon clicking, now do not log me
out.
Strange....
EDIT2: Strange, the same effect is back today, however with diferent types of threads. '/~sciencem/talk/' causes me to be logged out, as
well as assorted other threads with nothing in common. The threads that logged me out yesterday no longer do today. Strange.
[Edited on 20-4-2005 by rogue chemist]
[Edited on 20-4-2005 by rogue chemist]
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