PBW server is back up.

[1FSTCAT]

So what's the latest update, Geo? Is this going to be another 30 day hiatus, or what?

--Ed

[geoschmo]

Originally posted by 1FSTCAT:
So what's the latest update, Geo? Is this going to be another 30 day hiatus, or what?

--Ed

One day at a time...

[farstryder]

The Gamer's Woe
by Johan Baumeister (aka farstryder)
(to be read in the style of Seuss)

Once upon a gloomy time,
A saddened gamer made a rhyme.
It was a story of his woes,
And this is how that sad rhyme goes:

When he awoke, his very first thought,
Was not of food, nor tea, piping hot.
It was of his most dear pastime,
That game of games, SE4 so sublime.

But alas! Woe was he,
PBW down? How could it be?!?
Crushed and gloomy, he turned to his rack,
Tried to have fun, but the gloom wouldn't crack.

So he sat down and cried,
And cried, 'cause he'd tried,
To have fun, but could not.
When who should appear, but Xintis, the bot!

The gloomy gamer barely perked up,
But Xintis told him, "Stop crying, sit up!
I've got a solution, one you must hear:
Call all your friends, both far and near!"

"We'll drum up a crowd of fans large and small,
Too many to know how to deal with them all.
Then start up a game via TCP."
"My router is broken, it won't work, you'll see!"

Said the boy to the bot, sad as could be.
The bot pondered that, said, "Watch some TV!"
With much distress and indignation,
With feelings of dread, and suffocation,

The gamer went over where the gleaming bot stood.
Dressed only in PJ's, a shirt with a hood,
The gamer-boy grumpily sat himself down.
While Xintis whistled happily, much like a clown.

He turned on the TV, changed the channel,
From Home Improvement, with Al and his flannel,
To Video 1, with its screen full of snow.
And shortly said, "Get ready for the show."

The boy had forgotten he owned Star Wars,
And Lord of the Rings, with elves and dwarves.
These magical, fantasy stories kept his mind free,
While valiant Geoschmo battled the evil ISP.

THE END

[rextorres]

Pretty cool! I think you get an extra 10% for that though.

[geoschmo]

The ISP tech ran the problem back to the central office and has passed it off to the telco, as expected. The telco has commited to getting out and checking their hardware by tommorow afternoon, which was a little unexpected. I guess my little email the other day is still having a motivating effect.

Knock on wood, maybe we'll be back up tommorow night. No promises though, of course.

Geoschmo

[Roanon]

Tomorrow they will find out that someone needs to flip a switch. So they will have to send out someone who knows how to flip switches. Unfortunately, the telco's only expert for that is skying somewhere, and expected to be back after Xmas. The usual bad luck added, he will have broken his leg while skying prolonging his absence till end of january. Of course, the temporary employment of a six year old who knows how to flip switches will be vividly discussed, but rejected because the telco cannot afford the additional costs estimating about 4 bubblegums.

[Atrocities]

Daja'vu (sp)

I think this has happened before..........