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General Woundwort · #**1311** July 9th, 2003, 02:14 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Yes it does, actually. Not to a layman though. Just a few fields in the forum database could have become corrupted through a random bug or even a power glitch. Every post in the thread is not stored as the same field in the database. Ever have a hard drive crash? It is quite possible for some files in a folder to be recoverable, while other files in the folder are not. This is analogous to the most probable explanation (the random bug/glitch) of the loss of Posts.

[Draws a long puff on pipe, stares sidelong at Fyron]

Perhaps. And I will admit that I am no expert in programming and computer operations. But there are others here who are. Is Mssr. Fyron correct in his assessment? For myself, I find the nature and extent of the damage to be far too convenient for some in these Boards, to chalk it up to an "accident"...

tbontob · #**1312** July 9th, 2003, 04:15 PM

Hmmmm...

The missing Posts were detected on July 7th.

Astute observers that we are,

the Posts may have gone missing on the 6th.

A warning was issued a week ago about hackers planning to disrupt sites on Sunday.

July 6th = Sunday.

Did a hacker do it?

[ July 09, 2003, 15:16: Message edited by: tbontob ]

General Woundwort · #**1313** July 9th, 2003, 04:23 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by tbontob:
Hmmmm...

The missing Posts were detected on July 7th.

Astute observers that we are, the Posts may have gone missing on the 6th.

A warning was issued a week ago about hackers planning to disrupt sites on Sunday.

July 6th = Sunday.

Did a hacker do it?

I doubt it. An outside "hack" would probably have tried something much more spectacular and damaging to the site as a whole. Besides, hackers usually leave some sort of calling card.

[tamps pipe, relights]

Stone Mill · #**1314** July 9th, 2003, 09:13 PM

Hmmm... there's a lot of logic being used in here lately.

All chickens have feathers.

Bill has feathers.

Therefore, Bill is a chicken.

Loser · #**1315** July 9th, 2003, 09:40 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Stone Mill:
Hmmm... there's a lot of logic being used in here lately.

Do not be deceived. Despite the missing Posts, the appearance of seriousness, and the lack of a name change (and all my wonderful suggestions are gone...), this is still the same thread.

Stone Mill · #**1316** July 9th, 2003, 10:21 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Loser:

quote:
Originally posted by Stone Mill:
Hmmm... there's a lot of logic being used in here lately.

Do not be deceived. Despite the missing Posts, the appearance of seriousness, and the lack of a name change (and all my wonderful suggestions are gone...), this is still the same thread.

I'm sorry for your loss... and the loss of others's Posts.

At least we all still have nonsense.

Stone Mill · #**1317** July 9th, 2003, 10:47 PM

Post hoc, ergo propter hoc:

The rooster's crowing caused the sun to come up.

It has been proven that all heroin addicts smoked marijuana in their youth. Therefore, smoking marijuana leads to heroin addiction.

tbontob · #**1318** July 9th, 2003, 11:44 PM

yeh, if the Posts were nonsense...

then all that was lost was nonsense...

So why all the grief?

Ragnarok · #**1319** July 10th, 2003, 12:03 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by tbontob:

So why all the grief?

Because we are no longer the largest thread at the forums! We had just overtaken the B5 thread a couple weeks ago before this happened. All that hard work gone down the drain.

General Woundwort · #**1320** July 10th, 2003, 02:06 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ragnarok:
Because we are no longer the largest thread at the forums! We had just overtaken the B5 thread a couple weeks ago before this happened. All that hard work gone down the drain.

And of course, it was all a random accident. [draws long puff with ironic smile]