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#1 2009-12-01 14:21:26

andresmh
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Website site will be down from Thursday afternoon to Friday

We are upgrading our server and we need to bring down the site for an extended period of time.

Will keep you updated on http://twitter.com/scratchteam


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#2 2009-12-01 14:25:32

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Re: Website site will be down from Thursday afternoon to Friday

Thanks for telling us and sometimes it's good to take a break from things too  smile


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#3 2009-12-01 15:12:00

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Re: Website site will be down from Thursday afternoon to Friday

Aww...  - Does that mean we can't upload projects?


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#4 2009-12-01 15:14:19

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Re: Website site will be down from Thursday afternoon to Friday

Lucario621 wrote:

Aww...  - Does that mean we can't upload projects?

You could always upload projects the next day, if you don't have a deadline  tongue


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#5 2009-12-01 18:19:44

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Re: Website site will be down from Thursday afternoon to Friday

Thanks in advance! I hate it when the website goes down without any warning.


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#6 2009-12-01 18:36:03

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Re: Website site will be down from Thursday afternoon to Friday

Good to know now I won't keep waiting for it to come back up i'll do something else.


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#7 2009-12-01 20:44:16

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Re: Website site will be down from Thursday afternoon to Friday

Thanks for the notice!

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#8 2009-12-01 22:14:03

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Re: Website site will be down from Thursday afternoon to Friday

Thanks for the update! I will take note of it! And also I'm just curious... Does anyone know how large the server is? I'm just curious...  wink  Thanks!


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#9 2009-12-01 23:26:41

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Re: Website site will be down from Thursday afternoon to Friday

Thanks for the warning, Andrés!


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#10 2009-12-01 23:47:07

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Re: Website site will be down from Thursday afternoon to Friday

andresmh wrote:

We are upgrading our server and we need to bring down the site for an extended period of time.

Will keep you updated on http://twitter.com/scratchteam

Is your twitter feed tied to a facebook account?  I'd prefer to get my updates there.


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#11 2009-12-02 00:18:09

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Re: Website site will be down from Thursday afternoon to Friday

Thanks for telling us! I'll be careful not to do anything big.  smile


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#12 2009-12-02 00:20:59

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Re: Website site will be down from Thursday afternoon to Friday

BoltBait wrote:

andresmh wrote:

We are upgrading our server and we need to bring down the site for an extended period of time.

Will keep you updated on http://twitter.com/scratchteam

Is your twitter feed tied to a facebook account?  I'd prefer to get my updates there.

Who are you talking to? And don't just assume that anyone has a twitter or facebook account.  smile


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#13 2009-12-02 01:59:34

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Re: Website site will be down from Thursday afternoon to Friday

Jonathanpb wrote:

BoltBait wrote:

andresmh wrote:

We are upgrading our server and we need to bring down the site for an extended period of time.

Will keep you updated on http://twitter.com/scratchteam

Is your twitter feed tied to a facebook account?  I'd prefer to get my updates there.

Who are you talking to? And don't just assume that anyone has a twitter or facebook account.  smile

He's talking to Andrés, and the Scratch Team has their own Facebook profile I think.


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#14 2009-12-02 03:10:49

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Re: Website site will be down from Thursday afternoon to Friday

jacool wrote:

Jonathanpb wrote:

BoltBait wrote:


Is your twitter feed tied to a facebook account?  I'd prefer to get my updates there.

Who are you talking to? And don't just assume that anyone has a twitter or facebook account.  smile

He's talking to Andrés, and the Scratch Team has their own Facebook profile I think.

Are you sure? I thought the Scratch Team would know before everyone else.  tongue


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#15 2009-12-02 06:01:02

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Re: Website site will be down from Thursday afternoon to Friday

Which timezone do you mean?

Last edited by mathematics (2009-12-03 03:53:57)

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#16 2009-12-02 12:38:20

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Re: Website site will be down from Thursday afternoon to Friday

Today's Fursday? I thought it was Thriday


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#17 2009-12-02 17:33:07

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Re: Website site will be down from Thursday afternoon to Friday

scratch_yoshi wrote:

The website isn't down though. Today is Thursday December 2nd, 2009 4:25 PM.

Wednesday December 2nd, 2009 5:33 PM.

That new time was what it was as I typed this.


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#18 2009-12-03 10:53:41

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Re: Website site will be down from Thursday afternoon to Friday

The time is 10:53am EST, December 3rd (I think) And the site will close in approx. 1 hour and 17 minutes.


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#19 2009-12-03 11:05:50

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Re: Website site will be down from Thursday afternoon to Friday

I wonder what will be added when the site is down! Upgrade automatically means to add things!

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#20 2009-12-03 11:17:25

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Re: Website site will be down from Thursday afternoon to Friday

Latest twitter post says the server is going down at 5:30 PM EST or just about 6 hours from now.


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#21 2009-12-03 15:20:08

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Re: Website site will be down from Thursday afternoon to Friday

Let the count down begin! Lets start! 2 hours left!1:59 left...1:58 left...1:5..i quit this argh!


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#22 2009-12-03 15:37:31

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Re: Website site will be down from Thursday afternoon to Friday

the server is disabling some features. it must be getting ready for the shut down

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#23 2009-12-03 20:37:23

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Re: Website site will be down from Thursday afternoon to Friday

hmmm thats weird....its said thursdays through friday but it shut down and its not friday yet  tongue


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#24 2009-12-03 21:33:10

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Re: Website site will be down from Thursday afternoon to Friday

It seems like it's finished. But maybe not. If so, this should be closed.


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#25 2009-12-03 21:37:13

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Re: Website site will be down from Thursday afternoon to Friday

Wow what long maintenance! Friday came so fast.

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