We're still troubleshooting the problem, but there was a failure of our database server. No data was lost since the time of the failure.

More as we learn it.

Well done for getting the site back up!

Hope it all goes smoothly

Glad ATS is back up

I got in from work at 5am this morning and ATS was down then........12 hours later and its back...............only thing is I have to go to work in 30 mins !!!

Glad to see everything is all good.

Yay! I was just starting to have withdrawals.

Wasn't pretty with all the drooling and stuff.

Good to see you up. Was hoping the government didn't shut us down.

Welcome back.
With out ATS I got to take a shower and change my clothes.

Hey SO what kind of server is ATS running on? Just curious. I once worked at a place that used MACs and for some odd reason they would crash almost once a day if not two.

Nice to see you guys back.

A very relieved,

CabalX

I hope the reason I heard isn't correct because I'd be monumentally upset.

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[edit on 7-10-2005 by DontTreadOnMe]

YEAH, SO. Bravo! Thank you. A million times thank you.

This place CAN'T go down. It's an essential public service. Plus, I need it.

IMO - we're on to something here. ATS is a threat. Must be a conspiracy angle here. Must be. I know - if we can't find the evidence, let's just make something up. You know, plant it.

Thanks for the downtime Skeptic... I shaved for the first time in a year and a half. I ate a normal breakfast too.

Oh well, back to self-destructive obsession now.

Hey Guys,

Glad to see the site is back up.

Is the search function working yet? I'm just interested in following down a lead or two and it doesn't seemt o be giving me the right answers if you see what I mean... :-) (ie I'm searching for something that has been discussed on the board.)

*scratches his arms nervously while looking around*

Yeah.....It's great...hehe...great! I got my fix now!

*Goes bug-eyed and passes out*

SO, nice to see ATS back.

I had just finished a fairly long Hallowe'en story and clicked to enter it into worldwatchers contest when the site went down.
For a second I thought it was my story that caused it

Glad I didn't lose the story when it dumped

Hey, SO. You know it couldn't have been me. I haven't quoted a single item in days!

Great job bringing it back up! And my kitchen is so pretty and clean, too!

Just a quick note for those that may not know: If ATS domains are down, you might check the Lounge forum at IgnoranceDenied.com. Others posted about ATS being down, and then Springer commented about it. Really does help to know what's going on a bit:

www.ignorancedenied.com...

Now if I could only get ID to send me my password.

[edit on 7-10-2005 by TrueAmerican]

Well done SO, I nearly had a fit! LOL

Glad to know we still have a hangout. I was getting worried. Two days later, I would have been saying,

"Hi! I'm Gary, and I'm an alcoholic. I started when ATS went offline......."