<sarcasm>
We're vindictive and backwards.  And drunk with power...!
</sarcasm>

Luckily it's 12:30am on the day after Super Bowl Sunday.  Therefore
Monday Morning Quarterbacking is acceptable.


derk.

On Feb 2, 12:10 am, TheCat <[email protected]> wrote:
> That doesn't make any sense.  They should be building the new site on
> a backup server.  The old site would be on the current (old) server,
> and just closed so edits can't be made and threads can't be posted.
> Then, when the new site is ready to go live, you flip a switch and
> turn off the old server and turn on the new one.
>
> Chris
>
> On Feb 1, 9:26 pm, Phil Alberg <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > My understanding is that it's not just an upgrade but rather a
> > re-configuring of all the database pointers.  It's a very delicate
> > operation.  There is no way a static copy could be retained, as all of
> > the linkages are impacted.
>
> > On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 12:17 AM, TheCat <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > Why in the world didn't they leave a static copy of the site
> > > available?  At least we could have searched and downloaded files and
> > > such.  Seems a bit crazy to just take the whole site down for an
> > > upgrade.
>
> > --
> > Eastern MA Gaminghttp://www.unitygames.org/
>
> > "But how do you plan for a bank full of nuns?"
>
> > "When playing a game the goal is to win, but it is the goal that is
> > important, not the winning."
> > - Reiner Knizia
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