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Hi All,
Used a link on my bar in Chorme this am and got the hamsters eating boards error, tried going through Google and still had rodents eating PCB's. So I think the site could have been down... now its working...
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"Site Bugs/Suggestions" 
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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I suppose so, but it's working now, my PC is known to have farts where things don't work, I suppose I should make more use of the is it me website...
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It was for a while but, hey! Isn't the hamster picture one of the coolest error messages that you've ever seen?
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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PeejayAdams wrote: Isn't the hamster picture one of the coolest error messages that you've ever seen?
Yes, but I prefer the 404 on CP mode...
Don't look for the page, just try to realize the truth... there is no page
with bob in kimono malforming a spoon.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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glennPattonWork wrote: So I think the site could have been down... now its working...
are you really sure it was up?
are you really sure it was down?
and what if it's only halfway up?
Bonus question:
what does a cat think about when it's inside a box?
This internet thing is amazing! Letting people use it: worst idea ever!
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Lopatir wrote: are you really sure it was up?
are you really sure it was down?
and what if it's only halfway up?
It is up, and it is u̅p̅ 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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As any British schoolchild could tell you:
"When they were up they were up,
And when they were down they were down,
And when they were only half-way up,
Their trousers all fell down."
The Grand Old Duke of York - Wikipedia[^] 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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I'm still waiting to hear what happened here. Basically our Redis server went into an unstable state (kinda fits our current mood, really). It was soundly kicked and we're back in business.
The thing that really irks us is the monitoring systems were all saying Life's Goodtm.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Create improvised movement (9)
... such stuff as dreams are made on
modified 6-Jun-18 6:01am.
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MAKESHIFT?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Bingo!
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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And CP is back as well! Yay!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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The latest move by Microsoft to purchase GITHub in an all-stock offer is making rounds on the headlines. Is it good for Microsoft or GitHub? Would open source be challenged by proprietary software?
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Lesley[^] got there before you.
Twice.[^]
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Interesting corollary post. Thanks for sharing the same.
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Deepak Vasudevan wrote: Is it good for Microsoft or GitHub?
Yes.Deepak Vasudevan wrote: Would open source be challenged by proprietary software?
No.
This space for rent
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Message Closed
modified 6-Jun-18 7:18am.
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There's a very good article about this linked on the Insider News forum today - I recommend you read it.
The point is this - GitHub is leaking cash like nobody's business and can only realistically survive if bought by one of the tech giants.
Of those giants, Microsoft are the only one that has shown any genuine commitment to open source.
If you have a compelling argument as to why it would be in safer hands with Google, Facebook, Amazon or IBM, I'd love to hear it.
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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PeejayAdams wrote: GitHub is leaking cash like nobody's business and can only realistically survive if bought by one of the tech giants.
Hmmmm.... I guess that makes sense.
I (and many others) use the free service.
There are no advertisements, so how would they make any money?
And that leads us to an interesting set of things to think about.
* Companies eat money to survive -- if nothing else just to pay employees.
* Many users are turned off by free stuff that has advertising.
* Often those same users are turned off by a large company buying out the company.
How can the company survive if they have no revenue stream? They cannot.
They're either going to monetize the site (advertise) or be bought up by the Big Corp.
I really like GitHub and hope it doesn't change under M$ direction.
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I think what Microsoft could well do here is leave it pretty much as it is.
They'll certainly believe that they can run it at less of a loss - they're pretty good at running a business, after all.
What losses remain can be justified quite easily as a "soft" marketing expense. Rather than spoiling things with explicit advertising they can simply say that the resulting gain in good-will from the development community will, in the long-run, lead to a higher uptake of Microsoft technologies and ultimately, any money spent on GitHub is money well spent.
It's not entirely dissimilar to the way that they already promote .NET with the VS and SQL Express editions. Offer people the chance to learn with free versions of enterprise level tools and there's every chance that a few years down the line when those same people are making tech choices for their employers or their start-ups that they'll opt for .NET because they know it and trust it. These are far more effective strategies than any kind of direct advertising could ever hope to be.
Yes, some people will blindly bitch about it because a big corporation is involved but I don't see that there arguments are valid as long as the corporation is adopting a fundamentally symbiotic approach.
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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Why? Microsoft is one of the biggest contributors on github now. Perhaps you would care to elaborate with a well thought out and well reasoned argument.
This space for rent
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there's fish out there that think humans are wonderful, because they keep throwing food into the sea, ... until one day when that food has hook in it. Not so good after all.
microsoft is saturating the environment with free stuff.
and lest we forget all their free stuff does come with their version of a free ware/source licences.
Reminds me of something...
Harmlessly passing your time in the grassland away
Only dimly aware of a certain unease in the air
You better watch out
There may be dogs about
I've looked over Jordan, and I have seen
Things are not what they seem
What do you get for pretending the danger's not real
Meek and obedient you follow the leader
Down well trodden corridors into the valley of steel
What a surprise!
A look of terminal shock in your eyes
Now things are really what they seem
No, this is no bad dream.
Name that song.
anyway jus saying, and to wrap up another question: why do people study history?
This internet thing is amazing! Letting people use it: worst idea ever!
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