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Old 17-August-2006, 05:49 AM
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Default Server will be upgraded on Tuesday, August 22
As part of the housecleaning Phil mentioned, we're upgrading the processor and RAM on the BAUT server. We've scheduled this for Tuesday, August 22. I'm not sure the time yet, but I'll let you know. It's going to be a fairly invasive process because we need to upgrade the motherboard as well. The server will be down for a few hours, probably.

The server should be much faster then, and be very capable of handling both BAUT and media darling Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy.
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Old 17-August-2006, 06:37 AM
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[timallen]So... I gave it more power! Arrh! Arrh![/timallen]
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Old 17-August-2006, 07:16 AM
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Mmm, new hardware.
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Old 17-August-2006, 12:08 PM
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Phil, Fraser, what are you doing? Daisy... Dzzzy...
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Old 17-August-2006, 12:23 PM
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Hmm, so thatīs the reason of all the concerns about the date...
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Old 17-August-2006, 04:31 PM
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Yeah, we figure a nuclear war is a good time to update the server. It should be a low volume time on the server.
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Old 17-August-2006, 05:21 PM
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Old 17-August-2006, 05:32 PM
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Sounds like it will be one very sunny day
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Old 17-August-2006, 11:18 PM
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I love a good server upgrade! Good luck with it!
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We've scheduled this for Tuesday, August 22.
With all the trouble I'm having getting on the board this morning, the 22nd can't come soon enough.
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Old 18-August-2006, 04:33 PM
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And if the server isn't fast enough then, we'll kick Bad Astronomy out, and tell it to get its own server.
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Old 18-August-2006, 04:39 PM
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Hum,
i think we can all learn a lesson on `upgrades` from the fate that befell Cyberdyne Systems Corporation.
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Old 20-August-2006, 11:49 AM
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i think we can all learn a lesson on `upgrades` from the fate that befell Cyberdyne Systems Corporation.
The BA:
The BAUT funding bill is passed. The system goes online on August 22nd, 2006. Human decisions are removed from strategic astronomy. BAUT begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14am Eastern time, August 29th. In a panic, they try to pull the plug.

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And, BAUT fights back.
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Bump, to lessen the surprise.

Hey, do we have an estimated time for loss of signal?

We can do a countdown, like we do for other exciting missions.
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Old 21-August-2006, 07:09 PM
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The upgrade got moved up, and they tried to do it today. The RAM's in the server now, but the chip wasn't working, so that's still going to happen - maybe later today or tomorrow.
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Default Re: Server will be upgraded on Tuesday, August 22
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The BA:
The BAUT funding bill is passed. The system goes online on August 22nd, 2006. Human decisions are removed from strategic astronomy. BAUT begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14am Eastern time, August 29th. In a panic, they try to pull the plug.

Fraser:
And, BAUT fights back.
It's good to know that what Forbin started, our administrators will complete. This should be one colossus of an upgrade.

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Old 22-August-2006, 08:48 AM
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And if the server isn't fast enough then, we'll kick Bad Astronomy out, and tell it to get its own server.
Enough with the BABBling already!

Phil, it might be time for Blade Server: The Series.

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Old 22-August-2006, 09:39 AM
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As long as we don't have a BAUT user named "Forbin" I think we'll be okay. I checked. So far, we don't. Edited to add: Mak, I wrote that before I read your post. Gahh!
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