What's up at welding web?

[Evan03]

Dave

Log in at WW not working.
Im having a brain fart on how to send a pm

 

[MinnesotaDaveChalmers]

Ha! No problem - PM inbound

 

[Evan03]

They coudnt find me. Replied back no matches to my name or email .

 

[Gordon Gould]

Worked for me just now. Been trying right along. This was the first time it worked.

gg

 

[California]

They coudnt find me. Replied back no matches to my name or email .

They had to restore from a mid-June backup. If you joined after that, there won't be any record of you.

 

[Evan03]

Yeah ill reregister. Im attempting to chase wires on the big 40. But brrrr its cold

 

[Evan03]

Registration is not working put my birthdate hit proceed and get page saying unable do this request

 

[MinnesotaDaveChalmers]

Registration is not working put my birthdate hit proceed and get page saying unable do this request

That was one of the problems I posted on the moderators board yesterday - appears to not be fixed yet based on your experience.
I'll post it again today.

 

[California]

NO! The mods on WW do a fantastic job:thumbsup::thumbsup:. I couldn't even make up something bad to say about them!

Did you get back in ok? I scanned through a few threads, didn't see you.

 

[Shield Arc]

Did you get back in ok? I scanned through a few threads, didn't see you.

Yes I did. I just posted about controlling warpage.

 

[California]

Did you get back in ok?

Yes I did. I just posted about controlling warpage.

Good. I'm always learning - or rather, got a start from from zero - from reading yours and other pro's posts. Thanks.

 

[MinnesotaDaveChalmers]

The tech guy reports that the "forgot password" feature now works again for re-setting passwords

 

[MOTractor]

I have tried to register twice. They say my email is banned - odd, it works for TBN. The random question was "what is later morning or evening" I answered evening - said that was the wrong answer. :laughing:

 

[MinnesotaDaveChalmers]

I have tried to register twice. They say my email is banned - odd, it works for TBN. The random question was "what is later morning or evening" I answered evening - said that was the wrong answer. :laughing:

Fancy technology is stupid. Further proof that computers aren't reliable enough drive cars, they can't even tell morning from evening

 

[MOTractor]

Fancy technology is stupid. Further proof that computers aren't reliable enough drive cars, they can't even tell morning from evening

I went back to try a 3rd time and stopped when I saw the random question: You are at _______wed

Yep, "web" was misspelled. I'll wait a few days till they get the kinks worked out

 

[MinnesotaDaveChalmers]

I have tried to register twice. They say my email is banned - odd, it works for TBN. The random question was "what is later morning or evening" I answered evening - said that was the wrong answer. :laughing:

Good news, tech guy said that question doesn't exist so you can't have answered it wrong

He has temporarily disabled the "are you a human" type stuff while they work on that.

 

[MOTractor]

I sure am glad it does not exist. and the "are you human" stuff is still there.

 

[MinnesotaDaveChalmers]

I sure am glad it does not exist. and the "are you human" stuff is still there.
View attachment 542705

... I'm never buying a computer driven car..

I'll forward that screenshot too.

 

[MOTractor]

... I'm never buying a computer driven car..

I'll forward that screenshot too.

Thank you!

 

[California]

Dave, when everybody calms down over there I hope you can ask for a technical explanation of wth happened.

It sounds like the site was hosted at some contracted facility, not inside Penton, so they may never tell. But a disaster of that magnitude - hundreds of websites - will likely get written up in some tech journal someday. Losing 8 months of backups at once is rare - I hope.

I used to do network administration on a far smaller scale - starting back before wifi and when a network card to put in your PC cost $100 if you wanted to set its IP manually with jumpers before installing it, or $200 if you wanted DHCP. (server assigns IP address to each connected device, now the general standard). We've come a long way but the basics of adequate, frequently tested backups remain just as relevant now. Our server was visible from a street window so physical theft was a realistic possibility. Backup tapes were always off site. If needed, I could have reloaded a tape onto replacement hardware and been back up quickly. It seems that hosting company never before had to prove this capability.