nice burn, skinner

[sniffa]

Approximately one month before the Hurricane, the administrators of Democratic Underground had already begun working with our ISP in order to implement server upgrades. We discussed a number of upgrades, but the most important are the following: We are going to add a fifth web server, and we are going to double the number of processors on our database server from two to four. Had these upgrades been in place when the Hurricane hit, we believe we would have been able to handle the additional traffic.

Of course, we had no way of knowing that our country would experience a disaster of this magnitude, and we did not know that we would need the upgrades quite so soon. I regret that we were not prepared ahead of time, but in our defense I will say that we are not the President of the United States, and no lives were lost due to our lack of readiness.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=announcement&id=177

:rofl:

[BlueEyedSon]

1. LOL!

[Skinner]

2. Thanks.

:smoke:

[expatriot]

3. I just read that too.... AWESOME dig. and here's three cheers for growth!

[redqueen]

4. Wasn't that nice?

:7

[Kerrytravelers]

5. Oh, Skinner, we all wish you were the POTUS.

You are so much more prepared!

[hobbit709]

14. I think Skinner

is smart enough to NOT want the job of POTUS

[Lex]

20. I'd *much* rather have Skinner as POTUS than Captain Clueless,

the guy we have now.

[wellstone_democrat]

6. niiiiiice

very nice

[Spazito]

7. ROFL!

:toast:

[Inland]

8. People who complain about DU administration HATE AMERICA! nt

[Old and In the Way]

9. And you managed to deliver all the way through the event.

Apparently, you weren't eating cake or playing guitar during the disaster.

:-)

[proud patriot]

10. LOL

:rofl:

[Hissyspit]

11. Damn you skinner! It's a states' rights issue!

It was up to the individual forums to expand the servers, not the overall administration!
:evilgrin:

[wakeme2008]

19. Hell it is Lounge problem

all their look alike threads --- Down with Lounge Lizards..... :rofl:

[Hissyspit]

25. Yes! Why the hell didn't they get out of the lounge when they could have?

It's their own fault.

[wakeme2008]

29. Yes they had school buses that they did not use

to move the LL :rofl:

[hootinholler]

31. I heard that one busload made it to the GDdome but...

The driver was arrested for stealing the bus.

-Hoot

[SalmonChantedEvening]

12. Touche! In fact, make a 3 or 4 shay!

:D

[Rainscents]

13. That's funny!

:rofl:

[flamingyouth]

15. Yeah, I know

:spray:

[Vincardog]

16. When the server goes down the Huriterrarists win

[sniffa]

23. why don't you just move to iran then!?

USA!! USA!!

[Sunkiss BlueStar]

17. LOL!!!

i LOGGED on with the DU i had
not the one i wanted!

:rofl: :hi: :bounce:

[Bluebear]

18. Um, isn't it up to MY state to determine how many servers it will occupy?

Why is Skinner shoving these new servers down our throats?

[Kurovski]

21. Cokie Roberts to Skinner;

"Oh, I am so SICK of the blame game!" :-)

[berni_mccoy]

22. Skinner, Just where in this board administration does the Buck Stop?!

(sorry couldn't resist!) :lol:

[Generic Other]

24. Weren't you on vacation, Skinner??

Are we going to see pics of you eating cake and strumming a guitar??

:rofl:

[spacelady]

26. How delicious of you to point that out, Skinner! n/t

[rocktivity]

27. No one could have forseen that Bush thought no one could have forseen

that the levees would break.

:headbang:
rocknation

[Jamastiene]

28. LOL. Needed that. Loved it. So true. n/t

[BlueJac]

30. I'm liken' it!!

:woohoo: