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Site sticks at March 26th?
toekneebullard
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I'm having a very weird issue. Everytime I visit Penny-Arcade.com, the front page is the post from March 26th. If I click "comic" I guess Uncompromising Vision (not sure what date that was posted.) The next, and new buttons only take me back to the front page, dated March 26th.
I've tried it in Firefox 2, Firefox 3B5, and IE7. Everything gets me the same results. I've cleared my cache and it doesn't change anything. I've asked a friend, and he also only sees the 3/26 post.
What's up?
I've tried it in Firefox 2, Firefox 3B5, and IE7. Everything gets me the same results. I've cleared my cache and it doesn't change anything. I've asked a friend, and he also only sees the 3/26 post.
What's up?
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chair to Creation and then suplex the Void.
Posting this for a mate of mine. He's having similar trouble loading the site. Everything before a month ago is fine, and Free Waffles is the latest comic he can see. He's cleared his cache, that doesn't change anything. He tried from his iPhone, different OS, different hardware, different everything, Safari, mobile, and he still gets Free Waffles and the blog about EA selling guns.
I linked him direct links to the new comics and the image urls as well. Both give him an error that says "Clearly something has gone terribly terribly wrong. We're sorry we can't find that file. Tycho is as confused as you are..."
Anyone have a clue what could be wrong and/or a solution?
cheers!
Mog
me: what's wrong with Penny Arcade?
Mogget: why what's wrong?
me: no new comic in a month?
Mogget: what?
i think the rss feed is broken
there've been new comics
exertiones and all!
me: is my link broken then?
when I go to penny-arcade.com I get a month old blog that links to a month old comic, and I've gotten that for the last month
Mogget: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/04/23/le-twittre/
try that
me: Clearly something has gone terribly terribly wrong. We're sorry we can't find that file. Tycho is as confused as you are...
Mogget: what?
that's weird
me: and if I take out the "le-twittre" bit, then it just bumps me back to penny-arcade.com again, to the same month old comic
Mogget: clear your cache
that's a comic from today
bloody funny too
made me lol
[grin]
me: how do I do that?
Mogget: um
do you use firefox?
me: yes
Mogget: go to tools
me: 'clear private data' ?
Mogget: clear private data
yeah
should work
me: Clearly something has gone terribly terribly wrong. We're sorry we can't find that file. Tycho is as confused as you are...
Mogget: bah
me: and if I click 'comic' then I get the FREE WAFFLES comic from last month
I've been stuck on FREE WAFFLES for a month now
Mogget: aww
will try to fix
me: and the blog about EA selling guns
Sent at 8:27 AM on Wednesday
Mogget: http://www.penny-arcade.com/images/2008/20080423.jpg
does that work?
me: it's blank
Mogget: bah
me: that's today's comic?
how very odd
Mogget: yup
did you change anything with your browser?
or internet?
or comp?
me: I get "FREE WAFFLES" with my iphone
same thing
different OS, different hardware, different everything, Safari, mobile, and I still get FREE WAFFLES
Mogget: weird
http://www.penny-arcade.com/images/2008/20080416.jpg
how about that?
Sent at 8:57 AM on Wednesday
me: nope
Mogget: some dude seems to be having a similar problem [grin]
do you use google reader?
try using it to access PA
me: what is google reader?
Mogget: reader.google.com
me: I type in the url in 'add subscriptions' ?
Mogget: yup
me: "Oops an error has occurred, please try again in a few seconds."
did that to me 4 times
Mogget: oh ffs
if you like, I can rehost the images for you [grin]
me: A Preview
Wed, March 26 2008 - 10:49 AM
by: Tycho
Its worst tendencies having gone dormant for months, Electronic Arts suddenly drew itself up to its full height and began a fresh round of decapitations. Over the years, we've had to hold interventions like this from time to time for the company. It is in that spirit that we open a dialogue.
etc
where do you see that guy talking about having the same problem?
forum somewhere?
Mogget: yeah
PA forum
I'll post
me: link me?
Mogget: one sec
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=55663
me: Downtime
Status: Done!
New IP: 208.81.201.38
Hi All,
I'm sure some of you all have noticed that some weird errors and slowness has showed up in the past day or so. I'm going to pull the forums offline and move them into a new datacenter tonight. There will be a few hours that the forums will be offline entirely as I move the forums from Santa Clara to LA.
We will also be changing IP addresses for the forums, so it might take a little bit for your computer to notice the new forum IP address. If you know how to update your HOSTS file, I'll post the IP address in the downtime message so you can start chatting immediately otherwise it should take 1-8 hours depending on your ISP and luck.
-Alpha
Mogget: what;s that from?
me: that's what I get from your link
Mogget: wuh
me: it sounds like whatever domain name server by web browser is referencing might be pointing me to the wrong IP
doesn't it?
Mogget: yes, but that's not the link I sent you
[wince]
me: I realize that, but the link you sent me would go to the wrong IP if the DNS had bum info about where PA is supposed to be
AHA!
yup
I get to the right thread if I go here:
http://208.81.201.38/showthread.php?t=55663
lol
Mogget: interesting
what do you get if you enter the ip address?
me: the PA forums
not the main site
Sent at 9:16 AM on Wednesday
me: rofl, I just registered for their forums and I had to spoof it the same way
Mogget: lol
me: and it won't let me log in
for the same reasons
can you post a message for me, maybe?
Mogget: sure
just signed up meself
me: just throw this chatlog in there
PS: his email verification won't work for the same reason.
Still having the same issues with the site. Again, I've tried typing in the URL, links from the feed, links via google search...nothing seems to work.
This truly boggles my mind.
It has started working again...my friend just IMed saying it was working for him to. Not sure what has changed...
If it happens again, I'll try flushing my DNS.