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Order-of-Posts Bug

MikeManMikeMan Registered User regular
edited May 2009 in H.Q. Reception Desk
There seems to be a bug that I've just noticed today in the D&D chat, but seems to be forum-wide. Others have noticed it too. When posts are close in posting time to one another, they often get reversed, leading to weirdness and situations where you quote someone who then posts the quoted message after you.

It's annoying and strange.

Sorry if this has been mentioned but I didn't see it anywhere.

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  • NocturneNocturne Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Yeah, you totally got that post in the [chat] thread, which is why I posted after you with "Thank god I didn't get that" and got it.

    Nonetheless, I've also seen people quoting a post that appears after the post that they quote it in. I'll see if I can link any examples.

    Edit: Here we go. That post is quoting a post 2 below it.

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  • MikeManMikeMan Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=84484&page=2

    it happens like 3 times on that page alone

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  • ThanatosThanatos Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Yeah, it's been happening in a bunch of different threads in a bunch of different subforums.

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Obviously Ramius has been experimenting with time travel.

    and he has succeeded

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  • Dunadan019Dunadan019 Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Blaket wrote: »
    Obviously Ramius has been experimenting with time travel.

    and he has succeeded

    if he truly succeeded, he would have known mikeman would have posted this thread and killed him in order to exploit the stock market in secret like a mysterious all knowing overlord.... ALL HAIL RAMIUS.

    that is to say, i've seen this too. weird.

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  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    I think the best way of phrasing it was "man, it's like memento in here today".


    It's about that easy to follow threads

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  • AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    The SE++ watchmen thread has gone insane.

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  • Sgt EversmanSgt Eversman Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    It's these

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    Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for dinner.

    Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the outcome.
  • Sgt EversmanSgt Eversman Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Sgt Eversman wrote: »
    It's these
    Tachyons. They're muddling things up...

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    Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for dinner.

    Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the outcome.
  • Sgt EversmanSgt Eversman Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Oh wait they fixed it

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    Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for dinner.

    Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the outcome.
  • Sgt EversmanSgt Eversman Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Sgt Eversman wrote: »
    Oh wait they fixed it

    or did they

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    Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for dinner.

    Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the outcome.
  • Sgt EversmanSgt Eversman Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Sgt Eversman wrote: »
    Sgt Eversman wrote: »
    Oh wait they fixed it

    or did they

    maybe they did over here....

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    Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for dinner.

    Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the outcome.
  • Sgt EversmanSgt Eversman Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    yeah for some reason it doesn't do it here but SE is all wacked out. Huh. That's weird.

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    Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for dinner.

    Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the outcome.
  • VixxVixx Valkyrie: prepared! Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    it usually happens when the forums list two people as having posted in the same minute, so I would imagine that in this thread, where that has yet to happen, there is no issue

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    If I post two things right now

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    there will be an error?

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  • RingoRingo He/Him a distinct lack of substanceRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Blaket fails reading comprehension in all timestreams

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  • VixxVixx Valkyrie: prepared! Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    no and I just found out from my brief exchange with Khoo that the actual timing of the posts per se doesn't seem to matter, it's when the forum slots in your post relative to others around the same minute, so it looks like an issue with the database's log/clock

    I posted something before him at, say, 12:30, and he posted a response after that, but his responding post got logged at 12:29 as far as the forum's clock is concerned

    so basically, posts as they are listed in the database are being shifted around; a direct link to a post one second is probably a link to a different post the next second

    I've also noticed that the post-timer is wonky... at one point it told me to wait another 17 seconds when there was no way I was only 13 seconds past my previous post... almost 30 seconds had passed by then

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  • Sgt EversmanSgt Eversman Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Vivixenne wrote: »
    no and I just found out from my brief exchange with Khoo that it's not the actual timing of the posts per se, it's when the forum chooses to slot in your post relative to others around the same minute

    so...what your saying is..the forum is...alive?

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    Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for dinner.

    Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the outcome.
  • RingoRingo He/Him a distinct lack of substanceRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Vivixenne wrote: »
    I've also noticed that the post-timer is wonky... at one point it told me to wait another 17 seconds when there was no way I was only 13 seconds past my previous post... almost 30 seconds had passed by then
    Your posts had to wait so others could pass you by

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  • HakkekageHakkekage Space Whore Academy summa cum laudeRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Yeah this thing is giving me a headache

    what caused it in the first place?

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  • PonyPony Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Hakkekage wrote: »
    Yeah this thing is giving me a headache

    what caused it in the first place?

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  • HakkekageHakkekage Space Whore Academy summa cum laudeRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    I shoulda known!

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  • RingoRingo He/Him a distinct lack of substanceRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    RADIO TIMES

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  • PonyPony Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    the watchmen thread in SE++ is fantastic

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  • PonyPony Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Pony wrote: »
    the watchmen thread in SE++ will be fantastic

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  • RingoRingo He/Him a distinct lack of substanceRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Pony wrote: »
    Pony wrote: »
    the watchmen thread in SE++ will be fantastic
    Already was

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  • PonyPony Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Pony wrote: »
    the watchmen thread in SE++ was fantastic

    Pony on
  • RingoRingo He/Him a distinct lack of substanceRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Ringo wrote: »
    Pony wrote: »
    Pony wrote: »
    the watchmen thread in SE++ will be fantastic
    Already give up

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  • colawarscolawars Pittsburgh, PARegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    i've noticed this bug for some time now. it's so random, though....

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  • Calamity JaneCalamity Jane That Wrong Love Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    The best I can offer in terms of what I know about this is that the post timers are a big part of it.

    I've done two posts in succession. If I click to post again immediately after a post, the timer fucks up and the new post I've made will appear ABOVE the one prior to it.

    Now, where it gets weird is when somebody's thread immediately becomes yours after you post immediately after them.

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  • Calamity JaneCalamity Jane That Wrong Love Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    dang

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  • Calamity JaneCalamity Jane That Wrong Love Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    seriously

    edit: see?

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    No I actually posted those two back to back

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    hmm I think it has fixed itself.

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Ringo wrote: »
    Blaket fails reading comprehension in all timestreams

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    No wait it hasn't but now there isn't any post timer between posts.

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  • Tommy2HandsTommy2Hands what is this where am i Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Tommy2Hands wrote: »
    Or has it?

    Nope

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  • Tommy2HandsTommy2Hands what is this where am i Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Or has it?

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  • ÄlphämönkëyÄlphämönkëy Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Fixed. One server had it's time server sync daemon shut down and its clock had drifted. 
    #ntpdate db1                                                             ~
 4 Mar 00:24:33 ntpdate[19446]: step time server db1 offset -43.403061 sec

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