NQIG News

Monday, January 24, 2005

Forums are down and Motoko as a whole will be soon

Server Status: Up but limping along

Server Notes
Motoko was the victim of a virus that seems to want to infect her phpBB2. This is entirely my own fault. A large number of different systems had to malfunction (I failed to update her phpBB2, installed Apache 2 poorly, and otherwise did stupid things I thought I could get away with.) before this could happen, and all of them where poorly handled by yours truely. Good news for you guys is that the user data on motoko seems reasonably ok. (i.e. personal web sites, forum data, the l337 cool stuff for the BPP, etc, all live happily), however, many of Motoko's fundamental systems where damaged. It may take me several weeks, considering the difficaulty involved, to repair her. During this time I cannot gaurentee ANY of Motoko's functions, and for some of it (primarily a system reinstall) she will be COMPLETELY offline. Regardless, I CAN promise you that the NQIG Forums and the WOW Forums are ABSOLUTELY OFFLINE until I can get her put back together. When I get the chance (considering my work/school schedule this may take till Monday,) I will backup Motoko's data, wipe her HDD clean, reinstall her OS, reinstall her basic systems, and reupload the user data. I'll update you more with anything helpful later.

#%$@in peice of @^# sucking *#!@ licking $^@#$!#@ software.

*Throttles self and bashes skull firmly against the wall several times*
*falls down and knocks self out on floor tiles*