Guest hilaryfan80 Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 There will be downtime tonight, June 30th, between 11:58 PM - 12:02 AM EDT. This will include SBC's forums, SBC Music, SpongeCraft, SpongeBob Jeopardy!, and SpongeBob Pictionary. The server will be shut off for those few minutes, so you will not be able to access SBC at all during this time. The reasoning is to prevent any technical failures as a result of tonight's leap second. I apologize for the downtime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E.V.I.L. Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Oh my god I forgot about that leap second! I'm staying up just to see this tbh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crushingmayhem Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 At least the downtime will be for a short while. I'll try being on at that time, though i'll probably end up using the xat or another forum at that point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hilaryfan80 Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 I would like to add that this is a precautionary measure and is in no way reflective on the capabilities of SBC's server or its features. I am simply shutting down the server to prevent anything from happening, not because it's not capable of handling the leap second. I did not write the code for IP.Board, nodejs, Minecraft, or anything else that we use around here, so there is a small chance that the software cannot handle the leap second. SBM is in the same threat as well, and it's entirely up to them if they want to close off their site during the leap second. Large companies are in jeopardy too, such as Facebook and LinkedIn. And if you think it won't happen to us, see how it affected servers in 2012. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crushingmayhem Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 This reminds me of the Y2K bug back in the day where some computers were affected. My dad had to fix some of them because of it back in the day. So yes, shutting down servers is the way to go. That way we can prevent any errors occurring to it. I'll have to turn off my Linux computer during then also because of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E.V.I.L. Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 This reminds me of the Y2K bug back in the day where some computers were affected. My dad had to fix some of them because of it back in the day. So yes, shutting down servers is the way to go. That way we can prevent any errors occurring to it. I'll have to turn off my Linux computer during then also because of this. Crap, I never thought of that. If my computer breaks tonight that would suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMM Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 can't stay up for leap second but i understand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Less_SpongeBob Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Oh yeah the leap second. Almost forgot that was tonight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Peach Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 oh yeah i forgot about leap second is happening tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
So Sejima Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 But I wanted to be on for the leap second. Oh well take what you can get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Less_SpongeBob Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Relax, we all know the real reason there's a downtime is that they need time to decide the Employee of the Month 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turo Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Relax, we all know the real reason there's a downtime is that they need time to decide the Employee of the Month Time to sabotage downtime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaid Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 im hoping it wont Shut down ROBLOX or DeviantART i almost cant live without them! But i am Hoping SBC will pull through and SBM will fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wumbo Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 But i am Hoping SBC will pull through and SBM will fail. dude 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
So Sejima Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 im hoping it wont Shut down ROBLOX or DeviantART i almost cant live without them! But i am Hoping SBC will pull through and SBM will fail. How does this make sense? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Ketchum Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 But i am Hoping SBC will pull through and SBM will fail. lol why would you say that I hope both sites survive. I think they're both equally good in different, unique ways. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaid Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 lol why would you say that I hope both sites survive. I think they're both equally good in different, unique ways. well, SBM does have More Emoticons and its own Chatroom. but we have more than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turo Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 well, SBM does have More Emoticons and its own Chatroom. but we have more than that. They both different things, said by Omair and that's what makes them equally awesome sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E.V.I.L. Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 They both different things, said by Omair and that's what makes them equally awesome sites. if it's the essay I didn't write that . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hilaryfan80 Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 The downtime is over, so I'm locking the topic. Please report any issues that you find to me via PM, though it seems that we survived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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