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Where's the Thread?

Neil Burton

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September 22, 2014 at 1:25 am

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Is anybody else having problems accessing the Thread? If I try to view it I get an error message saying it may have been removed or I may not have permission to view it.
On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
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HanShi SSC-Dedicated Points: 33507 More actions · Answer 1

I have the same issue for thread "Are the posted questions getting worse". I also don't find the thread in the list anymore.

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TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104773 More actions · Answer 2

It's been like that since at least 49 37 hours ago (a bit after 9 GMT saturday evening).

It looks as if the thread has been deleted.

Tom

rodjkidd SSCoach Points: 15915 More actions · Answer 3

Oh dear! And I was only 50 posts away from catching up on it after my holiday.

Rodders...

Neil Burton SSC-Insane Points: 23000 More actions · Answer 4

I was worried my membership had been revoked and there was something somebody wasn't telling me!

On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
—Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

How to post a question to get the most help http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 5

Maybe someone accidentally the Thread while cleaning up the weekend's spam (all 8 odd pages of it)

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Stuart Davies SSCoach Points: 19505 More actions · Answer 6

Let's hope that they have a good backup if that is the case 😀

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Koen Verbeeck SSC Guru Points: 259105 More actions · Answer 7

It will be a very sad moment for SSC if the thread is lost forever...

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rodjkidd SSCoach Points: 15915 More actions · Answer 8

So we all can remember what we typed right? 🙂

Manual re-entry to start tomorrow!

Rodders...

Neil Burton SSC-Insane Points: 23000 More actions · Answer 9

There would have to be some kind of memorial service.

I'd love to be a fly on the wall for the conversation when somebody explained that it wasn't backed up...

On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
—Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

How to post a question to get the most help http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537

Eirikur Eiriksson SSC Guru Points: 182911 More actions · Answer 10

There are some other topics missing, some points also went missing, all happened more or less at the same time.

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Koen Verbeeck SSC Guru Points: 259105 More actions · Answer 11

Eirikur Eiriksson (9/22/2014)
There are some other topics missing, some points also went missing, all happened more or less at the same time.
😎

Iek, now that you mentioned it, I lost about 2,000 points...

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Koen Verbeeck SSC Guru Points: 259105 More actions · Answer 12

I even managed to score a negative amount of points :w00t: 😎

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 13

Koen Verbeeck (9/22/2014)
Eirikur Eiriksson (9/22/2014)
There are some other topics missing, some points also went missing, all happened more or less at the same time.
😎
Iek, now that you mentioned it, I lost about 2,000 points...

Same here. Front page tells me that I've gained -2906 points in the last 30 days...

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Ed Wagner SSC Guru Points: 287026 More actions · Answer 14

The Thread has a lot of history in it. I PMed Steve about it on Saturday and a few people really narrowed the time of deletion. He said it might take a couple of days, but recovery should be possible. So, we shouldn't plan the memorial service just yet.

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