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(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:26, Reply)
I still can't work out why this is news
yet the presenter on Radio 5 earlier was referring to it as a crisis.
A flotilla of gunboats rampaging up the Thames would be a crisis. Not being able to get your email on the train most certainly isn't.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:34,
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Wait - it's not possible to get emails on trains now???
FUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.........
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JamTallons, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:38,
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I agree
but I think part of the reason it's getting so much attention is that it is such a remarkable fuck up for a big company. It sounds like they basically directed the whole of their business for Europe through one set of servers in Slough, which they then updated all at the same time, without a backup, and without checking if the operation was going to work first.
Some exec from RIM has been in news today basically saying 'We don't know what's wrong, but we're sorry, and we'll fix it as soon as we can'. Pretty shoddy.
DISCLAIMER: I do not really understand IT and base the above on stuff I read on the Guardian website.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:38, Reply)
Sounds like you do understand IT!
Snowy, youre absolutely right with everything you said above. Was that a copy and paste from Guardian site?
Youre right, you cant put all your eggs in one basket, and in the case of such a large userbase such as blackberry, you should put your eggs in about as many baskets are you can afford!
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:41, Reply)
It is indeed ridiculous
even medium companies that are nowhere near the size of RIM have some contingency plan/disaster recovery in place.
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h3donist tryin' to play me out as if my name is Sega.., Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:46,
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To Be Fa
Generally if anythings free you'll get exactly what you pay for.
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buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 18:51,
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Thing is that distribution massively adds complexity
and even companies like Google and Hotmail get that wrong sometimes.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:53,
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My gunboat has quit working.
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BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:41,
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Yes but
how would you be able to tell anyone you'd seen a flotilla of gunboats rampaging up the Thames if your phone isn't working?
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Afinkawan Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:42,
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Personally
I'd just open the window. I'm sure I'd hear it from here.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:02,
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Got a minesweeper out back at the moment.
And it's playing havoc with satellite TV.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 16:27, Reply)
see also
www.whitewhine.com
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barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:45,
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