Server maintenance Friday, October 13th around Noon ET

[Elad]

We will be conducting some server maintenance around noon eastern tomorrow, Friday, October 13th. We expect this maintenance to be short and disruption to the site minimal, but there is always the possibility that something unexpected will go wrong.

Thanks for your patience while we get our servers ready for the upcoming election!

[meegbear]

1. On Friday the 13th?

Are you mad????

[LSK]

2. OH CRAP!!!

Please do BACKUPS!!!

[babylonsister]

3. ...

You're quick!

[niyad]

4. do you know what the origin of that particular superstition is?

originally, the number 13 had to do with the lunar cycles (13 moons in the year)and was actually considered auspicious.

when the earth religions lost the holy wars--the catholic church turned everything upside down, and everything that was auspicious, holy or sacred to the earth religions became something evil and ugly.

[Junkdrawer]

7. I thought it had to do with the massacre of the Knights Templars n/t

[niyad]

10. some very interesting info here:

http://urbanlegends.about.com/cs/historical/a/friday_th...

[ClintonTyree]

11. Why did they retain so many of their holy days........

and turn them into christian holidays? Christmas, easter etc.? Really, I'm interested in knowing. Was it to appease the people who's lives they turned inside out?

[catmandu57]

13. People wouldn't give up their traditions

They may have had their ass kicked, but they weren't giving up their holidays, it was easier for the church to coopt these days and over the generations substitute their own interpretations.

[ClintonTyree]

15. That's kinda' what I thought......

but it's nice to hear someone else lend credence to the idea. Thanks.

[catmandu57]

17. You ought to look into this

It's interesting to see the holidays and the names how they've changed and how there are still forgotten pagan traditions that have never quite gone away, even though people have forgotten why they're observed.
The twelve days of Christmas, is a substitute for the twelve days of the Yule celabration, even the names of the days.
Sunday= Suns day
Monday I don't know
Tuesday = Tiews Day A norse goddess
Wednesday = Woden's day Odin or woden comprable to Zeus
Thursday = Thor's day the Norse thundergod
Friday = Frie's day another Norse goddess
Saturday = Saturn's day one of the roman gods
etc etc etc Religions are like republicans they steal what they like and trash the rest.

[wryter2000]

5. Be careful

I need my DU!

[BOSSHOG]

6. "possibility that something unexpected will go wrong"

on Friday the 13th. We are either near a big election or halloween.

[YOY]

8. "It's Bill Clinton's fault!"

n/t

[roamer65]

9. Beware the ides of Clenis...

Friday the 13th.

[MGKrebs]

12. Is this the October Surprise?

We're doomed! Rove has gotten to Elad!

[Pawel K]

14. Do what you gotta do but cant it be done at night?

Like 3 am or something? I need my fix of DU when Im at work or I just walk around uninformed the entire day .

[ContraBass Black]

24. The traffic might be heavier at 3am than at noon.

[cboy4]

16. It's sad to see DU has chosen the path of cut and run.

[intheflow]

18. K&R'ing to get the word out.

[Saphire]

19. are the withdrawls bad??? I need my DU!

[newyawker99]

20. kick

[Botany]

21. That damn Rove

he now got to DU.

[banana republican]

22. Server Maintenance eh??????

How to Serve Man...





Erie Music




Elad...Elad.... Come to the dark side..........

[newyawker99]

23. xx

[lpbk2713]

25. Must have gone fairly smooth and seamless.

I didn't notice a thing.

[eppur_se_muova]

26. Oh no! Friday the thirteenth come on a Friday this month! nt