Space/Time Continuum

[fisheyeview]

There seems to be a sequencing problem on the board lately.

Posts are appearing out of order, posts will appear that were not there before when you refresh a page.

Posts that quote posts will appear before the quoted posts.

What’s going on with the board lately?

 

[vshearer]

They fired up the LHC, the end is near.

 

[El Orans]

Nothing that I know of. :huh:

Examples?

 

[fisheyeview]

See posts 6 & 7 of the linked thread for an example. Post 6 quotes post 7. This was not an edit after the fact. Post 6 appeared in the thread quoting post number 7 before post number 7 appeared. Some how the board transposed the posts.

This is not the only time I have seen this lately.

Recently we have been seeing similar occurances in other areas of the board. I have seen people post, and the post count will skip numbers. When the thread is refreshed posts will suddenly appear where the post numbers were skipped.

I have made posts that show a post number, and when I refresh the thread my post is suddenly as many as 10 posts later than when previously made.

Are there multiple servers being used that could be causing this problem?

 

[El Orans]

What linked thread?

 

[fisheyeview]

What linked thread?

Got so into the explanation that I forgot to pase the link.

http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/invade-keys/252492-invade-keys-2009-a.html

 

[The Chairman]

It's time to sync the servers!

We have two servers that run the front end of our board. It appears that their internal clocks are a tad bit off! We'll see if we can't get to take their cue off of the Data Server.

 

[fisheyeview]

El,

Have you been messing around with the Infinite Improbability Drive?

 

[vshearer]

use ntp or xntp daemon, or cron to fire it.

Debian GNU/Linux System Administrator's Manual - Time

 

[El Orans]

El,

Have you been messing around with the Infinite Improbability Drive?

Nope. Why do you ask? :huh:

Unfortunately, human beings are accustomed to travelling at normality (probability 1:1), and can be fairly distressed by events around them whilst the improbability drive is working: losing limbs, turning into sofas, planets spontaneously becoming fruitcakes, database servers metamorphosing into sperm whales and bowls of petunias.