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Not just me then.Originally posted by administrator View PostScrumpy Jack - and wondering what just happened to the server...
I got 2 database errors and response times
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^F4My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.Comment
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Hey RC,
Nice to see you. How's life?
Some idiot spidering the site and pulling pages at such a rate it keeled over. Blocked their IP now so should be fine again now. Have sent them a nice email
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Originally posted by administrator View PostSome idiot spidering the site and pulling pages at such a rate it keeled over. Blocked their IP now so should be fine again now. Have sent them a nice email

We have not received any emails yet...
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Your spider is a well controlled beast. This one was pulling hundreds of pages per minute, 10 seconds tailing the logs was enough to see what was causing the problem. Was a company as opposed to a bedroom hero for once as well. Not impressed.Originally posted by AtW View Post
We have not received any emails yet...
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Better be a bedsit hero than big company zeroOriginally posted by administrator View PostWas a company as opposed to a bedroom hero for once as well. Not impressed.
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Originally posted by AtW View PostBetter be a bedsit hero than big company zero

Just finished Medal of Honour as well so not in the best of moods. Rubbish game
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I'd recommend adding to robots.txt this line:
Crawl-Delay: 10
This way compatible bots would make 10 second delay between requests, very handy just in case...Comment
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Day of Defeat: Source here - it's never ending game, makes a change from OblivionOriginally posted by administrator View PostJust finished Medal of Honour as well so not in the best of moods. Rubbish game
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Shepherd Neame Autumn Blaze. Again.
£1 per bottle from Lidl's.
S'alright. S'pose.My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.Comment
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