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Abuses authoritah with reckless abandon.
Server outage, Nov 12, 2015 - READ THIS PLEASE
Yesterday many of us, myself included, found ourselves unable to log in. The server itself was fine, but our service provider had a security script go a little crazy and start blocking our IPs under suspicion of DDOS (Direct Denial Of Service) attacks. This resulted in preventing users from connecting, as their IPs were put on a temporary ban to protect the site.
The provider realized the error after I was blocked a second time and fixed the script but the IPs remained affected.
I spent as much time as I could yesterday collecting IPs of people who reached out to me and having them cleared, but ultimately I'm sure most of you who were affected had to wait the default 24 hours for the ban to be lifted.
Now - here's what's really important - if you had our Facebook page "liked", you would have known about the issue and how to contact me in order to get your ban lifted early.
We use the Facebook page to keep people up to date on site issues whenever the site goes down.
So - if you want to stay informed, LIKE OUR PAGE! Don't miss the news!
If you're having trouble logging in or any other tech support issues, or if you have a question about the software, please post them in the
Visitor's Corner.
If you need to reach me about something more private, please contact me via
private message.
Reaching out to me privately may not result in a quick response. Posting in the Visitor's Corner ensures other staff members will see your post as well and may be able to help you more quickly.
Also, as far as I know,
none of the staff here are psychics, so if you are reporting an issue, and want help, then please take the time to be as detailed as possible. The more effort you put into describing the problem, the more we'll put into solving it.
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Getting debt free
Huh. I usually leave this page open in my tray all day, so I never noticed a problem. I forget about the FB page, because it never shows in my news feed. I will have to make a point of interacting with it so FB will think I'm interested.
Mortgage $0.00
Moving to BS3. My car loan is at 2.25%, and my high-yield savings account pays 5.15% It doesn't make sense to pay off the car early.
BS3: $5530
BS2: Car loan $9,000.10/$17,724.29
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Picking up speed
I didn't even realize there was a DFF facebook page until the kerfuffle yesterday.
Cheryl
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'You don't drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there.' Edwin Louis Cole
'A dozen elephants for a nickel is only a good deal if you have a nickel and need a dozen elephants.'
'The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.' Chinese proverb
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BS5 - Cash-flowing living expenses for DD - launching from completing college
BS6 - Mortgage! $22,375 Left / $91,883
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We also have a Twitter account, though it wouldn't have helped with yesterday's issue since the Head Twit wasn't aware there was anything to tweet about.
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Likes to push her luck too much.
I like you, Greebo. I really, really do.
And your little Facebook page, too. 
It's funny- when I couldn't get into Dave's forums, I felt panicky. When I can't get in here, I feel confident that smart people are working on whatever problem there may be, and I know I'll be back home soon.
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Originally Posted by
SueandTom
It's funny- when I couldn't get into Dave's forums, I felt panicky. When I can't get in here, I feel confident that smart people are working on whatever problem there may be, and I know I'll be back home soon.
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Likes to push her luck too much.
Don't shatter my illusions!
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