Comments on: The 2020 Democratic Field Expands http://www.chrisweigant.com/2019/02/04/the-2020-democratic-field-expands/ Reality-based political commentary Fri, 08 May 2026 01:45:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Kick http://www.chrisweigant.com/2019/02/04/the-2020-democratic-field-expands/#comment-131256 Kick Thu, 07 Feb 2019 02:03:17 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=16419#comment-131256 Nice rundown, CW. I have it on good authority that if Biden decides to run, Bloomberg won't be running. So we shall see. Nice rundown, CW.

I have it on good authority that if Biden decides to run, Bloomberg won't be running. So we shall see.

]]> By: Chris Weigant http://www.chrisweigant.com/2019/02/04/the-2020-democratic-field-expands/#comment-131240 Chris Weigant Wed, 06 Feb 2019 06:37:07 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=16419#comment-131240 My sincere and heartfelt apologies to everyone. I thought we were out of the woods. I even posted a comment to this article stating unequivocally that we were, indeed, out of the woods. Turns out we weren't, though. What happened was that all the routers in the universe finally caught up to our server migrations. It's the same thing that happened last Thursday. When migrating, a copy of our database (containing all my articles and all of everyone's comments) was made on the new server. Meaning TWO databases existed at the same time. What then happened (in both cases) is that I posted an article and you all posted comments that were still being pointed at the OLD server. The DNS server system (name servers) takes a while to propogate new information. So while my URL name was changed to point at a new server, it takes 24-36 hours to propogate this information out to all the name servers on the web. So for a while, we were all happily posting to the old server, and then at some point the switchover happened and we were all looking at the new server. Which didn't have the new article, and didn't have everyone's comments. This has now happened twice, and a lot of hearfelt comments were lost. I deeply apologize for the loss, but the time and energy it would take to revive them is monstrous. So I'm not going to do so. It might take me the rest of the week to engineer it, and I'd rather write new columns. The good news is that we are now FINALLY really out of the woods. Everyone in the universe is now pointing at the correct new server, and the database will be fine going forward. The upgrade process was physically over on Monday, but by now the rest of the DNS servers have updated, and we'll never be pointing at the old servers again. Again, my apologies for the lost comment threads. But I've just posted my SOTU review, so let's all head over there and start some new threads. This is the only time I've had to migrate servers in 12 years of this website's life, so while it was harsh and things got lost, it will not happen again for a LONG time, that I can promise. Again, my apologies. Mea culpa maxima. -CW My sincere and heartfelt apologies to everyone.

I thought we were out of the woods. I even posted a comment to this article stating unequivocally that we were, indeed, out of the woods.

Turns out we weren't, though.

What happened was that all the routers in the universe finally caught up to our server migrations. It's the same thing that happened last Thursday.

When migrating, a copy of our database (containing all my articles and all of everyone's comments) was made on the new server. Meaning TWO databases existed at the same time. What then happened (in both cases) is that I posted an article and you all posted comments that were still being pointed at the OLD server.

The DNS server system (name servers) takes a while to propogate new information. So while my URL name was changed to point at a new server, it takes 24-36 hours to propogate this information out to all the name servers on the web. So for a while, we were all happily posting to the old server, and then at some point the switchover happened and we were all looking at the new server. Which didn't have the new article, and didn't have everyone's comments.

This has now happened twice, and a lot of hearfelt comments were lost.

I deeply apologize for the loss, but the time and energy it would take to revive them is monstrous. So I'm not going to do so. It might take me the rest of the week to engineer it, and I'd rather write new columns.

The good news is that we are now FINALLY really out of the woods.

Everyone in the universe is now pointing at the correct new server, and the database will be fine going forward. The upgrade process was physically over on Monday, but by now the rest of the DNS servers have updated, and we'll never be pointing at the old servers again.

Again, my apologies for the lost comment threads. But I've just posted my SOTU review, so let's all head over there and start some new threads.

This is the only time I've had to migrate servers in 12 years of this website's life, so while it was harsh and things got lost, it will not happen again for a LONG time, that I can promise.

Again, my apologies. Mea culpa maxima.

-CW

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