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Discussion => Silk Road discussion => Topic started by: Dread Pirate Roberts on March 25, 2013, 06:45 pm

Title: Maintenence today
Post by: Dread Pirate Roberts on March 25, 2013, 06:45 pm
UPDATE: Ok, we're back up again.  Unless there are any more unforseen hangups, we should be back to normal.

UPDATE: Spoke too soon.  One of the changes made is not working out.  We have a solution, but it is going to take more time.  I won't rest until we are back to business as usual.  Please hang in there and I will give you an ETA as soon as I can, but that might be a couple more hours.

UPDATE: If you haven't noticed, we're live again.  Thanks for your patience!

UPDATE: Best guess is we'll be down for another 6 hours, so 1700 UTC or so.  I'll let you know if that changes by much.

just and FYI, Silk Road will go down for maintenance today.  My hope is we'll only be down for about an hour, but sometimes these things can take a few hours.  I'll post here if anything doesn't go as planned.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: PrincessHIGH on March 25, 2013, 06:47 pm
Thank-you for the update DPR, I wish you and your team all the best with the maintenance :)
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: scout on March 25, 2013, 06:52 pm
Thanks for the heads up!
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: robotrippin on March 25, 2013, 06:52 pm
Thanks DPR. It's always nice to know what's going on.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: Arcturian on March 25, 2013, 07:01 pm
Thanks man, its nice not being in the dark when it happens :)
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: KawaiiDesu on March 25, 2013, 07:02 pm
Thanks for the update :)
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: Aurelius Venport on March 25, 2013, 07:16 pm
Thanks man, its nice not being in the dark when it happens :)
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: ColdFrost on March 25, 2013, 08:30 pm
I appreciate the good word. Bit coin is going up so I will patiently wait. I was about to pull the trigger on a nice bullet.

I will go work on my car since I been putting that off all morning.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: DivineMomentsofTruth on March 25, 2013, 08:44 pm
Man, it must be down.  Was just browsing fine so I decided to send a rather large amount of btc to my wallet and all of a sudden I can't do anything on SR.  The timing of these things always seems to work out like this.

Thanks for letting us know DPR. I hope it's back up soon.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: DarlaHarrington on March 25, 2013, 08:44 pm
Thanks for the heads up. One question for anyone who could answer, I just put deposited (45 minutes ago or so) some BTC before I knew of the maintenance. Will they be safe?
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: RaFaeL5 on March 25, 2013, 08:48 pm

Thanks for the heads up!
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: Empathy101 on March 25, 2013, 08:50 pm
in.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: Ungoliant on March 25, 2013, 08:55 pm
Glad I checked the forums, I was a little worried I had just placed multiple orders shortly before it went down. Everything's cool  8)
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: mollyfan on March 25, 2013, 09:01 pm
thanks DPR! and yes ur bitcoin will be safe... they will be in ur account when they bring the site back up... ive done that quite a few times already
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: DarlaHarrington on March 25, 2013, 09:05 pm
thanks DPR! and yes ur bitcoin will be safe... they will be in ur account when they bring the site back up... ive done that quite a few times already
I thank you. +1 :)
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: kpnitreal1 on March 25, 2013, 09:16 pm
I'm sure there would have to be some sort of screening process to verify me not being LE.  But if you ever need IT assistance with the site or anything.  I'm a fully certified IT pro with about 15 years of experience.

Would love to help any way I can.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: AfternoonDelight on March 25, 2013, 09:19 pm
KICK ASS.
Thanks DPR for stepping it up on informing us of changes.
Sr keeps getting better and better!
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: 800hobo90 on March 25, 2013, 09:31 pm
Not only thanks for the update, but thanks, in general, for being so fuckin awesome!
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: SimplyTheBest1 on March 25, 2013, 09:41 pm
Thanks for the update DPR! Helps ease the nerves, as does the update page on the main site.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: samesamebutdifferent on March 25, 2013, 09:42 pm
Thanks for the heads up, much appreciated.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: colorblack on March 25, 2013, 09:44 pm
Thanks for the update. I'm curious, I wonder what happens when the server is down for maintenance and you have a BTC transfer coming into SR. I guess the transfer keeps doing its job as I do see confirmations happening on Blockchain. Wonder how that works when the destination wallet is "offline".
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: ColdFrost on March 25, 2013, 09:46 pm
Coin will be fine guys. Just check the block chain. If its there it wont go anywhere. After 6 confirmations it will be in the wallet.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: hee57 on March 25, 2013, 09:49 pm
Thanks for the update. Unfortunately the forums are still going to be flooded with idiots thinking that the site is down forever and that you've run off with all of our money.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: lelmeriodici on March 25, 2013, 09:49 pm
Not only thanks for the update, but thanks, in general, for being so fuckin awesome!

I'll second that. :)
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: DanDanTheIceCreamMan on March 25, 2013, 09:52 pm
Hopefully DPR is creating an icecream section.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: ian curtis on March 25, 2013, 09:56 pm
Hopefully DPR is creating an icecream section.
Oh god this would be amazing.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: SOUTHPAW on March 25, 2013, 10:04 pm
Thank you, it is a complete stress relief to know you and all the moderators are there when needed..
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: Strickland Cocaine on March 25, 2013, 10:05 pm
DPR is actually a taco that shits ice cream
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: MrAnonymous on March 25, 2013, 10:17 pm
Any news yet?  :)
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: Dread Pirate Roberts on March 25, 2013, 10:18 pm
running into some technical difficulties are are having to transfer a lot of data over tor and it's taking a while.  Sorry for the delays.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: SimplyTheBest1 on March 25, 2013, 10:20 pm
running into some technical difficulties are are having to transfer a lot of data over tor and it's taking a while.  Sorry for the delays.

Loving these updates! :)
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: Hippiehaven1234 on March 25, 2013, 10:29 pm
I am happy to hear Tor sucks for you too! Keep shining your light, we appreciate all you guys do!
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: slysamuel0109 on March 25, 2013, 10:30 pm
running into some technical difficulties are are having to transfer a lot of data over tor and it's taking a while.  Sorry for the delays.

Loving these updates! :)

Me too!
Definitely making this all a little easier.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: CocaineFlakes on March 25, 2013, 10:35 pm
Thanks DPR. It's always nice these updates.

SR FOR EVER
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: UK Stealth on March 25, 2013, 10:39 pm
I'm Glad that, DPR.
 Has not left us in the dark, it's such a relief to know nothing drastic is happening..  ::) and to assure us with 3 posts is kewl seems alot is happening behind the scenes.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: wvshadow on March 25, 2013, 10:40 pm
these updates always make me feel better.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: Uncle Morpheus on March 25, 2013, 10:41 pm
I hope we get some new security features, so that the "SR Quick Buy Scam" or the guy who scammed some vendors last week,  (his nickname was "SRAdmin" and he scammed 2 BTC from some vendors) can´t be happen again.
The "SR Quick Buy Scammer" is really scary because if a normal hacker can change some vendors pics and add his own BTC adress, than the DEA also can do something like that, or not ?? Im no IT Expert but i think we need more security and keep all our heads up
to keep this wonderfull place Clean & safe !! Silk Road Anonymous Marketplace for ever !!
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: Stoner Kebab on March 25, 2013, 10:42 pm
I'm just taking the opportunity of the thread for giving much love and thanks to DPR and all the staff.
Sriously for everything on this place, thx !
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: echo_ on March 25, 2013, 10:44 pm
Thank you DPR and Silk Road community. We make more new things possible every day.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: buldogTvb on March 25, 2013, 10:49 pm
just and FYI, Silk Road will go down for maintenance today.  My hope is we'll only be down for about an hour, but sometimes these things can take a few hours.  I'll post here if anything doesn't go as planned.

 Thank you DPR.
We hope that soon the site will be available, especially for to clients.

BULDOG
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: Euphoric on March 25, 2013, 10:56 pm
Thanks for the update DPR! It's comforting to know that it's just maintenance and that we can expect to be back shortly :)

To any of my customers who are reading this, all orders were shipped today that were received before the site went down for maintenance. 
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: beargryls on March 25, 2013, 10:58 pm
I wonder how many fear mongers and just ignorant people are freaking out!
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: capt.sparrow on March 25, 2013, 11:01 pm
Thanks for keeping the community updated!

Can't get on the road for a few hours, but always glad to see constant updates, lets us know their doing everything to make sure the road is running smoothly.

thanks DPR
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: oNLiN3fR3aK on March 25, 2013, 11:04 pm
Thanks and respect also from me - keep your professional work up.  ;)
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: phoboss on March 25, 2013, 11:05 pm
Baaa Baaa Baaa I'm a sheep too oh thanks for the heads up or whatever it's meant to mean I think it's only cool people who say that rite Baaaa Baaa thanks for the heads up Baa Baa I'm a sheep Baa Baa for Fucksake oh thanks DPR for the heads up I'm one of the cool sheep mob Baaa Baaa can you hear me WTF I thought you could Baaa Baaa Baaa thanks for the heads up, shall I go on or is this enough WTF maaan.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: sofish89 on March 25, 2013, 11:06 pm
Does this mean we are finally getting our "sort by cheapest price" option ??
Lol it would be a nice addition to the site
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: simplyanon on March 25, 2013, 11:09 pm
running into some technical difficulties are are having to transfer a lot of data over tor and it's taking a while.  Sorry for the delays.

Beefing up security for 4/20.? Or just in general? Lol.

Last year, phew, crazy shit.

Also, just thinking out loud kinda, the grammar used in DPRs posts varies greatly. There's at least two different grammatical styles used. So, how's everyone doing today?
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: organon on March 25, 2013, 11:10 pm
Cool glad this was planned, i tried to log on and went, "Not again"! thanks for the heads up
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: Dread Pirate Roberts on March 25, 2013, 11:12 pm
OP updated
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: phoboss on March 25, 2013, 11:13 pm
Baaa Baaaa Baaaa thanks for the headsup im a sheep too Baaa Baaa Baaa thanks for the headsup DPR I'm a sheep too Baaa Baa Baaa
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: MollyBrothersUS on March 25, 2013, 11:16 pm
A countdown or posted notice on the login page detailing scheduled maintainence to come would be a nice little addition . just like a day ahead of time. So people doing coin transfers vendor orders etc. Would know  of time.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: Hippiehaven1234 on March 25, 2013, 11:17 pm
running into some technical difficulties are are having to transfer a lot of data over tor and it's taking a while.  Sorry for the delays.

Beefing up security for 4/20.? Or just in general? Lol.

Last year, phew, crazy shit.

Also, just thinking out loud kinda, the grammar used in DPRs posts varies greatly. There's at least two different grammatical styles used. So, how's everyone doing today?

We are all part of a huge experiment.....I for one, could not be happier!


P.S DPR is really a giant bird that will eat us all at the end of the experiment, I recommend cutting back in anything made from seeds, they can smell it a mile away;)
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: phoboss on March 25, 2013, 11:17 pm
From 6 hours it turned out to be 6 days Baaa Baaa Baaa thanks for the headsup DPR I'm a sheep too Baaa Baaa Baaa thanks for the headsup DPR I'm a sheep too Baa Baa Baa
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: onetwothree on March 25, 2013, 11:18 pm
Also, just thinking out loud kinda, the grammar used in DPRs posts varies greatly. There's at least two different grammatical styles used.

And this style doesn't sign the posts. Maybe phoboss can provide some commentary on this 8)

Baaa Baaaa Baaaa thanks for the headsup im a sheep too Baaa Baaa Baaa thanks for the headsup DPR I'm a sheep too Baaa Baa Baaa

I must be a sheep too because I don't even know what point you're trying to make.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: Ungoliant on March 25, 2013, 11:19 pm
From 6 hours it turned out to be 6 days Baaa Baaa Baaa thanks for the headsup DPR I'm a sheep too Baaa Baaa Baaa thanks for the headsup DPR I'm a sheep too Baa Baa Baa

I'm not a sheep, i'm a Chinchilla.

Edit: Baaaa Baaaa
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: Dekay on March 25, 2013, 11:21 pm
Great to know what is happening with the site!  :)

To any of my customers reading this. I am very sorry. If the road is down for another six hours, no orders that were placed late last night will be shipped today.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: phoboss on March 25, 2013, 11:21 pm
WHAAAAT I'm only saying like, ain't I entitled tonan opinion just like my fellow sheep well look at my negative karma it's at 107 so the truth hurts sorry sheeple but just remember the truth hurts for a little while but a lie hurts forever ok Baaa Baa Baaa those damn sheep man their sooo noisy
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: blster666 on March 25, 2013, 11:23 pm
Why didn't we get an early NOTICE that Maintenance was driving through? What if I had just sent coins to SR from my wallet... I am sure that would have had negative impact.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: faqall on March 25, 2013, 11:24 pm
What is this "maintenence".. you speak of... never heard of it. I've heard of planned unscheduled "maintenance" before tho! Hope this snail that is tor treats you all well during the process.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: jagfug on March 25, 2013, 11:28 pm
Survived the "Sandy" takedown back in November. - We'll survive this.

Relax newbies and other reactionary people  :P
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: faqall on March 25, 2013, 11:31 pm
Does this mean we are finally getting our "sort by cheapest price" option ??
Lol it would be a nice addition to the site


An option like this would be great. Sort from highest to lowest.. lowest to highest... etc. Something like ebay/newegg/amazon and other sites do! What we have now is good and working well but there's always room from improvement! Regardless I think we are all happy campers here! Keep up the good work... ALL OF YOU!
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: This Is Serious Mum on March 25, 2013, 11:32 pm


Appreciate the update

+1
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: phoboss on March 25, 2013, 11:34 pm
Yeah its fagjag or jagfuk or whatever yeah newbies don't worry we're herding sheep is all Baa Baaa Baaa oh I nearly forgot wow thanks for the headsup DPR it's good to have stuff sprung on us out of the blue like this but anyway thanks for the heads up I'm cool maaan Baaa Baaa Baaa and a sheep too Baaa Baaa Baaa
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: Panzerknacker on March 25, 2013, 11:34 pm
Just chiming in for another thanks! Appreciate the professionalism!
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: colorblack on March 25, 2013, 11:36 pm
You know, I appreciate DPR's updates and I think they put everyone at ease. But just a thought - if not some last minute technical issue, why not give an advance warning of maintenence? Say something to the affect of "SR will be down for maintenence in about 4 hours. Might be down for 2-6 hours".? What's the harm in giving a heads up? Would make life easier for vendors and buyers and I don't see any security compromise in giving somewhat of an advanced notice instead of after-the-fact.
Thoughts?
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: faqall on March 25, 2013, 11:39 pm
UPDATE: Best guess is we'll be down for another 6 hours, so 1700 UTC or so.  I'll let you know if that changes by much.

just and FYI, Silk Road will go down for maintenance today.  My hope is we'll only be down for about an hour, but sometimes these things can take a few hours.  I'll post here if anything doesn't go as planned.

I'm confused... so when?

Google "Timezone Translator/Converter." That should help you get a rough ETA on restoration of service based on where you are located... provided you know what timezone you are in. Regardless it should help you out! If not.. I can  8)
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: Marlon Brando on March 25, 2013, 11:41 pm
Mucho Gracias.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: phoboss on March 25, 2013, 11:43 pm
For ....sake sheeple come on maan I've had a bet I can get my negative karma up to 200 come on sheeple show how real you are and how often you can be abused thanks pure negative karma for me please Baaa Baaa Baaa the person to get me to 200 negative karma wins a straightjacket and a cuddly sheep soft toy come on you sickos lets have ya oh I nearly forgot thanks for the headsup DPR it's good to spring things out of the blue thanks again for your inconvenience to us all Baaa Baaa Baaa oh no I shouldn't of said that now I'll never win in resolution even though I'm 100% rite hmmm oh well anyway thanks for the headsup DPR Baaa Baaaa Baaa I'm a sheep too
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: CannaKingUK on March 25, 2013, 11:47 pm
Some people need to just chill out. When the site went down before, people were asking DPR to at least tell us next time. Since then, he's been quite forthcoming with technical issues and communication. He seems to have listened. Now you're berating him for not telling you at least a few hours before.

A lot of can't do right for doing wrong.

I for one am appreciative of the updates. Even if they are a couple minutes before he pulls site.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: phoboss on March 25, 2013, 11:54 pm
Tick Tock Tick Tock slowly but surely 1 hour turned into 6 hours then 6 hours turned into 6 days etc etc oh well never mind thanks for the headsup DPR it's real good to know whats going on at tne last min cheers Baaa Baaa Baaa those damn sheep man their sooo noisy oh no now there's a Tick Tocking sound too man I'm sure I'm having a mental breakdown oh well don't know if I've said this before but thanks for the headsup DPR it's good of you to tell us at yhe last minute Baaa Baaa Baaaa

For .....sake you still here yeah I nearly forgot to say thanks for the headsup DPR I'm a sheep too Baaa Baaa Baaa
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: xpat on March 25, 2013, 11:55 pm
really wish DPR would sign all posts
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: someoneelse87 on March 25, 2013, 11:57 pm
Is it safe to deposit to our SR wallet? Or should we wait until it's back up?
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: CannaKingUK on March 25, 2013, 11:59 pm
Tick Tock Tick Tock slowly but surely 1 hour turned into 6 hours then 6 hours turned into 6 days etc etc oh well never mind thanks for the headsup DPR it's real good to know whats going on at tne last min cheers Baaa Baaa Baaa those damn sheep man their sooo noisy oh no now there's a Tick Tocking sound too man I'm sure I'm having a mental breakdown oh well don't know if I've said this before but thanks for the headsup DPR it's good of you to tell us at yhe last minute Baaa Baaa Baaaa

For .....sake you still here yeah I nearly forgot to say thanks for the headsup DPR I'm a sheep too Baaa Baaa Baaa

He provides a site to buy and sell drugs worldwide. If you could do that, I'd be thankful to you too.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: lelmeriodici on March 26, 2013, 12:02 am
Bad timing for an update.  As I type the Mt.Gox weighted average is intersecting with the median price, meaning right now is the perfect time to buy (and I personally was waiting until this happened to place an order.... :( ).  Oh well.

As far as the timing goes, 1700 UTC is 17 hours away, so I think he meant to say 0700 UTC, which would be seven hours away.  FYI, thats....
midnight on the west cost of america (PDT)
3 am on the east coast of america (EDT)
7 in London
8 in Amsterdam

lelmeriodici

EDIT: Also FYI, this post was written at 0002 UTC.  Look at the date on this post and compare it to a functional clock to figure out your timezone....

Also, your wallet is theoretically fine to deposit to right now.  As long as you trust the site will come back on you can deposit money.  A wallet or address that has already been created cannot be 'offline.'
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: phoboss on March 26, 2013, 12:03 am
Hmmm I wish PHOBOSS would sign all posts too he always does I think something fishies going on man this is weird and guess what SR is up and running I just checked anyway I'm going back to place an order rite now thanks for the headsup DPR Baaa Baaa Baaa I'm a sheep too bye bye sheeple of SR
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: onetwothree on March 26, 2013, 12:07 am
17:00:00 Monday March 25, 2013 in UTC converts to 12:00:00 Monday March 25, 2013 in US/Central

7 hours ago?

Must be a typo or something, but disregarding the stated time, he said "about six hours" about two hours ago, which would mean it will be back up in about 4 hours from now. When fixing technical issues, that usually means at least 5-6 hours from now.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: tempo on March 26, 2013, 12:10 am
Baaa Baaaa Baaaa thanks for the headsup im a sheep too Baaa Baaa Baaa thanks for the headsup DPR I'm a sheep too Baaa Baa Baaa

From 6 hours it turned out to be 6 days Baaa Baaa Baaa thanks for the headsup DPR I'm a sheep too Baaa Baaa Baaa thanks for the headsup DPR I'm a sheep too Baa Baa Baa

You're so edgy :D

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[spoiler]But I sometimes have the same train of thoughts here[/spoiler]


Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: phoboss on March 26, 2013, 12:15 am
Only joking DPR love you to bit's man hope all goes well with this fix as obviously it's urgently needed anyway just to say brilliant job DPR and thanks for the headsup if I ain't already said it ha ha ha ha ha love you DPR you saw didn't you good cheers once again DPR for a great site etc etc peace out my main man, phoboss.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: colorblack on March 26, 2013, 12:17 am
He posted a message saying the OP was updated, and in the OP edit mentioned the projected time. If you go by the time the OP edit was made, 6 hours from that would be about 5 hours and minutes from now. So, about 1:30AM EST (American), 10:30PM West Coast, and so on and so forth. It's not that hard to convert..
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: android465764E on March 26, 2013, 12:24 am
What time this, how long that, blah blah blah Omg SR is down and has been down longer than they said! My life has ended! jeeeeezus christ..

just go play some some ps3 and smoke a spliff ffs. Maybe open the curtains and get your vitamin D. It's not the end of the world. lol
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: lelmeriodici on March 26, 2013, 12:25 am
colorblack, you've got to account for daylight savings in your calculation.  We're on EDT and PDT these days––see my previous post.

lelmeriodici
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: onetwothree on March 26, 2013, 12:30 am
Omg SR is down and has been down longer than they said! My life has ended! jeeeeezus christ..

android buddy, settle down! My goodness!

Go play some ps3 or go outside for a little bit and the site will be back in no time!

You kids these days.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: ato72543 on March 26, 2013, 12:33 am
Yeah since its DST, you have to subtract one hour from what you did before DST.
I am in CST and before it was DST it was 6 hours ahead, now it is 5.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: Ben on March 26, 2013, 12:37 am
He posted a message saying the OP was updated, and in the OP edit mentioned the projected time. If you go by the time the OP edit was made, 6 hours from that would be about 5 hours and minutes from now. So, about 1:30AM EST (American), 10:30PM West Coast, and so on and so forth. It's not that hard to convert..

Well, to me it says 1700 UTC (at the moment i write this). That is either roughly 7.5 hours ago or 16.5 from now depending on the date.

Basically UTC is the same as the time on a clock in the UK, but without adjustment for daylight savings time changes. 

Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: jagfug on March 26, 2013, 12:45 am
Only joking DPR love you to bit's man hope all goes well with this fix as obviously it's urgently needed anyway just to say brilliant job DPR and thanks for the headsup if I ain't already said it ha ha ha ha ha love you DPR you saw didn't you good cheers once again DPR for a great site etc etc peace out my main man, phoboss.

Man! Bophoss!  Mentioning me in a post!

I must say, I am honored.

Who's to say you're not DPR, and this whole downtime was just him teasing the rest of us?

One must have faith, my son.

I say son, because I just picture you being the pic in your avatar. - Isn't that like some Puerto-Rican's son?

Ricky Ricardo?

Chico and the man??

Yeah, that's it. - The guy who fucks that snooty jew girl. Gellar!

Have a good night!

 ;)
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: Meowington on March 26, 2013, 12:45 am
What exactly goes on during these "maintenances"?  Do they add new features? Or swipe the cache? I'd really like to know what goes on behind the scenes during one of these things ^_^
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: Meowington on March 26, 2013, 12:47 am
Oh, by the way DPR... you misspelled "Maintenence" ^_^ *maintenance*
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: BoNgOn on March 26, 2013, 12:48 am
Just too clear things up for people who failed math.
The current UTC Time is 12:48 AM Tuesday, March 26, 2013
He said it will be up at 1700 UTC Which is 5pm UTC. Okay still with me?

So It's 4 hours and 12 minutes until he reckons it will be back......

WAIT... Am I wrong? If so, so sorry  :-[
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: TheWire on March 26, 2013, 12:49 am
I love these times. Happened a couple of times since Ive been on SR and all I can do is...

/popcorn and lmao
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: skeezoo8586 on March 26, 2013, 12:54 am
popcorn indeed!

thanks for posting a link to here from the silkroad url
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: boosties on March 26, 2013, 12:55 am
Only joking DPR love you to bit's man hope all goes well with this fix as obviously it's urgently needed anyway just to say brilliant job DPR and thanks for the headsup if I ain't already said it ha ha ha ha ha love you DPR you saw didn't you good cheers once again DPR for a great site etc etc peace out my main man, phoboss.

Man! Bophoss!  Mentioning me in a post!

I must say, I am honored.

Who's to say you're not DPR, and this whole downtime was just him teasing the rest of us?

One must have faith, my son.

I say son, because I just picture you being the pic in your avatar. - Isn't that like some Puerto-Rican's son?

Ricky Ricardo?

Chico and the man??

Yeah, that's it. - The guy who fucks that snooty jew girl. Gellar!

Have a good night!

 ;)
hahahah  thats hysterical!!!
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: BoNgOn on March 26, 2013, 12:56 am
thanks for posting a link to here from the silkroad url

I agree that did easy my first thoughts when I logged on.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: tempo on March 26, 2013, 01:00 am
What exactly goes on during these "maintenances"?  Do they add new features? Or swipe the cache? I'd really like to know what goes on behind the scenes during one of these things ^_^

These are the moments, when the local CIA agent is copying the database to his usb hard disk drive. (only usb 2.0, that's why we have to wait so long every time)
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: BoNgOn on March 26, 2013, 01:02 am
What exactly goes on during these "maintenances"?  Do they add new features? Or swipe the cache? I'd really like to know what goes on behind the scenes during one of these things ^_^

These are the moments, when the local CIA agent is copying the database to his usb hard disk drive. (only usb 2.0, that's why we have to wait so long every time)

ROFL
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: ato72543 on March 26, 2013, 01:02 am
Just too clear things up for people who failed math.
The current UTC Time is 12:48 AM Tuesday, March 26, 2013
He said it will be up at 1700 UTC Which is 5pm UTC. Okay still with me?

So It's 4 hours and 12 minutes until he reckons it will be back......
,

What are you talking about?  1700 UTC is 5 p.m. like you said, so that is like 16 hours from now.
There has to be a type somewhere.  0700 hours maybe, then that is 2 am my time.  3 am EST, 2CST, 1 MST.
There must be a TYPO somewhere. 
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: BoNgOn on March 26, 2013, 01:04 am
Just too clear things up for people who failed math.
The current UTC Time is 12:48 AM Tuesday, March 26, 2013
He said it will be up at 1700 UTC Which is 5pm UTC. Okay still with me?

So It's 4 hours and 12 minutes until he reckons it will be back......
,

What are you talking about?  1700 UTC is 5 p.m. like you said, so that is like 16 hours from now.
There has to be a type somewhere.  0700 hours maybe, then that is 2 am my time.  3 am EST, 2CST, 1 MST.
There must be a TYPO somewhere.

Yeah I edited my post. My bad  :-[
I am assuming he means 5am not pm UTC?
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: Cynosure on March 26, 2013, 01:07 am
I must admit, I enjoy the new maintenance message on the official Silk Road website.

It was frustrating, before, to visit the page and have it load indefinitely (or switch you to an error page) without you being able to confirm it's actually down by checking all of your connections, TOR configurations, and refreshing the page a few times or checking the forums to see if there were 100 threads about it being down.

Good job!
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: DivineMomentsofTruth on March 26, 2013, 01:09 am
I deposited 45 btc today into my SR wallet and was just watching the block chain and noticed that all 45 were just sent to another address. Why and how the fuck did that happen? I hope I didn't just lose 3k.

I am in no way trying to stir up the crazy pot just hoping someone who understands this a little better what this means.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: 4onion on March 26, 2013, 01:10 am
I must admit, I enjoy the new maintenance message on the official Silk Road website.

It was frustrating, before, to visit the page and have it load indefinitely (or switch you to an error page) without you being able to confirm it's actually down by checking all of your connections, TOR configurations, and refreshing the page a few times or checking the forums to see if there were 100 threads about it being down.

Good job!


I agree.  Thank You
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: Aurelius Venport on March 26, 2013, 01:11 am
I love these times. Happened a couple of times since Ive been on SR and all I can do is...

/popcorn and lmao

Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: CrazyBart on March 26, 2013, 01:11 am
I deposited 45 btc today into my SR wallet and was just watching the block chain and noticed that all 45 were just sent to another address. Why and how the fuck did that happen? I hope I didn't just lose 3k.

I am in no way trying to stir up the crazy pot just hoping someone who understands this a little better what this means.

That is just SRs mixing service. Your account will still be credited when the site comes back online.

It has done that every other time you deposited too
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: flowercity420 on March 26, 2013, 01:12 am
when will this be over T_____T
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: NW Nugz on March 26, 2013, 01:13 am
Yes!  Thanks so much for the message on SR letting us know it is down and more info here! :-) It is like a vacation instead of a stress out :-)
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: BoNgOn on March 26, 2013, 01:14 am
when will this be over T_____T

Without using the confusing times stated it was 6 hours from when he updated his post..
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: DivineMomentsofTruth on March 26, 2013, 01:17 am
I deposited 45 btc today into my SR wallet and was just watching the block chain and noticed that all 45 were just sent to another address. Why and how the fuck did that happen? I hope I didn't just lose 3k.

I am in no way trying to stir up the crazy pot just hoping someone who understands this a little better what this means.

That is just SRs mixing service. Your account will still be credited when the site comes back online.

It has done that every other time you deposited too

I thought so this is just the first time I've sat and watched the coins being tumbled since I'm so bored waiting to make my purchase.  I've got to admit my heart stopped for a slight second there when I thought I lost everything.

Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: jagfug on March 26, 2013, 01:21 am
Unless you were here before November, you have to shut the fuck up.

This will be over soon. Everything is okay children.

Who here is really hurting? What is it? Are you going through withdrawals?

I think some are just pissed they can't go browsing the available wares, and imagining themselves high on them, but are either broke or too much of a pussy to go through with it.

Just shut the fuck up.

Be glad the guy who runs the site, even says something!

What if he didn't make this post to begin with?

You'd be saying, "Well usually DPR puts a post up".

That day will come my friends, and THEN, you might want to worry,

As far as this?

This is nothing.

Chill out. Pretend it's your fault. You dropped your laptop. Whatever.

Just chill out. Everything will be back to normal.

I can't explain any better!
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: CrazyBart on March 26, 2013, 01:22 am
I deposited 45 btc today into my SR wallet and was just watching the block chain and noticed that all 45 were just sent to another address. Why and how the fuck did that happen? I hope I didn't just lose 3k.

I am in no way trying to stir up the crazy pot just hoping someone who understands this a little better what this means.

That is just SRs mixing service. Your account will still be credited when the site comes back online.

It has done that every other time you deposited too

I thought so this is just the first time I've sat and watched the coins being tumbled since I'm so bored waiting to make my purchase.  I've got to admit my heart stopped for a slight second there when I thought I lost everything.

ha ya it has caught me off guard before too. You definitely handled it better than i did the first time lol
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: kingpin on March 26, 2013, 01:41 am
I'm having coins sent to my wallet will they still arrive and be seen when I get on?
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: android465764E on March 26, 2013, 01:43 am
Omg SR is down and has been down longer than they said! My life has ended! jeeeeezus christ..

android buddy, settle down! My goodness!

Go play some ps3 or go outside for a little bit and the site will be back in no time!

You kids these days.


Don't you try and double bluff re quote mashup reverse psycholigize me, young man. lol.. 
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: SgtMaj75 on March 26, 2013, 01:44 am
Hopefully will be online soon. Was just about to place my first order.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: Meowington on March 26, 2013, 01:44 am
What exactly goes on during these "maintenances"?  Do they add new features? Or swipe the cache? I'd really like to know what goes on behind the scenes during one of these things ^_^

These are the moments, when the local CIA agent is copying the database to his usb hard disk drive. (only usb 2.0, that's why we have to wait so long every time)


Lol! Thanks for the laugh:) +1
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: mcballs on March 26, 2013, 01:45 am
Damn can't make my shopping list :(

Hope whatever your doing goes well :)
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: BigBill6778 on March 26, 2013, 02:11 am
Well I shipped so coins to wallet & they have not arrived I sent 22 coins to my buyer and they have not arrived been 10hrs now HOPE this isn't another problem with SR
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: universalimports on March 26, 2013, 02:12 am
Not that it is a big problem, but a day or two notice for scheduled maintenance would definitely be beneficial to all concerned.
I go into Vacation mode in 3 hours for the Easter break as shipping needs to done today to ensure arrival before Good Friday.
I am sure I will have some pissed off customers if I can't process their orders by then.

Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: buldogTvb on March 26, 2013, 02:32 am
Not that it is a big problem, but a day or two notice for scheduled maintenance would definitely be beneficial to all concerned.
I go into Vacation mode in 3 hours for the Easter break as shipping needs to done today to ensure arrival before Good Friday.
I am sure I will have some pissed off customers if I can't process their orders by then.

the site is available
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: organon on March 26, 2013, 02:37 am
sweet i was just able to log on, nice!
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: 1mIcedout on March 26, 2013, 02:38 am
Im in there..
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: scout on March 26, 2013, 02:41 am
Back up.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: Pharmacare on March 26, 2013, 02:44 am
I have been a member over a year now and this is probably the 6th time I seen this happen, so just call it a nite and site will be fine in the morning:)   Only once I have seen the site was down for a whole week and that was quite some time ago but DPR was not even aware of the situation until a few day's of it being down, it only took about a day after he was aware for it to be back up and the rumors were crazy!! For him to advise us so quickly of this I am sure it will be quickly handled, they must check for security issues and other thing's before bringing it back on-line. I have 12 orders I sent today I still have not been able to put in transit so for vendor's this is should worry us more than buyer's and I have doubts it will be fine, vendor's usually are allowed on first for us to mark order's in transit before open to the public. So take a nite off from SR and enjoy yourselves!!! Business will resume tomorrow like normal. Have a good nite SR community!!
PC
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: scout on March 26, 2013, 02:49 am
The site is back up ...
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: DarlaHarrington on March 26, 2013, 02:52 am
cue influx of people trying to connect at the same time thus crashes occur, haha
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: DarlaHarrington on March 26, 2013, 02:56 am
so to the people who put btc in before the maintenance.. has it cleared? it sure hasn't for me. I'll wait a bit to before I start worrying.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: This Is Serious Mum on March 26, 2013, 03:00 am


it's back up!!!
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: PeterPanPB on March 26, 2013, 03:01 am
Not that it is a big problem, but a day or two notice for scheduled maintenance would definitely be beneficial to all concerned.
I go into Vacation mode in 3 hours for the Easter break as shipping needs to done today to ensure arrival before Good Friday.
I am sure I will have some pissed off customers if I can't process their orders by then.

I'd plus one that if I could.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: scout on March 26, 2013, 03:02 am
There's no need to worry - if you made a deposit, they will eventually be processed and if they aren't automatically, then just message SR Support on the main site and they'll look into it.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: Ben on March 26, 2013, 03:03 am
it seems to be up indeed, athough slow as molasses in January from here :D
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: DarlaHarrington on March 26, 2013, 03:05 am
There's no need to worry - if you made a deposit, they will eventually be processed and if they aren't automatically, then just message SR Support on the main site and they'll look into it.
Thank you scout
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: CrazyBart on March 26, 2013, 03:14 am
$ per Bitcoin seems to be lagging.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: colorblack on March 26, 2013, 03:17 am
Connection just times out for me.  :'(
You lucky fucks who are able to connect.
Always a bridesmaid...
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: colorblack on March 26, 2013, 03:23 am
Fuck I spoke to soon. I'm immediately getting the "Down for Maintenance" message at the main site. You all able to access ok?
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: KarmaPharm on March 26, 2013, 03:25 am
Made it on the the site's welcome page and after that all I get is Down for Maintenance.. =/
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: DarlaHarrington on March 26, 2013, 03:26 am
Fuck I spoke to soon. I'm immediately getting the "Down for Maintenance" message at the main site. You all able to access ok?
Well, DPR did say 6 hours...but yeah, I'm getting it.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: dankmaster on March 26, 2013, 03:26 am
Lol wow. I log in, send a couple messages, log out, go make some food, come back to log in and it's back down. Sweet.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: Thirty_Rox on March 26, 2013, 03:27 am
Yep, it's back down for maintenance.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: medicalcannibas420 on March 26, 2013, 03:31 am
I can not log in.....
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: scout on March 26, 2013, 03:31 am
Down.  hehe
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: universalimports on March 26, 2013, 03:32 am
Damn, I missed the window
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: theblackjew on March 26, 2013, 03:37 am
back down for maintenance, god bless DPR :)

this is not sarcasm btw
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: DreUd on March 26, 2013, 03:45 am
Thanks for the updates man, you are a hero to us all.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: theblackjew on March 26, 2013, 03:47 am
UPDATE: Spoke too soon.  One of the changes made is not working out.  We have a solution, but it is going to take more time.  I won't rest until we are back to business as usual.  Please hang in there and I will give you an ETA as soon as I can, but that might be a couple more hours.

his latest update of a few minutes ago for the people who go straight to the last page :)
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: Panzerknacker on March 26, 2013, 03:48 am
Everyone just be easy... The vendors all gotta catch up too. So it's not like ordering the second you get back on is really going to expedite your shipping more than just waiting til the morning tomorrow.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: colorblack on March 26, 2013, 03:49 am
^that. It's not DPR's fault, but seriously.. why haven't they upgraded their servers? I understand TOR is slow.. but the forums are "fast enough". So is BMR sometimes, and many other TOR sites.
You'd think what all that $ they make in commissions from sales.. they could... maybe.... upgrade from a 28.8k modem to a 56kbps? Is that too much to ask for? One of the reasons we happily pay a premium for this drugs on the site is because of the convenience of it all. And vendors charge slightly higher prices because they have to pay SR a small commission.. which is totally fine, but.. you'd think they'd invest in the architecture. One thing SR has taught me is patience. I think I've developed more patience since I started using SR then I ever developed in my IRL experiences.. because sometimes theres nothing you can do but patiently wait 2 full minutes for a page to load, only for it to time out.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: divinechemicals on March 26, 2013, 03:51 am
Thanks for your constant improvements and updates DPR!

First-world problems: Your cheap online drug market is down for a day.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: KarmaPharm on March 26, 2013, 03:55 am
S.R. is run off a dial up modem, using a little server put together in a shoe box. lol

J/k, really love the site despite all of its quirks.

Much Love
Karma
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: human5 on March 26, 2013, 03:56 am
ugh fuck I wanna stare at my orders and think about them showing up
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: colorblack on March 26, 2013, 03:57 am
Cheap? Not exactly cheap.. And I make a lot of money. But happily pay the prices vendors here charge because this entire thing is fucking awesome. But I wish SR would invest in better technology on the back end.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: universalimports on March 26, 2013, 04:00 am
Apologies to all my customers, it looks like shipping won't be possible before the Easter Break now.
As soon as SR is running again I will cancel all your orders and refund your BTC.

A real shitter that DPR decided to do this without notice at such an inappropriate time.

Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: TheWire on March 26, 2013, 04:09 am
/derp
/popcorn
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: Panzerknacker on March 26, 2013, 04:11 am
^that. It's not DPR's fault, but seriously.. why haven't they upgraded their servers? I understand TOR is slow.. but the forums are "fast enough". So is BMR sometimes, and many other TOR sites.
You'd think what all that $ they make in commissions from sales.. they could... maybe.... upgrade from a 28.8k modem to a 56kbps? Is that too much to ask for? One of the reasons we happily pay a premium for this drugs on the site is because of the convenience of it all. And vendors charge slightly higher prices because they have to pay SR a small commission.. which is totally fine, but.. you'd think they'd invest in the architecture. One thing SR has taught me is patience. I think I've developed more patience since I started using SR then I ever developed in my IRL experiences.. because sometimes theres nothing you can do but patiently wait 2 full minutes for a page to load, only for it to time out.

Yeah... Definitely not trying to sound ungrateful at all, but the forums seem like lightning after browsing Silk Road for awhile. There has to be a better solution. I know SR has a ton of users, but relatively speaking, it can't be all THAT many, when compared to popular sites on the clearnet. The servers could definitely use an upgrade. Shit, I'm sure people would DONATE just to have that happen.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: Panzerknacker on March 26, 2013, 04:14 am
S.R. is run off a dial up modem, using a little server put together in a shoe box. lol

J/k, really love the site despite all of its quirks.

Much Love
Karma

My love for SR shall soon be proven when I receive the first order I just made with you yesterday. Can't wait!!
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: BlueGiraffe on March 26, 2013, 04:14 am
Hey DPR,

Please can we have a meaningful ETA?

Your first update said around 1700 UTC. It's 0400 UTC now and the site went down some hours after 1700 UTC yesterday - so that does not make any sense.

Your clarification appreciated...

BG
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: febbraio2468 on March 26, 2013, 04:14 am
Okay, who broke SR this time? Wasn't me....or was it? :o
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: snickerlover6969 on March 26, 2013, 04:18 am
Everyone just needs to smoke a doobie and chill out. If there's anything we have all experienced from the road is patience. If you don't have any then you don't have to use SR. We are all very lucky to live in this day and age where we can buy any drug imaginable and have it sent to your front door.  And this is the darknet, it isn't ebay or amazon.

Back in nov, the road was down for 1 week right after I made a big purchase, sure enough DPR and his crew came through.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: Skippy_Jif on March 26, 2013, 04:22 am
Okay, who broke SR this time? Wasn't me....or was it? :o

1,2,3, not it!
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: onetwothree on March 26, 2013, 04:27 am
Okay, who broke SR this time? Wasn't me....or was it? :o

1,2,3, not it!
You're damn right I'm not it, but what about you, huh?!?  :o
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: Christy Nugs on March 26, 2013, 04:29 am
ok ok i'll admit to it - it was me!!
my vendor pages weren't showing any listings so..............
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: rosannebar on March 26, 2013, 04:32 am
My theory is there is or was some issue, maybe minor that needed taken care of.   I don't think this is a planned thing,  and that is why no previous warning is given.

Also I would imagine that the security precautions in place on the road are really complex and need constant monitoring.   ( do you think there is ever a day when someone isn't trying to hack or attack the site )

Would DPR pick a better time to do regular upgrades?  Of course.    < right?  I would think so.       But think of it this way,  if they came on here and said.... shit.... that wasn't supposed to happen, hold on to your asses.....    what do you think would happen?       Think of the movie MIB,    when the old guy said, there is always a death star or greasy alien virus, and what keeps this planet from panic is that they do not know about it.     <  okay that wasn't a exact quote, but you get it.     

Just look at the history of down times,  yes it takes slightly longer then predicted,  coins are always worked out and I can't remember any losses that were not corrected.   So relax,  let will smith,  I mean DPR and the crew handle the romulan death gun,  and I promise you,  it will be back as soon as possible.     

* it isn't being a sheep, this is and has been a work in progress,  I am thankful, as most seem to be.     It is always amazing to see jerkface rude people with attitude about any down time  *   I can tell you this,  if I was DPR and I saw the rude ass comments I would probably tell you to kick rocks and make your own road.  *    <  however this would be a full time job considering.   

The end.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: crazyb420 on March 26, 2013, 04:53 am
HaHA its ok christy so what beautiful nuggs u got up next?
ok ok i'll admit to it - it was me!!
my vendor pages weren't showing any listings so..............
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: KarmaPharm on March 26, 2013, 05:04 am
I think the reason why he doesn't announce when the site is going down is for security reasons. I do my best to not let people know what days I am dropping packages... Maybe its just a paranoia thing?

Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: opentoe on March 26, 2013, 05:09 am
^that. It's not DPR's fault, but seriously.. why haven't they upgraded their servers? I understand TOR is slow.. but the forums are "fast enough". So is BMR sometimes, and many other TOR sites.
You'd think what all that $ they make in commissions from sales.. they could... maybe.... upgrade from a 28.8k modem to a 56kbps? Is that too much to ask for? One of the reasons we happily pay a premium for this drugs on the site is because of the convenience of it all. And vendors charge slightly higher prices because they have to pay SR a small commission.. which is totally fine, but.. you'd think they'd invest in the architecture. One thing SR has taught me is patience. I think I've developed more patience since I started using SR then I ever developed in my IRL experiences.. because sometimes theres nothing you can do but patiently wait 2 full minutes for a page to load, only for it to time out.

Yeah... Definitely not trying to sound ungrateful at all, but the forums seem like lightning after browsing Silk Road for awhile. There has to be a better solution. I know SR has a ton of users, but relatively speaking, it can't be all THAT many, when compared to popular sites on the clearnet. The servers could definitely use an upgrade. Shit, I'm sure people would DONATE just to have that happen.

Noone needs to donate anything. SR already makes a ton of money with sales commissions.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: Panzerknacker on March 26, 2013, 05:15 am
^ I know. My point was, if the issue was really a lack of resources, people would definitely step up in support.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: kandiflip1034 on March 26, 2013, 05:24 am
Patience is a virtue :)
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: organon on March 26, 2013, 05:25 am
Damn I got in and had to go do some stuff and I come back and its down again, hope its up tomorrow morning
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: DocOck on March 26, 2013, 05:37 am
i am just posting to see what time it says it is so i can spend less time figuring out what time to time it out till my time for high times...it's all about tiiiiiiiii-ming
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: DocOck on March 26, 2013, 05:40 am
so if my few live brain cells are correct last update to OP was more or less two hours ago?....s'gonna take some time.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: Anarchist on March 26, 2013, 05:47 am
i am just posting to see what time it says it is so i can spend less time figuring out what time to time it out till my time for high times...it's all about tiiiiiiiii-ming

The time displayed in the upper left corner of your page under your username a few lines down.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: Christy Nugs on March 26, 2013, 05:54 am
HaHA its ok christy so what beautiful nuggs u got up next?
ok ok i'll admit to it - it was me!!
my vendor pages weren't showing any listings so..............

just some lil ole chem dawg  :P
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: TurpenT on March 26, 2013, 05:59 am
Thanks for the updates, DPR! I love the open communication  ;D
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: crazyb420 on March 26, 2013, 06:14 am
HaHA its ok christy so what beautiful nuggs u got up next?
ok ok i'll admit to it - it was me!!
my vendor pages weren't showing any listings so..............

just some lil ole chem dawg  :P

Damn i would love to try some of that i have had og and east coast sour diesel but never chem dawg i bet they are strong and stinky! i can't wait til my time is up so i can order from you! i already have alot of bitcoin spent but yet to find a goto vendor yet lol!
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: Joy on March 26, 2013, 06:22 am
DPR,
Please check at the withdrawls system,
I try to withdrawls yesterday from sr,
But i still havent got my btc to the destinations address until now.
Usually it only take 1-2 hours to arrive at destinations address,
It also didnt pop out at blockchain.
Your attentions is appriciated. 8)
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: colorblack on March 26, 2013, 06:25 am
Yup. They do make a shitload on comissions and even say themselves that some of that goes towards making the site better. So yeah.. would like to see that happen. I wonder if it's a personnel issue. After all, DPR can't exactly let anyone with a good resume and techincal background become the network engineer or database guy @ SR. I'm not even sure if he has a proper "team" or if he's essentially a 1 man show with a few anonymous volunteers (who have no real access to the nuts & bolts of the servers.). No clue really. All I know is that it's slow as fuck.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: TheWire on March 26, 2013, 06:51 am
chill'n in da cut
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: HEATFan on March 26, 2013, 06:56 am
Well on the bright side bitcoins are up a few dollars so you'll be able to buy some of my ....wait for it... wait for it...

Shameless plug but I'll live with it, SR buyers deserve true top shelf.


***** March 25, 2013 UPDATE *****

God's Gift just listed, hurry as this strain tends to sell out in a day or so. Only 2 pounds available!

Trader Joe's just acquired a limited stock of a Bay Area Classic... God's Gift. As we said very limited quantities are available, don't miss out on this one people!
Why pay top dollar for low quality OUTDOOR, yes your getting scammed. Half the listings I'm seeing as top shelf are 100% OUTDOOR or Greenhouse, shame on you vendors (no names being mentioned).

God's Gift
A cross between two legendary strains, Grand Daddy Purple x OG Kush

Classification: Indica (90%)/sativa (10%)
Parents: GDP x OG Kush
Medical Uses: Chronic pain, insomnia, multiple sclerosis, inflammation, anorexia, chemotherapy, cancer, vomiting, Parkinson's Disease, depression, getting totally wasted.

As usual with all our Top shelf-

-Indoor grow with Organic Nutrients

-Cured to perfection

-Full flush



hi res pictures-
https://anonfiles.com/file/cc8405783add86ea10b6bf274d594989
https://anonfiles.com/file/2665645c19a657433f5411c3f35a711f

Some hi-res courtesy of Yungboo-


"Nugporn for your viewing pleasure"
(1)-http://postimage.org/image/uz66k0upt/full/
(2)-http://postimage.org/image/pinipn1c1/full/
(3)-http://postimage.org/image/fhzgffik5/full/
(4)-http://postimage.org/image/81o089pxd/full/


Listings-

1/8oz God's Gift $50
http://silkroadvb5piz3r.onion/silkroad/item/87ed80b325

1/4oz God's Gift $85
http://silkroadvb5piz3r.onion/silkroad/item/077e5175f3

1/2oz God's Gift $150
http://silkroadvb5piz3r.onion/silkroad/item/f2039cc947

1oz God's Gift $275
http://silkroadvb5piz3r.onion/silkroad/item/653f295b04



This is really unnecessary and not the right place for it. I understand you want to promote your business and its looks like you have some dank nugs but you have your own space for that. When its out of context and clearly an advertisement, its spam. Not cool.

Edit: Also, the vibe this gives off is that you're desperate for business or something. I'm sure you aren't, so don't act like it. SR is down anyways so I dunno what you hoped this would accomplish. You'll sell those couple ounces bro, chill.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: anonymart on March 26, 2013, 07:03 am
Thanks so much for all the updates. Take care.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: Aurelius Venport on March 26, 2013, 07:09 am
:) i dont think it's in DPR's interest to give out too much information. the slightest error could have large consequences. I am sufficiently satisfied with his present transparency and trust his judgement and abilities. Let's just be patient and wait this out like every other one. We all have orders to get to, but lets use this break well.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: scout on March 26, 2013, 07:11 am
:) i dont think it's in DPR's interest to give out too much information. the slightest error could have large consequences. I am sufficiently satisfied with his present transparency and trust his judgement and abilities. Let's just be patient and wait this out like every other one. We all have orders to get to, but lets use this break well.

+1
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: dothedamnthing on March 26, 2013, 07:27 am
Said, woman, take it slow
It'll work itself out fine
All we need is just a little patience
Said, sugar, make it slow
And we come together fine
All we need is just a little patience
Mmmm, yeah
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: dryice on March 26, 2013, 07:56 am
Thanks for the heads up DPR.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: FiddyPysch on March 26, 2013, 08:00 am
Said, woman, take it slow
It'll work itself out fine
All we need is just a little patience
Said, sugar, make it slow
And we come together fine
All we need is just a little patience
Mmmm, yeah

Great, GNR songs. Now I want my drugs even more.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: bobyouruncle on March 26, 2013, 08:08 am
On the road again......just can't wait to get on the road again
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: Hungry ghost on March 26, 2013, 08:12 am
Damn my luck. I have a social event  Friday for which I was planning to get drugs! I was skint till last Friday but I figured a week would be enough for a UK to UK order, I placed it on Friday.
      first there was the huge amount of snow disrupting postal service. Then the vendor has gone AWOL for 3.5 days. I was going to cancel and change horses midrace if they didn't appear today but now the site has gone down! I suppose I might still get lucky if the site comes up today; the vendor bothers to check in and gets it posted.
         God forbid I should have to rely solely on alcohol to endure this family party.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: Mike Hunt on March 26, 2013, 08:23 am
Oh Great Spirit

Thank You so much for Helping DPR and the awesome staff at SR to find the right path to follow in order to get the Silk Road back up as soon as possible.

Thank You DPR and the rest of the staff for staying on this problem 24/7 till Silk Road is up and running. Just stick in there the answers are coming soon and try to relax and just let it happen we are not going anywhere lol.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: LoveHQ on March 26, 2013, 08:33 am
Keep up your good work DPR ! It is really awesome and unbelievable how and what great anonymous market you created !!
Nearly noone can imagine how much work, time and mostly risk is involved in SR!! I really highly appreciate people like you DPR and
everyone who support this and takes care about the security of all SR-Members !

and if the site must be down for maintenance, to update the security level or for whatever needs to be edited, then i know
that its for my and everyone elses anonymity and security !!! Even if it would take 3 or more days, its no problem, i would either
wait and let DPR and SR-Support do his great mastery artful work to solve problems, then to get nervous....
Big UP DPR !!! YOU ARE AWESOME AND EVERYONE AROUND HIM ;) !!!

Peace n Greets People !!
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: Revenantchild on March 26, 2013, 08:42 am
Oh no...
DPR has run off with all our bitcoins. Again..!
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: microboilie on March 26, 2013, 09:01 am
any newish members need not worry, all will be well, been here for 11 months and DPR has always come through 8)










































Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: 1mIcedout on March 26, 2013, 09:14 am
ITS UP...

And running quite quick for a change...
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: WolfmanJack87 on March 26, 2013, 09:28 am
^^Confirming above post. SR is back and running fast! That is until all you goons get on and start buying up all the goodies :p
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: Dread Pirate Roberts on March 26, 2013, 09:32 am
OP updated
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: HEATFan on March 26, 2013, 09:45 am
OP updated

You da man.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: HEADSHOP on March 26, 2013, 10:00 am
Keep up your good work DPR ! It is really awesome and unbelievable how and what great anonymous market you created !!
Nearly noone can imagine how much work, time and mostly risk is involved in SR!! I really highly appreciate people like you DPR and
everyone who support this and takes care about the security of all SR-Members !

and if the site must be down for maintenance, to update the security level or for whatever needs to be edited, then i know
that its for my and everyone elses anonymity and security !!! Even if it would take 3 or more days, its no problem, i would either
wait and let DPR and SR-Support do his great mastery artful work to solve problems, then to get nervous....
Big UP DPR !!! YOU ARE AWESOME AND EVERYONE AROUND HIM ;) !!!

Peace n Greets People !!

I second that!!  ;D
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: Drippy on March 26, 2013, 10:21 am
Did this maintenance do anything to improve loading times?  I know it's normally really fast (relatively speaking lol) at this time of day, but this shit is blazing right now!
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: dothedamnthing on March 26, 2013, 10:27 am
UPDATE: Ok, we're back up again.  Unless there are any more unforseen hangups, we should be back to normal.

Thank you as always, friend.

Did this maintenance do anything to improve loading times?  I know it's normally really fast (relatively speaking lol) at this time of day, but this shit is blazing right now!

Sure seems like it, at least so far. Like you said though it's usually fairly manageable around this time so we'll see.  :D
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: chainz on March 26, 2013, 10:33 am
So fast!   8) 8) 8) 8) 8)

Thanks DPR!!
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: geeza23 on March 26, 2013, 10:39 am
sweet seems like the site is working once again, thanks dpr!
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: Töörländer on March 26, 2013, 10:47 am
and it seems to be quite fast
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: MrAnonymous on March 26, 2013, 10:55 am
Faster than ever, this is brilliant!
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: JakkTheKipper on March 26, 2013, 11:02 am
For me it's normally starting to slow now and won't pick up again until 2pm but it's ridiculously quick. No idea what the maintenance was but it worked a treat.

Well done everyone :)
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: RR on March 26, 2013, 12:00 pm
well done mate :) Always super fast at these fixes :) thanks for your hard work :)
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: bill417 on March 26, 2013, 01:02 pm
So what happened in this maintenance - what improvements? (Speed doesn't seem to be any faster at my end),
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: lelmeriodici on March 26, 2013, 03:00 pm
bill417, there are no front-end changes as far as I can see.  They're just shuffling stuff around behind the scenes.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: bill417 on March 26, 2013, 03:28 pm
Okay thanks for the update.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: jentyb on March 26, 2013, 03:58 pm
I can't log in at all i keep getting failed log in and i know my user id and password is correct.  :(

EDIT after the fourth time it allowed me in..Weird
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: CrazyBart on March 26, 2013, 04:02 pm
I can't log in at all i keep getting failed log in and i know my user id and password is correct.  :(

EDIT after the fourth time it allowed me in..Weird

Restart Tor and Try again
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: 2513415 on March 26, 2013, 05:05 pm
I still can't log in. The forums work fine but I can't even get to the home page.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: Purple_Hue000 on March 26, 2013, 05:54 pm
I love it by the time I get on all the maintenance is all done!
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: scout on March 26, 2013, 05:56 pm
Having some trouble accessing the site as well, but I'm sure it's because everyone else is trying as well.  I'm able to get on just long enough to check or send a message, and then it goes down for me again.  Lots of traffic!
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: JakkTheKipper on March 26, 2013, 06:54 pm
Was getting parsing errors about an hour ago, now I can reach the login screen but cannot connect any further. Maybe all buyers should chill for a few hours so the vendors can do their thing first?
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: Pharmington Rex on March 26, 2013, 06:59 pm
Experiencing the same issues. Mostly pages slow to load or failing to load.

Just have to make do and manage as best as one can in the interim.

Regards,

♔ Sir Pillington



●ஜ۩۞۩ஜ▬▬▬▬ஜ۩۞۩ஜ▬▬▬ஜ۩۞۩ஜ●

The Gentleman Lords of Pharmaceuticals.
Serving US Patrons from within the US.

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Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: RxKing on March 26, 2013, 10:14 pm
It is working PERFECT and has been for a few hours. Once again we all owe you a BIG THANK YOU. When there is a problem on SR...you can't put an add looking for code writers or call up the Geek Squad looking for help. DRP is actually doing the work and in this case had to work through the nite...and god forbid he takes a break and reads the bullshit people put up here. It never fails..there is always some idiots talking about hoe he is ripping us off ect....

If DPR wanted to...he would just take the site  and the forums down. BYE BYE....end of story. Nothing we could do...nothing. He has shown time and time again to be an upstanding leader to all of us and he should get a  lot more respect around here. THIS PLACE IS AS CLOSE TO PERFECT YOU CAN GET....


Yes waiting sucks, not knowing sucks. BUT it comes with the territory. And we have it pretty fucking good.

Glad people are able to get back in and place orders and see that their coin has actually gone up from when they were last able to log onto SR. So DPR made you money too!!!!!!!!!

And be ready as SR will go down again..Its the nature of the beast.

Have a great week...
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: Arcturian on March 26, 2013, 10:22 pm
It is working PERFECT and has been for a few hours. Once again we all owe you a BIG THANK YOU. When there is a problem on SR...you can't put an add looking for code writers or call up the Geek Squad looking for help. DRP is actually doing the work and in this case had to work through the nite...and god forbid he takes a break and reads the bullshit people put up here. It never fails..there is always some idiots talking about hoe he is ripping us off ect.

If DPR wanted to...he would just take the site down and the forums down. BYE BYE....end of story. He has shown time and time again to be an upstanding leader to us all and he should command a lot more respect around here. THIS PLACE IS AS CLOSE TO PERFECT YOU CAN GET....


Yes waiting sucks, not .knowing sucks. BUT it comes with the territory. And we have it pretty fucking good.

Glad people are able to get back in and place orders and see that their coin has actually gone up from when they were last able to log onto SR. So DPR made you money too!!!!!!!!!

Have a great week...

+1 For the anti-paranoia movement.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: colorblack on March 26, 2013, 11:28 pm
It is working PERFECT and has been for a few hours. Once again we all owe you a BIG THANK YOU. When there is a problem on SR...you can't put an add looking for code writers or call up the Geek Squad looking for help. DRP is actually doing the work and in this case had to work through the nite...and god forbid he takes a break and reads the bullshit people put up here. It never fails..there is always some idiots talking about hoe he is ripping us off ect.

If DPR wanted to...he would just take the site down and the forums down. BYE BYE....end of story. He has shown time and time again to be an upstanding leader to us all and he should command a lot more respect around here. THIS PLACE IS AS CLOSE TO PERFECT YOU CAN GET....


Yes waiting sucks, not .knowing sucks. BUT it comes with the territory. And we have it pretty fucking good.

Glad people are able to get back in and place orders and see that their coin has actually gone up from when they were last able to log onto SR. So DPR made you money too!!!!!!!!!

Have a great week...
+1
Hey King he only didn't rob us this time because he knew BTC is going up so he's planning on robbing us all at a later poin!!! LOL.
Man people are fucking crazy talking about DPR stealing bitcoins and vanishing. Any guy that keeps us posted (as he does) while he's WORKING 12 STRAIGHT HOURS THROUGH THE NIGHT to get this place back up so we can all enjoy our drug marketplace is not a thief.. he's fucking awesome and so is this place. Technology has it's limits and as I said in the other thread, which RxKing also just said.. you can't put up an ad on Craigslist for hiring system admins and network engineers. More then likely DPR is doing the lions share of the work HIMSELF due to the nature of who he is and what this place is. We should respect that and be grateful. Imagine life before SR.. it definetly wasn't as fucking cool. Enough whining and accusations and DPR is a human, he might get annoyed one day and just pull the plug. Let's try our best to keep it from happening.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: ThePhoenix on March 27, 2013, 01:35 am
yeah..I am getting "page no loady" warnings...

upgrade? hmm...not so much

trying to be patient...trying.....TRYING

:)
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: LetMyPeopleGo on March 27, 2013, 01:37 am
Seems like the site is down again? Anybody else getting the same issue? Vidalia states that the hidden service is unavailable.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: medicalcannibas420 on March 27, 2013, 01:38 am
Not working right now....just won't load at all
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: LetMyPeopleGo on March 27, 2013, 01:40 am
Just my luck! I was able to log on earlier today, and now... oh well. Guess I'll try again later!! Good thing I placed whatever orders I was planning on ordering. :]
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: homer2006 on March 27, 2013, 01:41 am
Won't load for me too
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: goochihuh on March 27, 2013, 01:44 am
wont load for me. want to get in order before long weekend. have to laugh at my luck sometimes. finally deposit coins vendor said order early for same day postage but can not access..
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: ladyjane on March 27, 2013, 01:44 am
I've got the same problem.. sure it'll be fixed soon
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: febbraio2468 on March 27, 2013, 01:45 am
Dammit. Grrrrrrrrrrrr
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: hexokinase on March 27, 2013, 01:46 am
Was getting parsing errors about an hour ago, now I can reach the login screen but cannot connect any further. Maybe all buyers should chill for a few hours so the vendors can do their thing first?

Buyers chill out and stop DoSing the achey server? Now there's a thought!
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: HEATFan on March 27, 2013, 01:47 am
Tharrrr she blows
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: ThePhoenix on March 27, 2013, 01:49 am
Go Heat Baby

27 and counting!!!  I got my heat gear and wear it every day...
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: ThePhoenix on March 27, 2013, 01:50 am
Tharrrr she blows


I still got nuthin
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: 2513415 on March 27, 2013, 01:57 am
I can't get in either, forums are working great but I get a tor broken circuit thing popping up when trying to load the site.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: SOUTHPAW on March 27, 2013, 01:59 am
Well this is happening again, I guess nothing able to refresh, reload or log back on..
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: homer2006 on March 27, 2013, 02:02 am
Just logged on now.  :D
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: tooconscious on March 27, 2013, 02:04 am
tormail is also down. this is the kinda situation where conspiracy theories and red flags start going up :P
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: ladyjane on March 27, 2013, 02:06 am
not working for me yet :(
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: Thirty_Rox on March 27, 2013, 02:07 am
It does work if you access it through a proxy, so it's not the site itself. Probably a Tor issue.
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: KarmaPharm on March 27, 2013, 02:18 am
Back Online!
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: ThePhoenix on March 27, 2013, 02:43 am
confirmed
altho still painfully slow
Title: Re: Maintenence today
Post by: lelmeriodici on March 27, 2013, 03:33 am
it's running quickly for me, try clicking the new identity button on vidalia...