Odds and Ends: Rage against the internet machine
by javabeans
javabeans: Wow, what a long week.
girlfriday: Yeah I thought yesterday in particular would never end. It was a week full of technical difficulties on Dramabeans, which pretty much amounts to a lot of swearing and pulling out of hair.
javabeans: Also lots of nervous frantic *refresh*refresh*refresh* clicking.
girlfriday: I think my mouse finger cramped.
javabeans: After a while, the *refresh*refresh*refresh* starts feeling a lot like *stab*stab*stab.*
girlfriday: It’s probably the worst thing to do over and over again when your site goes down, but it’s a compulsion. You can’t NOT sit there and click refresh, even though you know it will only anger you with its futility.
javabeans: It’s funny how it both relieves anger and creates it at the same time. You could probably make a sage bumper sticker saying out of that.
girlfriday: What would the sage bumper sticker say?
javabeans: I don’t know… something like how… anger is the dragon that eats its own tail, feeding itself to produce more anger upon which to feed, thus creating more anger.
girlfriday: I don’t think that will fit on a bumper sticker. You could try therapy.
javabeans: Well, sure, the more productive thing to do would be to resolve that anger. But you do what you gotta do when the anger is already upon you. What can I say, there was a lot of anger this week. Most of it directed at inanimate objects, or intangible concepts, like internet downtime.
girlfriday: For two people whose lives revolve around the internet, we should probably know more about how the internet works.
javabeans: Also, we should get out more.
girlfriday: We apologize to any of you who sat there clicking refresh, wondering what you did to make our server angry. It wasn’t you!
javabeans: It also wasn’t the star rating function, though it probably seemed like it. It just so happened that we had other, unrelated outages that hit us at a similar time. Hopefully all issues should be resolved now, but if you continue to run into problems, do let us know!
girlfriday: Oh, and we changed the way the star ratings function, so you can rate without commenting. Now the box should pop up when you get to the end of a recap.
javabeans: There’s a small chance (and by that I mean a large chance) that we’ll continue tweaking the function, so you may notice more minor changes. We’re just trying to figure out what works best for everyone!
girlfriday: And doesn’t break the site!
javabeans: *crosses fingers*
girlfriday: *does rain dance*
javabeans: *offers unborn children to internet gods*
girlfriday: Well that’s going a bit far.
javabeans: They’re unborn and imaginary. Shhh!
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1 tiadebella
October 24, 2015 at 8:21 PM
May the internet gods smile upon us all.....
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2 mary
October 24, 2015 at 8:29 PM
That pesky unknown error.
*kicks faulty internet*
*buries it on a mountainside*
*goes back to workshop and innocently makes art*
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Javabeans
October 24, 2015 at 8:40 PM
*spends 16 episodes haunted by a dead internet that won't tell you what it wants*
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growingbeautifully
October 24, 2015 at 9:32 PM
*dreams dead voice of internet demanding unborn children*
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plumwine
October 25, 2015 at 11:46 AM
*hallucinates being followed around by a kdrama white truck of doom with the words 'the Internet is still Alive' and hears the dial up sound whenever it nears*
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mary
October 26, 2015 at 3:38 AM
*is terrified while laughing so much*
3 sundaexstory
October 24, 2015 at 8:51 PM
The last screencap kinda freaked me out...
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dkaoru
October 25, 2015 at 5:06 AM
yes, that was creeeepyyy
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4 aoisakura
October 24, 2015 at 8:54 PM
Most of the time I'm using my mobile lurking on DB, I have a minor problem encountered (5x) while star rating. Star rating box pops out after the recap, but I'm unable to rate. I need "Desktop view" to be able to rate using mobile. Or I don't know if it's supposed to be that way on mobile? I hope this information helps. Arigato!
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patinalee
October 25, 2015 at 9:11 AM
I have no problems with the star rating on mobile. The rating dialogue box pops up at the end of the recap, rate and close the box. :-)
My problem is in replying to a comment. Hitting the reply button turns it dark, but the comment box doesn't pop up. Need a desktop to reply. Like now.
Running on android 4.4.2, if it matters.
Anyway, thanks JB, GF and minions, for all your hard work. :-D
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Klava
October 25, 2015 at 10:33 AM
Same here ,it's been acting like this for a while,maybe 2 or 3 months.I'm currently using Android lollipop 5.1.1 on my mobile and the reply button didn't work even on the previous versions.
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5 Reader
October 24, 2015 at 10:45 PM
Dear Girls,
This makes me think that a chance fault in server harddisk could possibly makes all Dramabeans contents with all years of effort and love disappears totally. This is unthinkable as your site contains so much joy to us visiters. I hope the server has a way to retrieve the contents from its backup harddisk. Your site is precious and thank you do much for giving us this joy.
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6 divyrus
October 24, 2015 at 10:53 PM
Aww ... Hang in there you both!!
These Internet Gods do demand a lot!! Now that they are appeased, have a good week !!!
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7 yayabean
October 24, 2015 at 10:56 PM
Aw - I didn't think it was possible to like you both more, but it is! I'm sorry you two had to endure such week, but I appreciate Arcs admire the fact that you care ??
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8 yayabean
October 24, 2015 at 10:58 PM
?sorry type-o, I meant "AND" not "ARCS"
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9 fgb4877
October 24, 2015 at 11:34 PM
Dear JB and GF, thanks for your hard work!. Hwaiting!
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10 Lizzie
October 24, 2015 at 11:47 PM
I love that anyone who reads the recaps can rate an episode now because it is really cool to see how many people are actually reading them.. I was really surprised just how many people were rating the eps when there aren't nearly as many comments. Most people seem to be like I was my first year and a half into dramas and just visiting the site but never leaving comments.. :))
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dkaoru
October 25, 2015 at 5:08 AM
i lurk around for years before finally coming out to leave comments :) so yes, there are many of us lurkers out there
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11 gaeinalee
October 25, 2015 at 12:34 AM
My sympathy to both of you, ladies.. Since I'm not an Internet tech savvy myself, I only can pray to the Internet's Gods and Goddesses, prepare the offerings: yummy foods + intoxicating beverages, and burn lots of incenses for efficacious prayers.. ~ May they listen, like it and be merry, then chase the tech glitch away.. ^^
QOD:
..After a while, the *refresh*refresh*refresh* starts feeling a lot like *stab*stab*stab*..
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12 Elianne
October 25, 2015 at 1:08 AM
Sorry you two had to go through that! *stranger hugs*
I second that about not knowing how the internet works despite having so much revolve around it gf. I sometimes imagine someone time-travelling from the past and asking me how the heck does any of this techy stuff works and me just flailing around googling everything on the spot (I may or may not have watched too many dramas lol).
Oh and it might just be me, but I can't seem to click any of the stars? I've read several recaps and the star rating thingy does pop up but I can't click on anything for some reason.
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13 merry
October 25, 2015 at 1:52 AM
You need the angry translator as Pres Obama had for the foreign correspondents' group.
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14 jane
October 25, 2015 at 5:00 AM
Please double backup your contents! I cant imagined if db site crash one day. It will be equivalent of an end of the world in kdrama world
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dkaoru
October 25, 2015 at 5:10 AM
which Internet gods/goddess do we need to appease to prevent this from happening?
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15 dkaoru
October 25, 2015 at 5:13 AM
Internet gods/goddesses are mysterious beings. Who knows what they feed on? electricity? our souls? tiramisu cupcakes?
Thanks for working to appease the internet gods, Javabeans & Girlfriday!
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16 Abeckam
October 25, 2015 at 7:42 AM
I like the star rating but once I pick the rating it flashes away very fast. So I'm not sure if it rated the way I wanted. I don't suppose you could let it pause for a few more seconds? Love your site it is great to take a break to catch up on a recap during the day! Shhhh don't tell the boss!
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17 Diana Hansen
October 25, 2015 at 9:37 AM
i am grateful that you guys realize that our addiction is pacified by reading YOUR blog! thank you for your diligence in fixing it. if i don't get my fix i can't function at all. (so many of us depend on you!)
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18 Neurogeek
October 25, 2015 at 11:51 AM
First comment ever (and you've been my "go to" Korean wave site for years now, ever since I got caught up in this hyper-dramatic whirlwind of the insane, the morbidly improbable, and the redundant saccharine eye-candy):
Putting it simply: You guys are the most wonderful writers , your literary style, you're wacky sense of humor, your sophistication, it's mind boggling. It's truly a pleasure to read your recaps and commentaries , but you really shine in these little chats you do. You bounce off each other masterfully. I don't know much about you , but I can tell you're wonderful persons inside and out, and that's what made your site such success . God bless you and Rock on.
P.S. Brilliant editing BTW, it's awe-inspiring.
P.S.S Yes, years of K-culture turns you into a sappy, over-reacting, blabbering idiot. So, B/Mianada & Saranghaeyo XOXO
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19 yeah
October 25, 2015 at 11:45 PM
I don't mean to be an ass. Did these Odds and Ends conversations happen in text or phone ?
Why couldn't you guys just upload as podcasts ? Or create podcasts on itunes so we can subscribe ?
I like your insights on dramas. I'd listen to your podcast but I don't have patience to read conversations.
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mary
October 26, 2015 at 3:40 AM
I can't listen to podcast. :'( My internet is too slow for DLing them.
I am glad they do the conversation posts.
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20 Elisa
October 26, 2015 at 9:06 AM
Hi, guys. I'm wondering if things still aren't going on with the website, at least in how it interacts with Firefox. I am checking out pages via a desktop computer using a very fast internet connection and it is not liking me.
Typically, I can look at more than 3-4 pages before the Adobe FlashPlayerPlugin gets so overloaded that I have to completely shutdown FF and restart it. Today, however, that's not the case. Additionally, even typing these comments was a challenge because of the lag time. The lag time doesn't go away after the flash ads finish loading either. As soon as I killed the plugin, the problem went away. However, the plugin restarted and the problem came right back.
I compared what's happening in FF with Chrome and Chrome has no issues. And this problem didn't happen the last time I looked at DB on this machine (which was before you were having the issues) (and I usually use a laptop).
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21 Elisa
October 26, 2015 at 9:32 AM
I take it back. I think it crashed my Flash in Chrome, too. Also, pages are not loading correctly in Chrome (where I have the images and the content, but not the frame part).
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mary
October 26, 2015 at 8:27 PM
I think the flash part is due to the ads, which jb has no control over. :(
BlogHer is the one that chooses what ad to show based on their guess/profile of you.
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