Friday Morning Server Craziness - Update: Saturday Afternoon Reboot

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Yep, we know there’s something weird going on with the servers and we’re working on it with our host. In the meantime, here’s a new thread to check things out with…

UPDATE at 10/12/12 10:46:05 am

It looks like we’re going to need a new database server, and that’s currently in the works. The switch-over will take place this evening, and in the meantime I’ve had to turn off commenting because it’s not working reliably and I don’t want anyone else to lose comments.

Sorry for the inconvenience! This has been the week from hell for our servers.

UPDATE at 10/13/12 11:59:36 am

The new server is set up at last, the database has been exported and imported into the new instance of MySQL, and we’re on final approach to reboot. It’s a dual quad-core box with HT (hyper-threading), 12 gigabytes of RAM, and 2 1TB hard drives. Much faster and a lot more memory and storage space than the old server, which was at least 4 years old.

Just a few loose ends left to tie up.

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150 comments
1 Charles Johnson  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 10:20:20am

Testing a comment with the new database...

2 darthstar  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:01:01pm

Second!

Welcome back, Charles.

3 b_sharp  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:02:09pm

Woop!

4 makeitstop  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:02:17pm

I wore out my F5 key.

Glad to see you're back.

5 Charles Johnson  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:02:25pm

When the old server was crashing we lost a few comments - not too many. They were never written to the database.

6 b_sharp  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:02:32pm

Beer's on Gus.

7 darthstar  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:02:33pm

BTW, it remembered my login. Didn't need to reenter password. Nicely recovered.

8 Big Joe  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:02:37pm

Woo Hoo!

9 b_sharp  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:03:12pm

Seems nice and quick. Now to build a 500 comment thread to see just how fast.

10 wrenchwench  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:03:20pm

Oooh, shiny.

11 b_sharp  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:04:23pm

re: #10 wrenchwench

Oooh, shiny.

Shiny to the left, grungy to the right.
Remember to tip the barman.

12 Gus  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:04:28pm

re: #6 reflections of a raging redneck

Beer's on Gus.

[]o

Beer mug.

13 Big Joe  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:04:35pm

Up-dings work, where KT and DF to test the down-dinger?

//

14 bratwurst  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:04:53pm

In over three years here, that was by far the longest service outage I have experienced. Great to be back.

15 JamesWI  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:06:31pm

Quick, someone type up another page that'll get to the front page of Reddit.

16 wrenchwench  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:06:36pm

Image: 128729870158935968.jpg

17 CuriousLurker  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:06:44pm

Woohoo! *happy dance*

18 PhillyPretzel  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:07:21pm

It is great to be back. I was starting to suffer from LGF withdrawal.

19 Gus  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:07:23pm

OK making a page...

20 MittDoesNotCompute  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:07:24pm

Man, Twitter's alright for Charles' updates and the smattering of comments we've posted trying to keep busy, but I've had the LGF jones real bad.

On the upside, things seem much snappier; kudos to Charles for getting it all straightened out.

21 AK-47%  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:07:44pm

Thank god you're back, I was starting to discuss politics on Facebook, which is both pointless and dangerous...

22 dragonfire1981  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:08:32pm

WOW. Definitely noticing the quicker speed on the new server. Love it!

23 Charles Johnson  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:09:02pm

re: #15 JamesWI

Quick, someone type up another page that'll get to the front page of Reddit.

We should be much better prepared for traffic surges with the new server. I don't have any way to check for sure, but I suspect the old server was starting to get flaky right when that Reddit link hit, and it contributed to the problems we had earlier this week.

The new one is really looking good so far in the shell.

24 b_sharp  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:09:11pm

What a relief to be able to close tweetdeck.

25 dragonfire1981  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:09:15pm

I'm surprised none of the usual suspects from the right have tried to claim responsibility for "taking down" LGF.

26 Varek Raith  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:09:16pm

re: #21 AK-47%

Thank god you're back, I was starting to discuss politics on Facebook, which is both pointless and dangerous...

I was discussing politics in Eve...
Good god, what's wrong with me?
XD

27 Prideful, Arrogant Marriage Equality Advocate  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:09:39pm

Oh sweet nectar of the gods! Finally! I feel whole again.

29 wrenchwench  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:10:03pm

re: #23 Charles Johnson

The new one is really looking good so far in the shell.

It hasn't hatched yet?

30 dragonfire1981  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:10:04pm

re: #21 AK-47%

Thank god you're back, I was starting to discuss politics on Facebook, which is both pointless and dangerous...

Not to mention a handy cure for low blood pressure.

31 b_sharp  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:10:09pm

re: #25 dragonfire1981

I'm surprised none of the usual suspects from the right have tried to claim responsibility for "taking down" LGF.

If they did, they probably tried to post the comment on LGF.

32 Targetpractice  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:10:50pm

Man, good to be back. Was starting to get the shakes.

33 MittDoesNotCompute  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:11:21pm

re: #22 dragonfire1981

WOW. Definitely noticing the quicker speed on the new server. Love it!

re: #23 Charles Johnson

We should be much better prepared for traffic surges with the new server. I don't have any way to check for sure, but I suspect the old server was starting to get flaky right when that Reddit link hit, and it contributed to the problems we had earlier this week.

The new one is really looking good so far in the shell.

You still gonna set some caching up?

34 PhillyPretzel  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:11:26pm

re: #32 Targetpractice

Same here.

35 blueraven  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:11:35pm

Ah...that new server smell!

Thanks for all you do Charles, I am sure the last few days have been hectic and stressful to say the least. Its good to be back!

36 dragonfire1981  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:11:36pm

re: #28 Gus

#Romney Rally Supporter: 'Put the White Back in the White House'

There was a pro wrestler a few years back who did a gimmick where he was basically a stereotypical white person (the wrestler was latino, which made it even more zany). One of his catchphrases was "If it ain't white, it ain't right."

That was satire. The Romney thing isn't.

37 wrenchwench  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:12:15pm

re: #18 PhillyPretzel

It is great to be back. I was starting to suffer from LGF withdrawal.

I was all the way through the withdrawal and cured. Now I have to start with small doses...

...and finish putting a bike back together.

38 dragonfire1981  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:12:15pm

re: #32 Targetpractice

Man, good to be back. Was starting to get the shakes.

"My name is Targetpractice and I have a problem..."

39 CuriousLurker  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:12:37pm

Can y'all imagine if the server had waited till election night to fail?? Perish the thought. *shudder*

40 Varek Raith  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:13:00pm

re: #28 Gus

#Romney Rally Supporter: 'Put the White Back in the White House'

Put the Derp on the Back of My Shirt.

41 Gus  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:13:11pm
42 b_sharp  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:13:14pm

re: #39 CuriousLurker

Can y'all imagine if the server had waited till election night to fail?? Perish the thought. *shudder*

I just about downdinged that.
Too scary.

43 LadyBehir  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:13:20pm

Whew. I lurk nearly every day, rarely post, but missed this place whilst it was down. Felt like a hole in the space time continuum or something.

44 Targetpractice  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:13:21pm

re: #39 CuriousLurker

Can y'all imagine if the server had waited till election night to fail?? Perish the thought. *shudder*

I'll grab the torches, you grab the pitchforks.

45 TDG2112  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:13:31pm

This is why I migrated to Google Apps and shut down Active Directory and Exchange that I was running in a set of VMs on a white box under my TV.

But then, I wasn't really running a business on it, just my Email, file sharing and the like. For the latter, I just got a QNAP, and why should I manage my own mail server?

46 nines09  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:13:59pm

Thanks Charles. I really appreciate what we have here. Hello again everybody.

48 Gus  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:14:28pm

re: #46 nines09

Thanks Charles. I really appreciate what we have here. Hello again everybody.

Yep.

Thanks Charles!

49 Targetpractice  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:14:42pm

Was so bored yesterday and today, I actually managed to get the hang of XCOM.

50 KoolEarl  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:14:53pm

For the "In Nate We Trust" folks: Obama/Biden had their first uptick in 8 days, %62.9 up from %61.1 on Friday

51 Gus  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:14:58pm

Whew. Now the spy if flying. Have to click on the comments there quick.

52 PhillyPretzel  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:15:01pm

re: #47 Gus

I see you have not lost your creativity. /

53 AK-47%  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:15:02pm

re: #36 dragonfire1981

There was a pro wrestler a few years back who did a gimmick where he was basically a stereotypical white person (the wrestler was latino, which made it even more zany). One of his catchphrases was "If it ain't white, it ain't right."

That was satire. The Romney thing isn't.

If anyone there had called him out on it (which I doubt) he would have a) insisted it was "just a joke" and then b) started screaming about his First Amendment rights...

54 Targetpractice  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:15:27pm

re: #50 KoolEarl

For the "In Nate We Trust" folks: Obama/Biden had their first uptick in 8 days, %62.9 up from %61.1 on Friday

Somebody call Sully, tell him to back away from the edge of the roof.

55 Charles Johnson  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:15:30pm

Oh yes, I can already see that MySQL is handling queries much faster, using mytop.

56 Gus  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:15:41pm

re: #52 PhillyPretzel

I see you have not lost your creativity. /

Thanks.

57 Gus  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:16:00pm

re: #55 Charles Johnson

Oh yes, I can already see that MySQL is handling queries much faster, using mytop.

You might have to slow it down a touch.

//

58 wrenchwench  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:16:03pm

re: #50 KoolEarl

Welcome, hatchling. I missed your first one.

59 MittDoesNotCompute  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:16:25pm

re: #39 CuriousLurker

Can y'all imagine if the server had waited till election night to fail?? Perish the thought. *shudder*

What I tweeted to Charles yesterday:

60 dragonfire1981  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:16:27pm

I think we all need to give Charles and whomever else huge props for getting this site back up and running so fast!

Much larger websites that have a lot more money and manpower than LGF don't do half as well recovering from an outage.

61 Daniel Ballard  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:16:53pm

If I may suggest, hit the tip jar. I think some long hours have been spent on our behalf.

62 Daniel Ballard  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:17:26pm

re: #47 Gus

That's the best of them all IMO.

63 BishopX  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:17:57pm

Charles,

Thank you for all your hard work on this. I don't post much, but I still enjoy coming here everyday!

64 Gus  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:17:57pm

re: #62 Daniel Ballard

That's the best of them all IMO.

Outsourced!

65 MittDoesNotCompute  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:18:24pm

re: #61 Daniel Ballard

If I may suggest, hit the tip jar. I think some long hours have been spent on our behalf.

And not an inconsiderable amount of money either, I imagine.

66 ozbloke  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:18:28pm

My wife made me do chores round the house while LGF was down.
I blame you Charles, don't let it happen again!

67 wrenchwench  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:18:31pm

re: #61 Daniel Ballard

If I may suggest, hit the tip jar. I think some long hours have been spent on our behalf.

Lower right hand corner of the post at the top. Also just under "Monthly Archives" in the left column.

68 Gus  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:21:45pm

Mitt Romney debates himself, round 2

Youtube Video
69 CuriousLurker  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:22:51pm

Yeah, thanks, Charles.

I've only been lurking lately, but LGF is always THERE. As soon as it wasn't I was like: Ack! *clutches pearls* where's my fainting cou...*thud*

70 PhillyPretzel  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:23:41pm

re: #69 CuriousLurker

::: waving smelling salts under CL's nose :::

71 wrenchwench  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:23:54pm

re: #69 CuriousLurker

Yeah, thanks, Charles.

I've only been lurking lately, but LGF is always THERE. As soon as it wasn't I was like: Ack! *clutches pearls* where's my fainting cou...*thud*

Is this your monocle, ma'am?

72 calochortus  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:23:59pm

Well, so much for my unusually productive day...
Glad to be back.

73 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:24:26pm

Honey Boo Boo!!! *ducks*

Whew, looks like this server can handle her...

74 dragonfire1981  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:25:01pm

Charles is like the Darth Vader of coding. If something isn't working, he can just Force Choke the database into submission.

75 Varek Raith  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:25:35pm

re: #68 Gus

Mitt Romney debates himself, round 2

[Embedded content]

He's a logic bomb waiting to explode.

76 Gus  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:26:12pm

re: #75 Varek Raith

He's a logic bomb waiting to explode.

I'm freaking dizzy from all the flip flops.

77 PhillyPretzel  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:26:13pm

re: #73 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You

I see your Honey Boo Boo and raise you Mr Rogers Neighborhood.

78 Gus  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:26:36pm

re: #77 PhillyPretzel

I see your Honey Boo Boo and raise you Mr Rogers Neighborhood.

BIG BIRD!

79 CuriousLurker  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:26:52pm

LGF reopens:

Youtube Video
80 PhillyPretzel  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:26:59pm

re: #78 Gus

Shining Time Station.

81 KoolEarl  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:29:52pm

re: #58 wrenchwench

Whats up wrenchwench. Yes, newbie here, just want to help keep chins up. I know the President got dinged but am confident Obama/Biden will prevail.

82 darthstar  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:30:24pm

Not everybody likes us, but we drive some folks wild.

Youtube Video
83 nines09  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:30:32pm

re: #68 Gus
"And if I ever meet this Mitt Romney I've got some questions for him."

84 darthstar  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:30:48pm

That has a nice shout out to Kid Rock in it too...worth a listen.

85 Interesting Times  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:31:32pm

re: #84 darthstar

That has a nice shout out to Kid Rock in it too...worth a listen.

Speaking of which...

86 Randall Gross  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:32:50pm

Nice, snappy, responsive server! I bet Charles is now sleep deprived however. Great work.

87 darthstar  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:32:59pm

re: #85 Interesting Times

Speaking of which...

[Embedded content]

Yep...replied to it already with this video.

"Just so you know,
so it's settled in stone.
Kid Rock don' come where I come from.

That's true, he's a yank,
He ain't no son of Hank,
If you thought so goddamn you're fuckin' dumb."

88 William Barnett-Lewis  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:34:39pm

Nice.

Now if only the twitter stuff would load as fast as the rest of LGF. Every timeI load (or reload) a thread with any quotes from Twitter, it dogs for a minute to five (depending on the size of the thread) until all of Twitter's code downloads & loads. Probably due to the fact that this machine is rather CPU challenged (10 yo P4M@1.8ghz) for the modern web, alas....

Still good to have it back.

89 nines09  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:36:52pm

Mitt Romney/Kid Rock Pool. "DANGER! NO DIVING! SHALLOW!"

90 PhillyPretzel  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:37:19pm

I have a question regarding a subscription. How can I pay for 1 year?

91 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:37:23pm

Oh, hullo. Are we back?

Nothing to say, really. It's a band competition day.

92 wrenchwench  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:38:08pm

re: #88 William Barnett-Lewis

Nice.

Now if only the twitter stuff would load as fast as the rest of LGF. Every timeI load (or reload) a thread with any quotes from Twitter, it dogs for a minute to five (depending on the size of the thread) until all of Twitter's code downloads & loads. Probably due to the fact that this machine is rather CPU challenged (10 yo P4M@1.8ghz) for the modern web, alas....

Still good to have it back.

I'm thinkin' this will help that:

93 Kruk  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:39:00pm

*Smooch* Kisses Charles and each of the server hamsters induvidually.

Damn, I misssed you guys.

LGF Addiction? What's that?

94 nines09  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:39:16pm

re: #90 PhillyPretzel

Why you can just give me the payment and I will be right back in a minute,////

95 PhillyPretzel  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:39:39pm

re: #94 nines09

lol

96 wrenchwench  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:39:54pm

re: #93 Kruk

*Smooch* Kisses Charles and each of the server hamsters induvidually.

Damn, I misssed you guys.

LGF Addiction? What's that?

Image: funny-pictures-hamster-is-laughing.jpg

97 William Barnett-Lewis  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:40:23pm

re: #93 Kruk

*Smooch* Kisses Charles and each of the server hamsters induvidually.

Damn, I misssed you guys.

LGF Addiction? What's that?

Ah, it was a good opportunity to get caught up at [Link: www.nodwick.com...]

98 engineer cat  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:40:33pm

welcome back, LGF

99 A Mom Anon  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:41:43pm

Thank you Charles for all the hard work getting things up and running. Glad to be back.

100 Charles Johnson  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:42:50pm

re: #90 PhillyPretzel

I have a question regarding a subscription. How can I pay for 1 year?

Right now it's set up to take the fee out of your Paypal account every month. Not sure Paypal supports a yearly payment, but I'll check it out.

101 Gus  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:43:10pm
102 PhillyPretzel  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:43:25pm

re: #100 Charles Johnson

It is okay I will do the monthly thing.

103 Daniel Ballard  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:45:59pm

Saturday Macro anyone?

104 PhillyPretzel  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:46:45pm

Okay. The "damage" has been done. Do I have to re-enter to get no ads.?

105 Gus  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:47:21pm

My links here are not opening in a new tab.

106 Charles Johnson  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:47:31pm

re: #104 PhillyPretzel

Okay. The "damage" has been done. Do I have to re-enter to get no ads.?

Yes, log out and back in and the ads will disappear.

107 Charles Johnson  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:47:51pm

re: #104 PhillyPretzel

And thank you for subscribing!

108 engineer cat  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:48:04pm

at 100 comments the page loads very quick! i'm eager to see it at 500...

109 PhillyPretzel  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:48:06pm

I shall return. /

110 PhillyPretzel  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:50:02pm

Back. Boy that loads fast. Cool. ::: putting on Maui Jims :::

111 Charles Johnson  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:50:08pm

re: #108 engineer cat

at 100 comments the page loads very quick! i'm eager to see it at 500...

That also depends on how fast the browser is, and how fast your computer is - for example, Internet Explorer starts to get sluggish on long comment threads, and there's nothing the server can do to help that. It just doesn't handle large amounts of HTML code very well.

112 engineer cat  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:50:15pm

a few years ago i heard a lecture at google from the fast page load specialist guy

113 Gus  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:52:06pm

Outrage!

//

114 Gus  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:52:17pm

In case you missed the word. :D

115 researchok  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:52:37pm

Cleanup at LGF HQ

116 engineer cat  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:53:54pm

re: #112 engineer cat

a few years ago i heard a lecture at google from the fast page load specialist guy

this guy, Steve Souders

117 Gus  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:54:53pm
118 PhillyPretzel  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:55:31pm

re: #117 Gus

lol

119 engineer cat  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:55:50pm

re: #111 Charles Johnson

i usually use the foxes of having fire

at work they want everybody to use chrome becuz we like the html 5

120 William Barnett-Lewis  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 1:58:05pm

re: #111 Charles Johnson

That also depends on how fast the browser is, and how fast your computer is - for example, Internet Explorer starts to get sluggish on long comment threads, and there's nothing the server can do to help that. It just doesn't handle large amounts of HTML code very well.

Interesting. I'm using Chromium because its the fastest on my ancient beast. Could be worse, at least it's not Windows.

121 engineer cat  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 2:02:41pm

re: #117 Gus

i knew we'd get back to The Main Topic sooner or later

today i'm feeling discouraged since it seems like one less than stellar night at the debates may result in medicare and social security running out in 20 years and american society looking more and more like a third world country with very rich people and very poor people

a cut from one inflection point leading to mortal bleeding?

122 engineer cat  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 2:11:48pm

...now i am become death, destroyer of threads...

123 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 2:12:04pm

re: #21 AK-47%

Thank god you're back, I was starting to discuss politics on Facebook, which is both pointless and dangerous...

LOL.

Hi everyone! sob, missed you, sob.

124 dragonath  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 2:13:20pm

Ooh, the new dilithium crystals really make a big difference!

125 Charles Johnson  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 2:14:38pm

Keeping an eye on the new server, it's handling the DB queries an order of magnitude faster than the old one. I haven't seen a query take longer than 2 seconds yet, even the complex multi-table joins. MySQL can record "slow queries," and since it's been online there have been zero slow queries.

Yeah. This rocks.

126 Charles Johnson  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 2:16:17pm

I want to put in a special plug for Annette at Hosting Matters, who stayed up all night to get the database together.

127 ozbloke  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 2:17:08pm

re: #125 Charles Johnson

Keeping an eye on the new server, it's handling the DB queries an order of magnitude faster than the old one. I haven't seen a query take longer than 2 seconds yet, even the complex multi-table joins. MySQL can record "slow queries," and since it's been online there have been zero slow queries.

Yeah. This rocks.

Good to hear, no doubt you are also aware of the additional load placed by the logging.

128 Gus  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 2:18:55pm

Just a note. If you see this image around...

Image: A5HXJUwCMAA6uGt.jpg

That's not the Sensata HQ in Illinois. It's actually the Sensata Technologies Baoying Co. Ltd. HQ in Baoying, China...

Image: 8072567784_472200ce0b_z.jpg

You can read about what's going on here.

129 researchok  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 2:19:03pm

re: #126 Charles Johnson

So Annette was the one who plugged the machine back into the socket.

//

130 PhillyPretzel  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 2:20:36pm

re: #129 researchok

lol

131 researchok  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 2:22:33pm

re: #130 PhillyPretzel

I'll be here all week.

132 Daniel Ballard  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 2:22:58pm

re: #125 Charles Johnson

Just in time for ten million comments, which you may well pass by inauguration day.

133 researchok  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 2:23:54pm

...

134 PhillyPretzel  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 2:24:34pm

re: #133 researchok

Me too. I want to get my money's worth. :)

135 aagcobb  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 2:32:16pm

re: #121 engineer cat

i knew we'd get back to The Main Topic sooner or later

today i'm feeling discouraged since it seems like one less than stellar night at the debates may result in medicare and social security running out in 20 years and american society looking more and more like a third world country with very rich people and very poor people

a cut from one inflection point leading to mortal bleeding?

Don't lose hope yet. Romney had the greatest night of his life, and its only pulled him to even, maybe barely ahead. I think we can safely assume that the President appreciates just how important the next debate is, and will be at the top of his game, if he doesn't want his legacy flushed down the toilet.

136 KoolEarl  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 2:33:36pm

re: #121 engineer cat

It wont come to that. Look, all Obama Biden as do is win OH/WI (still up 4-5 points per reputable pollsters) and any one of IA/NV/CO. Anything else will be gravy. I am confident that the President will bring his A game to the next two debates and will win the election.

137 Reverend Mother Ramallo  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 2:35:21pm

I need my fix!
I'm hooked on little green crack balls...
Yay!

138 Lidane  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 2:38:37pm

Ahh. Much better. I had to be productive yesterday which was silly.

139 A Mom Anon  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 2:38:40pm

re: #128 Gus

Gus,are there any pics of the Illinois building? Just a quick search and I couldn't find anything. Having the pic of the actual building in question would be nice. I heard about this story Friday afternoon on the radio and didn't have time then to research it.

140 PhillyPretzel  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 2:40:09pm

re: #138 Lidane

Of course WGBH in Boston. /

141 Gus  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 2:45:59pm

re: #139 A Mom Anon

Gus,are there any pics of the Illinois building? Just a quick search and I couldn't find anything. Having the pic of the actual building in question would be nice. I heard about this story Friday afternoon on the radio and didn't have time then to research it.

Best I can find in Google maps.

Looks like an old 1-story warehouse.

142 PhillyPretzel  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 2:49:02pm

re: #138 Lidane

Seriously that photo should be re-tweeted all over the internet.

143 Gus  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 2:49:40pm

Uh oh. Something weird happened.

144 Gus  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 2:49:52pm

OK. Fixed itself.

145 calochortus  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 2:51:02pm

re: #141 Gus

Apparently it was leased from Honeywell for 3 years and now that the 3 years are up they're moving operations to China. Honeywell is closing out whatever minor operation they still had there, so it will be empty.

146 Gus  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 2:52:08pm

re: #145 calochortus

Apparently it was leased from Honeywell for 3 years and now that the 3 years are up they're moving operations to China. Honeywell is closing out whatever minor operation they still had there, so it will be empty.

The one in China used to be Texas Instruments.

Image: byet5.jpg

Mind you they have several Chinese facilities.

147 smirking  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 2:53:51pm

You'll definitely notice a big difference when moving four years ahead in server hardware. I did the same earlier this year and man o man, the new toy smokes. RAM per RAM, Core for Core, there is just no comparison.

148 calochortus  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 2:54:00pm

re: #146 Gus

Round and round we go...

149 Gus  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 2:58:56pm

re: #148 calochortus

Round and round we go...

...

1996 Former Materials & Controls business (M&C) of Texas Instruments (TI) (now Sensata) and Baoying Electric Appliance establish a JV called Jiangsu Texas Instruments Electrical Equipment Company in Baoying // M&C opens sales office in Shanghai

1998 TI buys out the Baoying Electric‟s share of the JV and establishes a wholly owned subsidiary

1999 M&C opens sales office in Shenzhen

2003 Sensors & Controls (S&C), formerly M&C, builds a second building in Baoying

2004 S&C acquires Jiangsu Changheng Company and opens TI Changzhou Company

2005 Production begins in Changzhou // Baoying adds third building

2006 S&C becomes Sensata Technologies

2007 Sensata acquires Airpax Electronics Company in Shanghai // Sensata‟s Electrical Protection (EP) business establishes its first design engineering lab in China

2008 EP has first order for product designed in China // Sensata‟s Sensors business establishes its first technical center and engineering lab // Baoying breaks ground on Building 4

2010 Changzhou celebrates its 5th anniversary // Sensata Supplier Industrial Park is established in Baoying

2011 Changzhou Sensata completed purchase of Honeywell's Automotive on Board sensors business, including Honeywell‟s Automobile Sensors Co., Ltd. in Shanghai.

Source: [Link: www.sensata.jobs...]

150 Charles Johnson  Sat, Oct 13, 2012 6:34:55pm

Meanwhile, Reddit is reacting really badly to the revelation that a big part of their success is due to pandering to borderline pedophiles.


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