The database server has crashed again, during the regularly scheduled backup. We so far have no way to reboot this machine remotely, so it'll stay down until someone can go in and push the button.

While it's very fast, it's also very unstable; it perhaps has hardware problems. With any luck, the manufacturer has given us a warranty of some sort for our very expensive purchase and will fix the thing.

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)