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Hello all, We've had some (very few, but more than zero) issues where database tables have crashed during times of heavy load on the server. These load spikes are usually related to other sites that I'm responsible for that happen to share resources with the ATX Community. These haven't been significant issues, and in fact have been very easy to resolve when they arise, but it does cause brief downtime on the Forum. So, in the interest of constant improvement, I would like to move the ATX Community to its own server (VPS) with its own dedicated resources. There are other server configuration changes/challenges that I'll tackle at the same time. Because this is the only forum I maintain, I am less experienced with performance tuning for this software than, say, more standard website content management systems. All that to say, I am expecting it to be a slightly bumpy transition but with improved speed and stability in the long term. There might be as much as one or two days of downtime followed by intermittent hiccups until everything is smoothed out. I'm aiming for mid-May to get this work done, but there is no hurry on my end. If there are business reasons to put it off longer, please speak up! Thanks!

Thank you and good luck with the move!

"Being wrong is the only way I feel sure I've learned anything" Daniel Kahneman - Nobel Prize in Economics ( 1934 - 2024 )

So I had an issue with a client that I needed to talk with IRS about. Called the PPL expecting a 20-30 minute wait. I was shocked at how quick it was. The agent was on the line before I had my paperwork out of the file. Issue resolved in 10 minutes. I need to get a lottery ticket tonight. Tom Longview, TX

Oddly, no problem logging in with the VPN today. Maybe they fixed it. And a few times this year I did have to log in again after updating. Only a few.

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

Rule 1, umpires are always right. Rule 2, if umpire is wrong, see rule 1. But of course, the good ones work hard to never be wrong, and understand they will be wrong and have to rule the best they can with what they have at the moment. Good training for life. Sadly, the difference today is any perceived slight will follow you forever at any time. I have been asked about a call from 20 years ago while online at the grocery. Must have kept little Spike from making the show. My very first call in my very first game was an ejection. Little JR cursed at me. The grown up JR resides at state expense as a predator.

I might add the following: If you really want to learn a subject, prepare to teach it to others.

A slight variation, but the same basic thought: “Experience - that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.” - Anthony Hopkins as CS Lewis in “Shadowlands”

The loss on the 2022 F8995 line 16 gets carried forward to Line 3 on the 2023 F8995. The loss on line 16 of the 2023 F8995 gets carried forward to the 2024 F8995.

I just held for an hour and 7 minutes. After being given an ID number (in a very flat, disaffected tone), I was told I was being transferred to the 'correct department' (never had that one before). Immediately back into the same queue (I'm certain) and back on hold, only to eventually be cut off. This is INCREDIBLY frustrating.

Wow! I've tried to call several times for a trust issue; letter response call number X and use ID number Y. No one has picked up, in an hour and a half, any time I've tried. Yesterday I got disconnected after 47 minutes; my shortest call yet. Very, very frustrating.