Thread: Apologies for Site Downtime

Hi everyone, apologies if you noticed that the site just went down for a little while. At first we thought it was the particle accelerator experiment but it turns out that they updated some server components without telling us. (always nice to kept informed, isn't it!)

Everything should be back to normal now, unless of course the world does end in which case the site will probably go down again but we shall endeavour to resurrect it in the world to come.

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On the plus side, I've just discovered the higgs boson down the back of my settee whilst I was waiting for you to come back online....

Ah I wondered what had happened - I thought it was just my computer being annoying!

Phew, for awhile there I thought Id lost my only connection to the world of burlesque...brook into abit of a cold sweat...:lol:

on the plus side, found the most amazing piece of music for my flower pot routine...oddly enough its entitled Amethyst!! Fate?!

YouTube - X Japan - Amethyst

(just ignore the bit at the end where they introduce the band members)
Axx

Originally Posted by Lord Dashwood

Hi everyone, apologies if you noticed that the site just went down for a little while. At first we thought it was the particle accelerator experiment but it turns out that they updated some server components without telling us. (always nice to kept informed, isn't it!)

Everything should be back to normal now, unless of course the world does end in which case the site will probably go down again but we shall endeavour to resurrect it in the world to come.

Eeerrrmmmmm, Me Lud, do I get any MoB Credits to compensate for the profuse sweating, palpitations, chewed nails and the choccy binging due to having withdrawral symtoms.....................blink, blink, blink, fawn.................:excited::excited::grin:

Originally Posted by tempest devyne

On the plus side, I've just discovered the higgs boson down the back of my settee whilst I was waiting for you to come back online....

Ummmmmmmmmmmmmm, Mrs T? Wots a "Higgs Boson" pulleeez

Originally Posted by Michelle Moi Belle

Eeerrrmmmmm, Me Lud, do I get any MoB Credits to compensate for the profuse sweating, palpitations, chewed nails and the choccy binging due to having withdrawral symtoms.....................blink, blink, blink, fawn.................:excited::excited::grin:

Of course you may. You can have 20 credits straight away. Obviously the intricate nature of MoB credits means I will have to charge you a 20 credit administration fee.

There. Done!

Originally Posted by Lord Dashwood

Of course you may. You can have 20 credits straight away. Obviously the intricate nature of MoB credits means I will have to charge you a 20 credit administration fee.

There. Done!

he he he, You is cunning, like fox

Originally Posted by Michelle Moi Belle

Ummmmmmmmmmmmmm, Mrs T? Wots a "Higgs Boson" pulleeez

Ok, without the aid of a safety net, and probably about be shouted at by various scientists for being simplistic, but here I go with an explanation...

The Higgs boson is the sort of holy grail to particle physicists that they could well discover as part of the CERN experiment. It's as yet undiscovered (though I still swear I found one down the back of my settee and it's not a dust ball) though scientists have theorised about its existence. It supposedly creates a field that attracts other particles (protons, neutrons etc) and therefore gives them mass. The Higgs boson has been nicknamed the God particle because of it's imparting of mass to other particles - but it is incredibly elusive (CERN tried to find it back in 2000 and I think it was first talked about in the 60s...possibly) and Stephen Hawkin has supposedly said he would a huge amount of money on them not finding it when the Large Hadron Collider is switched on.

Basically, looking for bosons give scientists hadrons.....

Originally Posted by Lord Dashwood

Of course you may. You can have 20 credits straight away. Obviously the intricate nature of MoB credits means I will have to charge you a 20 credit administration fee.

There. Done!

Fank ewe vewy mush me Lud.....(Touches forelock and curtsies at same time coz I am brill)