DegreeDiscussion.com?

Discussion in 'General Distance Learning Discussions' started by RBTullo, Sep 5, 2012.

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  1. RBTullo

    RBTullo Member

    Any idea what is going on over at DegreeDiscussion? They have been off-line for the last couple of days.

    Rich
     
  2. Ted Heiks

    Ted Heiks Moderator and Distinguished Senior Member

    I have no idea.
     
  3. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    Funny net-stuff - that's all. Yesterday and today, I couldn't get in either. Got the 404. Then I got there through another forum, that had linked to a post there. Everything else is OK..

    If you put http://www.degreediscussion.com/forums in your browser, you'll be fine. I've sent the forum-owner a message about it.

    Johann
     
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  4. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    Or maybe....

    Before I found that "back door" still open at DD, I thought maybe I'd been banned.... :smile:
    Uh-oh! Perhaps we all are and they didn't want us to find the way back in! :jester:

    Johann
     
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  5. Kizmet

    Kizmet Moderator

    I just walked in the front door. Whatever problem they were having is all fixed up now.
     
  6. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    Funny -- I just read your post, Kizmet, so I tried the front door, www.degreediscussion.com . Try it from here. Does it work for you?

    Still a 404 for me!

    Back door (as in post #3 above) still works... I can use it forever if need be - or not.

    Johann
     
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  7. Kizmet

    Kizmet Moderator

    I have the site listed in my "Favorities" and that link works fine. The one you provided did not.
     
  8. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    The normal everyday front-door link www.degreediscussion.com still does not work (for me).

    The back door link I provided was www.degreediscussion.com/forums That link works fine from this post and the other (for me.) I just checked.

    Whatever.

    Johann
     
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  9. rebel100

    rebel100 New Member

    Front door no worki...back door is fine...I didn't know about the site, cool!
     
  10. Ted Heiks

    Ted Heiks Moderator and Distinguished Senior Member

    front door doesn't work for me, back door works just fine
     
  11. Maniac Craniac

    Maniac Craniac Moderator Staff Member

    Hasn't the claim of the existence of websites other than DegreeInfo already been thoroughly debunked? Why can't people just accept the reality that we really are alone in the webiverse?
     
  12. Maniac Craniac

    Maniac Craniac Moderator Staff Member

    That's what happens when you get old.
     
  13. NMTTD

    NMTTD Active Member

    Me, either! I may check it out. Also, front door is broke but back door works great.
     
  14. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    Hmmm - Today, front door broke -- back door broke too. They must be fixing stuff.

    Speaking of other degree-sites, I lifted this today from http://www.degree.net :

    "Members: 19,477, Active Members: 1"

    Yep - they are down to ONE active member. When I last posted there, they still had 4 or 5. :smile:

    Johann
     
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  15. RAM PhD

    RAM PhD Member

    Or maybe you have multiple personality disorder, Johann, and the 4 or 5 active members were really you. :smile:
     
  16. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    Multiple disorders, yes - but no MPD here. I am proud of my other types of personality disorder and I am obsessive about organizing them. I spend hours NEATLY ROLLING every psycho quirk and twitch into one personality. Got a problem with that? :smile:

    DD backdoor is working now. Front door may be on permanent blink, who knows. Regulars and spammers all seem able to find their way in. I'll not post further on broken DD doors. Everybody knows how to deal with it now.

    BTW - IIRC, Dr. John Bear once had an interest in http://www.degree.net -- I was right. This from Dr. Bear, posted at DD:

    "Interesting. The website I started, http://www.degree.net, was :captured" by someone on Vanuatu, after my publisher was a couple of days late in renewing the name registration. Quite possibly a coincidence, but one wonders. (The Vanuatuan didn't do anything illegal with it, as far as I knew,and then sold it to someone else.)"

    It was quite active a few years back. No more, I guess.

    Johann
     
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  17. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    Final (I hope) update on troubles accessing DD.

    Owner just posted to the site that changes/improvements had been made recently - people might be experiencing problems. He suggested clearing cookies and refreshing browser. I did so and that cured the trouble - front door now works for me.

    I don't know if this procedure will be the "new normal" or not. It might be, for me, since I'm on a different computer (college lab) every day.

    Johann
     
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