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	meril 2004-01-18 11:00 pm UTC (link)
	Actually, last year LJ had some trouble for about 4 days and they gave every paid user four extra days of paid time. It's not unprecedented. The post is still whiny, though. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	wolfsamurai 2004-01-19 12:56 am UTC (link)
	Wasn't the trouble for longer than 4 days though? I remember the time you're referring to, as well as the extending of paid accounts by 4 days, but if I remember right weren't there fairly serious problems for closer to a week or 10 days? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	allen 2004-01-19 01:40 am UTC (link)
	Yes, and it was a lot more pervasive, as in, most of the users couldn't access the site, not just those on the Santa cluster as in this case (like moi). In that case, it was warranted. In this one? Not so much. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: wolfsamurai 2004-01-19 01:48 am UTC (link)
	I do agree, it wasn't warranted in this situation. That's part of what I was getting at. It took more than a weeks worth of widespread problems last time to get the compensation. A few hours worth of downtime for just a percentage of users isn't going to get jack shit. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	allen 2004-01-19 01:52 am UTC (link)
	Exactly. I'm one of the affected ones and I could give a flying fuck, as long as it's back up. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	musette 2004-01-19 08:18 am UTC (link)
	It was during a DDOS headache and it went on almost constantly for about three or four days, and then on and off for at least a week after that, probably more. Individual cluster outages happen all the fucking time, this asshat really needs to figure that out. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	lurker32 2004-01-18 11:16 pm UTC (link)
	chaobell totally wins. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	chaobell 2004-01-19 03:41 pm UTC (link)
	Thankyew! ^_^ (Reply to this)(Parent)

fandom_biatch
2004-01-18 11:17 pm UTC (link)

I work for the phone company and crack up when a customer asks, no, DEMANDS for one day outof service credit. Mind you, these people, a lot of the time, have only basic service with nothing else and only pay about $15 per month if that much. The start ranting and raving when I tell them their credit is only $0.50 with tax. This woman sounds like one of them. They type that will argue over one cent.

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	allen 2004-01-18 11:48 pm UTC (link)
	I remember when I worked for DirecTV and people would want compensation for TWO HOURS of downtime. Gah. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	ladybirdsleeps 2004-01-19 12:24 am UTC (link)
	The funny thing is that LiveJournal wasn't even down for a day. Just part of one; that should probably be closer to $.04. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	rann 2004-01-19 01:10 am UTC (link)
	Not even all of it was down. As I recall, it was just one particular cluster, meaning most users never noticed anything was wrong, other than that it was a little slower than usual. I mean, geez, anyone bitching about livejournal's never tried to navigate through Gaia on a bad day. Livejournal is beautifully stable and smooth by comparison. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ladybirdsleeps 2004-01-19 04:34 am UTC (link)
	It was the Santa cluster, and not even all users on the Santa cluster were affected the entire time. Reimbursing everyone fairly would be impossible for LiveJournal to do, really. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	psychofangirl 2004-01-19 02:16 am UTC (link)
	The only reason why I noticed that the Santa Cluster was down was because I was trying to submit an icon to i_contest. Sure, I was frusterated, but I got over it pretty quickly. Heh. But, squabbling over 8 cents? Sheesh. Maybe that person should just look around the house or the car for 8 cents and pretend it was a refund from livejournal. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	chash 2004-01-19 04:59 am UTC (link)
	OMGBARALAI humps your icon (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	psychofangirl 2004-01-19 05:11 am UTC (link)
	HEEEEEEE!! I've got more on this journal! :D I just love him. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: chash 2004-01-19 05:45 am UTC (link)
	He's so wonderful! Mmm, Baralai... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	psychofangirl 2004-01-19 06:02 am UTC (link)
	To me, he's one of the best characters in Final Fantasy. :D Do you SHIP Baralai/Gippal by any chance? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: chash 2004-01-19 03:17 pm UTC (link)
	YES! I still haven't found much fic, though. There's just FF.net, and there are barely three stories on there about them. Pretty soon, I'm going to have to write my own to get my fix. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	psychofangirl 2004-01-19 07:38 pm UTC (link)
	I've only found a few too as I think maybe two people have written about them. :( Guess I'll have to write some too! :D (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: chash 2004-01-19 08:30 pm UTC (link)
	Have you found any not on FF.net? I'm desperate for anything I haven't seen. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	psychofangirl 2004-01-19 09:13 pm UTC (link)
	Try Here. It's an LJ community dedicated to Gippal/Baralai. :D (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: chash 2004-01-19 11:21 pm UTC (link)
	Sweet! Just what I've been looking for. Thanks! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	lots42 2004-01-19 11:05 pm UTC (link)
	Someone offered to Paypal the complainer eight cents (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	psychofangirl 2004-01-19 11:06 pm UTC (link)
	HEE! Yea, I saw that! (Reply to this)(Parent)