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Re: "File server blew up over the weekend. Over 1000 SQL backup job failures in the inbox this morning. "
From: Martin Tomasek <tomasek () ufe cz>
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:08:10 +0200
Larry Seltzer wrote:
Many tweets with this message in the last 24 hours or so. Any guess at what it's about?http://twitter.com/home#search?q=SQL%20backup%20job%20failures%20
It seems every single of the tweets has note that it has been posted via API. If you look at tweets that follows the one you mentioned, they are similar for different users. I guess this is a bot.
Well.. I found one tweet from aug 31, which came from tweetdeck (http://tweetdeck.com/beta/) instead of API. This one: http://209.85.129.132/search?q=cache:K7QG1eTN4IUJ:twitter.com/zewsk/status/3664500948+File+server+blew+up+over+the+weekend.+Over+1000+SQL+backup+job+failures+in+the+inbox+this+morning.+site:twitter.com&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk <http://209.85.129.132/search?q=cache:K7QG1eTN4IUJ:twitter.com/zewsk/status/3664500948+File+server+blew+up+over+the+weekend.+Over+1000+SQL+backup+job+failures+in+the+inbox+this+morning.+site:twitter.com&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk> (querry: File server blew up over the weekend. Over 1000 SQL backup job failures in the inbox this morning. tweetdeck site:twitter.com)
-- Martin Tomasek
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Current thread:
- "File server blew up over the weekend. Over 1000 SQL backup job failures in the inbox this morning. " Larry Seltzer (Oct 05)
- Re: "File server blew up over the weekend. Over 1000 SQL backup job failures in the inbox this morning. " Robert Portvliet (Oct 05)
- Re: "File server blew up over the weekend. Over 1000 SQL backup job failures in the inbox this morning. " Martin Tomasek (Oct 05)
- Re: "File server blew up over the weekend. Over 1000 SQL backup job failures in the inbox this morning. " Jon Kibler (Oct 05)
- Re: "File server blew up over the weekend. Over 1000 SQL backup job failures in the inbox this morning. " Robert Portvliet (Oct 05)
- Re: "File server blew up over the weekend. Over 1000 SQL backup job failures in the inbox this morning. " Valdis . Kletnieks (Oct 05)
- artifical stupidity (was: "File server blew up over the weekend. ...") Martin Tomasek (Oct 05)
- Re: "File server blew up over the weekend. Over 1000 SQL backup job failures in the inbox this morning. " Robert Portvliet (Oct 05)
- Re: "File server blew up over the weekend. Over 1000 SQL backup job failures in the inbox this morning. " Kaegler, Mike (Oct 05)
- Re: "File server blew up over the weekend. Over 1000 SQL backup job failures in the inbox this morning. " K. Brian Kelley (Oct 05)