So... did the Hero Chat room Implode or what?

[AlbertDeschesne]

What's going on with the Hero Chat lately? Leah Watts (No relation) was posting and BOOM! Can't get back in, and it doesn't start up now... Mac or PC.

[TechnoViking]

Looks like. Tried on Windows XP and Gentoo Linux, no luck.

Mike

[Darren Watts]

It seems to be down again. As you can imagine, since this is the second week in a row, I am extremely frustrated and unhappy. Unfortunately, I'm not a programmer, and Dan Simon seems not to be available. I will be raising this issue with him ASAP. dw

[AlbertDeschesne]

Originally posted by Darren Watts
It seems to be down again. As you can imagine, since this is the second week in a row, I am extremely frustrated and unhappy. Unfortunately, I'm not a programmer, and Dan Simon seems not to be available. I will be raising this issue with him ASAP. dw

I wasn't trying to finger-point, but it is frustrating... I set aside 2 hours a week for just chillin' with some buds and didn't get a chance to do that this week... man.

[nblade]

Well that makes me feel better, I thought I had a problem with my system earlier.

[Darren Watts]

Dan got it back up and running about 7:10, and promises to work on the stability issues this week. Many thanks to El Programmer Grande! dw

[JohnTaber]

Hi Gents: When is the regular chat session? I want to login next time...

[Steve Long]

Darren's chat is Monday evenings at 9:00 PM EST, 6:00 PM PST.

My chat is Thursday evenings at 9:00 PM EST, 6:00 PM PST.

[AlbertDeschesne]

Originally posted by JohnTaber
Hi Gents: When is the regular chat session? I want to login next time...

6pm PST Monday (Darren's rat pack chat), 9pm EST Thursday (Steve's cool cat chat)

[AlbertDeschesne]

Dan -- I tried to login to the chat today with the Mac Java 1.4.1 R10 client, just for testing purposes, since Hero Designer is working so nicely. But instead of the chat room I got the Java console with the following:

Java(TM) Plug-in: Version 1.4.1
Using JRE version 1.4.1 Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM
User home directory = /Users/albert
Proxy Configuration: No proxy


----------------------------------------------------
c:   clear console window
f:   finalize objects on finalization queue
g:   garbage collect
h:   display this help message
l:   dump classloader list
m:   print memory usage
o:   trigger logging
p:   reload proxy configuration
q:   hide console
r:   reload policy configuration
s:   dump system properties
t:   dump thread list
v:   dump thread stack
x:   clear classloader cache
0-5: set trace level to <n>
----------------------------------------------------
load: class com.hero.ChatApplet not found.
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.hero.ChatApplet
	at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.findClass(AppletClassLoader.java:153)
	at sun.plugin.security.PluginClassLoader.findClass(PluginClassLoader.java:168)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:299)
	at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.loadClass(AppletClassLoader.java:114)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:255)
	at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.loadCode(AppletClassLoader.java:506)
	at sun.applet.AppletPanel.createApplet(AppletPanel.java:574)
	at sun.plugin.AppletViewer.createApplet(AppletViewer.java:1775)
	at sun.applet.AppletPanel.runLoader(AppletPanel.java:503)
	at sun.applet.AppletPanel.run(AppletPanel.java:292)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:554)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: open HTTP connection failed.
	at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.getBytes(AppletClassLoader.java:252)
	at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.access$100(AppletClassLoader.java:42)
	at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader$1.run(AppletClassLoader.java:143)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.findClass(AppletClassLoader.java:140)
	... 10 more

I tried to send this as a PM but it's too long. Any ideas?

[Crimson-Hawk]

Another thing... (and this is my own personal issue; I'll understand if the answer is "No, Can't Be Done")

Some may or may not have noticed my absences from the chats (some may have even breathed a sigh of relief from it). The reason being is that my hours at work have changed... I work from Noon until 9pm Central on weekdays. Now, my duties would allow me to attend chat, so long as I got my work done at the same time... except that the proxy server I have Internet access on has a b***** of a firewall... Apparently, it prevents the chat room applet from even initializing.

Is it possible to access the chat room despite a firewall?

[Koshka]

Originally posted by nblade
Well that makes me feel better, I thought I had a problem with my system earlier.

Just to see if others had the same problem I did, did your computers lock up or did you just get booted?

(Lock-up here)