funny thing is that you sit and wait and it doesn't work when you finish.

12/18/2007 11:37:22 AM

queue position: 1693
minutes to wait: 19!!

i'm not waiting, i gave up.

12/18/2007 11:38:10 AM

ok, so lets make a drinking game. Everytime it refreshes, take a shot.

12/18/2007 11:41:23 AM

^FTW

ROFFLE

12/18/2007 11:41:38 AM

I'm back in position 2. It's going to reset to 3,000 again pretty soon.

12/18/2007 11:42:10 AM

Why is it putting me in a queue to view my transcript?!????


I guess I'll just check it every night at 2 AM, an hour after it updates. Maybe it won't be full then...

12/18/2007 11:42:58 AM

still at position 20

[Edited on December 18, 2007 at 11:46 AM. Reason : wtf??? im at 1785 now]

12/18/2007 11:45:43 AM

Ive went completely through the queue and then the screen just went blank - wont let me see anything after I stayed at 3rd for 5 mins

12/18/2007 11:47:37 AM

...anyone called Registration & Records to see WTF is going on?

12/18/2007 12:01:04 PM

Quote :

"Student Registration Your current queue position: undetermined Estimated minutes to wait: undetermined When your queue positition reaches zero, you will automatically enter the system "

12/18/2007 12:01:51 PM

I havent seen that message since I was a freshman waiting in the dorms to be able to register! WTF is going on here?

12/18/2007 12:04:43 PM

I waited and waited and waited ... but it did work. Following the line, the page took a good 2-3 minutes to load, there was nothing to view but the grades, and any clicking around puts you back in line. This was using Mozilla, if that possibly makes a difference.

12/18/2007 12:06:10 PM

I'm stuck AGAIN.

Quote :

"Student Registration Your current queue position: 1 Estimated minutes to wait: 1 Please do not reload this page, the page will automatically refresh every 45 seconds This page will update in 1 seconds"

12/18/2007 12:06:16 PM

Quote :

"The MyPack webmaster address is not the appropriate place to send such problem reports. If you have any further questions or concerns, please contact the NC State Help Desk at help@ncsu.edu or 515-HELP(4357). "

wat? then what the fuck is he doing?

12/18/2007 12:07:58 PM

i hate this.

i want that 200 dollar fee back

12/18/2007 12:08:48 PM

haha, the help desk isn't going to be able to do shit.

12/18/2007 12:10:06 PM

It got stuck there for 10 minutes until I hit refresh finally. Now I'm 1667 in line.

[Edited on December 18, 2007 at 12:10 PM. Reason : d]

12/18/2007 12:10:11 PM

bastert

12/18/2007 12:11:06 PM

hmm...nothing new on SysNews.

12/18/2007 12:16:33 PM

does this mean instructors can't post grades either?

12/18/2007 12:17:40 PM

Their interface is probably in no better shape than yours. So I wouldn't count on it.

[/educated guess]

12/18/2007 12:36:43 PM

Quote :

"wat? then what the fuck is he doing? "

In general, the webmaster address isn't the place to send problem reports, they should go to the Help
Desk. He's probably just passing them along. I'm sure everyone associated with the project is painfully aware of the problems right now; they don't exactly need 500 more emails saying "I can't get my grades!!!"

12/18/2007 12:38:36 PM

or in another perspective, they do, to remind them of how much of a disaster this is

all i know is, my ish better be backed up 3 or 4 times over. my grades are my life and future right now lol

[Edited on December 18, 2007 at 12:42 PM. Reason : ... im sure itll be fine, but exaggeration is fun ]

12/18/2007 12:41:18 PM

Exam question: If 3 servers can support 2,000 users over 8 hours. How many servers does it take to support 30,000 users over 8 hours?

Hint: the answer is not 4 servers.

12/18/2007 12:43:20 PM

I just waited 15 minutes for the queue to find the page blank when it loaded

12/18/2007 12:45:54 PM

Quote :

"In general, the webmaster address isn't the place to send problem reports, they should go to the Help Desk. He's probably just passing them along. I'm sure everyone associated with the project is painfully aware of the problems right now; they don't exactly need 500 more emails saying "I can't get my grades!!!""

well it said to contact the webmaster if the problem was with the server, so that's what i did. Also, I did this around 8 am, before most people problem even recognized the problem

Quote :

"OIT - Service - Outage --- FOLLOWUP POST: 2007-12-18 13:03:26 --- The Sybase services have been restored, however we continue to see very high volume which may cause performance delays."

[Edited on December 18, 2007 at 1:10 PM. Reason : .]

12/18/2007 1:06:15 PM

woohoo. finally working again. no new grades though.

[Edited on December 18, 2007 at 1:14 PM. Reason : ]

12/18/2007 1:14:24 PM

seriously though, when did we start having to wait in a queue for anything but course registration?

12/18/2007 1:20:57 PM

I sat through the queue and my grades popped up when I got through the wait. Who knows...

12/18/2007 1:25:15 PM

^ hence the message:

Quote :

"The Sybase services have been restored, however we continue to see very high volume which may cause performance delays.""

12/18/2007 1:27:25 PM

Quote :

"Unable to connect Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at packtracks.acs.ncsu.edu. * The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few moments. * If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network connection. * If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure that Firefox is permitted to access the Web."

12/18/2007 5:46:23 PM

Folks are being contacted now to look into the issue. Thanks for your patience while we try to see what's going on.

12/18/2007 5:55:34 PM

Something the people who came up with MyPack apparently haven't learned: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

12/18/2007 6:00:16 PM

The connection has timed out













The server at packtracks.acs.ncsu.edu is taking too long to respond.








* The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few
moments.

* If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network
connection.

* If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure
that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.

12/18/2007 6:17:55 PM

At least if your parents ask to see your grades you aren't lying when you can't show them

12/18/2007 6:19:42 PM

This is rediculous! I waited the 3 minutes and it just gave me an error page.

^^ Aint that just like em! Blame US or OUR COMPUTERS when THEY are the ones who effed up!

[Edited on December 18, 2007 at 6:37 PM. Reason : ]

12/18/2007 6:36:10 PM

*sigh

12/18/2007 6:52:01 PM

Quote :

"-- FOLLOWUP POST: 2007-12-18 18:22:32 --- We continue to see very high volume and some delays in services to viewing and posting grades. We continue to monitor the servers and will post additional information, as soon as it is known."

how about you just fix the shit so it works right

12/18/2007 6:53:13 PM

god fucking damnit, how about they just take fucking packtracks out of the recycle bin, reinstall and delete this fucking mypack shit.

12/18/2007 7:03:50 PM

^^ do you honestly think that they're not trying?

12/18/2007 7:48:13 PM

exhibit A of why you don't fuck with stuff that isn't broken. And you always have a backup. They should have it set up where if the MyPack crap shits the bucket, they can bring the old sytem back online.

[Edited on December 18, 2007 at 7:53 PM. Reason : ]

12/18/2007 7:51:48 PM

seems that way

12/18/2007 7:51:52 PM

this is fucking pathetic, it really really really is

12/18/2007 7:58:35 PM

piece of shit mypack.

12/18/2007 8:02:19 PM

Thats some N.C. State shit

12/18/2007 8:05:31 PM

can't see my grades that i pay 5400 dollars a semester for, what kind of bullshit is waiting to see grades anyway

12/18/2007 8:11:48 PM

Haha apparently professors can't enter grades either. Wonder how many people won't be finding out if they graduate until well after the ceremony.

12/18/2007 8:32:35 PM

man the queue just hit over 1500

12/18/2007 8:34:51 PM

fire anyone and everyone associated with this system

12/18/2007 8:36:52 PM

This is the biggest load of crap I have ever seen!
I mean did they not load test this 'mycrap' before they went live with it?

[Edited on December 18, 2007 at 8:43 PM. Reason : eh]

12/18/2007 8:41:51 PM