Most users ever online was 14,989, 04-07-05 at 07:05 AM
04-22-09, 08:58 PM
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Most users ever online was 14,989, 04-07-05 at 07:05 AM
Any idea what happened on that date and time? I'm sure an old mod can chime in 
04-22-09, 08:59 PM
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Still kicking.
Nothing happened.
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04-22-09, 09:18 PM
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<sob> I've been trying and trying and ... meh, ferget it. The impotant peeps are here and that's what counts! 
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04-22-09, 09:27 PM
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Two months later I joined BF.
Clearly, it has been all downhill from there.
Clearly, it has been all downhill from there.
04-22-09, 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by ashegam
15K users didn't come here that early in the morning for nothing. lol
04-22-09, 10:02 PM
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Probably Yahoo server ****, before they fixed their ****ty web crawlers.
Ah I miss those days of hugely inflated user counts.
Ah I miss those days of hugely inflated user counts.
04-22-09, 11:15 PM
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Originally Posted by free_pizza
the kryptonite videos?
I was thinking perhaps it was the Al Quaeda hacking and subsequent CNN direct linking, but I think that was back in 2002, and I think there was a database disaster shortly after that.
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04-23-09, 01:55 AM
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Koffee Vs. Australia.
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04-23-09, 02:19 AM
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I think that was the day that 14,989 decided not to ride at the same time.....and log on here. So kind of a reverse critical mass.
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04-23-09, 04:53 AM
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Originally Posted by UnsafeAlpine
pcad comes here at all hours of the day for nothing... just sayin'...
04-23-09, 05:24 AM
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This article was making the rounds on that date, so maybe information leaked out about it somewhere early that morning:
https://www.usatoday.com/sports/cycli...tm?POE=SPOISVA
https://www.usatoday.com/sports/cycli...tm?POE=SPOISVA
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04-23-09, 07:41 AM
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Nothing here to see!!!!!!
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Originally Posted by KrisPistofferson
Koffee Vs. Australia.
04-23-09, 10:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Tude
<sob> I've been trying and trying and ... meh, ferget it. The impotant peeps are here and that's what counts!
