As I was trying to submit the answer for problem 175 I kept getting the "Warning! Mysql connection has been lost..." and "User project_euler_1 already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connections in..." errors I just pressed f5 some times trying to be lucky and get the page to work.
Instead I got: "As you have attempted to submit an answer before the exclusion period had ended it has now been extended to 50 minutes."
Doh... I hope there is no public flagellation for that... I actually just submitted twice...
Anyway... from servage.net : "3600 GB Transfer. Transfer more than 3 Terabyte per month!"... well... how can the site be so broken if we're using 10Gb per month? It's a real pity...
Maybe you can consider passing to a way more powerful system and activate some donations stuff for us to help you "pay the rent"...
I have mentioned that to servage.net in my many correspondences; it's all well and fine offering such massive bandwidth, but if your servers can't cope with less than one tenth of that traffic, it's all academic. I am so sorry for the frustrations, sfabriz. We are looking for an alternative. I don't suppose you know of any do you?
In the meantime, you may have spotted in the other thread...
euler wrote:I've extended the number of answers you can submit in a one minute period to stop this happening to users. The problem is that the "answer hack" script operates before and outside of attempts to connect to the database. So refreshing the page will count as one submission even though your answer may not necessarily be checked.
I keep my sites on noamweb.com, but they are italian and don't seem to care too much to upgrade their packets with php5/mysql5, which is why I'm planning to move my sites soon. The hosting/assistance is great though, they're really good. So, unfortunately I can't make a suggestion.
Regarding my post, please don't be sorry. I just wrote that because I don't know if you get noticed about hack attempts and didn't want you to think I was trying to do that.
The site works quite good in the morning (at GMT+1), probably because at that time the majority of all users are either sleeping or working. In the afternoon and evening it gets very difficult to retrieve the pages.
Anyway, I think we don't have any right to complain to you for a service you provide at no cost. I think it's clear that you put a lot of effort in the site and, as making sites is part of my job, I know how consuming some operations can be. I noticed the small changes (like the cutoff of the % of challenges solved in the forum posts, the little stars in the ranking page and so on...).
I really hope that the situation gets fixed soon, because this site deserves it.
In the meantime I'm referring to my pdf complete problem list, as usual, to save you some bandwidth.
So, don't be sorry and happy new year!
Cheers,
sfabriz
