beak3chimps Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 Yeah, I would just love someone to say, consistently, publicly, "Not before Tuesday" or something like that. If it came out sooner, no biggy, we'd all be psyched. When the day came around they could update it to "Not before" some other day, and then I could pause the incessant refreshing of "did i get one did i get one did i get one" in my head until said date.
beak3chimps Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 beak3chimps, any monte carlo advice for me? I haven't gotten a chance to look at your message, unfortunately; sorry. Too much TA-ing in addition to class in addition to trying to figure out a dissertation and having a 10 month old...really wish I had an NSF right now, lol, to take out that TA-ing.
PSi_light Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 I feel like asking for them to update us with information on the timeline is a little too much to ask. . . seeing as how they never ACTUALLY informed us that we are in fact in limbo. They just left it for you to figure out. Actually a lot of us (or based on people who talk on the board) emailed them weeks ago to confirm our status as "pending". Yes, not "in limbo" but "pending party" doesn't sound as good as "limbo party" so we kept our term for it.
mechEgirl Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 Actually a lot of us (or based on people who talk on the board) emailed them weeks ago to confirm our status as "pending". Yes, not "in limbo" but "pending party" doesn't sound as good as "limbo party" so we kept our term for it. Yes, I found out too, but because I called to ask. What I meant was that they were going to "send an e-mail notifying" the applicants of their status. Clearly that never happened. It probably would have saved them a lot of headaches and a lot less people would have called/e-mailed in those first couple days to figure out what was going on. Instead, you had to actively seek information. Clearly they aren't so great at keeping us informed. That was my point.
dumbmatter Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 question: how many people are in limbo? is it possible that, since the original announcement of the awards, we will make 1 post here for every single person in limbo? maybe that could give us another goal to work towards after 200 pages.
meowser Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 question: how many people are in limbo? is it possible that, since the original announcement of the awards, we will make 1 post here for every single person in limbo? maybe that could give us another goal to work towards after 200 pages. From what people have posted, it's somewhere between 2000 and 2100. That being said, I think your new goal is totally feasible. Let's get to it!
peacelily Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 GRFP will be unavailable Monday, May 18 from 11:00PM ET until 2:00AM ET on Tuesday, May 19 for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience. Another fake-out or real news?
kdilks Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 Another fake-out or real news? The one time they made a real announcement, the server went down from 11pm-2am.
Neuronerd Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 They don't usually do maintenance early in the week, thus.... I'd say this is it.
Higgins_the_Brave Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 ugh. I'm nervous. I want to find out so bad, but I REALLY don't want to be rejected ! :cry: For the first time every I feel like I might rather wait! ...
Dudeblight Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 or they could just schedule maintenance every night this week. in case its ready to go up.
Dead Skunk 2 Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 The one time they made a real announcement, the server went down from 11pm-2am. Yeah, and there was also the time last week when they had a similar announcement up but then pulled it during the afternoon. I think actual maintenance is less likely to get postponed because it doesn't depend on the bureaucracy in the same way tat announcements do. I'm going to predict that this is the announcement, with the caveat that they might pull the maintenance message from the site during the day and postpone it again. Good luck to everyone, particularly those who need it to continue with their studies. I'd certainly appreciate not having to teach for a few years, but I do have guaranteed funding, and I can manage just fine without it.
meowser Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 I think this is the end. Maybe I'll go home and nap in preparation for this evening.
Higgins_the_Brave Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 I think this is the end. ehhhhhhhhhh we thought that three times already this week. We'll all stay up late tonight and then nothing will happen, then we will all go to bed grumpy and have yucky dreams. The forum will be silent for a few hours the next morning, then people will crabbily start talking again. In two more days we'll repeat. Don't worry.
Hekog Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 Haha, it's frightening to realize that we've repeated that process so many times that it's a well recognized pattern
nsfhopeful Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 Has anyone ever called to ask what type of "maintenance" is happening? Maybe they'll slip up and tell us! I can't call where I am right now.
meowser Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 Is anyone else going to feel a little lost and confused once this is all over? What will I do when there are no more websites to compulsively refresh? Work?
Higgins_the_Brave Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 Is anyone else going to feel a little lost and confused once this is all over? What will I do when there are no more websites to compulsively refresh? Work? That depends on if we get NSFs or not!
beak3chimps Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 That depends on if we get NSFs or not! Seriously. Double my salary, and I'm not gonna be worried about refreshing anything.
Moxie Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 Seriously. Double my salary, and I'm not gonna be worried about refreshing anything. This.
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