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Electoral-vote.com Under Heavy Load; Attack?
An anonymous reader writes "Electoral-vote.com (and mirrors electoral-vote2.com through electoral-vote8.com) seem to be very slow at the moment. Votemaster ( A. Tanenbaum) just posted 'All the servers appear to be under attack now, also DNS. I added another large multiprocessor but it doesn't seem to help much. I don't this is going to work. Sorry.' Massive attack or just a large flash crowd? Anybody up for some mirroring so votemaster can concentrate on the polls?"
Reader fishwack writes with word that as of 3:46GMT (10:46 PM Eastern time in the U.S.) "the Federal Electoral Commission's Web site is down."
Political zerg.
Job? I don't have time to get a job! Who will sit around and bitch about being broke and unemployed then?
Let's post it to Slashdot with a link.
I don't this is going to work.
:)
Me neither
by linking to all of them on Slashdot!!!!!!!
It must be under attack, probably by terrorists, who seek to quash our freedom and replace it with...evilness! Because, you know, it doesnt make sense that a site could go down because of insane numbers of people using it. Us slashdotters cant imagine such a thing happening. Besides, who would be going there now, anyhow?
Support more choices in goverment-Vote 3rd party.
I think these sites might be slow because the US is voting in a Presidential Election today, so people are checking out those sites for the results so far, etc.
What's this? like the fourth direct link to the site today?
"Go to CNN [for a] spell-checked, fact-checked summary" -- CmdrTaco
quick! :)
switch to a microkernel based OS and webserver we all know would stand up to this attack nicely...
jk
I for one, welcome our new hot grits... PROFIT!
heh but on a serious note, there's something over 120 million voters? With such a close election? Doubt it's a hostile attack.
and they are actually trying to shut them down by posting on slashdot...(?)
/. affect as good as denial of service?
isnt the
~slashdot are my only freinds ):
Don't count your chickens. Assuming you know how to count.
Okay, so now it's down to Ohio and New Mexico. If Bush takes Ohio, Kerry takes New Mexico (and NH, the rest of the states follow the trend from 4 years ago), there will be a tie.
Which means we would probably end up with President George Bush and Vice-President John Edwards. That'd be a hoot.
What?
Where's all that "a 20% performance hit is not a big deal" crap now, bigmouth? :-)
I hope they play that "dramatic battle" music from when Kirk fought Spock on Star Trek...
Does it make you happy you're so strange?
If ever there was an excuse for armed rebellion against the state, this is it. Bush is unintelligent and even though the majority of Americans think he is qualified, WE KNOW BETTER AND WE ARE SMARTER. Here at Slashdot, we pride ourselves as the party of the open-minded and accepting (so long as you agree with our views). SO LET'S REFUSE TO ACCEPT THE ELECTION RESULTS. We know they cheated (the details and facts are irrevelant). Power to the "people".
Johnson: It's time someone had the courage to stand up and say: I'm against those things that everybody hates!
Jackson: Now, I respect my opponent. I think he's a good man. But, quite frankly, I agree with everything he just said!
Fry: These are the candidates? They sound like clones. [Squints] Wait a minute. They are clones!
Leela: Don't let their identical DNA fool you. They differ on some key issues.
Johnson: I say your three cent titanium tax goes too far!
Jackson: And I say your three cent titanium tax doesn't go too far enough!
Script found Here
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If ever there was an excuse for armed rebellion against the state, this is it. Bush is unintelligent and even though the majority of Americans think he is qualified, WE KNOW BETTER AND WE ARE SMARTER. Here at Slashdot, we pride ourselves as the party of the open-minded and accepting (so long as you agree with our views). SO LET'S REFUSE TO ACCEPT THE ELECTION RESULTS. We know they cheated (the details and facts are irrevelant). Power to the "people"!
Only 7% said intelligence!!!!! HOLY FUCK!!! JESUS CHRIST, is this the country that I'm living in?!?!?!?
Quick!!!! Flee to MENSA land while you can!!!!
Moneyed corporations, non-working 'poor' and criminal prisoners are turning productive citizens into tax-slaves.
Which "part" of Mane are you talking about? Does anyone know where the split ends?
Hmm, I may have to mullet over for a while.
-You're not my REAL dad!
-- Mace only makes me hornier.
Great. Rule by Geek. We'd probably end up with an overclocked Guillotine.
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
What, Bush is at lead!
(Reload)
What, Bush is still at lead!
(Reload)
Bush is still at lead, fsck!
(Reload)
Fsck!
(Reload)
Fsck! Fsck!
(Reload)
I play Iclod.
I for one don't care whether my President can solve Fermat's Last Theorem, score a 1600 on the SAT or anything like that. They don't need to. The Presidency is not rocket science. It's not a matter of intelligence, it's a matter of wisdom. This applies to both candidates.
It really depends. If your Intelligence is 13ish, and you're human, you can get an extra 4 skill points per level; you can also get Improved Knockdown and Improved Disarm. On the other hand, if you're playing a cleric or a ranger, Wisdom can prove very important, especially for those Will Saving throws.
Oh, what? Election?!? Well, I guess druids are probably liberals.
~Will
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