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LiveJournal Blackout Analysis Online

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the when-it-all-hits-the-fan dept.

Hakubi_Washu writes "LiveJournal has posted their official analysis of what happened last Friday. Apparently someone "accidentally" pushed the emergency power off (which should keep all power off, even UPS), reset it and ran off. They had problems to come back up fast, because of "9 machines with faulty motherboards with embedded NICs that don't do auto-negotiation properly", Machines not fully rebooting for analysis reasons and few others. "

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  1. Lesser OS... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny


    They should be using OpenBSD. It can run right through power failures

  2. The less we've learned... by geoffspear · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't let your clients near the Big Red Button without an escort. Preferably an armed one.

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  3. Oppsie by darkstar949 · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I'll just set my coffee down here, and..."
    ...
    "Oppsie, I hope that button wasn't anything important."

  4. History Eraser Button by bsd4me · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ah, the famous History Eraser Button rears its ugly head. I think that everyone who has worked in a large datacenter or lab environment with one of these has a story to tell...

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  5. Missing opportunities by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 3, Funny

    Apparently someone "accidentally" pushed the emergency power off

    They had to power back on when they realized deadjournal.com was already taken...

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  6. LJDotting: LJ user base vs Slashdot user base. by TrevorB · · Score: 4, Funny

    If Mr. "I Pushed The Big Red Button"'s personal information ever gets published....

    LJ's active user base is easily 10x that of Slashdot's. We'd have to come up with a new term for the internet event that pales any slashdotting that ever came before.

  7. ...and ran off? by stratjakt · · Score: 5, Funny

    What do you mean, ran off?

    Ran off skipping and giggling, like a 13 year old who just put toothpaste on the toilet seat?

    Or do you really mean, slunk off, like my dog does when I walk in and find her curled up on top of the remains of the remotes for the TV, TiVo, DVD player and stereo?

    My dog likes remote controls more than snausages.

    OT: Anyone know where (brick and mortar) to get a replacement (original) TiVo remote?

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  8. Ahhhh silence is GOOOOLDEN by ShatteredDream · · Score: 3, Funny

    *crickets chirping* That's the sound millions of teenage girls not using up bandwidth and disk space talking about boys, jcrew and high school/college drama.

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    1. Re:Ahhhh silence is GOOOOLDEN by metalhed77 · · Score: 3, Funny

      So says the author of yet another political weblog whose startling impartialiality and sense will pave the way for a brave new world?

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  9. LOL! Kindof like when... by GillBates0 · · Score: 5, Funny
    ...when I was on AOL and I hit the X and I couldn't talk to my AOL Buddies anymore.

    And I was like OMG I shut off the internets and stuff!!1!!

    And i called the AOL helpdesk and they helped turn it back on.

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  10. 13 yo? :P by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ran off skipping and giggling, like a 13 year old who just put toothpaste on the toilet seat?

    By any chance, was his name "Zero Cool"?

  11. 2 accounts of the powerloss by Spazholio · · Score: 4, Funny

    The one they tell you about and the real one.