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MySpace Down Due To Power Surge
BenelliShooter writes "MySpace.Com - Undergoing Maintenance
"hey everyone! there's been a power outage in our data center. we're in the process of fixing it right now, so sit tight. -Tom"
That about says it... I suppose we'll see if they had proper back-ups. " Hah. The site says it was supposed to be back up as of ... 7:40 PST PM. Which was something like close to nine hours ago.
I don't understand where there's a problem. >.>
It went down at the same time my UPS decided to explode. I was on the internet at the time. I must have broke it.
Ironic... When I first clicked the story link here on
Kinda like MySpace itself. Too funny.
The problem with socialism is that they always run out of other people's money. - Margaret Thatcher
...am I the only one praying they *don't* have proper backups?
Obi-Tom: I felt a great disturbance in MySpace, as if millions of emo kids suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.
He who knows best knows how little he knows. - Thomas Jefferson
That's the sound of thousands of emo kids crying because myspace is out. I can only imagine all the catch up posts.
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That's crazy... I have the same combination on my luggage!
FLR
There must be something more to this. Wouldn't a site with this many subscribers be co-located?
Subscribers? You mean the people who aren't paying anything to meet teeny-boppers, shut ins, and FBI agents online?
Anyone got a mirror of myspace?
-- Boycott Shell
a great disturbance in the Space, as if millions of camera-whoring teenagers suddnley cried out in terror...
You live in a city with redundant power grids? There are actually competing power distribution networks, with diversely routed feeders?
Apparently, Enron was useful for something after all.
Wow, that's my slashdot password. Lucky you don't know my username *phew!*
kjorn
Kids, while mySpace is down and out, please visit your parents, greet the yellow light in the great blue room, and take a dip at the swimming pool. There's more to life than hanging out at a website. Enjoy your freedom while it lasts!
In a related story, the available bandwidth on campuses around the world has suddenly freed up.
More like yawning FBI agents.
OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG
I"m fReaAKing OUT!!!! This cant be happening.
OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG
...millions of emo kids go sit in the corner and cry.
Tom logged in to his own account, realized that everyone had taken him out of their friends list, screamed like a woman, ran into the server room (flapping his arms about as he did so), grabbed the main fiber, and with a scream of "If I can't have them, no one can!" pulled with all his might.
Those who believe the Internet is private,
find their privates are on the Internet.
...cried out in vague angsty alarm, and suddenly were silenced.
MySpace Down Due To Power Surge
Irrefutable proof that God does exist and has mercy on us!
But he has databases with Tens of Terabytes of data in them. TERABYTES!!!! 40 GBit/s + !! FORTY!! PLUS!!!
His expertise should never, ever be questioned. Remember, TERABYTES!
They can't?? Don't you mean they shouldn't? Because they sure have! ;)
That's where I get mine...
Really though. It is incredible that they are not co-located and do not have some sort of fall back plan.
Then again, Fox Interactive owns it so they were probably just being stingy.
Firefox 2.0 - Spell Rightly.