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Unexpected Slashdot Downtime

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the zomg-what-a-night dept.

Netcraft confirmed it ... Slashdot was dying for several hours (along with SourceForge, which shares a corporate overlord and router). Some planned downtime from our provider apparently didn't come back up quite as planned. Sorry for the inconvenience. On the upside, we're moving to a new network and hardware soon, so the site should be much faster and more stable rsn.

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  1. It Was a Bad Morning by eldavojohn · · Score: 5, Funny

    Slashdot was dying for several hours Like a heroin addict, I stumbled out of bed over to my desk and shook the mouse to wake up the monitor. Ah, the bathing goodness of #006666. I hit refresh only to find it taking an unusually long time. Was my internet connection down? No, Pidgin is still up ... wait a second, Slashdot is down! SLASHDOT IS DOWN!

    I started to shake uncontrollably and found breathing difficult. My roommate heard a strange moan and poked his head in through my door "Are you ok, dude?" I grabbed the closest thing to me, my Limited Edition Ceramic Invader Zim figurine and flung it at him. It shattered into a million pieces.

    I wrenched the monitor to face the corner of my room and set the drinking bird to hit F5 repeatedly. I grabbed my torn and tattered copy of this quarter's 2600 and curled up in the fetus position sucking my thumb and sobbing quietly. I picked up my cell phone to call work, I would not be coming in today ...
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    My work here is dung.
    1. Re:It Was a Bad Morning by Applekid · · Score: 4, Funny

      I grabbed the closest thing to me, my Limited Edition Ceramic Invader Zim figurine and flung it at him. It shattered into a million pieces. And nothing of value was lost. :)
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      More Twoson than Cupertino
    2. Re:It Was a Bad Morning by More_Cowbell · · Score: 5, Funny
      In response to your initial question: "are we becoming slashdot addicts?"

      Here's the acid test. If you found the GP (It Was a Bad Morning) post funny, probably you are fine.
      If you actually found it insightful- seek professional help.

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      Experience teaches only the teachable. -AH
  2. Fool us once... by Aeonite · · Score: 4, Funny

    How convenient. I suppose now you are mysteriously missing five million posts that can't ever be recovered due to this "upgrade"?

    1. Re:Fool us once... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      How convenient. I suppose now you are mysteriously missing five million posts that can't ever be recovered due to this "upgrade"?

      What else would you expect when your data centre is run by Scientologists...

  3. My bad by sm62704 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I slashdotted slashdot by linking to a slashdot article on slashdot.

    Sorry.

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    mcgrew's razor: Never attribute to stupidity that which can be explained by greedy self-interest
  4. Re:How about moving to a better news system? by TheLostSamurai · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The quality of stories on /. has been down for the past few years. Things I hate about /.(No particular order) 1. Goddam CSS design 2. dupes 3. slashadvertisement 4. bad summaries 5. lazy editors And yet here you are.
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    I am Jack's complete lack of surprise.
  5. Please update the FAQ, too! by martyb · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Hey, CmdrTaco!

    Great to hear the news that you're going to be upgrading the tech that supports this site. /. has been a daily part of my life for well-nigh 10 years. Having seen many changes over the years, I'm especially interested in what will be supporting the site when you finish with the upgrade... so, PLEASE update the FAQ - Tech page? ("Last Modified: 6/13/00")

    Thanks in advance and please accept my gratitude for (the often thankless job of) keeping this site running so well.

  6. Modernization? by idiotnot · · Score: 4, Interesting

    On the upside, we're moving to a new network and hardware soon, so the site should be much faster and more stable rsn.

    Will this new network include IPv6 access, or will ./ remain in the 20th Century?