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Mozilla Outage On Firefox 3 Record Launch Day

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the oops-sorry-that-was-me dept.

Kolargol00 writes "An outage affected the Mozilla.com website on the day the organisation launched its Guinness World Record attempt for downloads of the new Firefox 3 browser. The mozilla.com site was unreachable from around the world, occasionally responding with the message, 'Http/1.1 Service Unavailable.'" Since they decided to run their day from 1pm to 1pm Eastern time, the download day is actually still going, so you can still get Firefox and be part of the record.

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  1. Cause found, not to worry. by mrRay720 · · Score: 5, Funny

    A large chair-shaped dent was subsequently found in the side of their web server, and a large sweaty man was seen running from the scene of the crime shouting "DEVLOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS!!"

    1. Re:Cause found, not to worry. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Was he running on two legs or on all fours?

    2. Re:Cause found, not to worry. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      He was swinging from tree to tree.

    3. Re:Cause found, not to worry. by commodoresloat · · Score: 3, Funny

      Well, der. If Ballmer personally sent a cake every single time a competitor (or potential competitor) released a product, he'd do nothing all day but send cakes. Yeah, that would really cut into valuable chair-throwing time.
    4. Re:Cause found, not to worry. by ATMD · · Score: 3, Funny

      Hahaha, I just had the mental image of Ballmer sitting behind his desk writing gift tags on endless mounds of cakes... Very surreal, thankyou :)

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  2. What a relief... by Dale549 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought it was my browser ...

  3. Re:Microsoft-DDOS? by jollyreaper · · Score: 4, Funny

    It isn't a stretch to think about it. Tens of thousands of employees upgrading their browsers...still, Mozilla's servers should be able to handle that.
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  4. Hard to read by Mateo_LeFou · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sorry, the font on that page is so small I can barely read it.

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    1. Re:Hard to read by neuromancer23 · · Score: 5, Funny

      >> Sorry, the font on that page is so small I can barely read it.

      Try it in firefox

    2. Re:Hard to read by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      OH ho! Yes, is funny because font is so big!

    3. Re:Hard to read by MyLongNickName · · Score: 4, Funny

      If only they made a browser where you could somehow increase the font size.... I think I am going to patent that idea.

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    4. Re:Hard to read by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Well, you are supposed to read the download counter with Firefox3 using its shiny new Zoom feature!

    5. Re:Hard to read by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      No wonder they are having such a hard time with bandwidth. Use a smaller font next time!

  5. Re:And THIS is why you use a CDN of some sort... by christopherfinke · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, because Amazon *never* goes down.

  6. Re:And THIS is why you use a CDN of some sort... by Anarke_Incarnate · · Score: 5, Funny

    Amazon is a pregnant wife?

  7. Re:And THIS is why you use a CDN of some sort... by o1d5ch001 · · Score: 5, Funny
    with massive hordes of salavating geeks, you need to use a CDN.

    I am sure a New Zealander or German would have been just as helpful as a Canadian. But thanks for the complement.

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  8. Re:I would just like to say by cordsie · · Score: 4, Funny

    Greenland is beating North Korea, Western Sahara, and the Falkland Islands COMBINED!

  9. Either way, the real winner is Guinness... by jpellino · · Score: 5, Funny

    If they make it, everyone goes to Guinness' book site to see the record.
    If they fail, they'll be drowning their sorrows in pints of Guinness...

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  10. Re:For the record by elrous0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I myself claimed the "most automobile wreckage ever recovered from a human rectum" record last year. Though the attempt wasn't intentional, I'm damn proud to be in such noteworthy company.

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  11. Re:Microsoft-DDOS? by elrous0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I suspect the IE team set their own Guinness World Record for "most human urine ever baked into a cake."

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  12. Re:Wally Thought by phoenixwade · · Score: 3, Funny

    Is it conceivable to think that there are mozilla fanatics out there downloading
    just to run up the numbers? it's "inconceivable!" (but the word may not mean what i think it means...... heh
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  13. Re:Doing well so far by WeeLad · · Score: 4, Funny

    His name is also Chad.

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  14. Re:Microsoft-DDOS? by Macthorpe · · Score: 4, Funny

    whoosh /wu, w, wu, w/
    -noun 1. a loud, rushing noise, as of air or water: a great whoosh as the door opened.
    -verb (used without object) 2. to move swiftly with a gushing or hissing noise: gusts of wind whooshing through the trees.
    -verb (used with object) 3. to move (an object, a person, etc.) with a whooshing motion or sound: The storm whooshed the waves over the road.

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  15. Re:For the record by mctk · · Score: 4, Funny

    Go on.

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  16. Re:Download Counter by JCSoRocks · · Score: 3, Funny

    In Soviet Russia, chance misses you!

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  17. Re:Download Counter by Kamokazi · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hmm, if I keep replying to my own -1 Trolled posts, I bet I can knock my karma down a couple pegs.

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  18. Re:Microsoft-DDOS? by Jamu · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's why you should only eat open-recipe cakes.

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  19. Re:And THIS is why you use a CDN of some sort... by bograt · · Score: 4, Funny

    She's using the Jura F90 coffee maker, apparently.

  20. Re:Microsoft-DDOS? by Mox-Dragon · · Score: 4, Funny

    mmm, yellowcake.

  21. Re:OSS Incompetence by Zero__Kelvin · · Score: 5, Funny

    "SHUT THE FUCK UP WITH THE WHINING!!!!!"
    I can't recall the last time I encountered someone who so desperately needed to follow their own advice ...
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