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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: 5, Funny

      He was swinging from tree to tree.

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

    I thought it was my browser ...

  3. 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: 5, Funny

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

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

    Amazon is a pregnant wife?

  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. Re:Microsoft-DDOS? by Jamu · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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  9. 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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