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Unemployment Claims Crash State Web Sites

Posted by samzenpus on from the sell-your-computer dept.

1sockchuck writes "A sign of the times: a surge in filings for unemployment benefits has crashed online application systems in four states this week. Web sites in Ohio, New York, Kentucky and North Carolina have been knocked offline by unusually high volumes of jobless claims. Phone applications systems appearing to be faring even worse in many states. The thin silver lining: states are hiring workers for phone banks and buying new servers to prop up their web sites."

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  1. sites written by consultants by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    This is what happens with government websites. They contract out people that write them in .NET with a J2EE server thrown in for one simple thing and they do about 20 cartesian joins every page load. Your tax dollars at work.

  2. Re:HUH?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    At least you're not a nignog.

    She Said Some Day I'd Understand What Love Was All About
    I Could Have The Kids She Was Movin' Out
    Said She Finally Found A Man Whos Dick Was So Much Bigger
    And Then That Scum Bag Wife of mine Ran Off With A Nigger

    And To Think I'd Ate The Pussy Where That Big Black Dick Had Been
    And Kissed The Lips That Sucked Him Off Time And Time Again
    Its Enough To Make A Man Throw Up It Sure Is Hard To Figure
    How Any Decent Girl Could Ever Fuck A God-Damned Nigger

    He Treated Her Just Like A Queen She Gave Him All My Money
    It Looks Like The Jokes On Me But I Don't Think Its Funny
    That Pussy Ain't Worth Paying For As Far As I Can Figure
    Cause There's Nothing Quite As Bad As A White Girl With A Nigger

    And To Think I'd Ate The Pussy Where That Big Black Dick Had Been
    And Kissed The Lips Who Sucked Him Off Time And Time Again
    Its Enough To Make A Man Throw Up It Sure Is Hard To Figure
    How Any Decent Girl Could Ever Fuck A God Damn Nigger

  3. Re:HUH?? by timmarhy · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    right you genius, 25 years of inflation is nothing at all......

    "I hope we hit another depression."

    i sincerely hope your one of the first to lose your job asshole.

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  4. Print Money! by Tablizer · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Why doesn't the gov't just print more money to grease the system? The inflation risk is low, and even if it did go up, inflation is the least of two evils. If our gov't doesn't print money, North Korea will. Kim Jong Ill will save us!

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