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Facebook Is Down
Phil_at_EvilNET writes "Jeff Bertolucci of PC World reports: 'Thousands of Facebook users this afternoon (US Pacific Time) are reporting that the popular social networking site is down. It's unclear when the outage began. PCWorld has not been able to reach Facebook for comment, but Mashable reports the company has confirmed the outage.'"
My plans for world domination are coming to fruition.
I see a lot of people slamming facebook and social web sites.
They usually do it on some website, while being social.
What makes their comments better than ones on facebook.
For the first time ever... mentioning a site was down on ./ made it come back to life.
It was me, i tripped over the servers cord on my way to the bathroom, ive plugged it back in and pressed the button on the front, hope its ok !!
mom
http://twitter.com/m_ahmadinejad/status/24007026734
(j/k of course)
As soon as the news story broke that Zuckerberg was richer than Jobs, Apple launched EMP weapons at the Facebook datacenters.
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PALO ALTO, CA -- Millions of Internet users simultaneously threw up their hands in frustration and disgust Thursday afternoon as Facebook.com, a popular website providing distractions from productivity, inter-personal communication services, and a next-generation forum for thousands of misplaced USENET trolls, blinked off the Interwebs in a bright display of sparks and an anti-orgasmic groan.
Calls to Facebook headquarters were not answered but when the machine picked up, background noises included explosions, people screaming, and a burly man shouting DOS commands in a fierce staccato.
Authorities were put on alert status and reinforcements were called in to deal with the huge amount of LOLs and WTFs that had begun to pile up at intersections, due to the timing corresponding with the release of teenagers from school and their subsequent activities. Counselors were bracing themselves to deal with the myriad of relationships that have been thrust violently into limbo as users have been unable to hook up, break up, get married, or get "into a relationship" with their BFF.
Evan Williams, CEO of the popular sister-site Twitter, said in a statement that they were jumping in to help. "We've brought more servers online to deal with the influx of users who need to update their status, complain about a political party, or notify classmates that they are, 'skanky hors'." Williams also noted that they were partnering with TwitPic and other add-on services to ensure that the steady stream of photos of asses, children doing stupid things, and people drinking in semicircles would be preserved.
Ag secretary Vilsack presented a sober speech Thursday afternoon, lamenting the millions of dollars in crop and animal losses expected from the downtime of Facebook. "We know a lot of virtual farmers out there are hurting, " he stated. "You should know -- we will be here to help you rebuild."
Meanwhile, during the downtime, researchers discovered a rather large blue space available outside of their houses and middle age housewives were said to be seen in states of ecstasy from a natural phenomenon known as, "sunshine".
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That's why God created Slashdot.
Dude, screw her pregnancy man. The kid will come out one way or the other and people will get the news a few days late at best.
I've got corn that needs harvesting. My cows are bursting with milk, and who is going to feed my fucking chickens?
Nobody ever thinks of the farmers......
I was wondering why my daughter was doing her homework...
Now I know...
You are welcome on my lawn.
And the advertisers find you a useful tool, too.
In the business world, we call it "reciprocity".
You are welcome on my lawn.
That's called stalking. You should stop.
As a +5 comment in reply to a +2 comment, THAT is certainly strange without context...
You think pretty highly of CmdrTaco.
That memo's old, hating became too popular, so we're back to liking.
After logging in slashdot still does not take you back to the page you were on. It's been that way for 20 years.
I've spend at least 10 minutes editing this post.
Should have spent another minute.
See my journal for slashdot ID's by year. Mine created in 2005. http://slashdot.org/journal/289875/slashdot-ids-by-year
It's not really stalking if the sole intent is to see which one of you ended up fatter. ;)
-l
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The reason why you like social networking sites is precisely the reason why I dislike them, in that behaviour that was once rightfully considered crazy/creepy is now mainstream.
That's exactly what I love about Facebook. I used to be a total creep. Now I'm a very typical person. I haven't changed.
If I can be modded down for being a troll, can I be modded up for being an orc, or a balrog?