Health Exchange Sites Crushed By Demand; Shutdown Blanks Other Gov't Sites

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday October 1, 2013 @09:11PM from the not-a-good-day-for-uptime dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The launch of a national health exchange site was marred by overloaded servers in several states around the country. In a White House press conference, President Obama said that by 7 a.m., there were over a million users, and he likened the capacity problems to the glitches that Apple experienced after discovering bugs in their rlease of iOS 7. 'I don't remember anybody suggesting Apple should stop selling iPhones or iPads, or threatening to shut down company if they didn't,' the president argued." Meanwhile, a number government websites went blank as a result of the shutdown, instead of simply lying dormant until personnel could return. The National Science Foundation, NASA, the FCC, and the Library of Congress are a few examples.

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Re:worst case of slashdot editing in a while? by antifoidulus · 2013-10-01 21:14 · Score: 5, Funny

Wht are you tlking about? Vowls are for chumps.

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finally! the internet can be used as intended by Anonymous Coward · 2013-10-01 21:22 · Score: 2, Funny

Fewer government mandated healthcare sites means more porn sites for natural sexual healing!
Re:ya, the IRS site is up and running by WWJohnBrowningDo · 2013-10-01 23:59 · Score: 5, Funny

Excellet news! Maybe they'll finally take out all the trash inside Capitol Hill.