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chadseld
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Feb 5, 2004, 01:10 AM
 
Holy crap, slashdot is down. Is it just me (I'm in Colorado)?

2004/02/04 10:09 MST
I get:
"503 Service Unavailable

The service is not available. Please try again later."
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macvillage.net
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Feb 5, 2004, 01:14 AM
 
Yep.

Also server isn't giving full HTTP headers.

Perhaps they are switching from Apache --> Microsoft IIS?
     
yukon
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Feb 5, 2004, 01:14 AM
 
nope, it's down. saw the error happen earlier, and it's down now for everyone.

maybe google linked to them ;-)
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reader50
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Feb 5, 2004, 01:20 AM
 
Perhaps they got slashdotted.
     
Peder Rice
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Feb 5, 2004, 01:28 AM
 
Can't ping 'em either. Wow, this is really quite amazing.

I'm speechless, but I do desperately want to get the first post when it goes back online.
     
waxcrash
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Feb 5, 2004, 01:30 AM
 
Originally posted by reader50:
Perhaps they got slashdotted.
Or known to some others as farked.
     
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Feb 5, 2004, 01:51 AM
 
... SCO Finally got them!
     
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Feb 5, 2004, 02:28 AM
 
Probably the MyDOOM thing. I mean, I think hitting slashdot is bigger news then bringing out Microsoft.
     
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