Wikipedia Down

[ErnestM]

According to wiki folk...

"Due to an overheating problem in our European data center many of our servers turned off to protect themselves"

[mybrainhurts]

The Chinese are revolting...

[Puggit]

Lucky it's only a cobbled together encyclopedia then.

Unforgivable in this day and age to be unable to provide High Availability...

[Puggit]

Hmmmm - coincidence? The day after Wikipedia hails Google for p1ssing off the Chinese - it fails...?

[Fittster]

Puggit said:

Unforgivable in this day and age to be unable to provide High Availability...

Yeah, because it's worth the huge cost overhead of HA just to ensure kids can crib there homework off the net.

[amir_j]

most of it will be cached on google searches

[Parrot of Doom]

More worrying (although Wikileaks isn't a Wikimedia foundation project) is this:

http://twitter.com/wikileaks

[FraserLFA]

How odd. Why would the chinese (If that is the case) Go after Wiki and not google?

[Parrot of Doom]

It's got bugger all to do with the Chinese. Its just a server problem and due to caching Wikipedia won't be back for most people for another hour or two.

[mybrainhurts]

Parrot of Doom said:

More worrying (although Wikileaks isn't a Wikimedia foundation project) is this:

http://twitter.com/wikileaks

Sorry, old boy, but can you tell me what that gibberish is all about?

[ErnestM]

http://techblog.wikimedia.org/2010/03/global-outag...

[Parrot of Doom]

mybrainhurts said:

Parrot of Doom said:

More worrying (although Wikileaks isn't a Wikimedia foundation project) is this:

http://twitter.com/wikileaks

Sorry, old boy, but can you tell me what that gibberish is all about?

Yes, the CIA getting very uppity about Wikileaks, and planning its destruction. Also Wikileaks reportedly in possession of evidence that suggests the Pentagon was involved in a murder cover-up.

Basically, governments don't like the fact that they can no longer keep a lid on things they'd rather were kept quiet. Like super-injunctions, for instance.

[FourWheelDrift]

ErnestM said:

Wikipedia Down

Not a bad film for kids but the rabbits do get annoying after a while.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkirtbpz5h4

[mybrainhurts]

Parrot of Doom said:

mybrainhurts said:

Parrot of Doom said:

More worrying (although Wikileaks isn't a Wikimedia foundation project) is this:

http://twitter.com/wikileaks

Sorry, old boy, but can you tell me what that gibberish is all about?

Yes, the CIA getting very uppity about Wikileaks, and planning its destruction. Also Wikileaks reportedly in possession of evidence that suggests the Pentagon was involved in a murder cover-up.

Basically, governments don't like the fact that they can no longer keep a lid on things they'd rather were kept quiet. Like super-injunctions, for instance.

oh

[Parrot of Doom]

mybrainhurts said:

Parrot of Doom said:

mybrainhurts said:

Parrot of Doom said:

More worrying (although Wikileaks isn't a Wikimedia foundation project) is this:

http://twitter.com/wikileaks

Sorry, old boy, but can you tell me what that gibberish is all about?

Yes, the CIA getting very uppity about Wikileaks, and planning its destruction. Also Wikileaks reportedly in possession of evidence that suggests the Pentagon was involved in a murder cover-up.

Basically, governments don't like the fact that they can no longer keep a lid on things they'd rather were kept quiet. Like super-injunctions, for instance.

oh

Well, this explains the situation in detail:

http://gawker.com/5500703/is-the-us-government-spy...

[mybrainhurts]

Parrot of Doom said:

mybrainhurts said:

Parrot of Doom said:

mybrainhurts said:

Parrot of Doom said:

More worrying (although Wikileaks isn't a Wikimedia foundation project) is this:

http://twitter.com/wikileaks

Sorry, old boy, but can you tell me what that gibberish is all about?

Yes, the CIA getting very uppity about Wikileaks, and planning its destruction. Also Wikileaks reportedly in possession of evidence that suggests the Pentagon was involved in a murder cover-up.

Basically, governments don't like the fact that they can no longer keep a lid on things they'd rather were kept quiet. Like super-injunctions, for instance.

oh

Well, this explains the situation in detail:

http://gawker.com/5500703/is-the-us-government-spy...

Sorry, wasn't looking for more info, but thanks...

Sounds like cobblers to me...

[FarleyRusk]

mybrainhurts said:

Parrot of Doom said:

mybrainhurts said:

Parrot of Doom said:

mybrainhurts said:

Parrot of Doom said:

More worrying (although Wikileaks isn't a Wikimedia foundation project) is this:

http://twitter.com/wikileaks

Sorry, old boy, but can you tell me what that gibberish is all about?

Yes, the CIA getting very uppity about Wikileaks, and planning its destruction. Also Wikileaks reportedly in possession of evidence that suggests the Pentagon was involved in a murder cover-up.

Basically, governments don't like the fact that they can no longer keep a lid on things they'd rather were kept quiet. Like super-injunctions, for instance.

oh

Well, this explains the situation in detail:

http://gawker.com/5500703/is-the-us-government-spy...

Sorry, wasn't looking for more info, but thanks...

Sounds like cobblers to me...

You mean the shoemakers are behind it? Well I never!

[fastfreddy]

ErnestM said:

According to wiki folk...

"Due to an overheating problem in our European data center many of our servers turned off to protect themselves"

I blame global warming...

[vit4]

fastfreddy said:

ErnestM said:

According to wiki folk...

"Due to an overheating problem in our European data center many of our servers turned off to protect themselves"

I blame global warming...

Oooh dear... best introduce a green tax on Wikipedia, fast. It'll help the environment though

[thetrash]

Parrot of Doom said:

More worrying (although Wikileaks isn't a Wikimedia foundation project) is this:

http://twitter.com/wikileaks

Never heard of that before, thanks for the link.