Just got dugg!

Undertoad · 03-02-2007, 05:03 PM

The iotd of lightning hitting a house just landed a front-page on digg.com, where in totally hosed the server in about 10 minutes!

It was even linking to the right iotd, the blog view, and the server got hammered so severely, it couldn't respond.

It's coming back now as people have tried to click on it and failed, and so people aren't trying to see it so much, but wow.

monster · 03-02-2007, 05:10 PM

What image of lightning hitting a house?

Spexxvet · 03-02-2007, 05:12 PM

DON'T CLICK ON IT!

Undertoad · 03-02-2007, 05:15 PM

http://backup.cellar.org/lightningbolt.php

I am redirecting all the traffic for that page to the other server, for the time being.

Even just the traffic for the redirection is tremendously high.

Cloud · 03-02-2007, 05:21 PM

lots of trouble today for me on the Net

BigV · 03-02-2007, 05:48 PM

How ironic that a picture of a bolt of lightning would smite the server. I was so hosed I restarted my system, neurotically presuming the problem was mine.

Sundae · 03-08-2007, 06:49 AM

I followed the link on this thread and from there to the archives. I thought I'd seen all the IoTDs but I boy was I wrong.

This amused the hell out of me. I can't see the image (booooo) but all the references to sundaes gave me an odd little frisson. Funny how even a screen name becomes personal after a while.

Quote:

You haven't had a sundae until...

...you eat one with steaming hot fudge poured all over it.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-08-2007, 07:17 AM

Yeah, I find it annoying as hell, reading through old and not so old, threads and seeing the dreaded red x. Especially on posts that the discussion centers on a photograph.

Symptom of the times? Throw away society? Instant gratification with no consideration for others? Getting it to work is sufficient, just move on to my next rush and don't worry broken trash left in my wake?

Beestie · 03-08-2007, 10:39 AM

It'll get mirrored very soon which should help.

I haven't done my daily Digging but I'll take a guess as to the title of the post:

THE BEST LIGHTNING PIC IN THE HISTORY OF PLANET EARTH - NO, the UNIVERSE - IT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE FOREVER!!!!!!!! or words to that effect.

They have a bit of a hyperbole issue on Digg pic threads.

03-02-2007, 05:03 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Just got dugg! The iotd of lightning hitting a house just landed a front-page on digg.com, where in totally hosed the server in about 10 minutes! It was even linking to the right iotd, the blog view, and the server got hammered so severely, it couldn't respond. It's coming back now as people have tried to click on it and failed, and so people aren't trying to see it so much, but wow.

03-02-2007, 05:10 PM	#2
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	What image of lightning hitting a house? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-02-2007, 05:12 PM	#3
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	DON'T CLICK ON IT! __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

03-02-2007, 05:21 PM	#5
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	lots of trouble today for me on the Net __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

03-02-2007, 05:48 PM	#6
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	How ironic that a picture of a bolt of lightning would smite the server. I was so hosed I restarted my system, neurotically presuming the problem was mine. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

03-02-2007, 05:15 PM	#4
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	http://backup.cellar.org/lightningbolt.php I am redirecting all the traffic for that page to the other server, for the time being. Even just the traffic for the redirection is tremendously high.

03-08-2007, 07:17 AM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Yeah, I find it annoying as hell, reading through old and not so old, threads and seeing the dreaded red x. Especially on posts that the discussion centers on a photograph. Symptom of the times? Throw away society? Instant gratification with no consideration for others? Getting it to work is sufficient, just move on to my next rush and don't worry broken trash left in my wake? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-08-2007, 10:39 AM	#9
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	It'll get mirrored very soon which should help. I haven't done my daily Digging but I'll take a guess as to the title of the post: THE BEST LIGHTNING PIC IN THE HISTORY OF PLANET EARTH - NO, the UNIVERSE - IT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE FOREVER!!!!!!!! or words to that effect. They have a bit of a hyperbole issue on Digg pic threads. __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

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