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Geek Culture / Is it just me, or is half the internet down?

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draknir_
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Posted: 22nd Oct 2008 19:31
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While surfing today I noticed that almost every single link i found via Google was down. It gives me DNS error every time, and lets me view a cached version (which works ok for some sites, not so well for others).

From a list of bookmarks I visit daily here are some sites that didn't work for me today:

http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/
http://www.penny-arcade.com/
http://www.xkcd.com/
http://www.booleansoup.com/
http://forum.leadwerks.com/
http://leadwerks.com/wiki
http://www.gametrailers.com/
http://kmtweb.hku.nl/
http://photobucket.com/
http://rapidshare.com/

Did I screw something up on my PC, or does anyone else have the same problem?
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Alucard94
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Posted: 22nd Oct 2008 19:33
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I tried most of them and they worked just fine for me...


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zenassem
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Posted: 22nd Oct 2008 19:36 Edited at: 22nd Oct 2008 19:38
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All working here too.

"When I look at that square... I wish FPSC noobs would stay on their side of the forums and stop polluting these boards." - Benjamin
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Accoun
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Posted: 22nd Oct 2008 19:45
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Here too...

Make games, not war.

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General Reed
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Posted: 22nd Oct 2008 20:23
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Here too.

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draknir_
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Posted: 22nd Oct 2008 20:23
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Alright, maybe its my ISP having trouble. Thanks for trying them out.
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Alucard94
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Posted: 22nd Oct 2008 20:28
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And those aren't really half the internet, I think there's about two more websites for it to be the entire half!


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draknir_
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Posted: 22nd Oct 2008 20:36
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It's about half of the bookmarks i visit daily, so by ratio they represent half the internet .

Some of the those sites are working again, but now others (including GOOGLE ITSELF) simply do not work. I tried calling my ISP but they put me on hold for 500 euros per second, so I hung up.
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tha_rami
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Posted: 22nd Oct 2008 21:24 Edited at: 22nd Oct 2008 21:25
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500 euros per second? At least its cheaper than fuel...

FRIGGIN' HELL, I just realized xkcd and CAD-online where among those. Not being able to view those is worth those 500 euros per second... Although KMTWeb pretty much compensates in lameness for the awesomeness of xkcd and CAD-online.


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Aertic
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Posted: 22nd Oct 2008 21:41
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No, its just you, and you're Cra- I mean; Rubbish connection.


"Your greatest teacher is your harshest critic"-'Butterfingers'
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draknir_
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Posted: 22nd Oct 2008 22:24
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The 500 is perhaps a slight exaggeration They advertise it as 10 cents per minute, so I timed my call once, and for a 2 minute call my prepaid card had 5 euros deducted. That made me pretty mad.

When that happened I sent them an email telling them to help me via email and not give me the usual 'call our fantastically useless support line' crap they like to resort to, which seemed to work. But now I don't have access to my EMAIL.
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tha_rami
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Posted: 22nd Oct 2008 22:41
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I smell a conspiracy.


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bitJericho
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Posted: 24th Oct 2008 19:52 Edited at: 26th Oct 2008 03:39
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CAD-online and the word awesome should not be in the same sentence.


It's not just for BYOND you know!

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