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Facebook down...

12 points by far33d 19y ago

9898123912837 19y ago
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/07/31/facebook-is-back-this-time-with-the-right-profiles/ http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/07/31/facebook-is-back-th... wasn't just an outage...
crxnamja 19y ago
when was the last time google was down? i know they are shitting bricks as we speak. it's interesting to realize how important something is when you don't have it.
- 8en 19y ago
  For me, it's interesting to realize how UN-important something is when I don't have it :)
  - dpapathanasiou 19y ago
    Interesting to note that the "Stuff" essay (http://paulgraham.com/stuff.html http://paulgraham.com/stuff.html) is currently ranked at number 1. Coincidence?
- menloparkbum 19y ago
  Gmail seems goes down about every two months...
- mynameishere 19y ago
  I can't imagine any non-facebook employee really caring. If a company seriously depends on facebook in any real way, then they have their priorities all wrong. Now, if bloomberg goes down, then I can understand the problem... By contrast, I'm sure it's apocalyptic at facebook itself. That happens at even the most trivial web companies.
  - davidw 19y ago
    I once read an article about embedded systems programming for critical care machinery. Error codes included such things as "patient not breathing", "cardiac failure", and things of that ilk. I don't like it when my web sites go down, either, but it does put things in perspective.
transburgh 19y ago
give them a break, they are working on it ;)
budu3 19y ago
Common people. Are we gonna get a YCNews post everytime facebook is down?
- dpapathanasiou 19y ago
  Did you mean to say "c'mon, people", or are you calling us simple-minded, hoi polloi types?
  - budu3 19y ago
    Sorry, meant to say c'mon. :)
  - vlad 19y ago
    Maybe he's a lisp programmer?
- far33d 19y ago
  Well, I thought it was interesting. The "internet" doesn't really go down. Build your business on facebook, and you might just lose 12 hours of revenue because someone else's power went out. I'd rather lose revenue because my own power went out.
  - run4yourlives 19y ago
    Build a business on facebook, and any revenue you get isn't deserved in the least.
    - far33d 19y ago
      Why is that, exactly?
      - palish 19y ago
        He probably phrased it a little oddly.. "If you build a business that relies on someone else's business, don't be surprised when fluctuations in revenue occur" seems more fitting.
blored 19y ago
... so that's why she wasn't poking me back.

12 points by far33d 19y ago

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/07/31/facebook-is-back-this-time-with-the-right-profiles/ http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/07/31/facebook-is-back-th... wasn't just an outage...

crxnamja 19y ago

when was the last time google was down? i know they are shitting bricks as we speak. it's interesting to realize how important something is when you don't have it.

8en 19y ago
For me, it's interesting to realize how UN-important something is when I don't have it :)
- dpapathanasiou 19y ago
  Interesting to note that the "Stuff" essay (http://paulgraham.com/stuff.html http://paulgraham.com/stuff.html) is currently ranked at number 1. Coincidence?
menloparkbum 19y ago
Gmail seems goes down about every two months...
mynameishere 19y ago
I can't imagine any non-facebook employee really caring. If a company seriously depends on facebook in any real way, then they have their priorities all wrong. Now, if bloomberg goes down, then I can understand the problem... By contrast, I'm sure it's apocalyptic at facebook itself. That happens at even the most trivial web companies.
- davidw 19y ago
  I once read an article about embedded systems programming for critical care machinery. Error codes included such things as "patient not breathing", "cardiac failure", and things of that ilk. I don't like it when my web sites go down, either, but it does put things in perspective.

transburgh 19y ago

give them a break, they are working on it ;)

budu3 19y ago

Common people. Are we gonna get a YCNews post everytime facebook is down?

dpapathanasiou 19y ago
Did you mean to say "c'mon, people", or are you calling us simple-minded, hoi polloi types?
- budu3 19y ago
  Sorry, meant to say c'mon. :)
- vlad 19y ago
  Maybe he's a lisp programmer?
far33d 19y ago
Well, I thought it was interesting. The "internet" doesn't really go down. Build your business on facebook, and you might just lose 12 hours of revenue because someone else's power went out. I'd rather lose revenue because my own power went out.
- run4yourlives 19y ago
  Build a business on facebook, and any revenue you get isn't deserved in the least.
  - far33d 19y ago
    Why is that, exactly?
    - palish 19y ago
      He probably phrased it a little oddly.. "If you build a business that relies on someone else's business, don't be surprised when fluctuations in revenue occur" seems more fitting.

blored 19y ago

... so that's why she wasn't poking me back.