(ot) Twitter down

2009-08-06 Thread Mark Kruger
H I just tried to tweet on one of my blog posts and noticed that twitter is down and I've heard facebook is having problems as well. In a completely unrelated story palid teenagers are emerging from basement hideaways and over-garage bedrooms by the thousands, blinking and squinting at

Re: (ot) Twitter down

2009-08-06 Thread Phillip Vector
That was pretty funny. One sec while I tweet about that. :) On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Mark Krugermkru...@cfwebtools.com wrote: H I just tried to tweet on one of my blog posts and noticed that twitter is down and I've heard facebook is having problems as well. In a completely

RE: (ot) Twitter down

2009-08-06 Thread Josh Nathanson
CNN says Twitter is being hit with a DOS attack. When I try to login to Facebook I get a blank white screen. -- Josh -Original Message- From: Phillip Vector [mailto:vec...@mostdeadlygame.com] Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 9:58 AM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: (ot) Twitter down

RE: (ot) Twitter down

2009-08-06 Thread Jacob
DOS attack since 9am EDT -Original Message- From: Mark Kruger [mailto:mkru...@cfwebtools.com] Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 9:55 AM To: cf-talk Subject: (ot) Twitter down H I just tried to tweet on one of my blog posts and noticed that twitter is down and I've heard

RE: (ot) Twitter down

2009-08-06 Thread Robert Harrison
It's a self-fulfilling problem. Spread enough news there's a DOS attack so everyone goes to check it out, and there is a DOS attack. Robert B. Harrison Director of Interactive Services Austin Williams 125 Kennedy Drive, Suite 100 Hauppauge NY 11788 P : 631.231.6600 Ext. 119 F : 631.434.7022

Re: (ot) Twitter down

2009-08-06 Thread David McGuigan
I think you mean DOSN attack. On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Robert Harrison rob...@austin-williams.com wrote: It's a self-fulfilling problem. Spread enough news there's a DOS attack so everyone goes to check it out, and there is a DOS attack. Robert B. Harrison Director of

Re: (ot) Twitter down

2009-08-06 Thread Bryan Stevenson
LMAOthanks...needed thatyes the world is spinning out of control with social networking isn't it ;-) - Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. VP Director of E-Commerce Development Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. phone: 250.480.0642 fax: 250.480.1264 cell: 250.920.8830 e-mail:

Re: (ot) Twitter down

2009-08-06 Thread Nathan Strutz
On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 11:58 AM, David McGuigan davidmcgui...@gmail.comwrote: I think you mean DOSN attack. If that's a joke, I don't get it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack I've heard it also called DDOS, distributed denial of service, which is more in reference to

Re: (ot) Twitter down

2009-08-06 Thread Charlie Griefer
I think the joke was Denial of Social Networking. They would've gotten it on cf-community (hint, hint) :) On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Nathan Strutz str...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 11:58 AM, David McGuigan davidmcgui...@gmail.com wrote: I think you mean DOSN attack.

RE: (ot) Twitter down

2009-08-06 Thread Mark Kruger
[mailto:charlie.grie...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 2:30 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: (ot) Twitter down I think the joke was Denial of Social Networking. They would've gotten it on cf-community (hint, hint) :) On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Nathan Strutz str...@gmail.com wrote