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dapyx · 06-01-2008, 03:35 PM

"Faulty transformer blamed

A fire at The Planet's H1 data center in Houston, Texas on Saturday has taken out thousands of websites.

In messages posted on the web hosting firm's forum, the company blamed a faulty transformer for the fire. No servers or networking equipment were damaged, but the data centre remains without power, after The Planet shut down all generators "as instructed by the fire department.

About 9,000 servers and 7,500 customers are affected by the outage. B3ta.com, a popular British comedy site, is a high profile casualty."

Fire at The Planet takes down thousands of websites | The Register

HarveyJ · 06-01-2008, 11:30 PM

As it turns out, this particular transformer was at fault:

nachoninja · 06-02-2008, 12:33 AM

^^^ ahahahaha

Jan · 06-02-2008, 02:56 AM

Those who use statcounter may not have accurate counts until this is resolved.

SkyFire · 06-02-2008, 04:42 AM

A friendly reminder of how vulnerable the internet is.

Aequitas · 06-02-2008, 05:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SkyFire

A friendly reminder of how vulnerable the internet is.

So much for living in the fantasy that the internet can't be killed because it lives in cyberspace hey.....stupid real life fires.

painperdu · 06-02-2008, 07:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aequitas

So much for living in the fantasy that the internet can't be killed because it lives in cyberspace hey.....stupid real life fires.

When was the Internet killed?

Aequitas · 06-02-2008, 03:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by painperdu

When was the Internet killed?

It was a figure of speech with sarcasim.

Webwonder · 06-05-2008, 12:06 AM

Took my dedi out of commission for two days. That really sucked some ass.

Jon · 06-11-2008, 04:14 PM

Thank goddddddddd we don't host there anymore!!

PhillipMarlow · 06-25-2008, 01:51 PM

Fucking awesome.

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarveyJ

As it turns out, this particular transformer was at fault:

gucci_shoes · 07-29-2008, 07:51 AM

ok, hopefully there are some linux gurus out in cyberspace who could help me with my wireless woes. this help would be greatly appreciated. to summarize:

1) i am running hardy heron 8.04 on a mac g4
2) my wireless connection is an airport extreme (WPA2 encrypted)
3) the wireless network functions perfectly on my other mac computers running osx (not ubuntu)
4) wired internet connections work without any problems with my ubuntu computer.

any suggestions? thank you for your time. your help is greatly appreciated!

Stanley · 07-29-2008, 02:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gucci_shoes

ok, hopefully there are some linux gurus out in cyberspace who could help me with my wireless woes. this help would be greatly appreciated. to summarize:

1) i am running hardy heron 8.04 on a mac g4
2) my wireless connection is an airport extreme (WPA2 encrypted)
3) the wireless network functions perfectly on my other mac computers running osx (not ubuntu)
4) wired internet connections work without any problems with my ubuntu computer.

any suggestions? thank you for your time. your help is greatly appreciated!

And in your infinite wisdom you decided this thread was the perfect place to ask?

06-01-2008, 03:35 PM	#1 (permalink)
dapyx Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 55 iTrader: 11 / 100%	Fire at The Planet takes down thousands of websites "Faulty transformer blamed A fire at The Planet's H1 data center in Houston, Texas on Saturday has taken out thousands of websites. In messages posted on the web hosting firm's forum, the company blamed a faulty transformer for the fire. No servers or networking equipment were damaged, but the data centre remains without power, after The Planet shut down all generators "as instructed by the fire department. About 9,000 servers and 7,500 customers are affected by the outage. B3ta.com, a popular British comedy site, is a high profile casualty." Fire at The Planet takes down thousands of websites \| The Register Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

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SkyFire Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 340 iTrader: 5 / 100%	A friendly reminder of how vulnerable the internet is. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

06-05-2008, 12:06 AM	#9 (permalink)
Webwonder Banned Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 1,247 iTrader: 0 / 0%	Took my dedi out of commission for two days. That really sucked some ass. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

07-29-2008, 07:51 AM	#12 (permalink)
gucci_shoes Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 5 iTrader: 0 / 0%	Could anyone please help me setup Ubuntu (Hardy Heron) to work with my airport extrem ok, hopefully there are some linux gurus out in cyberspace who could help me with my wireless woes. this help would be greatly appreciated. to summarize: 1) i am running hardy heron 8.04 on a mac g4 2) my wireless connection is an airport extreme (WPA2 encrypted) 3) the wireless network functions perfectly on my other mac computers running osx (not ubuntu) 4) wired internet connections work without any problems with my ubuntu computer. any suggestions? thank you for your time. your help is greatly appreciated! Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter __________________ welcome to my website,Nike AF1

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