Back to the articleIt's back as at 3.15PM EST #
Posted Friday 6th June 2008 19:32 GMT
So, I can now use my plastic again :(
Amazon.com's US site KO'd!
It's a Fake! #
Posted Friday 6th June 2008 20:32 GMT
Can I be the first to claim the 'undiagnosed glitch' is a fake a la "Besuited cubicle monkey trashes office" comments section (and same for countless other items)?
Where is the 'It's a Fake' headquarters? Would I just get a fake address?
This is the group that is suggesting people buy into their cloud service? #
Posted Friday 6th June 2008 20:32 GMT
When they can't even manage their single points of failure, then any business that trusts them to manage their data in a cloud service has GOT to be stupid.
Still seems to be running a bit slow #
Posted Friday 6th June 2008 20:32 GMT
And (could be wrong) but I think the layout has changed a bit... problem may be self-inflected via some web updates perhaps?
Still down #
Posted Friday 6th June 2008 20:42 GMT
........over two hours later
What the hell could take down an internet superpower for this long??
1:45PST - Glitches still #
Posted Friday 6th June 2008 21:03 GMT
I was greeted to a nice page when I tried amazon after reading this...
We're sorry!
You have been denied access to this feature because we believe you violated the terms, conditions, rules, guidelines or policies of our site in the past.
A few minutes later I was able to get in. Web updates gone bad maybe?
Coat because apparently these folks don't serve droids here...
So long Sadie #
Posted Friday 6th June 2008 21:03 GMT
Finally as of 1:10pm PST I no longer see Sadie and now get the Amazon home page again.
Anyone know any more about that dog? Didn't Amazon used to have one on their 404 pages?
Paris, because she likes dogs.
Yeah its back #
Posted Friday 6th June 2008 21:28 GMT
Looks odd though, like applets and java have been pulled.
Bring back sadie! #
Posted Friday 6th June 2008 23:06 GMT
Don't lock her away in the depths of amazon.com again :(
That's so mean! #
Posted Saturday 7th June 2008 04:06 GMT
The people who took down the site are a bunch of sadiests!
Never mind the dog, where's the cat ... Kailey Kitty? #
Posted Saturday 7th June 2008 20:05 GMT
If you bring up the Amazon.com 404 page, check the name of the question mark image ... kailey-kitty__V47081593_.gif
Actually this may be due to... #
Posted Saturday 7th June 2008 20:05 GMT
The release for purchase of he Metal Gear Solid/80GB PS3 pack which reportedly sold out in about seven minutes and was immediately followed by Amazon.com going tits up. It's reported elsewhere that these two events may be related....
Not Sadie #
Posted Saturday 7th June 2008 20:05 GMT
...it's sad IE - the dog's just disappointed in the choice of browser.
Chinamen #
Posted Sunday 8th June 2008 01:39 GMT
I pulled my tinfoil hat down over my ears and I could hear a secret morse code message, it just kept repeating Chinamen...Chinamen...Chinamen. So clearly it's a Russian attack, cleverly trying to put the blame on the Chinese, but they can't fool me oh no siree bob.
IMDB was down too #
Posted Monday 9th June 2008 10:30 GMT
It also took out www.imdb.com too, but no holding page in that case, just a very unhelpful 404.
Interestingly, trying the last two addresses for it in the Amazon net blocks reported by Netcraft, (72.21.211.32 and 207.171.166.140) I was able to access the site, which functioned except for returning broken links to images.
@ Highlander #
Posted Monday 9th June 2008 10:30 GMT
No, no it's not at all.
Whilst in your world the PS3 is the centre of the universe it's noted that D&D 4th edition was released at the time also.
The number of people buying PS3s/MGS4 whilst fairly big in gaming circles is negligible in the grand scheme of things - certainly things like D&D 4th edition, Harry Potter book releases and so on completely and utterly dwarf the PS3/MGS4 - even other computer games like Halo 3 were vastly larger releases in comparison.
@AC #
Posted Monday 9th June 2008 15:08 GMT
Ah, I see, so you need emoticons to sense sarcasm and doubt?
I thought that stating:
"It's reported elsewhere that these two events may be related...."
...would have been sufficiently silly and vague as to make it quite clear I was being somewhat sarcastic?
Spread to amazon.co.uk #
Posted Monday 9th June 2008 19:18 GMT
Http/1.1 Service Unavailable
there was me wondering if it was an anti-firefox thing, but no, appears to be fairly affective against most browsers.
Amazon.co.uk Down #
Posted Monday 9th June 2008 19:18 GMT
Currently getting 'Http/1.1 Service Unavailable' message when I try and visit Amazon.co.uk. 19.15 BST.
Still Flakey - and spams too #
Posted Monday 9th June 2008 20:57 GMT
I just failed to get in to amazon.com with a Http/1.1 Service Unavailable. Seems to be intermittent. BUT also, over the weekend I have been getting spams with subject lines like "Amazon.com have some troubles" and other variations. Some connection surely?
What's with the dog? #
Posted Wednesday 11th June 2008 02:38 GMT
Yep, I also saw the "Http/1.1 Service Unavailable" message earlier, although now (13:10 PST) all I can get is a page saying that I've been denied access for violating the T&C's with a picture of a dog on it???
Screenshot at: http://www.jamuk.com/amazon-sorry.gif
If it makes any difference, I'm accessing amazon.com from San Francisco, CA...
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