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> Wikipedia is down, and nobody seems ... - The Next Web
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post Mon 5th July 2010, 1:21am
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As of the time of this writing, Wikipedia has been down and out for around 40 minutes. As of yet, there is no explanation as to why, but Twitter seems to be ...



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post Mon 5th July 2010, 1:23am
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After Adam Brookes blocked a quarter million IPs in Eastern Massachusetts, I decided to take revenge.

So I logged into the main back-bone router in Miami and took down the cross-Florida link from Miami to St. Pete.

I figure if Eastern Massachusetts can't get in, then nobody from the Eastern Seaboard is getting in, full stop.

So there.
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post Mon 5th July 2010, 2:11am
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QUOTE(Moulton @ Sun 4th July 2010, 6:23pm) *

After Adam Brookes blocked a quarter million IPs in Eastern Massachusetts, I decided to take revenge.

So I logged into the main back-bone router in Miami and took down the cross-Florida link from Miami to St. Pete.

I figure if Eastern Massachusetts can't get in, then nobody from the Eastern Seaboard is getting in, full stop.

So there.

You naughty boy. I can't log in from California, either. Although I can still search and edit topics as an IP. Very odd.
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Newsfeed   Wikipedia is down, and nobody seems ... - The Next Web   Mon 5th July 2010, 1:21am
Moulton   After Adam Brookes blocked a quarter million IPs i...   Mon 5th July 2010, 3:31am
Milton Roe   [quote name='Milton Roe' post='242622' date='Sun ...   Mon 5th July 2010, 3:32am
Moulton   [quote name='Milton Roe' post='242622' date='Sun 4...   Mon 5th July 2010, 3:35am

 

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