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MySpace Down

I know that MySpace is usually HOG SLOW, but this is just plain funny. Apparently they lost power in their data center. I imagine that the only thing powering their data center is Lance Armstrong riding a bike in the basement, powering a generator (Sportscenter anyone?).

Here’s a screenshot I captured here.

I guess part of Rupert’s $580 million didn’t go towards a backup. Then again, that would seem fair and balanced. Come on Tom, what kind of friend are you? Redundancy man, redundancy!

28 Responses to “MySpace Down”

  1. SoCal has been having mad rolling blackouts lately.

    Brent - July 23, 2006 at 5:35 am

  2. for real brent, it was like 100 today. iso said we were peaking at 48,500 megawatts.

    John - July 23, 2006 at 5:52 am

  3. Yeah my company is hosted in the same datacenter as myspace. and the ac units have been off since about 5:30pm. Myspace runs AMD servers, guess what. they overheated.

    meh - July 23, 2006 at 6:02 am

  4. NOTICE: 200601616 POSTED: 2006-07-22 13:18:00
    —————————————————————-
    Statewide STAGE 1 EMERGENCY NOTICE [200601616]

    The California ISO hereby issues a Statewide STAGE 1 ELECTRICAL EMERGENCY Notice,
    effective 07/22/2006 13:12 through 07/22/2006 20:00.

    Reason(s):
    Due to the loss of a large resource and high loads across |the CAISO control area.

    Operating Reserves are currently, or forecast to be, less than amounts required
    by the Western Electricity Coordinating Council. If Operating Reserves deplete
    further, the ISO will declare a Stage 2 Electrical Emergency and may begin
    curtailing Interruptible Loads*.

    Monitor system conditions on the California ISO Website at http://www.caiso.com and
    check with local electric utilities for additional information. This message
    was sent by Market Operations at the California ISO.

    This notice supersedes notice 200601608 Flex Your Power Now Notice issued 07/21/2006 10:14

    Notice issued at: 07/22/2006 13:18

    * Interruptible Loads are comprised of customers from Southern California Edison
    and Pacific Gas & Electric who opt for service under “Interruptible Rate
    Schedules” and “Emergency Curtailment” tariffs authorized by the California
    Public Utilities Commission that provide for periodic curtailments by the
    California ISO. The ISO will also curtail loads that elect to participate in
    California ISO Load Interruption Programs, described in Operating Procedure E-
    511.

    leftoverbacon - July 23, 2006 at 8:03 am

  5. I guess it has something to do with the crazy hot weather these few days.

    Liew - July 23, 2006 at 9:14 am

  6. I tried to log in but it said my account had been deleted or closed by the user. I thought meh probably the Brian Peppers picture I have as a profile picture > http://www.esorn.ag.state.oh.us/Secured/p23.aspx?oid=13753 . Anyway it seemed fine after about half an hour.

    jackhynes - July 23, 2006 at 11:21 am

  7. It may be that, because of the heat the hydro power that you buy from British Columbia is more expensive than budgeted for. Low water levels mean more expensive power, and if your county has a fixed budget for that, to buy more is to go on the open market and power is overpriced right now.

    I live in BC, and California actually buys most of the power produced here. I can tell you that we haven’t had any blackouts, so I would honestly suspect this is a market-related circumstance. Being socialists up here, our power payment is structured differently.

    raincoaster - July 23, 2006 at 11:32 am

  8. hah. I found hat hilarious when it came up. myspace. pshah. obviously its back up though.

    dandyasadandylion - July 23, 2006 at 6:18 pm

  9. yep.. i live in LA.. rolling blackouts

    benr1989 - July 23, 2006 at 10:12 pm

  10. Every week there is a new disaster its so funny. Half the time you cant even get yourseld in the search function if you put ur email in. Its so funny!

    david bamford - July 23, 2006 at 10:41 pm

  11. [...] Just as MySpace reportedly goes down, so we discover yet another music-centric social network: Amie Street. [...]

    Yoick - Hightechwire » Blog Archive » Music Lives On This Street - July 24, 2006 at 1:31 am

  12. they should move to the midwest . damnit , tom…..

    rubylovesoverkill - July 24, 2006 at 6:45 am

  13. It’s still down!

    Well why your waiting check out extravagantauctions.wordpress.com

    It’s a good place to pass the time.

    extravagantauctions - July 24, 2006 at 11:55 am

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    cgot - July 24, 2006 at 4:42 pm

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  16. I bet people are having myspace withdrawls just like a crack junkie has when there is no more junk… Itchy …..

    lml - July 28, 2006 at 2:53 pm

  17. Got on myspace last night,it worked fine til I had to go to bed,then this mornin,can’t log in,or when I do most of my friends are deleted or have invalid memberships,some of my comments were going backwards,so weird,so been playin at frappr.com and purevolume.com this mornin. My id is paulnmary at both,at least they work,but not the same as myspace,so boring actually.

    Paul - July 28, 2006 at 5:00 pm

  18. [...] I know that this also seems to be a popular one. [...]

    nickperez.org » Most Viewed MySpace Page Ever - August 28, 2006 at 5:06 am

  19. I don’t know how accurate it is, but I heard through the grape vine that they are redoing their system from scratch. With a much more effecient programming language.

    MySpace Layouts - September 11, 2006 at 10:41 pm

  20. If we could get that device, the bike, that Lance uses to keep the power generators going and instead get somebody like Richard Simmons endorsing it. Then these women that sit at home all day shopping on the Home Shopping Channel, will ne longer be a problem. In order for them to keep on watching TV or Surfing the Net they will need to keep on pedaling that bike.

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    Jeffrey A. Solochek - November 27, 2006 at 12:11 am

  21. Anyone else having bother with myspace or is it just my pc?
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