Comments on: Twitter down because of reasons http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/twitter-down-because-of-reason.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 07:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: malindrome http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/twitter-down-because-of-reason.html#comment-1490273 malindrome Fri, 27 Jul 2012 01:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173198#comment-1490273 And he sees no reasons because there ARE no reasons!  What reasons do you need? And he sees no reasons because there ARE no reasons!  What reasons do you need?

]]> By: emacsomancer0101 http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/twitter-down-because-of-reason.html#comment-1489834 emacsomancer0101 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 20:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173198#comment-1489834 I am your ISP, and I've been meaning to ask you about your toilet paper fixation. Also, why aren't you are Twitter? I am your ISP, and I’ve been meaning to ask you about your toilet paper fixation. Also, why aren’t you are Twitter?

]]> By: Robert Baruch http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/twitter-down-because-of-reason.html#comment-1489734 Robert Baruch Thu, 26 Jul 2012 19:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173198#comment-1489734 Twitter is a . Twitter is a .

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/twitter-down-because-of-reason.html#comment-1489732 Donald Petersen Thu, 26 Jul 2012 19:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173198#comment-1489732 Oh, for the return of Mad magazine. Oh, for the return of Mad magazine.

]]> By: Robert Baruch http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/twitter-down-because-of-reason.html#comment-1489733 Robert Baruch Thu, 26 Jul 2012 19:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173198#comment-1489733 You can post at . You can post at .

]]> By: BarBarSeven http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/twitter-down-because-of-reason.html#comment-1489721 BarBarSeven Thu, 26 Jul 2012 19:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173198#comment-1489721 The Mayans were right!  And this is the ! The Mayans were right!  And this is the !

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/twitter-down-because-of-reason.html#comment-1489672 Nathan Hornby Thu, 26 Jul 2012 18:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173198#comment-1489672 What? What?

]]> By: CrackWilding http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/twitter-down-because-of-reason.html#comment-1489663 CrackWilding Thu, 26 Jul 2012 18:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173198#comment-1489663 Millions of people use toilet paper daily. You don't see me doing Internet searches for pictures of it. Unless you are my ISP, of course. Millions of people use toilet paper daily. You don’t see me doing Internet searches for pictures of it.

Unless you are my ISP, of course.

]]> By: matt perkins http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/twitter-down-because-of-reason.html#comment-1489629 matt perkins Thu, 26 Jul 2012 18:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173198#comment-1489629 Twitter is currently down for . Twitter is currently down for Prince fingers %= reason % Prince fingers. Twitter is currently down for Prince fingers mod assign reason mod Prince fingers. Twitter is currently down for Prince fingers where Prince fingers > reason or Twitter is currently down for zero where Prince fingers < reason Comparing Prince fingers to reason is really sort of a complicated thing.  I mean, reason is helpful.  But given the above, what I've already said, it's clear I think Prince fingers are probably more important than reason.  Prince fingers really are about rock stars playing peek-a-boo and the mystery of pants with butt cheek holes. Right. Twitter is currently down for .
Twitter is currently down for Prince fingers %= reason % Prince fingers.
Twitter is currently down for Prince fingers mod assign reason mod Prince fingers.
Twitter is currently down for Prince fingers where Prince fingers > reason
or
Twitter is currently down for zero where Prince fingers < reason

Comparing Prince fingers to reason is really sort of a complicated thing.  I mean, reason is helpful.  But given the above, what I've already said, it's clear I think Prince fingers are probably more important than reason.  Prince fingers really are about rock stars playing peek-a-boo and the mystery of pants with butt cheek holes.

Right.

]]> By: anrs http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/twitter-down-because-of-reason.html#comment-1489617 anrs Thu, 26 Jul 2012 18:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173198#comment-1489617  http://identi.ca  http://identi.ca

]]> By: Joseph Francis http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/twitter-down-because-of-reason.html#comment-1489593 Joseph Francis Thu, 26 Jul 2012 17:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173198#comment-1489593 D'oh! D’oh!

]]> By: Fornicus http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/twitter-down-because-of-reason.html#comment-1489590 Fornicus Thu, 26 Jul 2012 17:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173198#comment-1489590 Ryan Pequin at least will be pleased. Ryan Pequin at least will be pleased.

]]> By: angusm http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/twitter-down-because-of-reason.html#comment-1489570 angusm Thu, 26 Jul 2012 17:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173198#comment-1489570 The sleep of reason produces failwhales. The sleep of reason produces failwhales.

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/twitter-down-because-of-reason.html#comment-1489559 Nathan Hornby Thu, 26 Jul 2012 17:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173198#comment-1489559 Must be the millions of people that use it daily. Just a guess though. Must be the millions of people that use it daily.

Just a guess though.

]]> By: corydodt http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/twitter-down-because-of-reason.html#comment-1489542 corydodt Thu, 26 Jul 2012 17:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173198#comment-1489542 Great headline Xeni. :) Nailed it. Great headline Xeni. :) Nailed it.

]]> By: dmcinnes http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/twitter-down-because-of-reason.html#comment-1489525 dmcinnes Thu, 26 Jul 2012 17:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173198#comment-1489525 Their Rails servers are likely not running and their web servers (nginx/apache) probably point to this file in the event of FAIL. It probably has those fields interpolated by some manual process that hits the rails server to generate the page. Rails servers are not running, we get the raw version. Their Rails servers are likely not running and their web servers (nginx/apache) probably point to this file in the event of FAIL. It probably has those fields interpolated by some manual process that hits the rails server to generate the page. Rails servers are not running, we get the raw version.

]]> By: Spam http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/twitter-down-because-of-reason.html#comment-1489471 Spam Thu, 26 Jul 2012 17:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173198#comment-1489471 Maybe it's collateral damage from knocking out Realtime Mitt Romney wealth accumulator. Does any body know why it got knocked off the air shortly after the information ran in BB? http://boingboing.net/2012/07/22/realtime-mitt-romney-wealth-ac.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29 Maybe it’s collateral damage from knocking out Realtime Mitt Romney wealth accumulator. Does any body know why it got knocked off the air shortly after the information ran in BB?
http://boingboing.net/2012/07/22/realtime-mitt-romney-wealth-ac.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29

]]> By: Aloisius http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/twitter-down-because-of-reason.html#comment-1489465 Aloisius Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173198#comment-1489465 That's funny because Twitter's status page http://status.twitter.com is run on Tumblr and it keeps going down. :) That’s funny because Twitter’s status page http://status.twitter.com is run on Tumblr and it keeps going down. :)

]]> By: crystaljeanwest http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/twitter-down-because-of-reason.html#comment-1489460 crystaljeanwest Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173198#comment-1489460 FYI ---    mobile.twitter.com still works during most outages.  /nerd FYI —    mobile.twitter.com still works during most outages.  /nerd

]]> By: Brian Donohue http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/twitter-down-because-of-reason.html#comment-1489435 Brian Donohue Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173198#comment-1489435 It is not the fault of Reason, only its isolation.  http://taoofwalking.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/an-essay-on-belief/#intelligence It is not the fault of Reason, only its isolation. 
http://taoofwalking.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/an-essay-on-belief/#intelligence

]]> By: N Poppleton http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/twitter-down-because-of-reason.html#comment-1489438 N Poppleton Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173198#comment-1489438  Tumblr!  Tumblr!

]]> By: Aaron H http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/twitter-down-because-of-reason.html#comment-1489439 Aaron H Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173198#comment-1489439 is ERB ("embedded ruby") -- it will evaluate the contents of the var "reason" (presumably a string containing the reason for the downtime)  and render it to the output stream. The fact that it's literally showing means that the ERB interpreter isn't working, but for some reason enough of the Rails stack is functional to get to the point where it DOES know where to find that file. Rails is a bit funky with how / where it puts its files, so the framework is necessary to instruct the web server how to find files like these. Any Rails gurus have any ideas? is ERB (“embedded ruby”) — it will evaluate the contents of the var “reason” (presumably a string containing the reason for the downtime)  and render it to the output stream.

The fact that it’s literally showing means that the ERB interpreter isn’t working, but for some reason enough of the Rails stack is functional to get to the point where it DOES know where to find that file. Rails is a bit funky with how / where it puts its files, so the framework is necessary to instruct the web server how to find files like these.

Any Rails gurus have any ideas?

]]> By: Aloisius http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/twitter-down-because-of-reason.html#comment-1489433 Aloisius Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173198#comment-1489433 The SMS interface for posting to Twitter is still up as is their streaming API service (so something like Tweetbot and Tweetdeck still can receive tweets). The SMS interface for posting to Twitter is still up as is their streaming API service (so something like Tweetbot and Tweetdeck still can receive tweets).

]]> By: Aaron H http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/twitter-down-because-of-reason.html#comment-1489430 Aaron H Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173198#comment-1489430 Don't you have some band-I've-never-heard-of to go listen to? Don’t you have some band-I’ve-never-heard-of to go listen to?

]]> By: theophrastvs http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/twitter-down-because-of-reason.html#comment-1489431 theophrastvs Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173198#comment-1489431  how is 'still a thing' still a thing?  ("y'see the thing is..." oh for the return of Mad Magazine's "Horrifying Cliches")  how is ‘still a thing’ still a thing?  (“y’see the thing is…” oh for the return of Mad Magazine’s “Horrifying Cliches”)

]]> By: Joseph http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/twitter-down-because-of-reason.html#comment-1489429 Joseph Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173198#comment-1489429 Well I usually comment here using Twitter as my login . . . and I have a 2:1 like:comment ratio over hundreds of comments -- so PLEASE do not 'like' this comment. I'd hate to see all those likes go to the wrong account. :D Well I usually comment here using Twitter as my login . . . and I have a 2:1 like:comment ratio over hundreds of comments — so PLEASE do not ‘like’ this comment. I’d hate to see all those likes go to the wrong account. :D

]]> By: James Medaugh http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/twitter-down-because-of-reason.html#comment-1489421 James Medaugh Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173198#comment-1489421 Glad I'm not the only one who sucks at Rails Glad I’m not the only one who sucks at Rails

]]> By: Grant Gould http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/twitter-down-because-of-reason.html#comment-1489413 Grant Gould Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173198#comment-1489413 But don't worry, because it will be back up by %= deadline % But don’t worry, because it will be back up by %= deadline %

]]> By: Aloisius http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/twitter-down-because-of-reason.html#comment-1489409 Aloisius Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173198#comment-1489409 But where can I communicate my angst about Twitter being down when Twitter is down? But where can I communicate my angst about Twitter being down when Twitter is down?

]]> By: perch http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/twitter-down-because-of-reason.html#comment-1489410 perch Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173198#comment-1489410 How is twitter even still a thing? How is twitter even still a thing?

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