Anyone else getting "service unavailable?" *wink*

I think this is the longest Bucket of Coral have lasted ever. LOL
Hopefully all will be resolved soon have dr's appointment in the am 2hr drive

From the woot newsletter:

"But for all the things that have changed around here, some things will always be true. Wooters will always irrationally obsess over the Bag o' Crap. Mortimer and Monte will always bicker in the break room. And brown Zunes will always be underrated. Now, if you'll excuse us, we should go lie down. We feel like Woot is about to have an "off" day. Two "off" days, actually."

Wouldn't it be funny if instead of getting "The sevice is unavailable" it changed to "The service is still unavailable"?

The first time I see one of these things and no way can I get it. I should be sleeeping. Oh, Bringer of Crazy, this better be worth it.

irwootable wrote:If a system is going to fail, it's nice that it fails differently. At least we know something changed.

The optimism is noteworthy!

At this rate it won't be a woot off at all, but a refresh page off.

Hey, why don't you all log off and go to bed since the site's down? I'll let you know what happened in the morning.

I have watched one and half episodes of Magnum P.I. while hitting Buy Now over and over.

If it wasn't for the awesomeness of Magnum and my bottle of scotch, I would be raging right now.

Ok, i'm out, gotta be up in 4 hours for work, can't stay up any longer. This could easily go on for another 45 minutes.

"If you can see this, our servers haven't crashed yet"... Yea, right!

HoytClagwell wrote:From the woot newsletter:

"But for all the things that have changed around here, some things will always be true. Wooters will always irrationally obsess over the Bag o' Crap. Mortimer and Monte will always bicker in the break room. And brown Zunes will always be underrated. Now, if you'll excuse us, we should go lie down. We feel like Woot is about to have an "off" day. Two "off" days, actually."

Probably means two days of Woot Offs, not two days of vacation. Stop being paranoid.

joneholland wrote:

baha! cute. <3

dachshund51288 wrote:Wouldn't it be funny if instead of getting "The sevice is unavailable" it changed to "The service is still unavailable"?

Oh...like Generalissimo Francisco Franco...

(In other news, Amazon.com loads immediately)

*sob* why... why doesn't it work.. 'service unavailable'.. what have I done to deserve this.. they have them.. there's a lot left.. but.. *weeps*

They should throw a bottle of Xanax with every bucket of chicken.

I would be playing the new Civilization V expansion pack, Gods and Kings right now... but instead I'm repeatedly pressing F5.

It's just not as entertaining.

Woot is the only site where I can get three different error messages for the same non-loading page and see it as progress.

abstevens wrote:This could easily go on for another 45 hours.

Fixed.

joneholland wrote:
Look what you've done.

More dog pics pls. They are making me laugh.

ThunderThighs wrote:Finally, I can get in here.

Sorry for the problems. Almost all the developers were in the office tonight to monitor this first Woot-Off so they were on this faster than a fly on a Basket of Crayfish.

...They're all into S&M, aren't they?

So long and thanks for the all the reFre5h!

At least when I hit F5 on this screen, something happens. You are all my B0C...

Evidence this Bucket of Coral is a prank:

"But for all the things that have changed around here, some things will always be true. Wooters will always irrationally obsess over the Bag o' Crap. Mortimer and Monte will always bicker in the break room. And brown Zunes will always be underrated. Now, if you'll excuse us, we should go lie down. We feel like Woot is about to have an "off" day. Two "off" days, actually."

Hope they include an F5 key with every bag.

Dear Woot,

Even though I don't like it, I can understand why the servers went kablooie. And yes, that is the technical term. After all, new way of doing things, first time trying to do a Bucket of Coral with it... definitely something kablooie-worthy.

I just want to say thanks for your hard work whilst the rest of us wish that genies would come and magically make things better. I wish you and the developers/programmers/servers a much needed caffeine boost, and I hope to try again in the morning!

Sincerely,
Tal

ThunderThighs wrote:Finally, I can get in here.

Sorry for the problems. Almost all the developers were in the office tonight to monitor this first Woot-Off so they were on this faster than a fly on a Basket of Crayfish.

What took you so long?
Took your time figuring out which wire to unplug haha.
Glad to have ya back TT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQCP85FngzE

"Got something of value to say about today's Woot? You'd be the first. Somebody, anybody, give us a quality post. We're dying here."

How 'bout this:

Looks like your new server configuration is every bit as well-thought-out as the new look and feel.

Holding steady at 198 woots. Was going to go in for glow sticks, and hopefully make this Bucket of Coral my 200th Woot. xD We'll see what happens...

At least I can hang out with everyone. Get a few more posts under my belt!

My plan is working, soon all other wooters will be in bed and I will be the proud new owner of a bucket of crayfish!!

ThunderThighs wrote:Finally, I can get in here.

Sorry for the problems. Almost all the developers were in the office tonight to monitor this first Woot-Off so they were on this faster than a fly on a Basket of Crayfish.

So all of the developers are just screwing with us right now?

My F5 button just broke. Will pressing F4 and F1 together work?

I think they've banned my state. We're all white

I bet if everyone would just post what error message they are getting Woot would be able to track down the problem.

I,ve tried for too long

New error message idea:

"Go to bed"

I'm an east coaster and I'm holding strong!

moevin wrote:I think they've banned my state. We're all white

Sir, that is racist!! lol