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color=#0000ff size=2>I heard on another list they are up to $30K. I just
got in a second ago but no dice on checkout.</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> cialug-bounces@cialug.org
[mailto:cialug-bounces@cialug.org] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>jrnosee@gmail.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 07, 2010 11:36
AM<BR><B>To:</B> Central Iowa Linux Users Group<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[Cialug] Sparkfun Free Day?<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>has anyone been able to even reach the site to see if they're still
going?<BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Tim Wilson <SPAN
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<DIV class=im>On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Lee Henderson <SPAN
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<DIV>Unfortunately this is $100,000 or two hours, whichever comes first.
Doesn't look likely that they'll hit the max at
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<DIV><BR>It lasts more than 2 hours:<BR> - Starts 9AM MST
January 7th, 2010<BR> - Ends 11PM MST January 7th, 2010 (or when
we hit $100k, whichever comes first)<BR><BR>That means it started at 10AM
CST, and goes until (no later than) Midnight tonight.<BR><BR> </DIV>
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<DIV>On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 10:23 AM, Matthew Nuzum <SPAN dir=ltr><<A
href="mailto:newz@bearfruit.org"
target=_blank>newz@bearfruit.org</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 8:55 AM, Lee Henderson
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<DIV>"SparkFun Electronics has been temporarily closed while necessary
upgrades are installed and configured." Reads the website
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<DIV>Wow they supposedly already prepared for this with recent
upgrades<BR><FONT
color=#888888></FONT><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV>I don't
think so. Last night I checked and they appear to have only two web
servers, one for dynamic content and ssl, another for static
content.<BR><BR>There's over 2,000 people in the IRC channel so
presumambly there's more than that hitting their website. They just
can't handle the number of connections they're
reporting.<BR><BR>Ubuntu.com uses 5 or more front end web servers for
busy days and we don't use SSL or dynamic content on our website (we
serve from a static cache updated at frequent intervals).<BR><BR>There
was a contest to see how quick they can dish out 100k. I'll bet it will
be lunch time before they hit it.
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<DIV><BR clear=all><BR>-- <BR>Matthew Nuzum<BR>newz2000 on freenode,
skype, linkedin, <A href="http://identi.ca/" target=_blank>identi.ca</A>
and twitter<BR></DIV></DIV><BR></DIV></DIV>
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