Done. 11:45 our time, or 1:45 after they started they reached $100k. Apparently 2 hours was enough. :-)<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 11:36 AM, Nathan C. Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nathan.smith@ipmvs.com">nathan.smith@ipmvs.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font size="2" color="#0000ff" face="Arial">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 size="2" face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:cialug-bounces@cialug.org" target="_blank">cialug-bounces@cialug.org</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:cialug-bounces@cialug.org" target="_blank">cialug-bounces@cialug.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of
</b><a href="mailto:jrnosee@gmail.com" target="_blank">jrnosee@gmail.com</a><br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 07, 2010 11:36
AM<div class="im"><br><b>To:</b> Central Iowa Linux Users Group<br><b>Subject:</b> Re:
[Cialug] Sparkfun Free Day?<br></div></font><br></div><div><div></div><div class="h5">
<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 dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tim_linux@wilson-home.com" target="_blank">tim_linux@wilson-home.com</a>></span>
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<div>On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Lee Henderson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:leemhenderson@gmail.com" target="_blank">leemhenderson@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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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
all.</div></blockquote></div>
<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
<span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:leemhenderson@gmail.com" target="_blank">leemhenderson@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>"SparkFun Electronics has been temporarily closed while necessary
upgrades are installed and configured." Reads the website
now.</div>
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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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