Internet Outages: Is PF the Only Website That Works?

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The forum discussion centers on widespread internet outages affecting various websites, with users reporting that PF (a specific forum or website) remained accessible despite these issues. Participants noted DNS problems and suggested clearing cookies or trying different geographical locations to troubleshoot connectivity. Users from different regions, including Ohio, Canada, and India, experienced similar outages, reinforcing the notion that PF was uniquely reachable during these incidents. The conversation humorously speculated on the reasons behind these outages, including a fictional plot involving Google.

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I can't reach them and I've been told a lot of their servers are down. They have DNS problems.
 
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Works for me.
 
Works for me too. They are all of a sudden http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/now-s-u-p-e-r-sized.html" , though.
 
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try clearing cookies
 
Didn't help.
 
Try one for a different geographical location. UK, Canada, India, etc.
 
ranger said:
Try one for a different geographical location. UK, Canada, India, etc.

yeah google.ca
 
lisab said:
Works for me too. They are all of a sudden http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/now-s-u-p-e-r-sized.html" , though.

I noticed that too. Its a bit annoying.
 
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Everything is working in Ohio.
 
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TheStatutoryApe said:
I noticed that too. Its a bit annoying.

I know! I thought maybe my eyes were shrinking.

I suppose I'll adjust, in time.
 
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Google has become self aware.
 
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lisab said:
I know! I thought maybe my eyes were shrinking.
First I thought I accidently changed the font of my own browser. I lowered it and I got confused with other pages. Then the same thing happened again at work and I figured out some people at Google are playing jokes on us. :bugeye: Is this another unexplained phenomenon ?
 
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This must be part of Greg's plot to take over the internet! Last night my internet was completely down for ALL websites, Instant messaging, everything...EXCEPT PF! PF was the only place I could go, even after clearing cache and cookies. Since I couldn't even reach repair because the line was busy all night, I assume it was my cable service, but why I could reach PF with no problems and post is beyond me.

What's stranger is that the night before, the same thing happened to Kurdt. The internet went down for him and PF was the only place that he could reach.

 
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what said:
Google has become self aware.

:smile:
 
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Evo said:
This must be part of Greg's plot to take over the internet! Last night my internet was completely down for ALL websites, Instant messaging, everything...EXCEPT PF! PF was the only place I could go, even after clearing cache and cookies. Since I couldn't even reach repair because the line was busy all night, I assume it was my cable service, but why I could reach PF with no problems and post is beyond me.

What's stranger is that the night before, the same thing happened to Kurdt. The internet went down for him and PF was the only place that he could reach.
I had a situation weeks ago, where I could not reach PF from one network (although I could tunnel through AOL to get to PF), but I could reach through another network. I could reach the other usual websites directly from either network though.
 

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