[WikiEN-l] Servers down?

Tue May 11 16:16:37 UTC 2004

KNOTT, T wrote:

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> in which he claimed that the "super smart kids" in his school are 
> planning to bring down Wikipedia”
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> He didn’t say how did he? Because I can’t get wikipedia, wikibooks, or 
> meta . There is a note saying servers will be down at 2 -3 tomorrow 
> morning UTC but that’s hours away. Could it be DOS attack or am I 
> being paranoid?
>
It sounds like a variation on a theme from fiction where the visitor 
announces that he will turn off the sun if the natives don't behave.  An 
eclipse, about which he had previous knowledge then just happens at his 
command.  The problem is that such a phenomenon at any given place is 
not that common.  Mark Twain used that idea in his "Connecticut Yankee 
in King Arthur's Court"; he was very effective at trolling the credulity 
of others.

Ec