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Thread ID: 140520 2015-10-27 08:11:00 Herald website down? Tony (4941) PC World Chat
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1410502 2015-10-27 08:11:00 I was getting a backend server error message, and now it appears to be doing nothing.

And now 20 secs later it's back.

And now I've clicked a link and got "Error from Backend Server 503 Service Unavailable".
Tony (4941)
1410503 2015-10-27 08:27:00 Appears to be OK at the moment. I was having problems the other day though. Jen (38)
1410504 2015-10-27 08:31:00 And now the link shows a page but the content isn't there. Tony (4941)
1410505 2015-10-27 08:34:00 Error from Backend Server 503 Service Unavailable

Service Unavailable
503 Guru Meditation:

XID: 2205481120

That was just now from this page (www.nzherald.co.nz) - Council salary rises ease off
Jen (38)
1410506 2015-10-27 08:38:00 Definitely something not right. Tony (4941)
1410507 2015-10-27 08:47:00 No problems at my end :) Zippity (58)
1410508 2015-10-27 09:01:00 No problems at my end :)The main page seems OK now, but there are still problems with some links. Tony (4941)
1410509 2015-10-27 18:52:00 They need the ministrations of Mary.
;)
R2x1 (4628)
1410510 2015-10-28 05:54:00 Service Unavailable
503 Guru Meditation:


Awesome, I just got it.

Haven't seen that since, um, 1986.

The term "Guru Meditation Error" originated as an in-house joke in Amiga's early days. The company had a product called the Joyboard, a game controller much like a joystick but operated by one's feet, similar to the modern-day Wii Balance Board. Early in the development of the Amiga computer operating system, the company's developers became so frustrated with the system's frequent crashes that, as a relaxation technique, a game developed where a person would sit cross-legged on the joyboard, resembling an Indian guru. The player tried to remain extremely still; the winner of the game stayed still the longest. If the player moved too much, a "guru meditation" error occurred.
pctek (84)
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