<p>Who's brilliant idea was it to let the thousands of people hammer the searches rather than post a direct link. Sigh. </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 29, 2012 6:42 AM, "Martin" <<a href="mailto:martin@ml1.co.uk">martin@ml1.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
So...<br>
<br>
Who's for a Raspberry?<br>
<br>
<br>
0550:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.raspberrypi.com/" target="_blank">http://www.raspberrypi.com/</a> shows:<br>
<br>
Down for Maintenance<br>
This store is currently unavailable. Please visit our main website at<br>
<a href="http://www.raspberrypi.org" target="_blank">www.raspberrypi.org</a>.<br>
<br>
And <a href="http://www.raspberrypi.org/" target="_blank">http://www.raspberrypi.org/</a> doesn't respond...<br>
<br>
<br>
0556:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.raspberrypi.com/" target="_blank">http://www.raspberrypi.com/</a> shows:<br>
<br>
502 Bad Gateway<br>
nginx<br>
<br>
And <a href="http://www.raspberrypi.org/" target="_blank">http://www.raspberrypi.org/</a> gives "The connection was reset"<br>
<br>
<br>
0559:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.raspberrypi.com/" target="_blank">http://www.raspberrypi.com/</a> shows:<br>
<br>
Down for Maintenance<br>
This store is currently unavailable. Please visit our main website at<br>
<a href="http://www.raspberrypi.org" target="_blank">www.raspberrypi.org</a>.<br>
<br>
And <a href="http://www.raspberrypi.org/" target="_blank">http://www.raspberrypi.org/</a> doesn't respond...<br>
<br>
<br>
0601:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.raspberrypi.org/" target="_blank">http://www.raspberrypi.org/</a> gives:<br>
<br>
The Raspberry Pi Launch<br>
<br>
We've temporarily changed to a static site, while we're experiencing a<br>
very high level of traffic for the launch of the Raspberry Pi. The full<br>
site will return once traffic levels have subsided, hopefully later on<br>
today. ...<br>
<br>
Although we are still waiting for units to arrive from China, you can<br>
start buying the Raspberry Pi today. We have entered into licensed<br>
manufacture partnerships with two British companies, Premier Farnell and<br>
RS Components. They’ll be manufacturing and distributing the devices on<br>
behalf of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, and handling the distribution of<br>
our first batches as they arrive in the country. The Foundation<br>
continues to make a small profit from each Raspberry Pi sold, which<br>
we’ll be putting straight back into the charity. ...<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
And then:<br>
<br>
0602:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://uk.rs-online.com" target="_blank">http://uk.rs-online.com</a> gives:<br>
<br>
Register here to express an interest in Raspberry Pi<br>
Raspberry Pi SBC<br>
<br>
<a href="http://uk.farnell.com/" target="_blank">http://uk.farnell.com/</a> gives only a "The connection was reset"<br>
<br>
<br>
0625 (approx):<br>
<br>
<a href="http://uk.rs-online.com" target="_blank">http://uk.rs-online.com</a> gives: "The connection has timed out"<br>
<br>
<a href="http://uk.farnell.com/" target="_blank">http://uk.farnell.com/</a> gives only a "The connection was reset"<br>
<br>
<br>
0630:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://uk.rs-online.com" target="_blank">http://uk.rs-online.com</a> gives: "The connection has timed out"<br>
<br>
<a href="http://uk.farnell.com/" target="_blank">http://uk.farnell.com/</a> gives:<br>
<br>
Site unavailable<br>
<br>
Our websites are currently unavailable whilst we perform a scheduled<br>
system upgrade. ...<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
With that, I'll let the rest of the world battle it out...<br>
<br>
Looks like a friendly DDoS is in progress!...<br>
<br>
Even though the first Raspberry Pi boards are not immediately available,<br>
the "licensed manufacture" means we should see a much more rapid ramp-up<br>
of Raspberry Pi availability. Also, the people making it all work can<br>
concentrate undisturbed on their next moves rather than be distracted by<br>
logistics issues.<br>
<br>
I managed to register my "interest in Raspberry Pi Raspberry Pi SBC" at<br>
the RS site before it became swamped.<br>
<br>
<br>
And the Raspberry Pi talk is still a TBA :-(<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Martin<br>
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Martin Lomas<br>
<a href="mailto:martin@ml1.co.uk">martin@ml1.co.uk</a><br>
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