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The internet is broken

31-01-2008 4:46pm

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MOH

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From CNN:

Internet failure hits two continents

Large swathes of Asia, the Middle East and north Africa had their high-technology services crippled Thursday following a widespread Internet failure which brought many businesses to a standstill and left others struggling to cope......

Surely there must be a lolcat pic appropriate for this?

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#2 31-01-2008 4:47pm

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no more 419's?

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#3 31-01-2008 4:47pm

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Lol, I bet Ireland will be following soon

Nick

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My Irish Callcards site

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#4 31-01-2008 4:58pm

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Did someone type the word 'google' into google? That can break the internet.

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#5 31-01-2008 4:59pm

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widespread Internet failure

I lolled.
The Internet failed

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#6 31-01-2008 5:23pm

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epic fail

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#7 31-01-2008 5:24pm

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chuck norris punch the internet again?

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#8 31-01-2008 5:26pm

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To start press any key.

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#9 31-01-2008 5:27pm

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Ruu wrote: »

To start press any key.

Wheres the "Any" key???

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#10 31-01-2008 5:32pm

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I have the internet held captive and I wont release it for anything less than 20 squillion euros. Mwahahaha.

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#11 31-01-2008 6:51pm

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Jaysus more places reporting on it now!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvpuT3aoypE

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#12 31-01-2008 6:54pm

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Lux23 wrote: »

Did someone type the word 'google' into google? That can break the internet.

I had to try that

Wow, that's a lot of hits! (nigh 2 billion )

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#13 03-02-2008 5:49pm

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Archeron wrote: »

I have the internet held captive and I wont release it for anything less than 20 squillion euros. Mwahahaha.

How about one 20 euro squllion?

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#14 04-02-2008 12:51pm

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A cat blog? That's the gayest thing since Vanilla Ice!

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