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We apologize for the two hour detour. Good news - it was not due to
some malicious attack on the server (that we can isolate). Bad news
(well, good news in a way) - it was due to unprecedented record
traffic. We had well over 2,000 information addicts on at any given
moment. For our sole server this is about 4 times sustainable load. We
hope that we will soon have the capacity to expand our infrastructure
and have a much more seamless process - we have done a reverse inquiry
with several major LBO firms and are hoping for ultra high yield financing to be
arranged by one of the TBTFs (we have specifically stated the yield will have to be at least 100% as we want to make sure we don't pay even one coupon payment and instead default promptly and be bailed out by America) - preliminary results are favorable. In
the meantime, we will have to monitor traffic and when things get
heated redirect our readers (in an internet first) to other much more
wholesome activities such as getting a cup of coffee, browsing through
slideshows, watching CNBC, and restocking on various essentials.

 

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Fri, 04/09/2010 - 16:27 | 293568 Quackking
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What? No black helicopters?

Warning, this sort of outage makes us angry, hungry for more red meat and totally ready for RadioZero.

Time was not wasted, however, we just shifted over to the Beer Channel.. http://www.archive.org/details/AsWeLikeIt

 

 

Fri, 04/09/2010 - 17:00 | 293651 Eally Ucked
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I just started my distill, total breakdown antidotum!

 

Fri, 04/09/2010 - 16:24 | 293569 Dr. No
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Looks like people have been breaking the first two rules of fight club....

Fri, 04/09/2010 - 16:25 | 293571 Cleanclog
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Congrats on reaching "critical mass".

Fri, 04/09/2010 - 16:48 | 293612 zarrmax
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I already posted this but I thought it fits better here.

First off, I was literally in withdrawal while ZH was down...
I was on floor, covered in sweat, rocking back and forth in the fetal position and I'm pretty sure I shit myself. I found solace in power cave pic and decided the only way out was to go into my cave.... I closed my eyes and saw the American tax payer bent over with a gag ball in his mouth Ving Rhames/ Pulp Fiction style. Big Ben Bernanke was standing behind him, fully naked. Ben B. looked up at me and said...... Slide....

TD you sadistic bastard, you can't do this to us....

Congrats! At least someone is showing volume cough...cough...cou"NYSE"gh

Fri, 04/09/2010 - 16:48 | 293623 Ragnarok
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I'm going to have to get really drunk this weekend to forget that visual. Thanks.  :)

Fri, 04/09/2010 - 16:26 | 293573 Orly
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Hey!  Did ya hear?

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em!

Goldman is buying ZeroHedge!!!

Fri, 04/09/2010 - 16:26 | 293574 cougar_w
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I was all "oh noes teh haxorz r in teh Z-H tubez! pownership!" but no, it was only the usual freaks getting in the way and hogging all the packets.

Oh and good luck with that investment from GS.

cougar

Fri, 04/09/2010 - 16:26 | 293576 colonial
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Only 2,000?  Blame it on the Greeks, those damn socialists

Fri, 04/09/2010 - 16:27 | 293578 ZeroPower
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LBO, wtf?

Dude just IPO this bad boy, assuming a +B, when DOW 36k hits youll be rich!

Fri, 04/09/2010 - 16:30 | 293580 crzyhun
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Hey all you free loaders, you heard the call SUPPORT the culture that supports the people....send in money- not a hand.

crazyhun

Fri, 04/09/2010 - 16:30 | 293582 freebo
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Great to see more enlightened dropping by folk every day.

 

Now, get some more stock of those t-shirts...

Fri, 04/09/2010 - 16:42 | 293608 Orly
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Just got a hat, myself...

Fri, 04/09/2010 - 16:30 | 293584 Fritz
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Zero Hedge is clearly Too Big To Fail

Fri, 04/09/2010 - 16:30 | 293585 Ragnarok
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So, can we get some more free content already? I'm Jonesin' over here.

Fri, 04/09/2010 - 16:31 | 293587 Cursive
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Record traffic, huh?  Well, if I want any objective reporting on Greece, I'll have to turn to ZH because ain't anybody else gonna do it.  Thanks, TD!

Fri, 04/09/2010 - 16:32 | 293588 stardust669
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Most likely lackey bulls looking to see if any egg was running down ZH's face as the 11000 crazy train picks up steam.

Sat, 04/10/2010 - 01:02 | 294278 Hephasteus
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11000 won't bury the stench it will just make people search harder for it.

Fri, 04/09/2010 - 16:32 | 293589 Internet Tough Guy
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No apologies necessary tyler. Fight Club was the beginning, now it's moved out of the basement, it's called Project Mayhem.

Fri, 04/09/2010 - 16:34 | 293592 neophyte
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WTG ZH!!

Unfortunately I cannot be lured away  for Coffee et al. After al, ZH is my addiction!! Boy was I chomping at the bits.

Fri, 04/09/2010 - 16:34 | 293594 Village Idiot
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Good news, and, GREAT financing strategy.

Fri, 04/09/2010 - 16:35 | 293596 DollarMenu
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Gee whiz,

Real time news, articulate and humorous commentary,

great visuals...

And to top it off, no ads for incontinence, impotence, constipation, or, in spite of everything, depression!

I'm not at all surprised by your seeker overload.

Congratulations and  - THANK YOU!

 

Fri, 04/09/2010 - 16:37 | 293599 Cheeky Bastard
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I will give you one hundred trillion dollars in financing and bailouts 

*pinkyinsideofthemouth*

B.S.Bernanke 

Fri, 04/09/2010 - 16:38 | 293603 taraxias
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Since it sounds like everyone suffered immediate withdrawal symptoms like I did, I hope you all remember to contribute.

 

Many thanks to the ZH gang.

Fri, 04/09/2010 - 16:41 | 293605 CookieMonster
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Don't forget to check on Tiger Woods' progress. As he goes, so does the S$P5$$.....

Fri, 04/09/2010 - 16:44 | 293613 Alex in SFBA
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Why don't you guys use Amazon Web Services for extra backup capacity. You can bring it online (and pay for it) only when you existing server cannot handle it. Probably, it's an ideal solution for your situation.

Fri, 04/09/2010 - 16:44 | 293614 carbonmutant
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This will happen again.

We need a Plan B... a backup site we can log into instead of twitter.

Fri, 04/09/2010 - 17:01 | 293654 Lux Fiat
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Agreed.  Went to the old blogspot site, but nada.  If things were to get really dicey in the markets, this is a sign of what would happen - when people might need non-MSM news the most.  I wasn't that concerned, but the Star Wars line "a communications disruption can mean only one thing..." did rattle around in the back of my mind.

ZH - maybe it's time to put up one of those cheesy bar charts on the side column - Goal - bar 1 for $x (goal) for a new server (or 2), bar 2 for $y donated. 

 

 

Fri, 04/09/2010 - 16:49 | 293626 Takingbets
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Yeah, it had me scratching my head wondering if the government was blocking the connection. I'm glad to hear it was only the truth seekers climbing over one another to get here. :-D

Fri, 04/09/2010 - 16:52 | 293633 mynhair
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Wondered where that "Buy Beer Now"  message came from...

Fri, 04/09/2010 - 21:29 | 293641 FEDbuster
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Round up the usual suspects. 

Could it be the Quants ganging up on zerohedge at lunch time?

Fri, 04/09/2010 - 16:57 | 293644 BlackBeard
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What if when there's too many users, you redirect any additional newcomers to tranny porn?

 

Fri, 04/09/2010 - 17:02 | 293653 Leo Kolivakis
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Does that mean Robo and I have to stop posting pics of hot babes? I can understand why you left Google Blogger, but I love the fact that it almost never goes down.

Fri, 04/09/2010 - 17:26 | 293694 hamurobby
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My cat kept me company. keep up the good work.

Sat, 04/10/2010 - 01:01 | 294277 sweet ebony diamond
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is that you Number 1?

Fri, 04/09/2010 - 17:32 | 293701 poor fella
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Right on! And if you could get more banners with IBM, Cisco, Nike, etc. I'll totally click the sh!t outta them to at least pay for my traffic ;)

Went to some of the mainstream sites out of boredom (yahoo, cnn, moneycentral), and noticed money.cnn.com took their poll down after more than 50% of respondents said they were buying only 'necessities' and another 36% said 'small items only' with the remainder to 'big ticket'.

Somebody got let go when they decided to put the non-softball question on there.

Fri, 04/09/2010 - 17:38 | 293712 paladin
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Donate To Zero Hedge

what do you all give??

 

50.00.....100.00

 

 

 

Fri, 04/09/2010 - 17:57 | 293739 anony
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$50, but I understand they would really rather have 3/4 brl of black gold.

Fri, 04/09/2010 - 17:47 | 293722 Bruce Krasting
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Rather than straight debt to finance this ship consider something a little sexier.

How about:

 

ZERO HEDGE

$5,000,000

Cummulative-Redeemable-Perpetual

Convertable

Exchangable-Pay in Kind

Preferred Stock

 

If you did this no one would have a clue what it was about so of course they would rush to buy it. The real beauty of this approach is that you would never have to pay a dividend and because it is "perpetual" you would never have to pay it back.

This sophisticated and creative approach would put you in the same league as some of the "Big Boys". For example, Fannie and Freddie have about $40 billion of this swill outstanding. They never paid on that either so you would be in good company.

 

 

Fri, 04/09/2010 - 18:02 | 293745 jdrose1985
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I'm at a loss for words when I think about how amazingly dynamic this site is. Marla said this is a labor of love when I thanked her for what is going on here. The people here out of my league but I'm eternally grateful to them for what I've learned by compulsively going to ZH on my BB at work(ok a simple electrician for now).

Don't stop, ever.

Fri, 04/09/2010 - 18:09 | 293752 paladin
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my FX question was removed..

 

 

I will stand down

Fri, 04/09/2010 - 18:18 | 293769 Orly
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I hope the answer was stay short the Euro over the week-end.

 

:D

Fri, 04/09/2010 - 18:32 | 293797 paladin
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the 1997...98...LTMC...crash

 

the DOT com crash.

 

the 2007...08...09 BS

 

I lost nothing on this..

 

how well did it play out for you

 

 

Fri, 04/09/2010 - 19:02 | 293845 paladin
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if the consumer is 70% of the GDP..

stop spending..just stop

the FED will through wall street under the bus to protect the consumer

the FED has it the other way......just stop spending

 

 

Fri, 04/09/2010 - 20:25 | 293961 Mr Lennon Hendrix
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I figured a donation was in order while the doelarr was still "worth" something.  Spend it wisely....and quickly ;)

And a note to all readers.  There is a war going on outside, no man is safe from.  All you have to do, to join the side of the righteous....spend your doelarrs on PMs, local products, and DO NOT open up a facebook account.

War Is My Destiny:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRLl2yVrJzE

Sat, 04/10/2010 - 19:09 | 294964 marginnayan
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deleted. wrong thread.

Sat, 04/10/2010 - 22:22 | 295096 Absinthe Minded
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I'm willing to wait however long it takes, ZH is worth it. Saturday night sittin' with my beagle and having a nice gin and schweppes tonic. You know with this fuckin' financial trainwreck constantly over our heads I'm to the point where I'm feeling like aw fuckit whatever happens, happens. I know that I can weld, fabricate, plumb, build, wire whatever it takes to get me through. I will make sure my family makes it no matter what. Mr. Hendrix I feel a kinship with you. There are a few ZH'ers that I feel know their shit from shinola. You, Mere Human, CD, Chumba, even Mr. Bates(as fuckin' wrong as he is) he is still intelligent and entertaining. God I love this site, keep up the real posts and carry on. AM out.

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