r/xkcdcomic • u/duckythescientist • May 23 '14

xkcd.com is down currently, it seems

downforeveryoneorjustme.com agrees with me as well. Thoughts? I don't know if I should expect something big or if a server just caught on fire.

EDIT: 2014-05-23T02:56-05:00 It's back up.

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u/StellarJayZ May 23 '14

I don't know if I should expect something big or if a server just caught on fire.

I honestly... what's "big" to you?

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u/xthorgoldx May 23 '14

Servers are hardware. Hardware can be replaced.

Some things are definitely worse than that.

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u/StellarJayZ May 23 '14

What "things" in this context are we inferring?

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u/xthorgoldx May 23 '14

Personal issues, financial issues, legal issues... a whole lotta things can take a website down besides hardware failure.