Friday
(0)As our regular readers will have noticed, we were blown off our server by the bandwidth spike caused by the response to Gabriel Syme's article on Wednesday. 
We have just moved to Hosting Matters, and thus hopefully such traumatic 'black out' events will be a thing of the past from now on!
Glenn Reynolds has blown up more servers that Al Qaeda!
Whew. What a relief. For a while there, I was afraid I was going to get some work done.
Posted by S. Weasel at May 16, 2003 06:24 PM
Arg - Samizdata withdrawal is shaky and horrible.
I must say, I also enjoy the link to the Dissident Frogman as well. :)
Posted by Elizabeth at May 16, 2003 07:10 PM
I'm glad Samizdata is online again. It was like, I dunno, when eletricity or phone goes down. Don't do that often, please!
Posted by Tomas at May 16, 2003 07:23 PM
Hmmmm... Given the beating the webservers take whence he sends a link their way, I hereby suggest that Glenn Reynolds henceforth shall be referred to as the "Insta-pound-it".
Posted by Monsyne Dragon at May 16, 2003 09:21 PM
Perhaps Blogdom should have a rule similar to that very old rule when automobiles first starting roaming the roads...they must be proceeded by a flagman going down the road ahead...when a "server-breaker" is going to be posted, the flagman must go out first!
Posted by MommaBear at May 16, 2003 09:45 PM
No worries. I just spent a pleasant hour perusing the Samizdata archives via Google's wonderful cache store!
Cydonia
Posted by cydonia at May 16, 2003 10:25 PM
I thought it was caused by anti-war people sabotaging your site. Didn't you notice the extra large numbers of repeat postings?
Posted by ernest young at May 17, 2003 02:30 AM
ernest young: I think that was just the server in its last death throes
Posted by Perry de Havilland at May 17, 2003 10:59 AM
Instapundited?
Instapunted, maybe.
Verb: punt
1. Kick the ball
2. Propel with a pole
3. Place a bet on
Posted by D Anghelone at May 17, 2003 03:21 PM
That's why it's called an 'instalance'. Tends to bury the servers.
Posted by Kathy K at May 17, 2003 03:46 PM
No Kathy... instalance means 'to skewer or lance a server', the term you are reaching for is 'instalanche'... to bury a server'. heh.
Posted by Perry de Havilland at May 17, 2003 10:06 PM
I have just had a vision of Glenn Reynolds with a sword in one hand and a lance in the other, coming after an errant server. This is a scary thought.
Posted by Michael Jennings at May 18, 2003 01:49 PM
