Amazon.com Down? - Yup, Missing in Action - Page 2

tlrowley · 06-06-2008, 02:31 PM

At least oil's closed for the day....

zelda_pinwheel · 06-06-2008, 02:32 PM

in France we are talking about it as well.

TadW · 06-06-2008, 02:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by doctorow

A News.com guy calculated that based on last quarter's revenue of $4.13 billion, a full-scale global outage would cost Amazon more than $31,000 per minute on average!

Luckily for them, it isn't a global outage. "Only" the main services, http://www.amazon.com seems down (foreign TLDs still work).

HaggisMacJedi · 06-06-2008, 02:33 PM

All this workup for nothing.

Amazon gave my Kindle the "Blue Bytes". Guys know what I'm talking about.

zelda_pinwheel · 06-06-2008, 02:34 PM

yes, amazon.fr works, but i would assume it would be completely separate from amazon.com no ? different servers / hosting etc. no ? so one wouldn't affect the other. or am i wrong ?

zelda_pinwheel · 06-06-2008, 02:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HaggisMacJedi

All this workup for nothing.

Amazon gave my Kindle the "Blue Bytes". Guys know what I'm talking about.

just watch out they don't try to blame you for this. after all, they never had this trouble before you showed up with your shiny new kindle...

Alexander Turcic · 06-06-2008, 02:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

yes, amazon.fr works, but i would assume it would be completely separate from amazon.com no ? different servers / hosting etc. no ? so one wouldn't affect the other.

Yep, other Amazon services (S3 and EC2) are stlil humming, including foreign domains.

TadW · 06-06-2008, 02:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alexander Turcic

Yep, other Amazon services (S3 and EC2) are stlil humming, including foreign domains.

Hahahaha, maybe they should have used S3 and EC2... talking about scalable and redundant infrastructures

HaggisMacJedi · 06-06-2008, 02:42 PM

Okay, it LOOKS like they're back up. While I'm here and have your attention, how do I know when the Kindle is fully charged?

pshrynk · 06-06-2008, 02:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HaggisMacJedi

Okay, it LOOKS like they're back up. While I'm here and have your attention, how do I know when the Kindle is fully charged?

The little yellow light right beside the power hole goes off.

BTW Haggis: Not bad! First day with the Kindle and here on the Mobile Read site and you have the front page news.

HaggisMacJedi · 06-06-2008, 02:44 PM

Cool. Thanks. Does the battery have a "memory", or can I go ahead and safely use it with a partial charge?

...And crap, they're back down again.

pshrynk · 06-06-2008, 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HaggisMacJedi

Cool. Thanks. Does the battery have a "memory", or can I go ahead and safely use it with a partial charge?

...And crap, they're back down again.

My understanding is that if you charge it every night, it lasts longer. It not supposed to be run down all the way. They recommend not using it until the battery is charged.

In the meantime, why not browse the e-books section for some classic style literature? Good stuff in there.

brecklundin · 06-06-2008, 02:57 PM

LiPoly batter = no memory effect. Only real caveat is if you are going to not use your device for a month or longer leave it at about 40% charge. It will help prevent premature reductions in battery capacity.

I'm not sure if the Kindle has any "smartness" in the battery circuitry or not...if so there might be a need to calibrate the battery by doing a full drain then charge it back up. But this is just so the system knows the battery actual capacity not the theoretical capacity.

FYI draining a LiPoly/LiIon batery will not harm the battery. But as a rule they do work best given more frequent charges than the older NiMH which you HAD to drain due to memory effect.

brecklundin · 06-06-2008, 03:01 PM

btw, I finally got connected to the store for the first time...seems they are back up...for this microsecond at least. Guess it takes a while to re-route a whole server farm.

delphidb96 · 06-06-2008, 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HaggisMacJedi

Okay, it LOOKS like they're back up. While I'm here and have your attention, how do I know when the Kindle is fully charged?

*JUST* tried it. They're down again!

It's 12:07PM out here in California.

Derek

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06-06-2008, 02:31 PM	#16
tlrowley Quilt Geek Posts: 472 Karma: 91775 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Lancaster, PA Device: Kindle	At least oil's closed for the day....

06-06-2008, 02:32 PM	#17
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	in France we are talking about it as well.

06-06-2008, 02:33 PM	#19
HaggisMacJedi Zealot Posts: 130 Karma: 1145527 Join Date: Jun 2008 Device: Kindle Fire HD, Kindle 4, iPhone 4	All this workup for nothing. Amazon gave my Kindle the "Blue Bytes". Guys know what I'm talking about.

06-06-2008, 02:34 PM	#20
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	yes, amazon.fr works, but i would assume it would be completely separate from amazon.com no ? different servers / hosting etc. no ? so one wouldn't affect the other. or am i wrong ?

06-06-2008, 02:42 PM	#24
HaggisMacJedi Zealot Posts: 130 Karma: 1145527 Join Date: Jun 2008 Device: Kindle Fire HD, Kindle 4, iPhone 4	Okay, it LOOKS like they're back up. While I'm here and have your attention, how do I know when the Kindle is fully charged?

06-06-2008, 02:44 PM	#26
HaggisMacJedi Zealot Posts: 130 Karma: 1145527 Join Date: Jun 2008 Device: Kindle Fire HD, Kindle 4, iPhone 4	Cool. Thanks. Does the battery have a "memory", or can I go ahead and safely use it with a partial charge? ...And crap, they're back down again.

06-06-2008, 02:57 PM	#28
brecklundin Banned Posts: 1,906 Karma: 15348 Join Date: Jun 2007 Device: mine	LiPoly batter = no memory effect. Only real caveat is if you are going to not use your device for a month or longer leave it at about 40% charge. It will help prevent premature reductions in battery capacity. I'm not sure if the Kindle has any "smartness" in the battery circuitry or not...if so there might be a need to calibrate the battery by doing a full drain then charge it back up. But this is just so the system knows the battery actual capacity not the theoretical capacity. FYI draining a LiPoly/LiIon batery will not harm the battery. But as a rule they do work best given more frequent charges than the older NiMH which you HAD to drain due to memory effect.

06-06-2008, 03:01 PM	#29
brecklundin Banned Posts: 1,906 Karma: 15348 Join Date: Jun 2007 Device: mine	btw, I finally got connected to the store for the first time...seems they are back up...for this microsecond at least. Guess it takes a while to re-route a whole server farm.

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