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Think we host Amazon UK, some of it anyway, probably the Windows IIS bit that failed...
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Amazon EC2 has been down all day, taking out loads and loads of super-cool websites.Originally posted by chef View PostAccording to Sarah Connors at 8.11pm on April 19, 2011 Sky Net would become self aware.

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BBC News - Amazon fault takes down websites
This cannot be a coincidence.
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And the Academy Award for most blatant GW propaganda switch in a Film related press release goes to .....
James Cameron
From GNW to AGW in one sentence - class.
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I fully expect any system that becomes "self aware" to spend all its time downloading pron and clips of kittens doing "LOL" things. I doubt we have too much to worry about.Originally posted by chef View PostAccording to Sarah Connors at 8.11pm on April 19, 2011 Sky Net would become self aware.

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I was right!Originally posted by stek View PostI well remember posting that on a Barnsley Fans website about 12/15 years ago or more, - thought it was 1997...
In the Terminator storyline, Skynet was originally installed by the military to control the national arsenal on August 4, 1997. On August 29 it gained self-awareness[1], and the panicking operators, realizing the extent of its abilities, tried to pull the plug. Skynet perceived the attempt to deactivate it as an attack and came to the conclusion that all of humanity would attempt to destroy it. To defend itself, it determined that humanity should be exterminated.
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I well remember posting that on a Barnsley Fans website who were hosted on Skynet UK, about 12/15 years ago or more, - thought it was 1997...
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Skynet has been around for years, I haven't heard anyone complain yet
And best of all it's British
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I thought the date kept changing as the various skynet plots were thwarted?Originally posted by chef View PostAccording to Sarah Connors at 8.11pm on April 19, 2011 Sky Net would become self aware.

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