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Amazon Web Services outage hits major websites

My cloud kindle was out for a while...back up now; I like to use Amazons unlimited kindle
 
Bok Tuklo said:
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I am a voracious reader...unfortunately, being in Iraq and Afghanistan for so long it was impractical to lug around footlockers full of books every time I had to relocate....so, kindle became my default reading platform.
 
Bum said:
I am a voracious reader...unfortunately, being in Iraq and Afghanistan for so long it was impractical to lug around footlockers full of books every time I had to relocate....so, kindle became my default reading platform.
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Perfect for travel. I can read several books on a two week vacation. They add a lot of weight to luggage.

Kindle 32GB can hold tens of thousands of books.
 
Bum said:
I am a voracious reader...unfortunately, being in Iraq and Afghanistan for so long it was impractical to lug around footlockers full of books every time I had to relocate....so, kindle became my default reading platform.
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I read at night in bed when I can't sleep. Love the Paperwhite light and the fact that if I fall asleep while reading the only thing that might hit my face is a piece of plastic.
 
Bum said:
I am a voracious reader...unfortunately, being in Iraq and Afghanistan for so long it was impractical to lug around footlockers full of books every time I had to relocate....so, kindle became my default reading platform.
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The app makes it even easier - it’s constantly at my fingertips.

I usually have 2-3 books going at any time
 
Bum said:
I am a voracious reader...unfortunately, being in Iraq and Afghanistan for so long it was impractical to lug around footlockers full of books every time I had to relocate....so, kindle became my default reading platform.
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Just tweaking your melon.

I recently moved from Texas to Maine. The quote from the moving company was with and without books. The difference was over 2000$.


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Bok Tuklo said:
Just tweaking your melon.

I recently moved from Texas to Maine. The quote from the moving company was with and without books. The difference was over 2000$.
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My company transferred me 14 times, including to Philadelphia and Beijing.

After about the 5th move I decided to donate my books and go digital. That was a sad day for moving company stock prices.
 
Bok Tuklo said:
Just tweaking your melon.

I recently moved from Texas to Maine. The quote from the moving company was with and without books. The difference was over 2000$.


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You can download a lot of books for 2k! I will say that if you have kids, having "real" books around is a must. They wire different brain connections than tablets.
 
This seems like someone(s) was trying to get Amazon's full attention.
 
Allan said:
Do we know it was a hack or are you guessing?
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All I am reading suggests this was DNS based but targeted on who ended up impacted, so I'm stuck on the two options of negligence or hack.
 
lynnwinslow said:
You can download a lot of books for 2k! I will say that if you have kids, having "real" books around is a must. They wire different brain connections than tablets.
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I agree. Kids light up over real (physical) books.

As for the adult members of our household, we generally read audio books due to work / time constraints.
 
OrphanSlug said:
All I am reading suggests this was DNS based but targeted on who ended up impacted, so I'm stuck on the two options of negligence or hack.
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These very large outages are quite often the result of a software tweak gone awry. One little line of code is introduced with unanticipated results.
 
Allan said:
These very large outages are quite often the result of a software tweak gone awry. One little line of code is introduced with unanticipated results.
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I hope that is the case, sincerely, because if it is the alternative then a whole lot of businesses that use AWS are going to have to consider alternatives.
 
Probably a DOS attack by the ChiComs.
 
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