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I'm pretty sure I saw news articles with the ABS explicitly stating that the site would be able to handle the load. I'm hoping it's down because people saw that and decided to DDoS the site because that's pretty loving funny, as opposed to the more likely scenario of someone at the ABS asking if the site could handle that much traffic and getting 'nah she'll be right' in response. 'Let's talk about implementing e-voting' is probably going to be quietly never mentioned again until everyone else has it and we all look like idiots. Is there any idea of how long the online census will be available for? I've never had to do these stupid things myself, now I'm wondering why I didn't just get a physical form. I could have come home and been done with it, instead of checking the ABS page and wondering if it's even worth bothering tonight. Pen and paper wins again.
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Ten Becquerels posted:Is there any idea of how long the online census will be available for? About -45 minutes.
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I complete the census AND the site goes down, pissing on the government without inconveniencing me? A good day.
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https://twitter.com/eevblog/status/762978777668268033 Did someone say load testing?
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Redcordial posted:drat that looks weird, didn't realise robocop has become the new word-filter over the abbreviated Social Justice Warrior, lol what a time to be alive!?! *grabs rope* Ohhhhh. The Robocop thing's been confusing me for days now. Thanks!
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Jumpingmanjim posted:https://twitter.com/eevblog/status/762978777668268033 Load testing is all well and good but won't save you from a DDoS. But still,  at anyone who didn't get the form and immediately think "I'll do this before or after the day where everyone loving else will be trying"
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Yeah, people on *chans are saying it's a successful DDOS from Anon.
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Oh, hey, it's working! Thank you for participating in the Census. The system is very busy at the moment. Please wait for 15 minutes before trying again. Your patience and cooperation are appreciated. [code 9] oh
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Ugh, I hope it's not actually a ddos thing. That'll just them something external to heap the blame on
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I hope it is a ddos because it proves they aren't capable of protecting poo poo
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Knorth posted:Ugh, I hope it's not actually a ddos thing. That'll just them something external to heap the blame on  We r Legion!
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Jumpingmanjim posted:https://twitter.com/eevblog/status/762978777668268033 Should have contracted out load testing to Lowtax, the forums could have used the money. He could have set them up with a sweet CloudFlare deal.
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I dunno I think we'd just end up with #prayforcensus #jesuisray trending instead
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The ABS page loads now but it only loads enough to tell me to gently caress off and come back later, which is somehow even more annoying.
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Guarantee it's not ddos. They can't get their poo poo sorted. "Wtf? We're not wasting money on VMs that don't even exist!"
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Come to think of it, why the gently caress did they think 1 million forms an hour would be the upper limit? Call it 15 or 16 million households, and about a 6 hour window most people would try to fill it in during?
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fliptophead posted:Guarantee it's not ddos. They can't get their poo poo sorted. "Wtf? We're not wasting money on VMs that don't even exist!" Doesnt matter, Some section of Anon is claiming it so the media will report it, I guess.
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If only the ABS had access to data that might allow them to estimate the number of people who would access their website
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Lol the census question about housework is a loving trap. Come on mate it's winter, I haven't had to mow the lawn.
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bigis posted:Lol the census question about housework is a loving trap. Come on mate it's winter, I haven't had to mow the lawn. I mowed this weekend just gone 
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I mowed tonight, it was well overdue.
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This sure looks like a legimate company who totally dosn't use Stockphoto'squote:Testimonial – John Citizen I'm guessing their load testing was sending 469,367 pings to the server over a 12 hour period. They billed the ABS $1 per ping. They have positions open NOW for Automation Test Specialist too! Comstar fucked around with this message at 14:03 on Aug 9, 2016 |
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Aug 9, 2016 13:59
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Please tell me more about your lawns TIA
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Don't forget the 9.6m for IBM! Private industry also cops it today. What a beautiful thing 
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Bingo. Server's dead. They can't fix it. Go home Australia, the census is drunk. https://twitter.com/ABSCensus/status/762996836357419008 quote:ABS & Census website are unavailable. The service won't be restored tonight. We will update you in AM. We apologise for the inconvenience. Comstar fucked around with this message at 14:26 on Aug 9, 2016 |
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Comstar posted:John Q. Citizen Yeah how many Joe Blow's would have done the census tonight if it was up
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Comstar posted:Bingo. Server's dead. They can't fix it. Go home Australia, the census is drunk. We r legion
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DDOS, feh. Back when I worked on the 2006 census people protested in good, wholesome ways, like filling in fake info, leaving the form blank, putting 'Jedi' as their religion, smearing their form with copious amounts of their own faeces, or the timeless classic of chasing the census worker off their property with an axe and then fighting the cops when they arrive to arrest them. E-census is poo poo, go back to paper only and paying people 40k to stand around feeding forms into a dozen OCR scanners for hours, that'd do Centrelink a favour. As for security, I don't know what you're all worried about, the ABS has never been hacked, and my then-coworker who showed his mates John Howard's census got fired, so you know only trustworthy people have access to your info.
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Comstar posted:Bingo. Server's dead. They can't fix it. Go home Australia, the census is drunk. Gives me time to find my dam code I guess.
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Technically I'm homeless, do I still have to do a census?
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BlitzkriegOfColour posted:Technically I'm homeless, do I still have to do a census? Yes but your answers don't count (not because of homelessness, it's a racial thing)
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"ABC posted:The Australian Bureau of Statistics has revealed its website was attacked by overseas hackers, which caused it to crash during last night's census. Probably was the Chinese and not Anon, since we embarrassed their swimmers who may or may not have taken performance enhancers.
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So everyone has completed the census right?
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Hackers or not, let's not pretend it wasn't going to die in the arse regardless last night.
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I'm going to wait until an officer directs me to complete my form but I'm hoping the entire thing will have collapsed by that point
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RIP ABS. In other news, Don Dale has nothing on Nauru; maybe the terms of the RC will be extended to detention centres? No it won't
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Yeah its a seriously good/horrifying read. Who wants to bet how little attention it will get paid? http://www.theguardian.com/australi...ase-interactive
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What good's a government that can't even keep our digital borders safe from all these boat-people hackers??
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