cannot connect directly to basic4ppc.com

[mc73]

Does anyone else have this problem today?

 

[Roger Garstang]

Had issues the last couple days off and on.

 

[Erel]

Do you still see any such issues?

 

[mc73]

Do you still see any such issues?

Just tried again, now I see a redirection to Basic4android (Basic for Android) - Rapid Application Development and home page is properly shown.

 

[Erel]

I'm not sure why it happened. Please post again if you (or anyone else) encounter such a problem.

 

[mc73]

Certainly.

 

[mc73]

The same problem again. I'm using Firefox 13.0.1. With Chrome, no problem at all.

 

[rbsoft]

These problems are most probably related to the Leap Second Problem that affects many servers worldwide since Saturday. I had problems with my servers during the last couple of days, and so did my customers.

Here is a little more info about it:

'Leap Second' Bug Wreaks Havoc Across Web | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com

Rolf

 

[mc73]

These problems are most probably related to the Leap Second Problem that affects many servers worldwide since Saturday. I had problems with my servers during the last couple of days, and so did my customers.

Here is a little more info about it:

'Leap Second' Bug Wreaks Havoc Across Web | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com

Rolf

Very interesting. Yet, I wonder why this would happen with firefox and not chrome.

 

[rbsoft]

Google for "Leap Second Problem Firefox". You wil find quite a few results that tell you that Firefox was badly affected. Chrome is running in a sandbox and did not have such problems. Some quotes:

Which programs were left exposed? Anything with a Java component plus MySQL, Firefox, Thunderbird, and Debian, the latter causing server blades to ‘go dark’.

Mozilla, the organization behind the Firefox browser, also had problems.
"Java is choking on leap second," said Mozilla engineer Eric Ziegenhorn, who noted that some services using the Java software platform were malfunctioning.

Firefox was suddenly taking up a lot of CPU power showing nothing but a blank webpage, on all four computers. Closing and re-opening Firefox didn’t fix it, logging out and back in didn’t fix it, but rebooting the machines did.
Some google searching indicates that there was a problem with Firefox using a futex that got confused by the leap second, and getting into a loop.

Rolf

 

[mc73]

Oh, I see. Ty!

 

[rbsoft]

The next Leap Second adjustment is expected in about 3 to 4 years. So we can enjoy peace until then.

Rolf

 

[mc73]

Haha, hopefully, yes!

 

[Roger Garstang]

Must be just a Linux thing as Windows API has something similar to the "leap smear" thing it mentioned google uses. A lot of servers use it when their time is off to insert or remove fractions of a second over time and get things back in sync.