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Blinky the Shark

Reg wrote:
> wrote:
>
>> I've never experienced this before, but when I try to access the Cox
>> news server, news.west.cox.net, I get the following message:
>>
>> 502 Maximum number of connections reached. (Tornado v1.0.7.392)
>>
>> The imbecile at Cox support at first did not even know what I was
>> referring to when I mentioned "news server".
>>
>> After some behind the scenes debate, he came back on line and told me,
>> "I guess there are too many users trying to access it right now".
>>
>> Funny thing about this was that I already had a connection established
>> and was reading rfc when it stopped responding and the message
>> appeared.
>>
>> Oh well!
>>
>> See ya later, I guess...
>
> Wayne, which newsreader are you using? I've seen this

None. He's using a browser.

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