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>about 50 computers all trying to get through

I think this approach is pretty standard. There is an account of someone
doing something very similar on the Beeb website. I think its more born out
of desperation rather than anything else.

I really don't know why they don't make it a free lottery where you register
and each person 'wins' the opportunity to buy a pair of tickets.

I gave up on this scramble nonsense years ago :o) There are loads of
smaller, just as entertaining festivals anyway.

See ya all at the Glade!

mark



On 4/2/07, Raymond Brooks <ray at conscious.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Karl McClelland wrote:
> > No, only online. 22 people split into various groups with someone
> managing
> > the whole operation. about 50 computers all trying to get through
> >
> > Everyone got
> >
> why did you do that? did it not occur that there are but a finite number
> of connections any server can handle? hammering them with 50
> simultaneous requests does nothing but put their machines under even
> more strain than they already are. all you can be certain of with
> behaviour like that is more refused requests and the very real
> possibility of getting your IP blocked/refused by pissed off sysadmins.
> it's clear that the glasto organisers ought to get some more/better kit
> as the website crashed every year but... sheesh. what you did is
> effectively a DOS attack.
>
> grrr.
>
> rx
> >
> > On 4/2/07, Ed Mitchell <ed at edmitchell.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >> Did anyone get a ticket to Glasto then?
> >>
> >> We had four phones on the go re-dialling to always engaged tone, and
> >> continuous re-writing of the booking webpage (refresh only served back
> >> the busy page).
> >>
> >> Got tickets via the web in the end.
> >>
> >> Did anyone get through on the phones?
> >>
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