Poor pluto and pluto.com

[A D]

Apparently when Pluto was taken off the list of planets the website took it hard as now the website is down as well.

http://www.pluto.com

-=DCG=-

 

[whitebark]

LOL - my friend is a sky-watcher and he says that it wasn't demoted - it was promoted - whatever that means. He said something about it being the headliner for new class of planetoids. So maybe pluto.com are 'upgrading' as well?

 

[MediaHound]

hate it when that happens

 

[Luc]

that just ruined my day (the domain not resolving).

 

[Chelsea]

It´s a lump of ice ... that´s all it is.

 

[jdk]

It was demoted "promoted" to the largest of the dwarf planets, so instead of the smallest planet it is the largest dwarf planet. Although I think they should have grandfathered Pluto in.

 

[Focus]

see the domains and planets are really connected

 

[gariben]

this is probably the best news that happened to the owner of Pluto.com

I'm pretty sure it will get lots of "free" attention. Instead of being one of the 9 planets.. it is "THE" planet....

 

[BidNo]

I tried to register GoodByePluto.com immediately when the new came out. However, someone had registered the domain on the previous day -- it must have been an insider.

 

[Focus]

looks like now its a default server page coming up for pluto.com, I am assuming they got waaaaaaaaaaaaay more traffic than ever before and either was eating up all the hosting bandwidth or too high of a cost, etc etc

 

[Focus]

- maybe it got sold, who knows

 

[lyndonmaxewell]

- maybe his server got jammed out with queries on why is this happening. or with 'millions' of people going to the site at first thought when they think of the planet. Damn.. i wonder if it will affect my yr-end exams..

 

[Honan]

Apparently when Pluto was taken off the list of planets the website took it hard as now the website is down as well.

http://www.pluto.com

-=DCG=-

All that traffic wasted.
Well, who cares about the traffic, it's actually the income wasted.
Same for the .org and .net
The owner of the .org appears to live on Lombard St
(is that the Lombard that means Lots Of Money But A Real D...head)

 

[col]

Apparently when Pluto was taken off the list of planets the website took it hard as now the website is down as well.

http://www.pluto.com

-=DCG=-

Only real planets are allowed to have a .com

 

[NavySeals91]

I can't wait until pluto seeks vengence and crashes into Earth! AHAHa who will be laughing then!

 

[EGS]

So since when is Pluto not a planet..?

 

[EM @MAJ.com]

So since when is Pluto not a planet..?

That was voted last week by astronomers around the world.