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  • vicwood wrote: »
    the page was open last night on and off for a while but not been open at all for me today. From memory its usually nearer tea-time when it opens going off previous years

    It is necessary to test the page before going live to ensure the servers can handle the volume of traffic and the site does not stop working.

    In IT speak this is called stress testing and is normally done just before going live, the site is made available for a short period of time then hit by code designed to simulate lots of normal users while monitoring the performance.

    You probably logged in during this testing window.
  • elitelady
    elitelady Posts: 108 Forumite
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    It is necessary to test the page before going live to ensure the servers can handle the volume of traffic and the site does not stop working.

    In IT speak this is called stress testing and is normally done just before going live, the site is made available for a short period of time then hit by code designed to simulate lots of normal users while monitoring the performance.

    You probably logged in during this testing window.

    ah now that does make sense :)
  • vicwood
    vicwood Posts: 47 Forumite
    lets hope it can handle the traffic when we all bombard it the second its open! lol!
  • haven't posted for a while but been refreshing page and waiting. so ready for it. if the person who thinks code cracking doesn't work as they believe someone from the press office releases it, I dont care how it happens as long as it does.
  • Oh hurry hurry, hubby now wants to go to the pub to watch footie as the Man Utd v Swansea game is not on our tv package. It starts at 5:30 I believe.
  • mrsrabbit wrote: »
    Oh hurry hurry, hubby now wants to go to the pub to watch footie as the Man Utd v Swansea game is not on our tv package. It starts at 5:30 I believe.

    tell him to get and apple tv 2 jailbreak it all sports and footie free lol
  • caz1978_2
    caz1978_2 Posts: 146 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    I have a priority code, what do I need to do to offer my services for codebreaking? Sorry if this is posted further down.
  • tell him to get and apple tv 2 jailbreak it all sports and footie free lol

    Thanks. He wants to know how do we get it??? Sorry for the chit chat but keeping up with two separate threads is difficult. Anyway I am on code cracking team so.... still waiting and refreshing.
  • kaziwazi
    kaziwazi Posts: 118 Forumite
    shouldnt be long now :)
  • Rachie_B
    Rachie_B Posts: 8,785 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    It is necessary to test the page before going live to ensure the servers can handle the volume of traffic and the site does not stop working.

    In IT speak this is called stress testing and is normally done just before going live, the site is made available for a short period of time then hit by code designed to simulate lots of normal users while monitoring the performance.

    You probably logged in during this testing window.
    This is the first time it's gone live and then taken down again though


    it usually opens and stays open
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