iCloud Services Down

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24 points·techinsidr··11 comments

The WSJ was right then! New MBPr is crashing the intertubes! http://blogs.wsj.com/cio/2012/06/11/cios-beware-new-macbook-...

Somebody reset the Internet Switch, quick!

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offtopic: Ok how can one make an empty comment?

You could use an unicode space http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/chars/spaces.html

Various unicode control characters do not show up. The list of unicode characters that can be used in an obnoxious manner on internet forums is so long that it is almost impossible to do right.

My go-to is the Cyrillic Millions sign, which is intended for use in bi-directional text. For an example, copy the line below and paste it into a browser text area and try typing off the end:

"This is ‫‬‭‮‪‫‬‫‬‭‮‪‫‬‭‮".ti od ew woh

I can't even copy it, let alone type at the end of it. When i reach a little less than halfway through, it breaks off and selects the other half. This is interesting. I am guessing, there is a hidden unicode character that breaks of the selection.

Good question. The one I posted above was an accident; I don't know how I did it.

Besides anecdotal evidence, how could I check the status of the service?

EDIT: It seems I wasnt clear enough... How could I check by myself if the service is down, if I depend of it...

Did you click on the link?

And it seems I was not clear enough on my previous comment; How can I test by myself the status of the service. I don't know, maybe an API endpoint, what host to ping, something, to be able to discard network connection problems, etc.

If an Apple-owned website says that an Apple-owned service is down, I'd take it on faith that the service is down. I wouldn't consider it mere "anecdotal evidence".

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