OpenCouchSurfing.org » 503 http://www.opencouchsurfing.org The campaign for a truly open CouchSurfing organisation Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:57:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 503 Service Unavailable http://www.opencouchsurfing.org/2007/10/01/503-service-unavailable/ http://www.opencouchsurfing.org/2007/10/01/503-service-unavailable/#comments Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:13:08 +0000 Kasper Souren http://www.opencouchsurfing.org/2007/10/01/503-service-unavailable/ I just got back from my travels, so I want to change the couch status on my CouchSurfing profile. Unfortunately I’m getting a lot of…

503 Service Unavailable

No server is available to handle this request.

I hope this will be quickly resolved. Still, funny how this technical issue coincides with CS’s dodgy legal status.

An addition, after some complaints about this blog post, which is, I contend, a bit silly on its own…

The dodgy legal status of CS is related to the financial situation. A 501(c)(3) status means paying less tax, and complete transparency (if a politician in San Francisco can make his Quicken books public, in real-time, why not CS?).

And it’s clear how finances and server issues are related. The time and money Casey spent on partying with Jim on his birthday (and renting a limo) would have been better invested in server hardware and maintenance.

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