Submitted via IRC for SoyCow3941
Users of the NPMJavaScript package manager were greeted by a weird error yesterday evening, as their consoles and applications spewed a message of "ERR! 418 I'm a teapot" whenever they tried to update or install a new JavaScript/Node.js package.
Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/npm-fails-worldwide-with-err-418-im-a-teapot-error/
(Score: 4, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 30 2018, @01:12PM (1 child)
Note that the 418 message is actually defined in an RFC: [ietf.org]
Note, however, the date of the RFC.
(Score: 3, Informative) by aristarchus on Wednesday May 30 2018, @04:57PM
Also may be in orbit around the sun be between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, obvious reference to Russell's teapot, and dubious ontologies in computer systems.