i just got the strangest message when i tried to do a sh. here it is:

This outage is caused by Amazon EC2 hosting services. This is a datacenter-wide outage, affecting multiple clients who are using Amazon EC2 hosting in Virginia. We will restore the functionality of our applications as soon as the datacenter is operations. For more information and latest status please click: http://status.aws.amazon.com

guess they are going to be down for a while so i'll try later. good luck everyone in getting your surveys today.