The program that updates the status page is hosted on Google Cloud.
My understanding is this is part of Google's internal PSD offering (Public Status Board) which uses SCS (Static Content Service) behind GFE (Google Frontend) which is hosted on Borg, and deploys other large scale apps such as Search, Drive, YouTube, etc.
Of course, I recognize that you purposefully pulled the Cunningham's Law trigger so that you, too, would gain additional knowledge that nobody would have told you about otherwise, as one logically would. And that you played it off as some kind of derision towards doing that all while doing it yourself made it especially funny. Well done!
It is what it says on the tin: choosing to lie doesn't mean you want the truth communicated.
I apologize that it comes across as aggro, its just that I'm not quite as giggly about this as you are. I think I can safely assume you're old enough to recognize some deleterious effects of lying
You had no idea what it is. Now you know thanks to you the lie you told.
> choosing to lie doesn't mean you want the truth communicated.
But you're going to get it either way, so if you do lie, expect it. If you don't want it – don't lie, I guess. It is inconceivable that someone wouldn't want to learn about the truth, though. Sadly, despite your efforts in enacting Cunningham again, I don't have more information to give you here.
> I apologize that it comes across as aggro
It doesn't. Attaching human attributes to software would be plain weird.
> I think I can safely assume you're old enough to recognize some deleterious effects of lying
Time and place. While it can be disastrous in the right context, context is significant. It makes no difference in a place of entertainment, as is the case here. Entertainment has always been rooted in tales that aren't true. No matter how old you are, even young children understand that.
How hard is it for the frontend to detect if the last update to the status page was made a while ago and that itself implies there is an error and should be reported ?
But why would the frontend have processing logic when all you need is to serve a static HTML document?
Even if it did, what would you do with that information? Throw up a screen with: Call us for service information at 1-HAHA-JUST-KIDDING
It’s not like it really matters if it’s accurate anyway.