damn you young ones! if only i knew about this stuff back in the old days 
nah, it wasn't just you, simply maya was down for a long long time...
i thought it was just me, but all the other webpages were working, and simply maya wasn't working on both uni and internet cafe computers.
then my friend pointed me to https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com which told me it was down for everyone
that's a "Ch" pronounced as a "K"
Computer skills I should have:
Objective C, C#, Java, MEL. Python, C++, XML, JavaScript, XSLT, HTML, SQL, CSS, FXScript, Clips, SOAR, ActionScript, OpenGL, DirectX
Maya, XSI, Photoshop, AfterEffects, Motion, Illustrator, Flash, Swift3D