Registration Broke, can't register, wonder how the rest of the platform works

This is what pops up in the registration form when I try to register
Error creating the account: Sun Online appears to be down with the following message: Problem contacting RPS service via JAX-RPC Causes: com.sun.wpe.rps.RpsServiceException: Problem contacting RPS service via JAX-RPC at com.sun.wpe.cwp.cwpidws.CWPIDWebServiceImpl.rpsCheck(CWPIDWebServiceImpl.java:377) at com.sun.wpe.cwp.cwpidws.CWPIDWebServiceImpl.createUser(CWPIDWebServiceImpl.java:2908) at com.sun.wpe.cwp.cwpidw