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Are Internet News Sites Ready for Major World News?

Posted by Cliff on from the handling-the-load dept.

An anonymous reader asks: "Heading says it all really - are Internet news websites ready for the next big world event? news.bbc.co.uk already switches format under heavy load (not sure if this is automatic or not) and i'm sure some other sites do the same. But should a major world event take place in the coming months/years, the Internet is going to be the primary news source for many millions of people, particularly those without access to a quality television news service. How will / can it cope?"

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  1. Uh oh by joyoflinux · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hopefully news.bbc.co.uk can cope with having it's link on Slashdot's homepage...

  2. Why... by aallan · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...are Internet news websites ready for the next big world event?

    Why? Are you planning one?

    Al.
    --
    The Daily ACK - Eclectic posts by yet another hacker
  3. Time to wake up. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "...particularly those without access to a quality television news service."

    Gee, that's pretty much everyone.

  4. Usenet Example: news.announce.important by shoppa · · Score: 5, Funny
    This was all settled years ago. A long neglected Usenet group, news.announce.important, is reserved for these global earth-shattering events. For Example:
    • (b) "The Internet is running out of IP addresses, please conserve your addresses and give any you are not using back to the NIC." Approved.