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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?"

8 of 304 comments (clear)

  1. New improved FP version 9.0 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Get your own!!!

  2. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    frappucino?

  3. ok by Faile · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So someone at bcc boasted about their new flashy loadbalance system and CmdrTaco took it literally. Doh!

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    Anataka suki desu. Itsumo. Itsumademo.
  4. maybe... by retards · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    proxies?

  5. Frist Non-Anon Off topic Annie Grab Your Gun P0st by snatchitup · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Geez, it's happened again. A little further away from my office this time. On the opposite side of town where my two kids attend school.

    A kids was shot outside a school in Bowie, MD.

    This really sucks.

    www.nbc4.com has a headline on it.

  6. Sad news... Stephen King dead at 54 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I just heard some sad news on talk radio - Horror/Sci Fi writer Stephen King was found dead in his Maine home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon.

  7. CNN.com 9/11 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    CNN.com wasn't up to the challenge most of the morning of Sept 11.

  8. This just in: Ray Kroc, still dead at 100 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Ray Kroc, the founder of McDonald's was born one hundred years ago today. Regardless of how you feel about their burgers, you have to agree that McDonald's has certainly changed the world, for better or for worse.


    (Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. It just seemed to fit the template, whether or not the poster intended it to.)