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Network Blackout

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the no-see-um dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Renesys put together a special report on the effects of the recent blackout on routing and network reachability on the Internet. It includes a cool animation of networks dropping off the internet (presumably as a result of the power outage). It is interesting to see how localized some of the outage was--networks in New York state right up to the Vermont border go dark while everything on the other side of the border is quiet. New York City obviously gets clobbered."

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  1. I can see my house from here. by Purosesuchi-Zu · · Score: 5, Funny

    That little red dot at the tip of LI is my home LAN going down...

    1. Re:I can see my house from here. by Purosesuchi-Zu · · Score: 4, Funny

      Ironically I do, but my ISP doesn't

  2. This is why we need that Martian Nuclear PP by binaryDigit · · Score: 4, Funny

    Everyone could have switched over to ConMars power. Being a Russian installation, they would have just strung about 17million Home Depot Heavy Duty extension cords all plugged together from here to Mars (the outdoor version of course) to access it.

  3. What's that I see? by Exiler · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is that a red circle on the webserver hosting that gif?

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  4. Apology by ticklemeozmo · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm sorry. I had apparently text'd most of my friends saying electricity was poor, and almost immediately word spread around the north east..

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  5. Re:backup? by soliaus · · Score: 5, Funny
    I would find it hard to believe that in the USA they don't have similar systems?

    We prefer the rat on a wheel approach to power backup. It usually works, we just forgot to feed them so it failed on such a wide spread application

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  6. Re: Don't backbone routers have backup? by notque · · Score: 4, Funny

    I had fun doing traceroutes as the power came back up and seeing how far I could get as more and more routers along the way were returning to service.

    Seriously, you've got to get out more.

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  7. Go Canada!!! by akorvemaker · · Score: 5, Funny

    Woo hoo! Notice how all the outages are south of the border? We are so good! ;-)

  8. Slashdotting animation by psylent · · Score: 5, Funny

    Would love to see an animation of a webserver being slashdotted.

  9. Re:Quick and Dirty LIVE UPS Recharging Ideas by balbeir · · Score: 3, Funny

    You wouldn't be that guy from the redgreen show by any chance ?

  10. Snowblower Couch Racing by BigBlockMopar · · Score: 4, Funny

    You wouldn't be that guy from the redgreen show by any chance ?

    Steve Smith? No. But we are on first name basis (no kidding!) and I wear lots of flannel. He once did something on the show which really reminded me of snowblower couch races with friends, and I can't remember if I told him about it or not...

    (Snowblower couch racing? You scoop sofas, mattresses and box-springs from the garbage and store them in your backyard. You buy beer and sharpen the ice-cutters on your snowblower. Then you invite over some friends with their own snowblowers and see who can demolish the upholstered furniture the fastest. Truly a good reason to own a snowblower in a warm climate.)

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  11. Atari / Missile Command by AgentPhunk · · Score: 3, Funny
    Who else here (who's old enough) thought of Atari's old Missle Command when you watched that animation?

    anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

    (sigh)

  12. Perhaps... by carrier+lost · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...it's time to revisit AC power over TCP/IP.

    MjM

    Groovy. Gear. Mod.

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