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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. why dubya will prevail by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Dubya will never be held accountable because he makes his primitive followers feel proud. Face it:

    • Liberating poor countries from their oil is cool. It makes citizens with a low self-esteem feel like THEY PERSONALLY rule the world.
    • Firing a few hundred missiles from a safe distance is very heroic.
    • All of the soldiers who killed their own comrades and allies were heroes.
    • That blonde chick who failed her mission because she was too dumb to find her way is definitely a hero.
    • You don't need to be worth something to be accepted. You just need to wave a flag and shout "God bless America!"
    • Every failure can be a hero in Bush's America!
    • Seeing Dubya in a fligh suit on board a carrier makes republicans shoot their load in seconds!


    And as long as all of the above is true, the lies will go on.
    1. Re:why dubya will prevail by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      You are an asshole and I hope you die. Move to France you god damn tyrant-loving communist.

  2. this is not by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first.

    please ignore this post.

    sorry.

    have a day.

  3. shout out... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ... to all my dead pissed frist homies.

  4. cool? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yeah that animation is really "cool". I think my nephew in 3rd grade made a better animation, of a stick figure taking a dump.

    Oh and by the way : worst. story. ever.

  5. Florida? by soliaus · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What the hell is a router in florida doing going out when it isnt even in the blackout? On the day of the blackout, in Las Vegas (NV), I was in Best Buy. I dont know how or why, but the power there went off too for about 15 minutes. Weird.

    --
    Speaking at Defcon 12 - Credit Card Networks Revisted: Pen
  6. just got off the phone with verizon by gimpboy · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    i told them my dsl had been choking off and on for the last day and that my ip address had been changing on the hour. now i get to see pittsburghs own special dot on the map. it's quite comforting :).

    the good news is that they told me it should be fixed in 4 hours (that was two hours ago).

    --
    -- john
  7. *yawn* by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Go away, little tool. Come back when you're old enough to rent a car.

    1. Re:*yawn* by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      That's funny. He's following the idiot president and yet he calls other people tools.

  8. Yet again... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Trolls prove how stupid they are.