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Internet2 Taken Out by Stray Cigarette
AlHunt writes "A fire started by a homeless man knocked out service between Boston and New York on the experimental Internet2 network Tuesday night.
Authorities say the fire, which also disrupted service on the Red Line subway, started around 8:20 p.m. when a homeless man tossed a lit cigarette. The cigarette landed on a mattress, which ignited and led to a two-alarm fire."
Obligatory firewall joke here, please...
I wonder if there will be a new Internet protocol for protection against malicious smoking hackers.
It wasn't a homeless guy, it was a torch job paid for by Internet 1.
Support the mob or mysteriously disappear.
Internet2, level3? What's level3?
"Level 3 Communications cables used by the network went up in flames"
"Level 3 engineers estimate it could take one to two days to restore the circuit"
Taken out by a level 1 homeless person?
Zere vere zwei peanuts valking down der Straße, and von vas assaulted...peanut
In other news, witnesses reported a spontaneous cheer coming from the corporate headquarters of the Recording Industry Association of America.
Obviously the newly imposed mattress fire safety rules just aren't working!
Clearly the homeless are not only unsightfull to look at, they also pose a direct threat to homeland security by sabotaging our infrastructure.
It seems clear that we must *eradicate* the homeless.
(don't mod this a troll straight away)
perpetually dwelling in the -1 pits
Only YOU can prevent Internet fires!
It could be that the only purpose of your life is to serve as a warning to others.
From the article: "The homeless man, whom authorities identified as one Kevin Rose, was apparently despondent after the recent shutdown of his tech news aggregation site. Witnesses reported seeing him staring into the flames and rocking slowly while mumbling a series of letters and numbers."
Sometimes at night I imagine the darkness is filled with horrible things with too many teeth, like Julia Roberts.
What are cigarettes, after all?
They are tubes, a series of tubes...
Hopefully I didn't put any [] around my words.
It is still safe this was just a lucky strike.
This is common misunderstanding, so you have nothing to be ashamed of. Internet and Internet2 were first built for fast porn delivery, later military got interested and started using it for reliable porn delivery under nuclear attack.
I am reminded of This
I remember voting backhoe.
Even those who arrange and design shrubberies are under considerable economic stress at this period in history.
Anyone who's been beaten by an Aussie after complaining about the steak can confirm both points.
Torben
No wonder Slashdot developed Firehose....
~ <-- joke
* <-- your head
"A smoking section in a restaurant is like a peeing section in a swimming pool."
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