Comments | arthurthedented: Paranoia *MI*GHT* destroy ya.. or, it might get you looking in the right direction for a change.

arthurthedented

Paranoia MIGHT* destroy ya.. or, it might get you looking in the right direction for a change.

Jan 14, 2010 18:00

Today .. Facebook had a serious interruption for a a couple of hours. the news feeds.. werent.
Today .. Youtube had some kind of a problem.. the playlists and favorites were down.
Today yahoo IM had some kind of a problem.. an hour or two (that I tested) that I couldnt log on.

Yesterday... Google quit china.... because theyre sophisticated well funded ( Read more... )

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laughingturtle January 15 2010, 01:04:16 UTC

Hmmm...I don't think my brain can cope with having to think about this right now, but I definitely think it warrants thought.

And once again I feel worried that I still haven't started setting myself up to be self-sufficient when the apocalypse comes. It always feels weird to say it like that, but I do honestly believe that ugly is coming and whether it involves zombies or not it is going to be tough and being prepared may be the difference between surviving and not.

I so do not need to add this stress to my life right now though, so I think I'll stay in ostrich mode a bit longer and hope that it isn't the end of me.

interactiveleaf January 15 2010, 02:33:17 UTC

Awww, shit, dude, you had to give me something else to worry about today?

I don't like how very right you look.

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Wouldn't THAT be a kick in the pants?!? bramblekite January 15 2010, 04:10:46 UTC

well...the good news is that there are still old folks alive who remember how things were done before the internets.

The literal infrastructure will still be there--the crops, the vehicles, the workers to get things from field to consumer...

It will suck for a while, but it won't be the end.

Except maybe for some damn emo kids or something.

:P

Re: Wouldn't THAT be a kick in the pants?!? interactiveleaf January 15 2010, 08:27:39 UTC

I think there are also folks at most of the larger companies that back their information up on secure hard drives. I mean, if the Internet goes down--even a significant portion of it--my mortgage is, unfortunately, unlikely to be lost.

tsarren January 16 2010, 08:45:06 UTC

A little perspective might be in order here ( ... )

clear on all that. but... arthurthedented January 16 2010, 16:22:07 UTC

the substance of my little rant there is that the net is .. as much infrastructure in a military sense as dams or bridges, railway marshelling yards or tunnels, fuel or arms depots ( ... )