On Thu, 14 Aug 2003, Russell McOrmond wrote at http://www.flora.ca/status/219
> http://weblog.flora.org/article.php3?story_id=457 > > FLORA.org server SlashDotted > > An article about Gnome 2.4 on the Website of the Indian Linux Users > Groups of Calcutta has been mentioned in an article on SlashDot.org. > > Being mentioned on SlashDot has been known to test the limits of any > server, and thus the server known as calcutta.flora.ca, which is used > for Volunteer and Sponsored websites, is currently under heavy load. The load was heavy enough that calcutta.flora.ca continued to draw power to the point that relays in Niagara Falls, New York were tripped. This caused a cascade that brought the power down through much of Ontario and north-eastern United States. http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/08/15/cause030815 I will look into upgrading the volunteer server <http://calcutta.flora.ca/> such that this load problem will not happen in the future. Sorry for the inconvenience. On a more serious note: Centralization of power, whether political or electrical, is always a critical problem to watch out for. I do hope that this will serve as an a wake-up call to this problem, along with the problem of over-reliance on so-called 'modern' technologies. --- Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant: <http://www.flora.ca/> Governance software that controls ICT, automates government policy, or electronically counts votes, shouldn't be bought any more than politicians should be bought. -- http://www.flora.ca/russell/ -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
