MORE on: Who turned out the lights?

[lcoe]

it just dawned on me, watching the news coverage of the Canooks and us bickering
about who 'started it'. maybe _no_one_ wants to admit that some part of this
grid was under control of WinTel platforms?(!)

it's really just a coincidence that this 'worm' took down some networks
starting on Monday, right? --Loren

 

[techforce]

I figured probably some Virus or some punk loser jerk kid in California
wanted to flaunt his skills as "czar" of the Internet. I guess if that were
the case, you would hear them claiming responsibility by now though.

But yea, if they run XP or Win2k, and didnt protect against that
Wormblaster, then its their fault.


"lcoe" <lcoe@c1932201-a.attbi.com> wrote in message
news:Ggg%a.125010$It4.52370@rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net...

it just dawned on me, watching the news coverage of the Canooks and us
bickering
about who 'started it'. maybe _no_one_ wants to admit that some part of
this
grid was under control of WinTel platforms?(!)

it's really just a coincidence that this 'worm' took down some networks
starting on Monday, right? --Loren

 

[k_teppo]

lcoe <lcoe@c1932201-a.attbi.com> wrote in message news:<Ggg%a.125010$It4.52370@rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net>...

it just dawned on me, watching the news coverage of the Canooks and us bickering
about who 'started it'. maybe _no_one_ wants to admit that some part of this
grid was under control of WinTel platforms?(!)

it's really just a coincidence that this 'worm' took down some networks
starting on Monday, right? --Loren

(ahem)

"Canooks"?

And, yes, Bill Gates and w32.blaster are to blame.

-k

 

[lcoe]

In rec.crafts.metalworking k_teppo <k_teppo@hotmail.com> wrote:

lcoe <lcoe@c1932201-a.attbi.com> wrote in message news:<Ggg%a.125010$It4.52370@rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net>...
it just dawned on me, watching the news coverage of the Canooks and us bickering
about who 'started it'. maybe _no_one_ wants to admit that some part of this
grid was under control of WinTel platforms?(!)

it's really just a coincidence that this 'worm' took down some networks
starting on Monday, right? --Loren

(ahem)
"Canooks"?

oh, my mistake, Canuks(?). --Loren (whose mother was born in Canada)

And, yes, Bill Gates and w32.blaster are to blame.

-k

 

[Spehro Pefhany]

On 17 Aug 2003 19:17:21 -0700, the renowned k_teppo@hotmail.com
(k_teppo) wrote:

lcoe <lcoe@c1932201-a.attbi.com> wrote in message news:<Ggg%a.125010$It4.52370@rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net>...
it just dawned on me, watching the news coverage of the Canooks and us bickering
about who 'started it'. maybe _no_one_ wants to admit that some part of this
grid was under control of WinTel platforms?(!)

it's really just a coincidence that this 'worm' took down some networks
starting on Monday, right? --Loren

(ahem)

"Canooks"?

Canook +blackout = Canooky (?) ;-)

Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
--
"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward"
speff@interlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com
Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com

 

[Tim Williams]

"Spehro Pefhany" <speff@interlog.com> wrote in message
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Canook +blackout = Canooky (?) ;-)

What do you call female Canadians? Canookie...

Tim

--
In the immortal words of Ned Flanders: "No foot longs!"
Website @ http://webpages.charter.net/dawill/tmoranwms

 

[Gunner]

On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 03:49:29 GMT, Spehro Pefhany <speff@interlog.com>
wrote:

On 17 Aug 2003 19:17:21 -0700, the renowned k_teppo@hotmail.com
(k_teppo) wrote:

lcoe <lcoe@c1932201-a.attbi.com> wrote in message news:<Ggg%a.125010$It4.52370@rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net>...
it just dawned on me, watching the news coverage of the Canooks and us bickering
about who 'started it'. maybe _no_one_ wants to admit that some part of this
grid was under control of WinTel platforms?(!)

it's really just a coincidence that this 'worm' took down some networks
starting on Monday, right? --Loren

(ahem)

"Canooks"?

Canook +blackout = Canooky (?) ;-)

Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

We will find out in 9 months..eh?

Gunner

"What do you call someone in possesion of all the facts? Paranoid.-William Burroughs

 

[Andre]

Gunner <gunner@lightspeed.net> wrote in message news:<1f31kvktjdnl14ju3ogsq80m10lg27bggo@4ax.com>...

On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 03:49:29 GMT, Spehro Pefhany <speff@interlog.com
wrote:

On 17 Aug 2003 19:17:21 -0700, the renowned k_teppo@hotmail.com
(k_teppo) wrote:

lcoe <lcoe@c1932201-a.attbi.com> wrote in message news:<Ggg%a.125010$It4.52370@rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net>...
it just dawned on me, watching the news coverage of the Canooks and us bickering
about who 'started it'. maybe _no_one_ wants to admit that some part of this
grid was under control of WinTel platforms?(!)

it's really just a coincidence that this 'worm' took down some networks
starting on Monday, right? --Loren

(ahem)

"Canooks"?

Canook +blackout = Canooky (?) ;-)

Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

We will find out in 9 months..eh?

"There were fluctuations hours before the failure" . Sounds like a
positive feedback effect caused the problem .

e.g. so many control systems trying to compensate for the original
glitch, due to the sheer size of the grid it began oscillating at a
low frequency which built up and finally caused a system failure .

Recall Tahoma Narrows bridge . Wind was just at the wrong speed to
induce resonance .

Perhaps a seismic event caused it ? Something caused a slow build-up
(perhaps current was being drawn in the right pattern + some other
event) causing the above scenario a couple of hours later .

-A

Gunner

"What do you call someone in possesion of all the facts? Paranoid.-William Burroughs

 

[jitney]

I think the fix is in for a massive rate increase...this will soften
up the opposition quite a bit. Rolling blackouts did the same in
Calif. a few years ago, Enron got rich, manipulators looted the
company, and the retirees got $hit. Who will get rich this
time?-Jitney

 

[Eric Pederson]

jitney wrote:

I think the fix is in for a massive rate increase...this will soften
up the opposition quite a bit. Rolling blackouts did the same in
Calif. a few years ago, Enron got rich, manipulators looted the
company, and the retirees got $hit. Who will get rich this
time?-Jitney

The same as always, the trial lawyers.