tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post8248633418967158219..comments2024-03-26T00:14:00.509-07:00Comments on Crunchy Chicken: How connected are you?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-78712799943696084022012-05-05T15:52:22.245-07:002012-05-05T15:52:22.245-07:00Crunchissima; guess I just leapt to my main conclu...Crunchissima; guess I just leapt to my main conclusion there- which would be that the power failure scenario would be the most likely way for the net to really fail.<br /><br />You're right; there are plenty of gremlins staying up nights trying to figure out how to bollix everything; but the counter-gremlins are working at about the same pace- so far. To me, because of the truly huge Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-41099651438428241832012-05-05T13:24:22.802-07:002012-05-05T13:24:22.802-07:00Greenpaps - Well, I'm not talking about a loss...Greenpaps - Well, I'm not talking about a loss of electricity or a gridcrash of that nature. I'm talking about taking out the Internet backbone or otherwise disrupting or damaging the network system. <br /><br />Sure, you still have power, but the data packets go nowhere or servers are overwhelmed. And, North Korea (along with China and Russia) are working quite diligently at cyber Crunchy Chickenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10612320939936593420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-56701127038395552932012-05-05T06:41:51.433-07:002012-05-05T06:41:51.433-07:00Great minds, etc. In March Sharon had a longish p...Great minds, etc. In March Sharon had a longish post in this direction; with abundant comment, some entertainingly rancorous.<br /><br />http://scienceblogs.com/casaubonsbook/2012/03/ok_so_maybe_it_is_gridcrash_th.php<br /><br />My personal guess is we're much more likely to have the satellites, etc, fried by a major solar ejection than by a spitball from North Korea. But- it really isn'Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-83209521092127613502012-05-04T13:01:58.300-07:002012-05-04T13:01:58.300-07:00I have thought very hard about just this subject, ...I have thought very hard about just this subject, so considering we do live out in the woods we have been backing up important info on paper. All of my canning recipes are getting put into a special binder. We have about 5 oil lamps and have oil for them. While if the "network" did go down the method of how we receive our money every month will wind up having major issues as like Rivenfaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10856587534662875764noreply@blogger.com