Foxyboy43
Well-Known Member
“Global services slowly recovering after bug causes IT chaos”.
This world-wide event prompted the sainted Lady FB to remind me of a conversation we once had with some lads in a very rural Pennsylvanian gun-store. Apart from the great interest from both parties in the widely differing gun controls much of the conversation centred on their common belief that society was “on the edge of collapse” and that only those with he means to survive (i.e. gun owners) would, with proper planning survive. They spoke with some conviction of something called a “pulse“ probably man-made which would in effect shut down all electrical systems across the globe which would then quickly bring society into chaos. They all had stores of 3-6 months supplies which were regularly replenished. Nah says yer man! It will never happen- too far-fetched for me but respect for very interesting educated guys (not Deliverance Hillbillies) and all with a common perspective which was very interesting to hear.
Wind forward perhaps 10 years and we have this event; paradoxically caused by an outfit in the business of preventing such an occurrence…
Not exactly the armageddon-like “pulse” my US pals feared but an indication perhaps of how, even unintentionally, significant damage can be sustained across the world - in this case by a reported simple “coding error”. I suspect many of the guys in the US and a helluva lot of others now see vindication of their views and countermeasures. I can’t help but wonder how many more of these would it take to bring their fears to fruition…..
This world-wide event prompted the sainted Lady FB to remind me of a conversation we once had with some lads in a very rural Pennsylvanian gun-store. Apart from the great interest from both parties in the widely differing gun controls much of the conversation centred on their common belief that society was “on the edge of collapse” and that only those with he means to survive (i.e. gun owners) would, with proper planning survive. They spoke with some conviction of something called a “pulse“ probably man-made which would in effect shut down all electrical systems across the globe which would then quickly bring society into chaos. They all had stores of 3-6 months supplies which were regularly replenished. Nah says yer man! It will never happen- too far-fetched for me but respect for very interesting educated guys (not Deliverance Hillbillies) and all with a common perspective which was very interesting to hear.
Wind forward perhaps 10 years and we have this event; paradoxically caused by an outfit in the business of preventing such an occurrence…
Microsoft IT outage: Global services slowly recovering after bug causes chaos
The incident has sparked concern over the vulnerability of the world's interconnected technologies.
www.bbc.com
. Hasty retreat and a note to oneself not to darken their door ever again 
