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Election 2006 (and beyond): Digital Copyright Canada

Re: calcutta.flora.ca server SlashDotted

From: Russell McOrmond <russell_-at-_flora.ca>
To: status_-at-_flora.org
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 14:01:59 -0400 (EDT)

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/

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