I was having the usual drunken discussion over the weekend about who runs the world with a hubby of one of my wife's friends. My pros was that power has rapidly moved from guns and bombs and the crap we saw last week to 0's and 1's running down a tiny strand of wire. He was disagreeing quite a lot (in the police force) until I asked what would happen if the sysadmins decided to get together and have a shutdown the servers week?
Just wander in one Sunday morning and shut everything down and then go missing with the passwords... No data destruction or vandalism, just a straight power down and a holiday in Scotland. How long would a country hold it together if the Bank of England, London clearing houses plus a few choice targets went very black with no hope of resolution...
Do you think society would last the seven days we were away or do you think it would collaps in hours?
Just wander in one Sunday morning and shut everything down and then go missing with the passwords... No data destruction or vandalism, just a straight power down and a holiday in Scotland. How long would a country hold it together if the Bank of England, London clearing houses plus a few choice targets went very black with no hope of resolution...
Do you think society would last the seven days we were away or do you think it would collaps in hours?
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