The Aftermath: Google goes dark for 2 minutes, kills 40% of world's net traffic - Polidicks

[IMG]http://regmedia.co.uk/2013/08/17/google_outage_graph_sm.png[/IMG] [QUOTE]You can all relax now. The near-unprecedented outage that seemingly affected all of Google's services for a brief time on Friday is over. The event began at approximately 4:37pm Pacific Time and [B]lasted between one and five minutes[/B], according to the Google Apps Dashboard. All of the Google Apps services reported being back online by 4:48pm. The incident apparently blacked out every service Mountain View has to offer simultaneously, from Google Search to Gmail, YouTube, Google Drive, and beyond. Even the hardened tech veterans here at Vulture Annex in San Francisco had trouble figuring out what to do during the outage. One stalwart reporter announced that he would try using Bing, at which brows were furrowed. [B]Another asked the question that was doubtless echoed all across the West Coast: "Can we go home then?"[/B][/QUOTE] [url]http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/17/google_outage/[/url] [I]On that day, internetkind recieved a grim reminder...[/I]

I missed it, someone cut a land line so I can experience it

Google almost [I]is[/I] the internet That's... ... pretty incredible once you start thinking into it....

Google is basically an internet monopoly, though what they've done so far is mostly good for us.

Jesus christ people there are alternatives to everything MOM THE INERNET IS DEAD

I wonder how much of a spike Yahoo and Bing suffered in the outage I was reduced to using Yahoo to figure out what the hell was going on for a few minutes

Probably the only time I would use bing. Considering that it's a rip off of google.

I was touring their offices today. They said that whatever I did I was to NOT push the enormous red button on the wall.

wait what happened i missed it

google is one of my favorite companies

[QUOTE=MIPS;41867679]I was touring their offices today. They said that whatever I did I was to NOT push the enormous red button on the wall.[/QUOTE] I'd like to imagine this is a real thing

[QUOTE=dwt110;41867699]google is one of my favorite companies[/QUOTE] google is the best

It's a glitch in the matrix. The NSA has switched the internet over to the one they command and control. We only THINK we're using Google now...

Imagine. Tommorrow. There is no more internet or telecommuncations. If you want to contact someone you better send a courier or a pidgeon, or both. Imagine the panic in your head.

[QUOTE=fishyfish777;41867669]I wonder how much of a spike Yahoo and Bing suffered in the outage I was reduced to using Yahoo to figure out what the hell was going on for a few minutes[/QUOTE] I couldn't even search for other search engines, it was terrible.

[QUOTE=Zenreon117;41867775]Imagine. Tommorrow. There is no more internet or telecommuncations. If you want to contact someone you better send a courier or a pidgeon, or both. Imagine the panic in your head.[/QUOTE] Imagine the panic in the world. If we're talking all telecomunications, planes would probably crash and fall from the sky. The economy, at least how we know it, would no longer exist. There would be a crimewave across the country because police can't organize themselves with more than shortwave radios.

I was trying to load a 14 second video on youtube when it happened. It was devastating.

[QUOTE=ROFLBURGER;41867678]Probably the only time I would use bing. Considering that it's a rip off of google.[/QUOTE] I always get vastly different results from Bing than from Google.

I really wish google would use their power to stage coup and take over the US, or at least put ink on their balls and dunk it in the NSAs mouth

[QUOTE=Boba_Fett;41867837]I was trying to load a 14 second video on youtube when it happened. It was devastating.[/QUOTE] I was trying to look up how to perform CPR. Let's just say I won't need that information anymore.

[QUOTE=SPESSMEHREN;41867898]I was trying to look up how to perform CPR. Let's just say I won't need that information anymore.[/QUOTE] I was looking for porn. I had to fap to my imagination. Pretty sure it was worst for me there, buddy.

[QUOTE=Dr.C;41867867]I really wish google would use their power to stage coup and take over the US, or at least put ink on their balls and dunk it in the NSAs mouth[/QUOTE] Imagine of Google went entirely black for their SOPA protest a while back.

Good thing I still use Ask Jeeves.

Reminds me of this video... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntICHMV-WMA[/media] "Tremble before google! With the mere flip of a switch, we can bring you to your knees"

Doesn't Google also host a few critical Javascript libraries for websites? If Google goes down, the internet looks like shit.

Probably explains why my internet was acting funny last night

I must've spaced out or something because I don't remember any cyber-brownout happening.

[QUOTE=FunnyStarRunner;41868219]I must've spaced out or something because I don't remember any cyber-brownout happening.[/QUOTE] I was drunk so I certainly had absolutely no idea.

im not funny google hug circle

[QUOTE=Foxtrot200;41867997]Doesn't Google also host a few critical Javascript libraries for websites? If Google goes down, the internet looks like shit.[/QUOTE] Google has a CDN which has jQuery among other things, which lots of smaller websites use for some reason If that goes down anything that uses it fucks out