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Evangolis
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on: December 27, 2006, 07:56:01 AM

Internet disrupted in S.Korea after quake
Earthquake off coast of Taiwan affected foreign exchange trading


Headline says it all, but the article never discusses what I bet most South Koreans really care about.  What happened to all the online games?  Did the internal Korean network weather this undisturbed, or were thousands of Linage fans suddenly roaming the streets, with all the horrible possibilities that entails?

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Reply #1 on: December 27, 2006, 09:29:41 AM

It's amazing how much we have raised our selves up with technology and how it creates a house of cards that could come tumbling down.  I have been thinking about how a combination of DRM/TC and a severe disaster could send us back to dark ages.

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Reply #2 on: December 27, 2006, 01:28:21 PM

It's amazing how much we have raised our selves up with technology and how it creates a house of cards that could come tumbling down.  I have been thinking about how a combination of DRM/TC and a severe disaster could send us back to dark ages.
Or the 60s.
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Reply #3 on: December 27, 2006, 01:45:38 PM

Pot and wild sex... and all of this can be caused by Internet outage? I'm going to smash my modem righ@($*+)13 [signal lost]

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Reply #4 on: December 27, 2006, 02:04:51 PM

Pot and wild sex... and all of this can be caused by Internet outage? I'm going to smash my modem righ@($*+)13 [signal lost]

I'm half tempted to turn this into a line in my sig it made me laugh so hard.

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Reply #5 on: December 28, 2006, 01:16:10 AM

Did the internal Korean network weather this undisturbed, or were thousands of Linage fans suddenly roaming the streets, with all the horrible possibilities that entails?

Check the murder rate when it comes out next month and we'll know. :)
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Reply #6 on: December 28, 2006, 05:51:17 PM

When I lived in Turkey there was one major line to the outside world.  It was underwater (Black Sea if I remember correctly) as a safety measure against the elements.  Of course, an earthquake happened and knocked most connectivity offline for a week (underwater lines are hard to work on!).  Silly countries.

No Nerf, but I put a link to this very thread and I said that you all can guarantee for my purity. I even mentioned your case, and see if they can take a look at your lawn from a Michigan perspective.
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Reply #7 on: December 29, 2006, 07:33:20 AM

There's talk that the e-mail spam heavily decreased during the outage.
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Reply #8 on: January 03, 2007, 09:56:07 AM

thousands of Linage fans suddenly roaming the streets, with all the horrible possibilities that entails?

Sunburn?

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Reply #9 on: January 03, 2007, 12:09:57 PM

thousands of Linage fans suddenly roaming the streets, with all the horrible possibilities that entails?

Sunburn?

A drastic decrease in the stray dog population?
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