Today at approximately 2:50pm, the internet went down. What a trivial thing for the internet to go down many of you would think. All anyone does is look at webcomics and check CNN right? Sadly they are all mistaken, without the internet my entire department shutdown. First off everything we code, and reference while coding, is stored on servers that I believe are kept in a Temple of Doom style dungeon at Rockwell along with other sacred artifacts that no man should know of, perhaps they are even guarded by crazy heart stealing Hindus and sexy Nazis. So without those servers, all work was grinded to a halt because no one could do anything. Also with out the internet are our new amazingly cutting edge phone system, that goes through the network instead of a regular line ceased functioning. So we were also without the ability to cry out for help. Finally in my mind the funniest tool to stop working were the doors. All the doors to where I work interact with RFID tags installed on our badges. So without a network to pick up the RFID tag, they can’t be confirmed to be legitimate and thus the doors won’t open. Luckily the security system allowed us to exit the building but still no one could enter. So for that 15 minutes of inaction I played minesweeper on the 40k computer, since all it was good for was a paper weight at that point. This ordeal really reminded me of this
Finally really diggin “Death Cab for Cutie” and “Fallout Boy” Check them out they are good stuff.