BBC is down... internal error or ddos?

Re:BBC is down... internal error or ddos? by rdl on Tuesday March 29, 2011 @06:37PM (#2384820)

Thankfully, nuclear missiles are only launched if radio stations are down, not websites.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1090400/HMS-Apocalyp...

"How on earth does [the submarine commander] know if the PM has been killed and the normal chain of command obliterated? For obvious reasons, no one we spoke to would elaborate on the precise protocols. Suffice it to say that there is a complicated series of checks that the submarine commander must perform to establish the true situation—one of which, curiously, is to determine whether Radio 4 is still broadcasting."

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Re:BBC is down... internal error or ddos? by JonnieCache on Tuesday March 29, 2011 @06:45PM (#2384863)

There would be little point in carrying on without radio 4 anyway to be honest.

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Re:BBC is down... internal error or ddos? by SandB0x on Tuesday March 29, 2011 @06:53PM (#2384886)

I believe you are talking about The Event (please, remain indoors)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga_rCnueID8

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