RE: Moscow: global power outage

[Michael.Dillon () radianz com]

> Or maybe one of those upteen bazillion Generators 

Upteen bazillion is not a number. And if you check this BBC
news story http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4578599.stm
you will see that generators are available because they
used them to get the underground trains into the nearest
station in order to evacuate in an orderly fashion

> that Soviet Government

The Soviet government was formally dissolved on the
8th of December 1991. On the 26th of December 1991 the
Supreme Soviet repealed the declaration that had established
the USSR then voted to dissolve itself.

> touted a year or so ago. 

By my calculations, a year or so ago is *AFTER* the end
of the Soviet government.

At 14:30 in London, it is still difficult to reach Russian
websites (extremely slow) which suggests that although there
are still connections into Russia, the main bandwidth circuits
are not yet functioning.

Yet another example of why it is not a good idea to rely too
heavily on any centralized infrastructure or systems.

--Michael Dillon