Is the Internet Ready to Break?

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This is another typical tech doomsday articles, but well worth the read.   The article, Is the Internet Ready to Break?, was published in Baseline:
Reports of the Internet's death are greatly exaggerated. But the growth of video and broadband access will require new investment, technology and thinking to keep it healthy.
The fact is that if no one considered IT worst case scenarios we most likely wouldn't be able to prevent them or at least be prepared for the events.  We have a couple words for that.  It's called contingency planning.

Not sweating the early change to Daylight saving

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I suppose it's expected, but the media's focus of a possible Daylight Savings Time (DST) computer meltdown is just too predictable.  Take for instance this CNET News article, Daylight saving change proves thorny for businesses:
With the early move to daylight saving time taking place this weekend, businesses not yet ready for the change are finding themselves in a race against the clock.
I am for one not too concerned about the DST change.  First of all, after going through all the Y2K hype and not having too many difficulties...I refuse to worry much about this event.  Secondly, most of my operational systems are on Universal Time Co-ordinated (UTC, also GMT).  For a third reason, unlike Y2K...most clients are actually time synced with the servers.  Finally...the worse thing that can happen is a machine or two is off an hour for a few minutes before we change the time or reboot.

So if you decide to visit CMS Report after the move to DST and find that we're off an hour, just say to yourself, "so what".  Don't sweat it, because I'm not.  In fact I plan on sleeping a little later Sunday to make for for that "lost hour" we all are losing.