RC-135U intercepted by an SU-27

[Slash27]

Dropping oil prices and international embargos have their economy in shambles.

Yeah, that couldn't lead to a war. Not at all.

[bcadoo]

GW Bush's first international incident as President. Everyone forgot about it because of 9-11 of course.  Didn't the P-3 Orion have to stray into Chinese waters to land afterward?  I guess I should just google it.

We sank the Japanese School ship (Feb 9) before we downed the Chinese plane (April 1).

[Auger]

Actually, bringing down the Internet is easier than you think.  All one would have to do is bring down the thirteen root servers of the Internet, which are housed in thirteen separate locations and the Internet would be dead.

There are more like 300 root servers.  IP Anycast has fixed the issue of concentrating the entire DNS infrastructure into only 13 servers.

[Skuzzy]

There are more like 300 root servers.  IP Anycast has fixed the issue of concentrating the entire DNS infrastructure into only 13 servers.

Just found the data on this.  Still reading.....

Okay, IP Anycast is used on 12 of the 13 root servers.  However, it does require the other end to implement a special network stack to make use of the technology.  Most of the Internet has not made that switch.

The default TCP stack has no provision for Anycast.

[-ammo-]

IMO, the thing to do is make allies the of them. Senior members of NATO, allowing them to keep their own calibers, and joint military exercises, active efforts to strengthen economic ties, and exchange cultures.

LOL - I guess when Russia installs a democracy or the US installs a communist government, that may be achievable... back in the real world..


Russian culture is great on the interwebs - but actively living it or even accepting it within the boundaries of the USA - no thanks.  Isn't GAZPROM being sued by some Euro Nations (currently)?


There were two more intercepts today in the Baltics - we'll see if they make the news

[zack1234]

Just found the data on this.  Still reading.....

Okay, IP Anycast is used on 12 of the 13 root servers.  However, it does require the other end to implement a special network stack to make use of the technology.  Most of the Internet has not made that switch.

The default TCP stack has no provision for Anycast.

So what provisions have you implemented to ensure that I can play AH if North Korea or who ever fettles the internet?

Is it the Russians this week by the way? I have lost track with you colonials?

[-ammo-]

So what provisions have you implemented to ensure that I can play AH if North Korea or who ever fettles the internet?

Is it the Russians this week by the way? I have lost track with you colonials?

We've lost  track of you monocharists a long time ago.  The UK needs to become relevant again.

[Skuzzy]

So what provisions have you implemented to ensure that I can play AH if North Korea or who ever fettles the internet?

Is it the Russians this week by the way? I have lost track with you colonials?

We cannot implement that stack as it is only useful for temporary connections.  When continuous connections with seamless data from end to end is needed, the Anycast stack is not a good choice.

The only way it could work is for us to broadcast to every server every connection and the current state of the game on that client.  It would end up using a substantial portion of the available bandwidth, of the network connection, to do that.

There are very few services which can make efficient use of Anycast.

[Toad]

There were two more intercepts today in the Baltics - we'll see if they make the news

Back in the day, intercepts in some places were routine. Seems like every time we went into Sea of Okhotsk, they came out to check us in Flagons. They were a little touch about Vladivostok.

Baltic was more a now and then kind of deal. They didn't come out every time.

E/W German border, they'd pace us on the East side of the border.

Up over the top it was pretty rare; every once in a while they'd come out in a Firebar.

[zack1234]

So back to topic

Is there going to be a war with everyone who is not American?