Michael Jackson Is a Test. He Is Only a Test of the Emergency Broadcast System
Venture Test, June 25, 2009
By Dean Takahashi
As tragic as Michael Jackson's death is, it's only a small taste of what would happen in a true calamity. If the servers go down, how are we going to get our Gmail or Yahoo Mail? Who will be there to listen when we collectively Tweet for help? What will we do if the emergency plan is stored on the network?
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