FYI Netflix is down

Sat Jun 30 18:21:08 UTC 2012

On 6/30/12 9:25 AM, Todd Underwood wrote:
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> On Jun 30, 2012 11:23 AM, "Seth Mattinen" <sethm at rollernet.us
> <mailto:sethm at rollernet.us>> wrote:
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>>
>> But haven't they all been cascading failures?
> 
> No.  They have not.  That's not what that term means.
> 
> 'Cascading failure' has a fairly specific meaning that doesn't imply
> resilience in the face of decomposition into smaller parts.  Cascading
> failures can occur even when a system is decomposed into small parts,
> each of which is apparently well run.
> 

I honestly have no idea how to parse that since it doesn't jive with my
practical view of a cascading failure.

~Seth