You can't really tell me what my point is. I get to define what my point was. You wondered why my comments about Able Archer 83 were relevant and I explained my point.
If you want to have your own point fine. But to say that my explanation of what I said really wasn't my point is insanely rude and presumptive.
Originally Posted By: Pop_Rivit
Originally Posted By: javacontour
The point is just because something is a message only exercise, all it takes is for one party to think it's not just message traffic, but something really going on to mess up your administrative drill.
The problem is not a technology problem, it's a people problem.
Ultimately, humans are making choices on how to respond to the message traffic.
Originally Posted By: Pop_Rivit
It's just a simulation, and it's been done before (November of 2011). There's nothing to fret over, no one will lose their electricity, and there's no need to pack up and head for the woods.
Originally Posted By: javacontour
If you want to read how a message based exercise can potentially go wrong...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Able_Archer_83
PS, that was 30 years ago yesterday!
And NERC has run this same exercise before without an issue. I'm not sure how a 1983 NATO exercise is even relevant, given the changes in technology.
No, the point is that a bunch of people have blown it way out of proportion. Tell me, were there massive power outages today? Did the grid go down?
I predict that there won't be any massive power outages tomorrow either.