Messages begin to flow again. All other network traffic slams to a halt. Early risers trying to access the newspaper's Web site discover they can't get the home page to finish loading. Many pages on the site won't come across the Internet at all. Research librarian's phone starts ringing off the hook.
Managers insist no lynchings can take place until after the noon news deadline.
They can't access the newspaper's Web site at all. Lynching party for IT staff is postponed. Managers insist no incendiary devices can be mailed until reporters file their stories. Swears that next time, he'll force marketing to send small e-mail messages that include a link to an online presentation on the Web. This time, the IT services manager vows, they really will all be sent at night.