He laments that all he can do is reboot. One of the crimes TheISP had been accused of in the newsgroup is censorship of users. A large screen is in center view. Thousands of customer connections appear as distinct green lines. Attached to them are the systems and backbone via larger green lines.
Some lines are red, indicating down systems.
There are empty and full cans of Mountain Dew as well as bags of Doritos strewn about the place. He's sitting in front of a console, apparently monitoring Usenet. Engineer 2 is sitting behind him, watching the same console. Engineer 1 motions towards a full can. After getting no response, he slowly turns towards Engineer 2.