It now appears the Microsoft saga has entered a new phase. While the earlier problems seemed to be releated to an internal Microsoft error, this afternoon it seems like someone (manyones) saw the opportunity to launch a lot of traffic at Microsoft. Of course, I can't tell if the congestion is just people clicking "Refresh" on their browsers or a DDOS. Microsoft made a brief appearance, but then was off the net again. Even if the original problem wasn't caused by script-kiddies, the points of congestion would indicate they are there now. Since the men in dark sunglasses usually start showing up at this point, I'll go do something different for a while.