LSE Conked out this morning.

Oh dear. This event was triggered by the US taxpayer having to bail out a warped experiment in social engineering, namely offering loans using idealistic notions instead of the old mechanism of ability to repay.

Systems should degrade gracefully under overload, NOT crash. Anything to do with using Microsoft technology, praps?

Message to LSE: Haul your provider (Accenture, IIRC) over the coals. Twice.