The sad state of the internet and the world wide web, from a decentralized network envisioned to withstand nuclear armageddon [1] to a series of services so intertwined and full of single points of failure that a focused attack can take cause worldwide outages and disrupt communications everywhere.<p>[1] <a href="http://www.rand.org/about/history/baran.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.rand.org/about/history/baran.html</a>