[ WP ] Suddenly and without warning , lag and latency starts to happen in everyday life instead of just the Internet .

Two years ago today the world changed. Suddenly we knew the answer to the question: Are we in the Matrix. 
 
 The lagspikes were horrible at first, plane crashes and traffic accidents constantly. I heard that some office workers managed to accidentally use the lag to walk right out of their office to the outside, on the 20th floor. Poor bastards, at least the lag probably made it so they never saw their death. 
 
 Then came the hackers. They did n't actually hack anything of course, but somehow they were able to deal with their lag. Some simply became used to the lags, but others... Others never had lag. Those bastards abused their power to commit crimes. The police ca n't stop them when their ping is a full 1000 ms higher. 
 
 Technology, for the most part, stopped being useful. A few people were able to create technology that kept up with the lag, most notably space agencies and MMO developers. 
 
 After a few months the chaos began to die down. We banded together as the human race and fought through the lagspike. And then as suddenly as it had begun, it ended. Suddenly everyone was able to react on time again. 
 
 Scientists and philosophers alike came to only one conclusion, we were living in a simulated universe. And if someone is simulating us, that means we're not alone in this universe, or whatever you should call it now. Now we're going to let the real world know, `` We exist and are capable of sentient thought. I think you need to download more RAM.''
