http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/21/the-day-live-web-video-streaming-failed-us/

This article discusses what happened when too many people tried to tune into the inauguration speech at the same time. People were put into "virtual waiting rooms" which is a weird thing to think about.
I think that it is crazy how many people watched it online. It really goes to show the kind of age we live in today. I think it's weird to think that one of the biggest news companies in the nation couldn't support the rush of online traffic especially on such a highly anticipated event. I think that our world is changing when you can watch something(in this case, one of the most historical events in our country's history) that is taking place in real time.
I watched the speech on the television and I had know problems. I have watched the inauguration speech on television for as long as I could remember. While I was watching, I saw how many different kinds of media cameras were there and it was also very surprising. When you think about it, it is almost hard to imagine what it would be like without the technology we have today. It is even harder to imagine where technology is going to go in the future.