Power's Out

So, as you've probably heard the lights went out in much of San Francisco today. Actually, power went off at several large dot-coms as well. Linden Labs, Technorati, and Craig's List were among those companies hit.

What can we learn about the nature of technology from power outages?
What can we learn about the nature of people from power outages?
Imagine a conversation between a bug and a person in which the bug was trying to teach the person something that can be learned from a power outage. How might the conversation go?