From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Somewhat OT: Any truth to this mess?
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:40:58 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120218164058.65c82d3d@khamul.example.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F3F9BFF.9070104@gmail.com>
On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 06:39:27 -0600
Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
> Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> > Am Samstag, 18. Februar 2012, 06:00:00 schrieb Dale:
>
> >>
> >> I don't really think they can unless they just cut power to all the
> >> computers. After all, the internet is supposed to be redundant
> >> right? If there is a few computers still running that have a
> >> connection, it is still working. Sort of anyway.
> >>
> >> Does make one wonder tho. They have been talking about having a
> >> internet "off switch" but I'm not sure it would be that easy.
> >
> > basically, yes. Take down the core routers and backbones and
> > everything falls apart.
> >
>
> But how long would it take to actually do this?
>
> Another thing, the Government, especially the military, uses the
> internet too.
Not quite. They use the same internet *technology* you do, not
necessarily the same internet *devices*.
--
Alan McKinnnon
alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-02-18 14:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-02-18 10:26 [gentoo-user] Somewhat OT: Any truth to this mess? Dale
2012-02-18 10:44 ` Alan McKinnon
2012-02-18 12:00 ` Dale
2012-02-18 12:24 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2012-02-18 12:39 ` Dale
2012-02-18 14:40 ` Alan McKinnon [this message]
2012-02-18 15:34 ` Dale
2012-02-18 16:18 ` Michael Mol
2012-02-18 17:48 ` Dale
2012-02-18 18:01 ` Pandu Poluan
2012-02-18 18:10 ` Michael Mol
2012-02-18 19:02 ` Pandu Poluan
2012-02-18 16:21 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2012-02-18 16:31 ` Michael Mol
2012-02-18 12:56 ` Pandu Poluan
2012-02-18 13:18 ` Dale
2012-02-18 13:49 ` Pandu Poluan
2012-02-18 14:38 ` Alan McKinnon
2012-02-19 21:08 ` [gentoo-user] " walt
2012-02-19 21:23 ` Paul Hartman
2012-02-19 22:16 ` Dale
2012-02-20 16:12 ` Todd Goodman
2012-02-20 20:49 ` Grant Edwards
2012-02-20 21:04 ` Michael Mol
2012-02-20 21:16 ` Mark Knecht
2012-02-20 21:24 ` Michael Mol
2012-02-20 21:52 ` Grant Edwards
2012-02-21 5:30 ` Paul Hartman
2012-02-18 14:30 ` [gentoo-user] " pk
2012-02-21 3:58 ` Walter Dnes
2012-02-18 14:36 ` Alan McKinnon
2012-02-18 18:11 ` Pandu Poluan
2012-02-18 18:24 ` Michael Mol
2012-02-18 19:10 ` Pandu Poluan
2012-02-18 16:35 ` Mike Edenfield
2012-02-19 21:14 ` [gentoo-user] " walt
2012-02-19 23:29 ` wdk@moriah
2012-02-20 16:37 ` Todd Goodman
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