i thought that the internet could no longer be shut off because there are so many servers worldwide... or something? You can only isolate areas. Of course all power around the world would do it, but still...
U.S. Government Proposes "Internet Kill Switch"
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well he like other congressman think its a series of tubes so his mind thinks of justing clogging it to kill itErja_Perttu said:
*facepalms* I'm going to assume they mean well (though every time a politician mentions 9/11 I feel like they're a second away from lying for a good five minutes) but the internet is the closest thing we have to a free space for open exchange of information. Any government, the US government in particular, will mess the internet up through such far reaching control, or have they forgotten what happened when Pakistan blocked Youtube?
You're pretty paranoid there I see... cyberparanoid.Therumancer said:
But anyway, even if the US were close to war with China, shutting off the entire internet is still ridiculous. Pray tell me what part our dear Escapist has in China's battle plan? And this would seriously screw with other countries, something which frankly, the US has no right to do. Of course, living in the uk I know just how batshit crazy the US government is about their internet security: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_McKinnon
You missed the key word of my post: "Entire".Shynobee said:
Basically, rather than taking out their problem on the internet the government could try upping the security.
The government is overrun with paranoia. I don't think they know how important the Internet is, even in our daily lives. Not to mention the outrage that would happen if the Internet was switched off.
Only someone as off his nut as Joe Lieberman would come up with this.
Do you see what you've done Connecticut? First you make your state impossible to spell, then you repeatedly reelect this clearly insane person.
Bad state! Bad! No federal highway dollars for you! Now go to your room and think about what you've done.
I can't believe I used to live in you. I feel like I need bath in a time machine to get the funk off.
Do you see what you've done Connecticut? First you make your state impossible to spell, then you repeatedly reelect this clearly insane person.
Bad state! Bad! No federal highway dollars for you! Now go to your room and think about what you've done.
I can't believe I used to live in you. I feel like I need bath in a time machine to get the funk off.
no more like thisXJ-0461 said:
"Mr. President! It is Election session"
President: "Kill the Internet so my polls don't go down"
If I trusted the American government even to a tiny little miniature iota of a fraction of a percentage of a degree, I might be willing to think about this.
But at the moment the U.S. government has done more damage to the country than terrorism ever has, so... no.
But at the moment the U.S. government has done more damage to the country than terrorism ever has, so... no.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVlWqjVHgjc&feature=relatedManji187 said:All the men around the world who are deprived of their access to pornholographicman said:
and this will happen
What a cyber-douche. Then again, Lieberman has always been a douche. He just finally read himself some Neuromancer and made the upgrade.
I consider myself seriously left-leaning, and I consider Lieberman to be a great example of what those in my political circle should NEVER EVER BE. This toolbag is all about limiting freedoms for the suppossed 'greater good', and I wouldn't trust him to tell me if it was day or night. And if he honestly believes for one second this would fly given the massive negative impact on the web-based economy, or hell, on the economy in general given how much stroke the net has in the world of business today, he's clearly been living in a different USA then me.
This is one of the few times I'm happy lobbies have so much pull in the US; no freaking chance in hell ANY modern business would want the internet to be potentially killed off or isolated on a governmental whim.
And, sidebar? Cyber-9/11? What, is someone going to hijack a remote controlled toy plane and fly it into my computer tower? What kind of insensitive fearmongering freakshow would DARE to use that kind of terminology? He could have been explaining how to cure cancer, and I'd still want to punt him in the junk for lines like that.
I consider myself seriously left-leaning, and I consider Lieberman to be a great example of what those in my political circle should NEVER EVER BE. This toolbag is all about limiting freedoms for the suppossed 'greater good', and I wouldn't trust him to tell me if it was day or night. And if he honestly believes for one second this would fly given the massive negative impact on the web-based economy, or hell, on the economy in general given how much stroke the net has in the world of business today, he's clearly been living in a different USA then me.
This is one of the few times I'm happy lobbies have so much pull in the US; no freaking chance in hell ANY modern business would want the internet to be potentially killed off or isolated on a governmental whim.
And, sidebar? Cyber-9/11? What, is someone going to hijack a remote controlled toy plane and fly it into my computer tower? What kind of insensitive fearmongering freakshow would DARE to use that kind of terminology? He could have been explaining how to cure cancer, and I'd still want to punt him in the junk for lines like that.