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From: Geoff Lock on 19 Jun 2010 01:22 On 19/06/2010 6:20 AM, Don McKenzie wrote: > Geoff Lock wrote: > >> Pssfftt!!! So what if they killed the Internet? I'll just restore it >> from my backup :) > > Geoff Lock, you Rock! > > (best laugh I have had all week) I can't claim any credit for it, it's an oldie which has done the rounds before :)
From: keithr on 18 Jun 2010 01:12 Try this http://www.zdnet.com.au/internet-kill-switch-proposed-for-us-339303838.htm It is improbable that the yanks could kill the internet as a whole, but maybe it is time to make sure that there are enough resources in the rest of the world to carry on without them. Note also the bit about making software suppliers immune from any consiquences of their foulups.
From: z1 on 18 Jun 2010 01:46 keithr wrote: > Try this > > http://www.zdnet.com.au/internet-kill-switch-proposed-for-us-339303838.htm > > It is improbable that the yanks could kill the internet as a whole, but > maybe it is time to make sure that there are enough resources in the > rest of the world to carry on without them. > > Note also the bit about making software suppliers immune from any > consiquences of their foulups. why don't you be more accurate: "A new US Senate Bill would grant the President far-reaching emergency powers to seize control of, or even shut down, portions of the internet."
From: Mark Walford on 18 Jun 2010 02:14 > It is improbable that the yanks could kill the internet as a whole No its impossible
From: Geoff Lock on 18 Jun 2010 03:01
On 18/06/2010 3:12 PM, keithr wrote: > Try this > > http://www.zdnet.com.au/internet-kill-switch-proposed-for-us-339303838.htm > > It is improbable that the yanks could kill the internet as a whole, but > maybe it is time to make sure that there are enough resources in the > rest of the world to carry on without them. Pssfftt!!! So what if they killed the Internet? I'll just restore it from my backup :) |