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From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Somewhat OT: Any truth to this mess?
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:24:09
Message-Id: 1671205.GgZr02gHlQ@localhost
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Somewhat OT: Any truth to this mess? by Dale
1 Am Samstag, 18. Februar 2012, 06:39:27 schrieb Dale:
2 > Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
3 > > Am Samstag, 18. Februar 2012, 06:00:00 schrieb Dale:
4 > >> I don't really think they can unless they just cut power to all the
5 > >> computers. After all, the internet is supposed to be redundant right?
6 > >> If there is a few computers still running that have a connection, it is
7 > >> still working. Sort of anyway.
8 > >>
9 > >> Does make one wonder tho. They have been talking about having a
10 > >> internet "off switch" but I'm not sure it would be that easy.
11 > >
12 > > basically, yes. Take down the core routers and backbones and everything
13 > > falls apart.
14 >
15 > But how long would it take to actually do this?
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