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On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 06:39:27 -0600 |
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Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: |
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> > Am Samstag, 18. Februar 2012, 06:00:00 schrieb Dale: |
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> >> I don't really think they can unless they just cut power to all the |
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> >> computers. After all, the internet is supposed to be redundant |
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> >> right? If there is a few computers still running that have a |
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> >> connection, it is still working. Sort of anyway. |
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> >> Does make one wonder tho. They have been talking about having a |
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> >> internet "off switch" but I'm not sure it would be that easy. |
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> > basically, yes. Take down the core routers and backbones and |
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> > everything falls apart. |
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> But how long would it take to actually do this? |
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> Another thing, the Government, especially the military, uses the |
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> internet too. |
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Not quite. They use the same internet *technology* you do, not |
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necessarily the same internet *devices*. |
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Alan McKinnnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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