Obama Can Shut Down Internet For 4 Months Under New Emergency Powers
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Obama Can Shut Down Internet For 4 Months Under New Emergency Powers
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#2Is shutting down the internet physically possible? Ignoring the consequences, I'm just curious about the implications on infrastructure. I, for one, am really unsure about what the internet is as far as the hardware connections go.
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#3Is shutting down the internet physically possible? Ignoring the consequences, I'm just curious about the implications on infrastructure. I, for one, am really unsure about what the internet is as far as the hardware connections go.
I don't even know what that means, but I can't wait till hollywood gets hold of it
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#4He can also nuke half the U.S. if he wants to, but that doesn't make it probable.
An hour of internet downtime in the U.S. would cause more economic damage than 9/11 and the grounding of all airplanes. Do it once and you lose the confidence of investors everywhere, and you will see a bank run that will drive the value of the dollar to the ground. Not to mention what it will do to domestic confidence.
Economies and national sovereignty are an illusion that must be kept by the state, through constant projection of power and stability. Shake that a tiny bit and it will ripple across the board.
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This blog is a fringe, vanity publication that seems to cater to the extreme right. Their "articles" include a list of properties and social-security numbers of people associated with Obama, along with other wacky ideas, like using the word "homosexual" as a derogatory. Doesn't look very credible, or for that matter accountable.]
Re: Obama Can Shut Down Internet For 4 Months Under New Emergency Powers
#5Is shutting down the internet physically possible? Ignoring the consequences, I'm just curious about the implications on infrastructure. I, for one, am really unsure about what the internet is as far as the hardware connections go.
I don't even know what that means, but I can't wait till hollywood gets hold of it
Except that when it gets shut down the "real hackers" will be able to link up to forgotten/abandoned satellite networks and still be able to communicate and plot their various schemes.
You know, like Die Hard 4.
Re: Obama Can Shut Down Internet For 4 Months Under New Emergency Powers
#6And if she wins the next election, Sarah Palin can also choose to shut down the internet for 4 months.
Re: Obama Can Shut Down Internet For 4 Months Under New Emergency Powers
#7He can also nuke half the U.S. if he wants to, but that doesn't make it probable. An hour of internet downtime in the U.S. would cause more economic damage than 9/11 and the grounding of all airplanes. Do it once and you lose the confidence of investors everywhere, and you will see a bank run that will drive the value of the dollar to the ground. Not to mention what it will do to domestic confidence. Economies and na…
This.
The recent popularity of this topic is a bit FUDish. If it comes to the point that an administration would willingly shut down the Internet, whatever precipitated that scenario would be much worse than the Internet shutting down.
Re: Obama Can Shut Down Internet For 4 Months Under New Emergency Powers
#8Is shutting down the internet physically possible? Ignoring the consequences, I'm just curious about the implications on infrastructure. I, for one, am really unsure about what the internet is as far as the hardware connections go.
I'm pretty sure that "shutting down the internet" is something that is well beyond the reach of US administration. Because most of the important infrastructure is redundant and in most cases not operated by US government (and also often not even located in US).
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#9Great, a blog with stories like "Yet another terrorist tie to Obama White House" excerpting prisonplanet.com. I suppose this means we're supposed to think that Obama will shut down the internet to allow William Ayers to assume power as Grand Imperator of North America, who will then kill you with a missile from a black UN helicopter before revealing his true Reptilian form and teleporting into space.
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#10He can also nuke half the U.S. if he wants to, but that doesn't make it probable. An hour of internet downtime in the U.S. would cause more economic damage than 9/11 and the grounding of all airplanes. Do it once and you lose the confidence of investors everywhere, and you will see a bank run that will drive the value of the dollar to the ground. Not to mention what it will do to domestic confidence. Economies and na…
Readers of this publication may very well be preparing for the rapture by stockpiling bibles and ammunition, so it's not worth applying logic to the situation.