On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 06:39:27 -0600 Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > Am Samstag, 18. Februar 2012, 06:00:00 schrieb Dale: > > >> > >> I don't really think they can unless they just cut power to all the > >> computers. After all, the internet is supposed to be redundant > >> right? If there is a few computers still running that have a > >> connection, it is still working. Sort of anyway. > >> > >> Does make one wonder tho. They have been talking about having a > >> internet "off switch" but I'm not sure it would be that easy. > > > > basically, yes. Take down the core routers and backbones and > > everything falls apart. > > > > But how long would it take to actually do this? > > Another thing, the Government, especially the military, uses the > internet too. Not quite. They use the same internet *technology* you do, not necessarily the same internet *devices*. -- Alan McKinnnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
