Say No To a Government Internet "Kill Switch" 433
GMGruman writes "In the name of national security, the feds are considering a law that would let the government turn off the Internet — or at least order broadband providers and ISPs to disable access. InfoWorld blogger Bill Snyder explains why this is a bad idea. Does the US really want to be like China or Iran?"
Does the U.S. really want to be like China or Iran (Score:5, Funny)
Yes.
What good is... (Score:5, Funny)
What good is a skype phone call Mr. Anderson ... if you are unable to speak.
Re:Does the U.S. really want to be like China or I (Score:4, Funny)
"Mister President, it's the Internet. We fear it's gone rogue. We lost contact with it yesterday, and our attempts to reestablish contact have failed."
"You know what to do."
"cyber 9/11" (Score:5, Funny)
"We cannot afford to wait for a cyber 9/11 before our government realizes the importance of protecting our cyber resources." -Olympia Snowe (R-Maine)
It seems that members of the senate get access to some crazy-good weed... how high do you have to be to say "cyber 9/11"? WTF does "cyber 9/11" mean?? Are terrorists going to fly a plane into internet tubes and clog them?!
Re:Isn't it obvious (Score:2, Funny)
Hmmmmm... Didn't you notice the Diploma ffrom the Hugo Chavez School of Governing on the Oval Office wall?
A disruption in communications... (Score:4, Funny)
... Can only mean one thing: INVASION!
Ah, Mr. Lucas, your ability to write dialog never ceases to amaze me... And yet, fully cognizant of the irony, I continue to quote from your films. What a loser I am.
Re:"cyber 9/11" (Score:3, Funny)
"Oh my God..."
"Yes. Ninety-one Thousand, One Hundred."
o_O
Re:Does the U.S. really want to be like China or I (Score:3, Funny)
Inject Kurt Russel with some 24-hour timed explosive, give him some high tech gear and send him on a mission to the data-center?
There's already a public Internet 'Kill Switch' (Score:2, Funny)
It's called Comcast.
Re:"cyber 9/11" (Score:5, Funny)
Funny, I get 81.818181818.
Re:Does the U.S. really want to be like China or I (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Does the U.S. really want to be like China or I (Score:3, Funny)
The deciding factor was when we learned that china and iran were working along similar lines, and we were afraid of an internet killswitch gap.
I know it's preposterous and the president would never approve of anything like this.
Re:To quote Bruce Schneier: (Score:2, Funny)
For example. The fact that I play Team Fortress 2 a couple hours a day and get upset when it goes down doesn't make me addicted to it. It makes it an activity I enjoy doing with friends and do not like being deprived of. If I cut off all contact with the outside world, miss school and work to play and start selling my possessions to pay the internet bill so I can keep playing, THEN you can call me addicted.
Part of the problem is this thing people keep trotting out that "THING X causes brain activity similar to people on cocaine". Yes. Cocaine directly stimulates the pleasure center of your brain. Anything you enjoy will cause this same reaction. Seeing a movie you like causes brain activity similar to being on cocaine. Finishing an assignment you've spent 3 weeks working on will cause brain activity similar to being on cocaine. Watching a dude wipe out of his skateboard then slide nut first down a rail will cause brain activity similar to being hit in the nuts among guys... followed by brain activity similar to being on cocaine. Dopamine is dopamine is dopamine.
Re:"cyber 9/11" (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Does the U.S. really want to be like China or I (Score:2, Funny)