Egypt Shuts Off All Internet Access 840
h00manist writes "Several sources are reporting Egypt has shut off all Internet access. There is still no official confirmation. Blackberry, twitter and SMS seem confirmed off. So, if you were there, what would you do to get communications for everyone? Do you still have a POTS modem?"
Re:This is unacceptable (Score:5, Funny)
The U.K. isn't so bad.
This will help (Score:5, Funny)
I'm sure that nobody will be angry or suspicious about the internet going dark. I expect nothing but butterflies and rainbows from this.
More 9/11 hijackers were from Egypt than... (Score:5, Funny)
More 9/11 hijackers were from Egypt than from Afghanistan and Iraq combined.
(but of course one shouldn't extrapolate too much from a sample of 1 data point)
Re:Helluva long distance call (Score:3, Funny)
I knew it- (Score:5, Funny)
STEP RIGHT UP FOLKS! (Score:5, Funny)
Parent poster is handing out two, that's TWO generalizations for the price of one.
If you comment now, he'll throw in FIIIIIVE unfounded accusations of your choice - PLUS "the works". Where else are you gonna get a deal like that?
Coming up next - all Catholics are secretly pedophiles, Jews are stingy, blacks are lazy and women can't drive.
Re:Just remember this (Score:2, Funny)
Well... (Score:5, Funny)
They could patch into a Gibson, use that uplink to tunnel into the global GPS satellite network and then beam the (enhanced) signal down into the internet and thus successfully hack the plant.
Re:Just remember this (Score:0, Funny)
What is it that makes you fucking idiots think Obama is in any way fascist? I hope you get murdered.
Hack the PLANET... (Score:5, Funny)
Sorry... an 'e' got away from me.
You don't need all that to hack a plant. You can hack a plant simply by hitting it repeatedly with an axe.
Re:HAM (Score:4, Funny)
Re:HAM (Score:0, Funny)
...in the same sense that you're not an idiot.
Re:This will help (Score:5, Funny)
This will help with the IPv4 address pool problem too