Posted on 12/11/2009 12:55:09 PM PST by FromLori
It is a series of tubes, I will pour liquid plumbr in my computer....
DARPA designed it to be robust and route around damage. You might be able to take a subset of users off the 'Net, or take a set of co-located servers off the 'Net. But, it's far too decentralized to take the entire 'Net down.
Localized parts of the 'Net are more vulnerable to a clueless backhoe driver than to a "cyber attack".
At least we’ll know who to blame.
The author does not understand how the Internet works, therefore she does not understand what "breaks" means. The Internet was designed to survive multiple nuclear attacks, distributing control and routing data around failures. It's not something that "goes out" like an electrical blackout. There is nothing to "break".
Two scenarios come close to what she's getting at:
- Local outage. If a dominant last-mile ISP suffers a catastrophic event, a whole lotta customers in a small area may lose 'net service. Those outside the area are not affected.
- Backbone overload. While the Internet was designed to assure transfer of data from A to B, it was not designed to handle such heavy loads as we have today (streaming video, gazillions of users); shutting down one of the major conduits would slow performance enough to cause problems. This is akin to a total shutdown of a major freeway thru a city.
These are, however, not the complete "break" she thinks could happen.
What was he trying to say?? lol
The point I was trying to make is obama wants a new electrical grid and internet 2 so I see this piece as propaganda.
Wow, 40 years old! Getting pretty long in the tooth! And creaky in the joints! It's a wonder it doesn't simply collapse due to old age!
/sarcasm
Regards,
Yeah, she writes the piece as if there is some central computer that runs the entire net. The millions of servers out there would still function.
The only way to control the 'net is to shut down communications. That's becoming increasingly harder because of all the different types of communication.
Oops, switched to VOIP for those. Looks like I'll have to set a fire and use smoke signals.
Just imagine the mail if all of the automatic bill payments suddenly need a stamp instead.
Just imagine when we get the bill for the new internet.
Thats why regular maintenance is so important. You have to change out the belts and pulleys from time to time, and bring it in for lubrication on regular intervals.
And for overall health of the system, I suggest adding a little STP to the air intake quarterly.
Internet-GATE?
Duct tape it!
LOLOL, and what does your library use? Carrier pigeons??
And what is going to happen when Overlord Gore finally dies? Has anyone thought of what we are going to do then? Has he explained how it works to anyone else? We are doomed, I say. Doomed.
I know several people who considering getting rid of their ISPs and instead visiting the library a couple times a week for online access, and to check emails at their gmail accounts.
Meaning what? Paid for how?
The existing "grids" were installed at gargantuan cost far beyond what any mere community organizer can comprehend. They cannot be just ripped out and replaced wholesale by nanny-state busybodies. The cost of single-project replacement far exceeds any benefits; upgrades can only be achieved by capitalistic motivation. 'tis sheer arrogance to think they can be replaced by decree and funded by taxes.
That's what the 'Net is: communications. Everything else is either a client or a server.
Yes, there are different physical layers: cell phone, Wi-Fi, twisted pair, coax, fiber, etc. But, my point is that the 'Net is a mesh. If you take out part of the mesh, you might isolate the systems connected to that part of the mesh (if they have no alternate route).
Everything else will just route around the break. It might be slower because overall capacity has been reduced, but it doesn't isolate them.
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