xcoderx Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 wtf??? http://www.tech-faq.com/blog/obama-seeks-power-to-shut-down-the-internet.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bundyxc Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 Ehh, doesn't seem too harmful to me. If the president can declare martial law, he can shut down my internets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PugJr Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 Ehh, doesn't seem too harmful to me. If the president can declare martial law, he can shut down my internets. It seems extremely harmful to me. Internet is the one place on earth where it isn't completely regulated. You can hear propaganda from any side, you can be apart of any group, and so on. Hopefully it doesn't pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zq29 Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 That article made absolutely no sense to me. I read it three times... What it is about? Didn't read anything like what the title suggests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 Yeah I think the title is just a *little* mis-leading and dramatic. He's after the authority to shut down anything at will that's related to terrorism, or something of that nature I'm assuming... Of course as far as I know he'd only have jurisdiction within the USA anyway? Why would he actually want to 'shut down the internet'? Billions of dollars of USA's wealth will be based on it, as well as a hell of a lot other stuff they depend on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 Obviously it means shutting down civilian connections within the US. Much like Iran did a while ago. Due to its decentralized nature, the internet cannot just be shut down by a single person. Even if you could it would be a retarded thing to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
448191 Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 Unfortunately, it looks like the threat which Jay is most worried about is free speech from Americans who do not approve of Obama’s plans to impose national socialism upon the citizens of the United States. Only to republican conspiracy theorists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 Yeahh..... good luck with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peranha Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 From this statement here: it looks like the threat which Jay is most worried about is free speech from Americans who do not approve of Obama’s plans to impose national socialism upon the citizens of the United States. I think it is going to shut down sites like Shawn Hannity, Bill Orielly, and that sorts, so that there are no apposing views of his policies. Thats what I pick up from the article. Also this part may not be good: bill will require government licenses of any individual who seeks employment ... in protecting either government or private networks from attack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xylex Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 It's amusing when conspiracy nuts get all worked up over a new bill that hasn't even gone to committee and will never make it out of committee. And that it's somehow Obama's bill even though he's probably never even looked at it, and a republican is one of the 3 co-sponsors on the bill. It is also amusing when politicians try to interfere with high-tech stuff since it tends to just expose their ignorance. This bill calls for the licensing of "cyber-security professionals," and creates a national competition to compete, as if this designation means that this person can make everything on the internet safe. I don't care what government seal of approval someone has, I'm not going to hire the same guy to secure both my Cisco switch and look for a privilege escalation vulnerability in my PHP code. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sqlnoob Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 Yeah I think the title is just a *little* mis-leading and dramatic. He's after the authority to shut down anything at will that's related to terrorism, or something of that nature I'm assuming... Of course as far as I know he'd only have jurisdiction within the USA anyway? usually i'd agree, but the criteria aren't hard, which means he can basically shut down anything if he says they're terrorists. He only has to say the word and he can shut it down Why would he actually want to 'shut down the internet'? Billions of dollars of USA's wealth will be based on it, as well as a hell of a lot other stuff they depend on. exactly for economic reasons. Afterall Obama got a large amount of funding from large corporations, just like any other candidate. He can shut things down, because they're competitors of the corporations of those who financially supported Obama. Bottomline at best this makes Obama corrupt and at worst it makes him U.S. internet version of Silvio Berlusconi ...and don't care to know which one it is, because it's all bad don't get me wrong i'm not a big fan of the republicans, nor do i like the clintons, but I seriously wish so many americans weren't such gullable fools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sqlnoob Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 though if he only uses it to shut down fox's o'reilly then i'm all for it because that man is evil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 I think it's funny how people oppose this, as if they have some sort of say in it. Bottom line is the pres can effectively do any of that already, with or without our permission. This is their way of "being nice" about doing what they want to do. The proverbial, "Look, we can do this the easy way or the hard way," scenario. Doing it this way (the "nice" way) allows the stakeholders to be a part of the process. Train and fill those positions themselves, etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bundyxc Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 I think that if the internet got shut down, we'd all just go to best buy and get a bunch of ethernet cables, and make the U.S. one huge intranet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynewex Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 LOL... Bill O Reilly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 I think that if the internet got shut down, we'd all just go to best buy and get a bunch of ethernet cables, and make the U.S. one huge intranet. That's pretty much what the internet is now . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bundyxc Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 That's pretty much what the internet is now . You know what I mean. Although I'd be afraid of restarting the internet. I was born in the early nineties, so I didn't see the worst of it.. but seeing a geocities site for the first time was still a moment I'll never forget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 That's pretty much what the internet is now . You know what I mean. Although I'd be afraid of restarting the internet. I was born in the early nineties, so I didn't see the worst of it.. but seeing a geocities site for the first time was still a moment I'll never forget. Oh man.... Geocities was... interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 hey I remember when AOL practically WAS the internet. Actually, to rewind time even more, I remember coding GWBASIC on a C64... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 >.< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinM1 Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 I remember coding BASIC on my old VIC-20.... Man, I'm old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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