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KTHXBAI Love Obama.]]>Jun 24th 2010 11:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/
"Internet Justic League: Steve Jobs, Bill Balmer, and Google Dev Team...will save us all from the radical government."]]>Jun 24th 2010 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/I'm still waiting for the Chinese attack where every single .com address redirects to a rick roll.]]>Jun 24th 2010 11:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE FTW!

That band is AWESOME!

Sorry to hijack ^.^]]>Jun 24th 2010 11:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/
You kidding me right?
Steve himself LOVES cutting people off!
Google itself is becoming the Government when it comes to internet.
And who the fuc* is Bill Ballmer...
If you were referring to the Nerdy guy donning nerdy glasses... he's busy in Africa swatting flies and mosquitoes.
And if you were referring to the bald idiot... he's off soaking in champagne celebrating the sales figures.

So basically, you are out of luck if you are relying on them. ]]>Jun 24th 2010 11:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/
people just read the headlines on huffington post and overreact. its really sad and pathetic that people dont even research anything anymore and go online and complain on comments.]]>Jun 24th 2010 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/
Pfff metal for teens and emos]]>Jun 24th 2010 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/Jun 24th 2010 12:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/
I hijacked also, and also have been fond of some Killswitch (I actually subconsciously capitalized my first use of "killswitch").]]>Jun 24th 2010 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/Jun 24th 2010 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/
Mistake in the post. The president does not currently have the power to shut down the internet. Not even the tc act of 34 would cover it. It is not now considered a "telecommunication" under current law. The new proposal would change that. Does anyone actually do any research anymore?]]>Jun 24th 2010 12:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/Jun 24th 2010 12:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/
Are you a 12 year old girl?]]>Jun 24th 2010 1:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/Jun 24th 2010 1:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/If it's just a series of tubes then maybe we can kill it by stuffing it with golf balls and garbage.]]>Jun 24th 2010 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/]]>Jun 24th 2010 2:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/Jun 24th 2010 3:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/
They would deny us our pr0n in our moment of greatest need?]]>Jun 24th 2010 3:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/
Oh, and farmville... but why not take the opportunity to kill that while the internets down? ]]>Jun 24th 2010 4:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/Jun 24th 2010 9:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/Jun 24th 2010 9:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/Jun 25th 2010 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/Jun 25th 2010 12:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/
Nerds love to head bang!]]>Jun 24th 2010 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/

I hope they would never use that Killswitch(Engage)... I would hate to give it "My Last Serenade"...]]>Jun 24th 2010 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/Jun 24th 2010 9:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/to think they'd do such a thing "when darkness falls".
i make joke :) :)]]>Jun 25th 2010 7:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/Jun 24th 2010 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/
How can one shut down that which does not exist?]]>Jun 24th 2010 11:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/
They can still EMP the hell out of the servers.]]>Jun 24th 2010 12:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/
You could probably just shut down few key datacenters and most importantly a few key Routers (no not a small box in your house, but a huge (small) room filling behemoth routing main servers on the Internet)
which are on the American soil and that would pretty much fuck most of the Internet up...]]>Jun 24th 2010 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/Jun 24th 2010 12:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/Jun 24th 2010 12:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/Seems like shutting down access would be easier... ]]>Jun 24th 2010 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/Jun 24th 2010 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/All they would have to do is shut down all of the service providers. It's not that complicated. If you don't have access to the sites then they might as well not exist.]]>Jun 24th 2010 2:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/Jun 24th 2010 9:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/Jun 25th 2010 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/Jun 24th 2010 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/
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I trust the people actually doing the job of making the Internet work a lot more than those trying to coordinate it all. Planners suck.]]>Jun 24th 2010 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/
yeah, the BP oil spill was solely caused by the presence of any regulation at all. ]]>Jun 24th 2010 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/Jun 24th 2010 12:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/Jun 24th 2010 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/
Also, in saying that "...the entire proposition calls for these changes to be developed by the private sector itself..." I think they are really saying, "If you don't do this how and within the timeframe we want you to, we will take other measures." Like, making critical infrastructure owners adopt the emergency protocols that they deem appropriate.

As for shutting down the internet, I do think that would be pretty difficult. Does anyone know if the government in Iran tried that during the protests? And if they did try it, how did it go? However, I'm not worried that the government will shut it all down at once and shove us into a 1984 scenario. It would start by shutting down "undesirable" sites, like 'hate' sites (which could be anything), or pornography, or sites that leak sensitive info (wikileaks, perhaps). I just don't really trust anyone to have that kind of control, because it will inevitably go too far. ]]>Jun 24th 2010 11:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/Jun 24th 2010 11:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/Jun 24th 2010 1:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/Jun 24th 2010 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/Jun 24th 2010 11:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/the-internet-kill-switch-and-other-lies-the-internet-told-you/
All Hail the Giant Linksys Router!

http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/17/screen-grabs-giant-linksys-wifi-router-is-the-internet/
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