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It'd be interesting if there were an actual
switch that could switch off the internet.
Of course, being a distributed network,
there can't be. But at entry points to
isolated countries where there is only one
effective channel, it could conceivably be
possible to insert a 'switch' of sorts,
along
the route, to switch it off.
A progressive and relaxed enough island
could voluntarily commission an artwork
that involved a dramatic public display of
hardware in the form of a big internet
switch, that actually honestly truly would
switch off the whole country from the face
of the internet.
On the face of it, it would be quite
sensible if this switch were never actuated
- that it should be left in the 'on' position
all the time. On the other hand, it could be
always possible for someone to simply
walk up and switch it off. The
ramifications and consequences of doing
so would be apparent even before the
event.
Would 'guards' evolve as a civic duty,
among the public? Would nobody ever
actually try it? Would the country
constantly find itself cut off on a Friday
night after the youth of the nation had had
a few beers too many? Would it become a
revered and static sculpture, the inherent
power receding into the latent?
Ultimate Corporate Firewall
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somewhat related idea [krelnik, Apr 25 2006]
[link]
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It can't possibly be a switch - a lever of some kind, perhaps, but most likely a big red button with signage saying "Don't Press!" |
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Been playing with your Martix action figures again, Mr. [Tindale]? |
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We have one of these in my country. |
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The key element of the internet is that it is extremely fail safe. Cut off one connection and packets route through another. Cut the land lines and IP will fall back on the satellite links. Blow up every satellite dish and ham radio takes over. Destroy the antenna and you are down to RFC 1149. |
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batteries, solar panels and hand cranks. |
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And the internet has plenty of cranks. |
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//Egor, Thruow THE SwItch!//
/\YessssthMasster!/| |
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How could there possibly be a switch? Eh? |
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No, it'd be a button. And a big red one at taht. |
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//most likely a big red button with signage saying "Don't Press!"// Don't make it say that or everyone will just want to press it all the more. |
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Nice to see you stop by [krelnik]. |
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I think this would be good on a personal basis, like an instant impenitrable firewall. sorta like the linked idea suggests. |
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Wasn't the entire UK JANET link cut
through with an axe once? |
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If a whole country were to decide on this course of action, there would be no need for a switch, everyone would just stop going online. |
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You could erect a statue instead, perhaps of Bill Gates being sodomised by a mighty arch-angel. |
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Of course, it's far-fetched to think that such an idea would be without opposition in any country... There's always one... At least. |
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Haha, a study of society in the shape of a giant switch. That's an excellent idea. |
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Though, I do like having t3h internets on demand. [+] |
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I vote for this on the count of it being a great geek fraternity prank. |
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