On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Peter Karunyu <pkarunyu@gmail.com> wrote:
People, lets think out of the box here. First, lets convince ourselves that it is possible, only that there are a lot of obstacles. If an alien wanted to take out the Internet, how would they do it? [this statement is not an indication of my belief or lack of belief in extra-terrestrial life forms] They would probably not be bound by the same rules as we are i.e. its impossible.
Yes, we may want to propagate all the different "obstacles" to bringing down the Internet (read as NOT the physical network of computer terminals, but as the global logical communication medium) but I still do believe the Internet is not invincible. We just think it is, but some guy can give it a single fatal shot, I am sure. Perhaps, now that we have not been able to agree on how easy it is, the original question should serve as a driving force towards working on ways to mitigate the Internet's imminent failure due to alien power or some rogue whizz kid:) -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society." -- Mark Twain