NoSaint Posted November 29, 2012 Posted November 29, 2012 (edited) http://allthingsd.com/20121129/syria-has-disappeared-from-the-internet/ well, lets hope that this doesnt turn out to be cover for something unspeakable about to happen. the syrian government has shut down all internet servers and also a chunk of phone capabilities. Edited November 29, 2012 by NoSaint
dayman Posted November 29, 2012 Posted November 29, 2012 Oh Syria, Their home and war struck land No internet porn in thy sons command
CosmicBills Posted November 29, 2012 Posted November 29, 2012 Stupid question time: How does a country shut down the internet? Does that mean just shutting down telecommunication lines? Or is it flipping a switch on servers?
Koko78 Posted November 29, 2012 Posted November 29, 2012 Stupid question time: How does a country shut down the internet? Does that mean just shutting down telecommunication lines? Or is it flipping a switch on servers? The easiest and most fun way for the Syrian government to do such a thing would be to pull in the heads of the service provider companies for a meeting, give them some phones, point some guns at them and tell them they will shut down all internet services immediately or someone's going to need to replace the carpets in that room.
CosmicBills Posted November 29, 2012 Posted November 29, 2012 The easiest and most fun way for the Syrian government to do such a thing would be to pull in the heads of the service provider companies for a meeting, give them some phones, point some guns at them and tell them they will shut down all internet services immediately or someone's going to need to replace the carpets in that room. So you have to coordinate with multiple companies/utilities all at once? There's not like a plug they can pull, right?
dayman Posted November 29, 2012 Posted November 29, 2012 So you have to coordinate with multiple companies/utilities all at once? There's not like a plug they can pull, right? series of tubes
/dev/null Posted November 29, 2012 Posted November 29, 2012 So you have to coordinate with multiple companies/utilities all at once? There's not like a plug they can pull, right? They can just call Dick Cheney's secret bunker
Koko78 Posted November 29, 2012 Posted November 29, 2012 So you have to coordinate with multiple companies/utilities all at once? There's not like a plug they can pull, right? Well I suppose that they could just push the big red button in Assad's office that says "interwebs shutdown", but that's just not as entertaining.
TakeYouToTasker Posted November 29, 2012 Posted November 29, 2012 It depends on how their infrastructure is set up.
CosmicBills Posted November 29, 2012 Posted November 29, 2012 :lol: Fair enough. I'm just a Luddite so I get curious about how these things actually work. Either way, this is a scary sign for Syria. Yikes.
NoSaint Posted November 29, 2012 Author Posted November 29, 2012 (edited) :lol: Fair enough. I'm just a Luddite so I get curious about how these things actually work. Either way, this is a scary sign for Syria. Yikes. yea i imagine those living there, or with loved ones there are VERY worried. So you have to coordinate with multiple companies/utilities all at once? There's not like a plug they can pull, right? i dont know this for fact by any way shape or means, but i imagine that especially in a more dictatorial regime that those utilities are probably pretty much gov't controlled. id imagine that it would just take a phone call to the minister of communications saying "pull the plug" atleast that was the image in my head while reading it. I have no IT, or syrian political background so that could be totally made up. Edited November 29, 2012 by NoSaint
/dev/null Posted November 29, 2012 Posted November 29, 2012 :lol: Fair enough. I'm just a Luddite so I get curious about how these things actually work. Either way, this is a scary sign for Syria. Yikes. inter- a prefix occurring in loanwords from Latin, where it meant “between,” “among,” “in the midst of,” “mutually,” “reciprocally,” “together,” “during” ( intercept; interest ); on this model, used in the formation of compound words ( intercom; interdepartmental ). http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/inter- Hence Internet means between networks/networks acting together. There is no single Internet Remember this the next time somebody says the President needs an "Internet kill switch" or the UN wants to take control of the Internet from the United States. Code words for increased governmental control and decreased privacy and personal liberty
meazza Posted November 30, 2012 Posted November 30, 2012 You mean Arab countries aren't the beacon of human rights? Shocking!!! Meanwhile, today in a shopping mall, a bunch of hippies were shouting "Palestine will be free"
boyst Posted December 1, 2012 Posted December 1, 2012 This is bombing after the internets were shut down...
unbillievable Posted December 1, 2012 Posted December 1, 2012 Well I suppose that they could just push the big red button in Assad's office that says "interwebs shutdown", but that's just not as entertaining. I always assumed they'd call Al Gore.
Nanker Posted December 1, 2012 Posted December 1, 2012 I'm calling bullshite on this one. The Intarwebs is working just fine for me. Syria didn't shut down nuttin'.
NoSaint Posted December 2, 2012 Author Posted December 2, 2012 This is bombing after the internets were shut down... Quite the video.
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