New bill will allow Barack Obama to shut down the internet.
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Umm guys If you havent noticed "THE INTERNET" is no way, shape or form Shutdownable.
even if they shut down servers (or all of them) guess what? lil johnny 2X4 down the street can still host small bits of guess what? the internet!
Now if everyone pitches in 2 dollars and sends to my address I shall buy servers and host Thine intronut so this elctrogeddon never happens :tinfoil:
If your seriously afraid of them looking up your shit, you need to stop going to 4chan
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Facepunch still doesn't understand the vast amounts of ridiculous bills written up to waste time yet, eh?
Maybe if this was something that actually had some support for it, and you cited the actual legislation instead of some right-wing blog it would be more interesting.
Y'all should have voted for no one.
What America SHOULD have done was voted for me.
I would have definitely done some good before emptying out Fort Knox into a big canoe and rowing to England.
Would this bill affect other countries?
[QUOTE=M_B;17091810]you crazy republicans and your whacky selective reading.
in the first line of your own quote in your own thread (op).
"The Cybersecurity Act of 2009 (PDF) gives the president the ability to “declare a cybersecurity emergency” and shut down or limit Internet traffic in any [B]“critical” information network “in the interest of national security.”[/B]"
what that means is only one particular portion/section. not all of the internet. while still something to be concerned about, it's not at all like pulling the plug on the internet
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Define "critical information network in the interest of national security". Any website could theoretically work against the interest of national security, so it's only logical to take everything down, according to this Act.
[QUOTE=Iskuri;17092753]Would this bill affect other countries?[/QUOTE]
Yep and thats why this will never happen....unless we become a superpoweer again like in the 1940's :D
I'm pretty sure it refers to the government networks.
Even if it was the internet, I doubt it would happen unless there was some huge data-munching virus crawling throughout the world.
I hope he does.
It would be for the best.
But what if there's an evil computer virus that spreads all over the internet.
Guys, don't blame Obama, in all honesty, this shit would have happened with Mccain too. It's not Obama, it's political leaders in general that are all idiots.
That was the most utterly bias source I have ever read, aside from the Conservapedia.
[QUOTE=StukovCA;17092876]Define "critical information network in the interest of national security". Any website could theoretically work against the interest of national security, so it's only logical to take everything down, according to this Act.[/QUOTE]
then why wouldn't it simply say "shut down the internet," I wonder?
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is this any different? no.
Obama spy sappin' meh internetz.
Seriously, stop giving two shits about this. It wont pass, it's like the "Anti-troll" bill.
They just can't pass.
[QUOTE=thisispain;17090464]somebody argue
johnnymo1 and the other blue guy and lankist are getting bored[/QUOTE]
uh, the US needs this to protect THE PEOPLE
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[QUOTE=TH89;17093587]I hope he does.
It would be for the best.[/QUOTE]
god DAMN
The bill doesn't really specify that, it sets a panel of advisors for Obama to deal with a cyber based thread. You seen Firewall? That kind of stuff can easily happen in real life. The pentagon gets hacked every day. It's good we have something to deal with it. One of the co-sponsors is a Republican, this is a bipartisan bill.
[url]http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s773/show[/url]
Here is the bill, I cannot find the "quote" that the link provides. Stop fear mongering and stop calling Obama a socialist, even though he didn't draft the damn bill.
[QUOTE=ducky5;17090147]grrrreat. another reason why i dont like living in america[/QUOTE]
den git out u commie
Well that's a load of bullshit.
Fuck you and your idiotic plans Obama.
Wow. All of you falling for this epic fail news roll need to stop worrying. The internet is safe. It's one of the largest economic tools ON THE PLANET! I mean where do you think Obama got his publicity during the election from?
[QUOTE=Gmod_Fan77;17095156]Fuck you and your idiotic plans Obama.[/QUOTE]
This isn't Obama doing this though.
However, Obama only has the power to shut down the internet in the United States, so even if he does carry out this stupid plan, it will only affect the US for a short amount of time.
[QUOTE=Episode;17090212]Fuckin Obama, why i chose MCcain :][/QUOTE]
yah, y u chose MCcain?
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;17090534]"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-Benjamin Franklin[/QUOTE]
Good thing it won't get passed then.
ITT: people didn't read the article... At all.
Or the website.
Or the name.
and when they skip everything, look at title and assume, we get this nonsense
[QUOTE=darkedone02;17090127]is this the guy that you all loved so much?[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;17090534]"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-Benjamin Franklin[/QUOTE]
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