Comments on: Will Swine Flu Take Down the Internet? http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/10/29/will-swine-flu-take-down-the-internet/ Quirky, funny, and surprising science news from the edge of the known universe. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:04:41 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Stitch http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/10/29/will-swine-flu-take-down-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-27405 Stitch Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:25:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=3301#comment-27405 I tend to agree with B up there. Um, really guys? Did you actually publish this nonsense? I tend to agree with B up there. Um, really guys? Did you actually publish this nonsense?

]]> By: GoldChain http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/10/29/will-swine-flu-take-down-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-27309 GoldChain Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:42:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=3301#comment-27309 This is all a bunch of scare tactic nonsense. I design large networks, and I know for a fact that people telecommuting is NOT going to "overload" the internet by ANY far stretch. Most enterprises deliver their applications via HTTP or some thin technology (like Citrix, VDI, etc). Those technologies use a fraction of the bandwidth that most people might think (somewhere along the lines of 30Kbps per person....... yes so little bandwidth required, you could telecommute OVER AN ANALOG MODEM!!! I'm blown away that most people can't put 2 and 2 together and see what's happening here. * Introduce a wide sweeping and vague Cybersecurity bill to allow the President the ability to shut down parts or the whole Internet because of a "national emergency" (left completely vague in the bill). * Play up this swine flu nonsense.... convince people it's the next plague.... (I know it's a real thing, and I sympathize with those who have had it or worse yet died from it, but there has been just over 5,000 deaths worldwide..... of over 50,000,000 deaths during the same time period) * Declare a "national emergency" because of swine flu (again, a bunch of nonsense) * Start putting out feelers in the media about the internet being overwhelmed because of people being at home because of swine flu (again, more nonsense..... nonsense on top of nonsense). * (The Gov't) Exercise your newly horked power to control and shut down the content/parts of the Internet you so choose and watch as there is virtually no outrage from the public, but more likely applause from the sheeple who are too thick to see what's really happening. This is all a bunch of scare tactic nonsense. I design large networks, and I know for a fact that people telecommuting is NOT going to “overload” the internet by ANY far stretch. Most enterprises deliver their applications via HTTP or some thin technology (like Citrix, VDI, etc). Those technologies use a fraction of the bandwidth that most people might think (somewhere along the lines of 30Kbps per person……. yes so little bandwidth required, you could telecommute OVER AN ANALOG MODEM!!!

I’m blown away that most people can’t put 2 and 2 together and see what’s happening here.

* Introduce a wide sweeping and vague Cybersecurity bill to allow the President the ability to shut down parts or the whole Internet because of a “national emergency” (left completely vague in the bill).

* Play up this swine flu nonsense…. convince people it’s the next plague…. (I know it’s a real thing, and I sympathize with those who have had it or worse yet died from it, but there has been just over 5,000 deaths worldwide….. of over 50,000,000 deaths during the same time period)

* Declare a “national emergency” because of swine flu (again, a bunch of nonsense)

* Start putting out feelers in the media about the internet being overwhelmed because of people being at home because of swine flu (again, more nonsense….. nonsense on top of nonsense).

* (The Gov’t) Exercise your newly horked power to control and shut down the content/parts of the Internet you so choose and watch as there is virtually no outrage from the public, but more likely applause from the sheeple who are too thick to see what’s really happening.

]]> By: Al C http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/10/29/will-swine-flu-take-down-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-27298 Al C Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:40:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=3301#comment-27298 You said it B and I agree. You said it B and I agree.

]]> By: Brian Knoblauch http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/10/29/will-swine-flu-take-down-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-27293 Brian Knoblauch Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:22:10 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=3301#comment-27293 Of the people I know that have officially had swine flu, they were all way too sick to even think about using computers/Internet while quarantined at home. Of the people I know that have officially had swine flu, they were all way too sick to even think about using computers/Internet while quarantined at home.

]]> By: B http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/10/29/will-swine-flu-take-down-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-27276 B Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:52:03 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=3301#comment-27276 Bullshit!!! Bullshit!!!

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