What if one day, Al Gore decides to turn off the internet.

[SSSnail]

How will we contact each others then? How will information be distributed quickly and freely? :hmm:?

 

[n7]

How will we contact each others then? How will information be distributed quickly and freely? :hmm:?

It'll be all over.

 

[blankslate]

How will we contact each others then? How will information be distributed quickly and freely? :hmm:?

http://www.esquire.com/features/what-ive-learned/vint-cerf-0508

Vin Cerf was one of the engineers who's work led directly to the internet.

Al Gore had seen what happened with the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act of 1956, which his father introduced as a military bill. It was very powerful. Housing went up, suburban boom happened, everybody became mobile. Al was attuned to the power of networking much more than any of his elective colleagues. His initiatives led directly to the commercialization of the Internet. So he really does deserve credit.

did VP Gore create the internet? No.
Did he say something that was easily twisted by people who wanted him to lose? Yes.
Did he help foster the creation of the internet as we know it? Perhaps, but as Vint Cerf says he definitely deserves credit for promoting it.

http://www.internethalloffame.org/press/latest-news/inaugural-inductees-honored-geneva

Global Connectors
Recognizing individuals from around the world who have made significant contributions to the global growth and use of the Internet: Randy Bush, Kilnam Chon, Al Gore, Nancy Hafkin, Geoff Huston, Brewster Kahle, Daniel Karrenberg, Toru Takahashi, and Tan Tin Wee.

but, Al Gore won't turn off the internet... however, you can consider yourself fed.

 

[shortylickens]

I'll be just fine.
I have at LEAST 2 magazines.
:awe:

 

[SSSnail]

blankslate, I see you're staying true to your identity there. Have you ever heard of the expression "read between the lines"?

This is when you slap your forehead.

 

[lxskllr]

Meshnet. Having the internet turned off would probably be for the best in the long term. It would reset everything, and could be rebuilt in the way it was originally intended; as a large group of equal peers, and no central failure point. The way things are now, the large servers and fluff are in the middle, and hold all the power, while the clients(us) sit powerless on the outside.

 

[blankslate]

blankslate, I see you're staying true to your identity there. Have you ever heard of the expression "read between the lines"?

This is when you slap your forehead.

You first

but, Al Gore won't turn off the internet... however, you can consider yourself fed.

Because you apparently can't read what's written in plain sight.

/shrug.

 

[SSSnail]

Look at what everyone else is posting in the thread, then look at your drivels.