Internet vulnerabilities

Thu Jul 4 18:40:46 UTC 2002

> I think the media talk about "taking down the Internet" are kind of
> bogus.
>
> Nobody has ever died because they couldn't check their email.
>
> If the net went down for an hour, a day, or even a week I think that my
> mom and the rest of the non "glued-to-their-terminal" world would
> somehow struggle through and sustain a normal daily routine.
>
> -davidu [who probably would not survive a week long net outage ;) ]

How many companies base profits on their internet connection?  While you
might survive, there would be a lot of money lost.  Disrupting the economy
seems to be the goal.