NDAA passed: Internet and Online Streaming Services Emergency Alert Study

Mon Jan 4 23:50:38 UTC 2021

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On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 5:32 PM J. Hellenthal via NANOG <nanog at nanog.org>
wrote:

> Comment inline
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>  J. Hellenthal
>
> The fact that there's a highway to Hell but only a stairway to Heaven says
> a lot about anticipated traffic volume.
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> > On Jan 4, 2021, at 14:35, bzs at theworld.com wrote:
> >
> > 
> > Why wouldn't we just build this into 10-year battery smoke alarms, a
> > simple radio receiver?
>
> Someone contact  gentex.com to go over the IoT thoughts.
>
Whatever could go wrong with putting *MORE* critical things on the internet
*Sarcasm REALLY intended here*? The Video Game *Cyberpunk 2077* seems kinda
prophetic?

Let us not forget the Hawaii incident from Human error.

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/37260138/watch-gov-david-ige-on-what-triggered-ballistic-missile-false-alarm/

I think the internet ship sailed with RFC 1 ;)

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> >
> > Why does anyone think this must be a feature of the internet when, as
> > people here have described, that entails all sorts of complexities.
> >
> > You just want something that goes BEEP-BEEP-BEEP KISS YOUR ASS
> > GOODBYE! BEEP BEEP BEEP really loudly on command, perhaps with some
> > more detail.
> >
> > Probably about 10c in circuitry involved.
> >
> > We're really getting way into the cargo cult worship of the internet
> > much like how TV in the 1950s was supposed to be the answer to every
> > one of society's problems but mostly what we got were sitcoms and ads
> > for bad beer.
> >
> > Ok, proceed with the list of edge cases. But at least there are laws
> > requiring smoke alarms most everywhere.
> >
> > --
> >        -Barry Shein
> >
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