Tango01 ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 09 Jun 2024 4:58 p.m. PST |
… The World? "The internet has become an integral part of modern life, revolutionizing communication, commerce, and information sharing. However, the idea of a global internet shutdown is a daunting prospect that raises numerous questions and concerns. In this article, we explore the hypothetical scenario of a worldwide internet shutdown, analyzing the potential consequences across various aspects of society, economy, and daily life. While this scenario is highly unlikely, examining its implications can shed light on the immense reliance we have on the internet and the interconnected nature of our digital world…" Main page
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Col Durnford ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 09 Jun 2024 6:21 p.m. PST |
Strip clubs and adult book stores would see an incredible increase in customers. |
Oberlindes Sol LIC ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 09 Jun 2024 7:01 p.m. PST |
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Der Alte Fritz ![Sponsoring Member of TMP Sponsoring Member of TMP](boards/icons/sponsor.gif) | 09 Jun 2024 7:19 p.m. PST |
Our children wouldn't know what to do without their smart phones. |
TMPWargamerabbit | 09 Jun 2024 7:31 p.m. PST |
Watching the younger generation look at printed paper maps should be fun after a major run to the used book stores to find a "rare" copy. |
Zephyr1 | 09 Jun 2024 8:18 p.m. PST |
I have enough projects to keep me occupied for forever. However, not being able to order modeling stuff online would be a real bummer… |
Raynman ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 10 Jun 2024 6:51 a.m. PST |
I am also with Col Dunford |
Eclectic Wave | 10 Jun 2024 7:59 a.m. PST |
A large numbers of companies would go out of business, and I am not talking OnlyFans. Thousands of companies (probably 10s of thousands) no longer have their computers in house, they are in data centers, and they remote access the computers. If the Internet is down, they cannot access their servers, and fold. Maybe not world destroying but it would make the US depression in the 1920's look like a slight market downturn. |
Mserafin ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 10 Jun 2024 10:17 a.m. PST |
I'm with Mr Shaw, above – I would get a lot more painted. And play a lot more. In fact, this sounds a lot like my retirement plans! |
Mark J Wilson | 10 Jun 2024 10:17 a.m. PST |
I suspect the inability of food stores to reorder would quickly be of more interest than the fate of the on-line porn industry. Seeing how lockdown impacted people's shopping I don't think we'd last long either. |
Cerdic | 10 Jun 2024 11:07 a.m. PST |
No internet > no logistics. No logistics > no food. No food > everybody dies… …except the few remaining hunter/gatherers in places like the Amazon and Borneo. |
Tgerritsen ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 10 Jun 2024 12:28 p.m. PST |
Most bank security and account access these days is fully dependent on the internet. Try taking money our of your bank, or ATM with the internet gone- it won't happen. |
Extrabio1947 ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 10 Jun 2024 3:46 p.m. PST |
The internet? How about the electric grid. Read Ted Koppel's book "Lights Out." It's about how vulnerable the grid is to cyberattack, and how unprepared utility companies are to repair the massive damage that could result. It's not a matter of days or weeks, but many months. I have never read a more terrifying book in my life, fact or fiction. |
Tango01 ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 10 Jun 2024 3:47 p.m. PST |
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dilettante ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 10 Jun 2024 5:37 p.m. PST |
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Wolfhag ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 10 Jun 2024 8:35 p.m. PST |
I'd open up a strip club with multiple stages and private VIP rooms and charge exorbitant prices for booze. Help me bring down the internet and I'll cut you in for a % of the profits. Wolfhag |
Shagnasty ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 11 Jun 2024 10:00 a.m. PST |
I'm with Extrabio1947. Another fiction good read, until it drifts into wargamer fantasy, is "One Second After." |
Tango01 ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 11 Jun 2024 4:04 p.m. PST |
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Zephyr1 | 11 Jun 2024 8:37 p.m. PST |
" It's about how vulnerable the grid is to cyberattack, and how unprepared utility companies are to repair the massive damage that could result." A cyberattack? A hundred squirrels frying themselves at strategic places on the grid at the same time would have the same effect (and, there are millions of squirrels out there, so it should scare everyone that it could happen… ;-) |
Tango01 ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 12 Jun 2024 4:00 p.m. PST |
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Legion 4 ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 13 Jun 2024 8:06 a.m. PST |
COL D +1 Just think how it is when the electricity goes out … We are back to the 19th century. Wolfhag +1 I'm in ! |