Paul Hartman wrote: > On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 3:08 PM, walt <w41...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 02/18/2012 05:18 AM, Dale wrote: >> >>> Sounds like the internet could be switched off. So, next question, how >>> easy would it be to get it going again? Hours? Days? Weeks? >> >> My guess is that the old farts that read this list could have their old >> dialup bulletin boards back on line in a day. Probably on the original >> hardware gathering dust in the attic :p > > I just need to figure out how to pull the backups off my old QIC-80 > tapes so I can run them in dosbox. ;) > >
To me, this is not much difference than the SOPA/PIPA mess. If they implemented that, people would have a workaround in a matter of days and it would be common knowledge. So, everyone would be doing just like they did before I still recall the days when you connected directly to a website. Our shop could connect directly to IBM to get updates, technical info and even some tech support. The shop was a IBM dealer. We also had Leading Edge computers too. < Pardon me while I puke> I just don't see any way for the Government to shut us down from information. It could change elections tho. Whoever did shut it down would have a problem keeping his/her job. Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words! Miss the compile output? Hint: EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--quiet-build=n"
