> 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.