We can relax, the internet is in seven safe pairs of hands

[hazelnut]

Looks like we can all rest easy in our beds

 

http://gizmodo.com/5597964/seven-people-have-been-entrusted-with-the-keys-to-the-internet

[login123]

"A minimum of five of the seven keyholders ? one each from Britain, the U.S., Burkina Faso, Trinidad and Tobago, Canada, China, and the Czech Republic ? would have to converge at a U.S. base with their keys to restart the system and connect everything once again."

 

So how they gonna book their flights?

[hazelnut]

It would make a great film.

 

Lord of the Keys

[Andavari]

Lord of the Keys

 

I can just see the holders staring at them saying "My Precious!"

[Aethec]

But where's the key to rule them all ?

[Winapp2.ini]

I was under the impression that things looked a little more like this

[Andavari]

I was under the impression that things looked a little more like this

 

That's good, and one would think so!

[login123]

Danger, Will Robinson!!

 

If you follow Winapp2.ini's link you will see a link to "Wwwyzzerdd, freakish master of the internet".

Might want to avoid that one.

 

I clicked on it, just for grins, and:

- It started opening popups

...I let it run...

- it opened 54 instances of Internet Explorer.

- Covered the screen w/ popups

- got a problem message from Dr Watson.

 

So much stuff was running that

- Locked up old HAL here tighter than Windows 98 on its worst day.

- I couldn't start process explorer or ctrl alt del to see what stuff was running.

- Could not terminate my network connection, had to physically pull the plug.

- After a while, was able to use process explorer to kill IE7

- all seems OK now, no apparent harm done, will know for sure after a restart.

 

Kind of exciting...I gotta get a life...

[Aethec]

Danger, Will Robinson!!

 

If you follow Winapp2.ini's link you will see a link to "Wwwyzzerdd, freakish master of the internet".

Might want to avoid that one.

 

I clicked on it, just for grins, and:

- It started opening popups

...I let it run...

- it opened 54 instances of Internet Explorer.

- Covered the screen w/ popups

- got a problem message from Dr Watson.

 

So much stuff was running that

- Locked up old HAL here tighter than Windows 98 on its worst day.

- I couldn't start process explorer or ctrl alt del to see what stuff was running.

- Could not terminate my network connection, had to physically pull the plug.

- After a while, was able to use process explorer to kill IE7

- all seems OK now, no apparent harm done, will know for sure after a restart.

 

Kind of exciting...I gotta get a life...

 

Try typing for /l %i in (1,1,10000) do start in the command-line. It should be even worse

[login123]

Try typing for /l %i in (1,1,10000) do start in the command-line. It should be even worse

 

Yep, sure was. Had to use the power switch. Would that harm a computer if it was run for long?

[Aethec]

I think Windows would crash first. But...I don't want to try

[DJpailo]

Its a bit late for April Fool's.