Someone is learning & practicing how to take down the Internet

[Jonas]

[harrypalmer]

Its common knowledge that Russia, China and North Korea are attacking the wests cyber infrastructure on a 24/7/365 basis and I'd guess we and the US are doing the same. I've little doubt that one day the net and phone/power networks will fail due to attacks, lets hope the downtime does not last long.

[Mortblanc]

I don't care.

Nothing I can do about it anyway.

Perhaps we should hire more strange little computer people to deal with this since none of us have a clue what to do.

[bigpaul]

the sooner the better, bring it on.

[Straight Shooter]

I just wonder would any communication work ? even ham comms ? we will NOT get the true news from our govs....have you watched the BBC news lately ....i rest my case RUBBISH .

[harrypalmer]

Disagree about the beeb, its still pretty good, certainly way better than the drivel spouted over the pond.

Ham comms will work, you may need to Faraday modern kit but I've several old valve (Tube) rigs that will run after EMP strikes. The brit army and I'm sure the US forces still have a stockpile of old valve/tube rigs sitting in stores. Most modern replacement valves/tubes are made in Russia and India so I guess Putin is sitting on some old kit that will work even when things go breasts up.

No EMP and your modern kit will work, you just need to find someone to talk with.

Looks like Paul has a death wish LOL

[Mortblanc]

All U.S. coms, as well as vehicles, have been EMP proof for some time. Spare parts have been stored in EMP proof packaging since the 1970s.

As for the news being rubbish, we get the BBC news over here too. Don't kid yourself, it is no better than the local bull$%!t.

The separation of the "pond" means nothing in the electronic age and they are all the same person telling each other how great they are, telling the masses what they need to know rather than what is.

[Mortblanc]

I should amend the above to military coms and vehicles.

Most commercially owned vehicles with restart after EMP with a simple reset procedure.

Disconnect the battery for 5 minutes, then reconnect.

[harrypalmer]

[Mortblanc]

I view BBC world news almost every night. It is available on our PBS communist outlet.

The only difference is the accent, perhaps that is what is throwing you off.