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Donald Trump wants to "Close Up" the internet "in some ways"
December 9, 2015 at 12:34 am
http://www.ibtimes.com/donald-trump-want...is-2215683
"We are losing a lot of people to the Internet. We have to do something. We have to go see Bill Gates and a lot of different people that really understand what's happening. We have to talk to them [about], maybe in certain areas, closing that internet up in some way."
Which is better:
To die with ignorance, or to live with intelligence?
Truth doesn't accommodate to personal opinions.
The choice is yours.
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RE: Donald Trump wants to "Close Up" the internet "in some ways"
December 9, 2015 at 12:42 am
So this is going to be like SOPA again, or something?
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RE: Donald Trump wants to "Close Up" the internet "in some ways"
December 9, 2015 at 12:42 am
This isn't just Trump. Most politicians have absolutely no idea how the Internet actually works so they come up with all these wacky ideas that will never work.
It's like the current talk of "banning" encryption. Guess what? You'd have to ban several mathematical methods, because that's all encryption is these days.
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RE: Donald Trump wants to "Close Up" the internet "in some ways"
December 9, 2015 at 12:48 am
Gotta agree, boss. Who can forget the words of Ted Stevens...senator from Alaska and his internet "tubes."
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RE: Donald Trump wants to "Close Up" the internet "in some ways"
December 9, 2015 at 12:56 am
(December 9, 2015 at 12:42 am)Tiberius Wrote: This isn't just Trump. Most politicians have absolutely no idea how the Internet actually works so they come up with all these wacky ideas that will never work.
It's like the current talk of "banning" encryption. Guess what? You'd have to ban several mathematical methods, because that's all encryption is these days. Banning the internet, effectively, would be like trying to exterminate every fly in existence.
It would be endlessly exhausting, and no matter what there's always going to be some trace of it left.
Also if Trump thinks these people are communicating over the surface web[99% chance he does] then he has made a fatal error. The Deep Web is where basically all of the major jihadist activity goes on, focusing all his efforts on the surface web, which is already heavily monitored, would not only be pointless but frankly ignorant.
Anyways, that's all hypothetical of course, I know he didn't say he would ban it, or that any of this will follow through, I just needed an excuse to sound 'tech-y' for a second.
Which is better:
To die with ignorance, or to live with intelligence?
Truth doesn't accommodate to personal opinions.
The choice is yours.
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RE: Donald Trump wants to "Close Up" the internet "in some ways"
December 9, 2015 at 1:06 am
Sequestering addicts in tech free zones is about all I can come up with.
Somebody will have to explain all this to the Amish . . . .
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RE: Donald Trump wants to "Close Up" the internet "in some ways"
December 9, 2015 at 1:13 am
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(December 9, 2015 at 1:06 am)vorlon13 Wrote: Sequestering addicts in tech free zones is about all I can come up with.
Somebody will have to explain all this to the Amish . . . . LOL can you imagine
two years from now when Trump is president and has banned the internet and all technologies capable of accessing it(basically everything)
now suddenly the Amish are the ones who are more advanced.
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RE: Donald Trump wants to "Close Up" the internet "in some ways"
December 9, 2015 at 1:33 am
Quote:An Amish lady is trotting down the road in her horse and buggy when she is pulled over by a cop.
Ma'am, I'm not going to ticket you, but I do have to issue you a warning. You have a broken reflector on your buggy.
Oh, I'll let my husband, Jacob, know as soon as I get home.
That's fine. Another thing, ma'am. I don't like the way that one rein loops across the horse's back and around one of his balls. I consider that animal abuse. That's cruelty to animals. Have your husband take care of that right away!
Later that day, the lady is home telling her husband about her encounter with the cop.
Well, dear, what exactly did he say? He said the reflector is broken.
I can fix that in two minutes. What else?
I'm not sure, Jacob ... something about the emergency brake...
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RE: Donald Trump wants to "Close Up" the internet "in some ways"
December 9, 2015 at 2:51 am
I do wish he'd close up the huge stream of bullshit, misinformation, and stupidty.
It's a lot easier than talking to Bill Gates; it entails Trump not talking to anyone at all.
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RE: Donald Trump wants to "Close Up" the internet "in some ways"
December 9, 2015 at 4:13 am
I wish that troglodyte would shut the fuck up.
This is why we can't have nice things.
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