Posted on 08/03/2015 5:45:16 PM PDT by Kartographer
Consider this article a thought experiment. Rather than exploring individual vulnerabilities or examining named exploits, let's explore what aspects of modern technology define our Information Age, and what might happen if some of those relied-upon technologies were no longer available to us.
For the purpose of our exploration, we will assume that cyberwar doesn't lead to a nuclear or biological war, that the effects resulting from the conflict remain within the bounds of digital means of destruction rather than traditional NBC (nuclear, biological, and chemical) warfare.
(Excerpt) Read more at zdnet.com ...
What are you going to run in on?
Making sure your kids have an education in the practical. Always a good idea.
We have too much knowledge of technology that DOESN’T depend on cyber anything for that.
Yes..
Back to 1985 would suit me fine.
The “progressive” liberals would live it if it did.
THat does it. I gotta get that book.
Could you possibly consider this somewhere in the era of the creation of the Eloi Generation?
(ref: art v life/ Time Machine)
Sorry, no. Never seen the movie anyway.
” No.
But it could knock us back to the 1800’s.
Which would be enough of a pain.”
Especially for lie-beral metro sexual, transgendered, warm & Fuzzy, Obamanation of Desolation voting fools. Me have my garden and own a fishing pole
Up until recently every moderately educated person was a repository of thousands of years of accumulated knowledge. Granted none of us have it all but we all have large chunks they didn’t have 500 years ago.
I just know the basics of flight but that is a lot more than Leonardo DaVinci knew when he was trying. I could certainly save him a lot of time wasted on the screw type helicopter while helping him create a truly effective glider.
Cuban, that’s a good start. Do you know how to convert your tractor to alcohol? There won’t be any gasoline after a short period of time. Or oil, or points or bearings, pistons, tires, ect ect.
Except that us homeschoolers who didn't get rid of our GREAT curriculum would be in find shape.
They powered tractors off wood smoke during wwII.
I was just kidding around. You didn’t miss much. :)
Hope you have an oil well and know how to refine your own diesel or gasoline.
Thanks, bump
It would be a while before I had to throw stones for protection, but I would miss air conditioning and hot water on-demand...
A cyber attack that takes down power takes down everything except manual tools and manual powered transportation.
Kart, you know I'm prepared to live without power for a long time, over a year, and have a fairly good standard of living. It's not difficult to prepare for that over time, except I think time is running out. I don't think one could start now and gather enough items to last very long as I expect major trouble in our existence between now and the end of the year.
The writer of the article got points from me because he knew enough to mention a short wave radio to hear ham radio operators if all other communication was down. Several years ago, I bought the best one I could find, knowing that ham radio communication would remain when other methods were gone, as in dead for a long time.
I lived through a lot of the development of this country, being born in 1933, so I know how it will be without power as my grandparents had no power during their time and I was in those homes to see how they lived. I have prepared to do that, creating ways to get things done without the use of electric lines.
I do have an advantage over my grandparents as I have a solar panel and many rechargeable batteries which can be recharged 1,500 times. However, I don't have their big pot bellied wood stove in the center of the living room that heated that room.
Cooling in the summer where they lived, we're talking Arkansas, was paper fans - I have a folding paper fan in my purse right now. My air conditioning will be fans on water sprayers which lower the temperature of ambient air by 10 or more degrees. I used these fan/sprayers after Hurricane Ike went through, and I was cool in Texas heat with no power for five days. I also have larger battery fans and one of those kept me cool through the nights without central air conditioning.
Here is the bottom line - I don't know what is in the future for this country so I have prepared as best I can for anything that happens. After my prepping, it's up to God to determine the outcome.
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