Did Freepers witness a test takedown of the Internet in preparation for War?

Self | 02/18/03 | acnielsen

[acnielsen guy]

At 4:15am EST a strange thing happened on the Internet. Two Freepers were posting pictures and communicating with each other, one in Spain and the other in Florida. Suddenly all logos and pictures filed to appear on the separate sites although the text did. Up to that time the refresh time was two to three seconds. A single server going down or a photographic site disabled is common and would not be a cause for concern. But when servers in two different countries are affected at precisely the same time with only graphics involved then we have a very unusual phenomenon.

Checking sites in different countries produced the same results, text showed immediately but logos and pictures were blank. In about six minutes everything was back to normal.

1. Server failures or takedowns last longer than six minutes and do not come back up in synchronization.

2. All hosting sites do not fail at the same time.

3. Servers in different countries do not have the same unusual problem at the same time.

My conclusion is that this could only have been an engineered failure.

America and Britain run the Internet, for them to practice a takedown without anyone being aware of it could be accomplished in just the manner that it happened at 4:15am this morning.

A picture failing to show is a very common failure because of the host site being serviced; ones own server having a glitch it could be caused by an overload or for many other reasons. No one would even give it a minute’s thought. People working in isolation would not realize that anything strange was happening. In all my time on the Internet I have never known all logos to disappear on all sites and yet the text still show. That failure is itself a rare anomaly. I understand that all graphics are on separate directories and accessed independently, so a block could easily be placed on them. The success of the block would be a sufficient test of a takedown of the entire Internet.

Why would anyone do it? The answer, in my view is simple, to save the Iraqi oil wells. It does not take a genius to think you can fire 8OO rockets and then take over wells rigged with explosives. They must be taken over before anyone knows the war has started. The take over must be accomplished quickly and everywhere at the same time without warning, all communication must be cut, both in the country and around the world. Satellites and the Internet have to be temporarily silenced.

Does that make sense of the strange happening at 4:15am this morning?

[ofMagog]

The mustard is in the pantry.

Repeat.

The mustard is in the pantry.

[FourPeas]

Methinks your tinfoil hat is on a tad bit too tight. Just to make sure I ran it by my hubby who works in IT (Network/Security) for a fortune 500 company, he recommends removing the plastic sheeting and duct tape; you're not getting sufficient oxygen.

[COBOL2Java]

Ineresting theory but the real question is does it have any effect at all on the cheese-møøse continuum?

You'd have to ask these guys...

[acnielsen guy]

What I got was that there were no details in the entire earlier thread

There are details but no pictures maybe that handicaps you.

You seem to be a unhappy fellow do you work for the Government?

[acnielsen guy]

What I got was that there were no details in the entire earlier thread

There are details but no pictures maybe that handicaps you.

You seem to be a unhappy fellow do you work for the Government?

[Mad Dawgg]

"The mustard is in the pantry."

Uh huh?!?

But where is the Vodka?

[Thinkin' Gal]

America and Britain run the Internet

Oh come on. Everybody knows it's run by the Israelis from a kosher deli in Brooklyn.

[Erasmus]

No it was 10:15am Romance Time also known as CET far too soon to fall asleep.

I thought Romance Time was more like 10:15pm.

[mikenola]

[acnielsen guy]

It is good to know someone who works in IT who still has a job.

I did for it for thirty years and loved every minute of it ... Tell him what you learned from the experts on here, (post #12) that they take the Internet down and purge it worldwide in six minutes.

Perhaps your husband could tell you who THEY are who have all this authority. He seems be a fellow knows his tin foil.

[acnielsen guy]

Thirty minutes ..that´s nothing, SGCOS can take it down and purge it in six minutes. But he´s no dummy so it may be possible.

[acnielsen guy]

LOL you do good work and soooo fast. Love it.

[acnielsen guy]

LOL you do good work and soooo fast. Love it.

[acnielsen guy]

10:15pm. that is for the people with low libidos.

[acnielsen guy]

Don´t tell everyone - loose lips sink ships.

[babaloo999]

I don't know if this has been covered before, but I only recall seeing a picture of cheese
and a picture of moose. Never both in the same pic.
Should I log in first?

[mac_truck]

I needed an outlet to plug my the hot plate and accidently unplugged the internet last night. Sorry for the inconvience.

[dixierose]

"What color were they??????"

Mad Dawgg: One green one purple and both were my daughters.

sandyeggo: You have green and purple daughters??!! :)

Oh goodness y'all...I haven't had such a good laugh out loud in a while! I actually had tears in my eyes!! I needed that. Thanks :-)

[mikenola]

Sorry hehe, not my work, just reminded me. Check out Attrition.org

[Search4Truth]

I have a pair of socks that don't match... come to think of it, I have another pair just like them.