Cyberwarfare made simple

Hottentot · 04-13-11, 04:55 AM

Call your local defense ministry and tell them they can fire all those lazy "experts" they have in there doing nothing useful: apparently the only thing you need in these modern days is a shovel.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011...uts-web-access

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As Georgia provides 90% of Armenia's internet, the woman's unwitting sabotage had catastrophic consequences. Web users in the nation of 3.2 million people were left twiddling their thumbs for up to five hours as the country's main internet providers - ArmenTel, FiberNet Communication and GNC-Alfa – were prevented from supplying their normal service. Television pictures showed reporters at a news agency in the capital Yerevan staring glumly at blank screens.

kiwi_2005 · 04-13-11, 07:21 AM

kraznyi_oktjabr · 04-13-11, 08:36 AM

Did we find good budget cut area for U.S. govt? Shovels are quite cost effective after all.

Betonov · 04-13-11, 11:58 AM

It's the chineese testing their super-shovel

Fish In The Water · 04-13-11, 12:50 PM

Sic the little old ladies on 'em and we'll win the cyberwar every time!

Lord_magerius · 04-13-11, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Betonov

It's the chineese testing their super-shovel

Don't you mean the peoples super-shovel?

Gargamel · 04-13-11, 02:03 PM

Back int eh mid 90's, the college I was going a 6in diameter (or so I was told) fiber optic line ran all the way up from Syracuse to Potsdam, NY. Apparently it cost like 10k per mile at the time.

Well some jackass didn't "call before you dig", and snapped the fiber line in half with a backhoe. They sent him the bill. And we had no Internets (apparently google spell check thinks this should be capitalized!) for 2 whole weeks!

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kraznyi_oktjabr Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Republiken Finland Posts: 1,803 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Did we find good budget cut area for U.S. govt? Shovels are quite cost effective after all. __________________ You talk to God, you're religious. God talks to you, you're psychotic. - Dr. House

04-13-11, 02:03 PM	#7
Gargamel Lucky Sailor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rome Posts: 4,273 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	Back int eh mid 90's, the college I was going a 6in diameter (or so I was told) fiber optic line ran all the way up from Syracuse to Potsdam, NY. Apparently it cost like 10k per mile at the time. Well some jackass didn't "call before you dig", and snapped the fiber line in half with a backhoe. They sent him the bill. And we had no Internets (apparently google spell check thinks this should be capitalized!) for 2 whole weeks! __________________ Luck is a residue of Design.

04-13-11, 11:58 AM	#4
Betonov Navy Seal Join Date: May 2009 Location: Slovenia Posts: 8,647 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	It's the chineese testing their super-shovel

04-13-11, 12:50 PM	#5
Fish In The Water Prince of the Sea SUBSIM Welcome Committee Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Watching over U-253 Posts: 3,527 Downloads: 98 Uploads: 2	Sic the little old ladies on 'em and we'll win the cyberwar every time!