The Day The World Lost The Internet!

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Mainland USA March 2019

Our plane from Manila just landed at LAX. Everything looks normal as the plane taxis to the terminal. As we get closer to the ramp however you could see people in very agitated activities, urgency in their faces? I edge closer to the window. Yes they all seem to be in a big hurry. They all seem to be scrambling from open spaces and into the nearby buildings!

Manila The Day Before

As we were getting ready to board our plane bound for a layover in Korea and on to the US, folks were abuzz in frenzied, whispered conversations. Not your usual airport scene but a very animated exchanges as people hurry down hallways, leaving the airport shops and restaurants. A lot of people were leaving the terminal building in great numbers. On board the plane a few minutes into the flight word slowly got out that most major cities around the world were reporting unexplained, widespread intermittent shutting down of internet services. No one had any ideas of what was causing it. No additional news would come to us while in Korea. The news blackout from taking off in Korea to the time we landed in LAX put everyone on board on edge.

Massive Global Internet Takedown By Hackers Suspected

Our shuttle ride from LAX to our home in the High Desert of Southern California was full of excited speculation as to what could cause this massive internet disruption worldwide. Our shuttle driver has been listening to the news and she filled us in on the development of the most recent news. By close to midnight last night while we were halfway to the United States, the unthinkable came down.

The global internet network came to a full shutdown. Individual computers and servers, internet providers, massive server farms seemed to have stopped working altogether globally! Intelligence services worldwide have put all efforts and resources together to get to the bottom of the whole thing. As usual they are talking about hackers but no one has come up with even a trace of any hacker activities.

Could The Culprit Be A Very Deadly And Totally Unknown Virus?!

Could a massively infectious and fast spreading computer virus with no known fix knock out internet services, home computers and even massive server farms? Our experts did not think so! And computer viruses are programs created by humans who in turn should know how to shut them down! Really.

Bots On The Loose And AI?

Elon Musk is wary of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for some reason although we all know that his purely electric vehicles are autonomous units. Ever heard of robots creating their own programs recently? And robots that seem to go against programs made by humans? There are a number of articles online that cover not so much the beauty and usefulness of AI's or robots programmed with AI's but there is a surprising number that cover the DANGERS with AI's!

Yes, a lot of folks who are the geniuses of this world including Musk are wary of what AI could do to humans.

Thank God the above scenario is FICTION and has not happened. But could it happen one day? Self-preserving, autonomous robots gone wild no longer controlled by humans taking over the whole electronic and internet landscape? Take a dip into the web and ask the same question. You will be amazed and perhaps 'wary' as Elon Musk is. Or perhaps scared??

But Fret Not. Remove Their Batteries And They Are Dead?

Would the smart bots prevent humans from 'unplugging' them? NO ONE REALLY KNOWS HOW THEY WILL RESPOND ONE DAY.

For the most part I am excited about all the possibilities concerning AI and the machines that will be programmed with it. We are not at the junction... yet... of present day robots sneaking up on us and twisting our heads off. : ) Meanwhile there is a ton of very playful, helpful and fun to play with R2D2s out there so check them out!

Joe

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Wow, what an informative post, JosonInc! I was initially thinking the internet disruption was just a problem or a common issue caused by my locality not knowing this was a global issue. Thanks for letting me know! I hope they'll get this resolved as soon as possible.

Thanks Israel ! Fiction today, reality tomorrow!

Joe

hey hi Joe -- funny thing that this topic was just discussed at a meeting i was at! ... all is possible! ...

if one can imagine it, yes, it can be created ..... so it's March 2019 as you've said? ... let's see then ...

perhaps, AI is likely more advanced than anyone here really knows ... the big $649 dollar question du jour! ...

superb story! .... thanks kindly for posting today, cheerio ... :)

Thanks for dropping by Keisha! March 2019 is it! : )

Joe

... hey -- apparently there's a film or movie or documentary already out or soon to be shown?! ... look out for it -- as it just might mimic or would it be the real mccoy?! ...

keep well, keep happy, cheerio ... :)

The Day The World Lost The Internet has several close 'cousins' out there. Surprise surprise! Indeed a documentary might even be out there about it. The internet is now a critical component of a lot of things including those of military and security activities...

Whoever masters this giant 'tool' could rule any landscape be it military or otherwise. Hackers, the good ones are being snapped up and hired by our secret services.

Joe

yes, the internet is likely the most amazing invention of the century or perhaps certainly in our recent time! ...

the connectivity around the world is unsurpassed ..... and have you ever seen the cables laid in the oceans? .... what a sight! .... and talk about ocean warming? ...

frankly, must give a nod to 'coders' -- it's really a love of attention to detail and some creativity -- not an easy thing to do that's for sure --

good chat -- thanks kindly !

enjoy a super weekend --- cheerio ... 🌈⭐️🎈

Coders and coding will rule for a very long time and the things that they will create in the future are beyond our present comprehension.... With Bots learning how to program...apart from humans...I am a bit nervous...really. : )

Joe

well ya know Joe -- it's the evolvement or development of the human-ness in each and everyone of us that needs to happen and quite frankly -- some have said it has been stalled or even in a regressive state -- yet some are quite enlightened (too few though) .... all living beings are sentient beings meaning there is an emotional component (with feeling or senses) that is missing in inanimate ones ...

yes, we do have a ways to go as humans yet our carrying capacity (intelligence) is an amazing, amazing feature of us!

what kind of world do we want to live in? .... what is it that we want to create? .... yes, we create ....

Humans, the creative ones. Aha! Where did we come from? Who designed, created and equipped us for this existence? Emotions, consciousness...what is all that stuff? And then there are those that travel out of body! Consciousness apart from our human brains....ha ha ha... Are we spirit beings???!!! Are our consciousness actually our spirit selves?

Then we say is there a Life After?

Joe

.... well, Joe .... mysteries of the Universe .... and from my lil' observation deck of life --- this Earth is teeming with totally amazing life forms whether Plant Kingdom or Animal Kingdom .... just the insects and flowers alone! .... the multitudes of creation!

i don't think it was a human mind that created all -- i'm just in such awe of amazement and dazzlement over life on this Earth! ....

love your stream of consciousness in sharing -- did u know that we all have those similar thoughts and questions at large? ...

we can yak for hours on end on these questions -- the greatest thinkers in different eras couldn't find the answers -- came close in certain instances ... still no cigar! .... or perhaps, more accurately to say that perhaps the answers have been found, just the confirmation is missing still ... or maybe in another dimension!

of course, it depends upon one's set of beliefs ... sure, we're all spirit beings living in a physical body to experience this incredible physicality of being -- where else in the Universe can one taste over 128 different flavours of ice cream?! .... lol .... :)

and since you've mentioned it -- sure, if we're eternal beings and need to complete our lessons --- then the joke's going to be on everyone who's polluting the earth right now as they're going to have to come right back to clean it up! ...

i must say i enjoy philosophy a lot -- thinking is hard work, that's why so few people do it! .... chuckles ....

Indeed these subjects boggle the mind and we can yak about them all our lives! The planet Earth is teeming with life...insects, animals, humans, plants...then we look around and check out our neighbors...they are emply, lifeless, no water... and we look at our Blue planet... why do we have all these living creatures and no one else close by has got anything that lives?

No radio signals that show any intelligence from the cosmos...yet...so who are we? How did we get here? Why are we here on this little planet? ha ha ha...

Is the Creator trying to give us a message?

Joe

.... all so interesting, indeed! .... and yes, this can be a forever yak! ....

.... well, the age-old question of 'why are we here? and are we the only ones? .... after much preponderance, i've come to the observation (was about to say conclusion) that 'this is it, folks' -- we are in suspended animation on this earth---this earth is in suspension, that is, and we are all here to experience this density (3rd dimension) to the best possible! .... and to enjoy it all! ....

.... so-o all these 'destructive' means is totally the wrong direction and it's futile anyway .... having been a scholar of physics and environmental radiation, i can say the things that need to be said and with a scientific mind comes great observations of all things around ... and a creative side as well ... we all have a left and right hemisphere -- it's the linkage back and forth between the two spheres that gives us a more complete ability to perceive ... and of course, perception can be either based in 'reality' or it can be an 'illusion' -- these subtle shifts occur due to changes and flux in dimensional space & time where it is dynamic ... nothing is ever static here ... it just seems like that because of the density .... everything is totally dynamic!

... we are the most privileged ones now to experience all that is!

And then I read in the Scriptures...God can live in us. The Creator can be in us. Now two things...if we somehow believe that there is a Creator like God...and thinking that God or His Spirit can reside in us....that is an amazingly powerful thing to happen!

That somehow changes drastically when we do not believe in a Creator but believes in an origin that lines up with Evolution or something else.

If not God who or what designed our brains which is like a perfect super computer controlling all functions of our bodies... Autonomous machines are programmed by intelligent men and women. It has taken tons of years for technology to get us to this point of development and advances.... so...how can a very complex and almost perfect Super computer like a brain 'evolve' into what it is without intelligence behind its design?

I am afraid we are indeed spirit beings with eternal destinations. I feel very privileged sitting here with a super computer housed in my head as I blink my two eyes...writing these words...ha ha ha...Is it not just great to be a human being...with all the freedom to explore, think, invent, create... and then there is the Life After...when our eyes flutter for the last time ...and open into a new world...that is not physical... it is very exciting and scary...both...

Joe

'LiKe!' ... this is a fascinating discussion ... gotta run some errands and will be back soon to continue the chat ... cheerio :)

: )

Thanks for sharing great story
Have a great day
Tommy

Thanks for the support Tommy!

Would you believe I am next door at my sister's house to use their internet? My service went down after I posted the above article. A big coincidence or a joke from the provider!

Joe

Thanks for sharing, glad you survived. I remember on an episode of SouthPark the internet went down. Everyone was in a state of panic. Then Kyle plugged it back into the electrical outlet.

Mark

Aha...I need to see that flick when I am back in the great US of A! Love sci fi !

Thanks a ton Mark!

Joe

Love it! You should write a novel.

Thanks for the support and encouragement Scott! Writing a novel is an exciting thought but a very steep hill of a climb. But if one loves doing it and one has the right talent..why not!

Cheers!

Joe

Great story! Glad it was fiction!

Thanks for dropping by and making a comment Michael! Indeed we should be thankful it has not happened yet!

It is a scary possibility even as we speak!

Joe

I'm glad it was just a fiction, but I cannot figure out what will happens if the global Internet shut down suddenly. So scary to me!
Jacqueline

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