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Offline Jaynek

Re: We could be entering a tech Dark Age
« Reply #5 on: October 12, 2018, 09:55:50 AM »
Quote from: Matthew on October 12, 2018, 07:01:28 AM
I guess this really resonates me, because he's right more than he knows.

People think we are more advanced than people in the 1880s, because we have these magic smartphones.

But who actually knows anything about how a smartphone works? Who knows how to build one? Are they really the equivalent of a hammer or saw in the 1880s? People could create those items single-handedly if needed.
My husband spent almost two decades working for Blackberry and I doubt that even he could build a working smart phone if transported to the 1880s.  Although he thoroughly understands the theory involved, none of the supporting technology would be in place.  For example, smart phones require a cellular network.  One would  need to not simply build the phone but all the cell towers. 
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Offline Ladislaus

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Re: We could be entering a tech Dark Age
« Reply #6 on: October 12, 2018, 11:21:49 AM »
Quote from: Jaynek on October 12, 2018, 09:55:50 AM
My husband spent almost two decades working for Blackberry and I doubt that even he could build a working smart phone if transported to the 1880s.  Although he thoroughly understands the theory involved, none of the supporting technology would be in place.  For example, smart phones require a cellular network.  One would  need to not simply build the phone but all the cell towers.

You simply couldn't manufacture the electronic components required (e.g. integrated circuits).  You wouldn't even have vacuum tubes back in the 1880s, much less ICs.
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Offline Ladislaus

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Re: We could be entering a tech Dark Age
« Reply #7 on: October 12, 2018, 11:30:04 AM »
People back in the 1880s were much more self-sufficient that we are today ... in terms of basic survival.  They would have an advantage over the moderns precisely because we have become so dependent on technology.
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Offline Maria Regina

Re: We could be entering a tech Dark Age
« Reply #8 on: October 12, 2018, 11:47:55 AM »
https://fossbytes.com/icann-global-internet-outage-over-next-48-hours/


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CANN has scheduled the Root Zone Key Signing Key (KSK) Rollover for today, and it could affect some DNS users all over the world.


By Rolling the KSK, ICANN implies that a new cryptographic public and private key pair will be generated and the private key will be distributed to internet service providers, enterprise network administrators, and Domain Name System (DNS) resolver operators.

KSK Rollover operations began in October 2016 and were scheduled for October 2017. However, ICANN announced that the rollover has been postponed due to the fact that “a significant number of resolvers used by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and Network Operators are not yet ready for the Key Rollover.”   ....
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