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    >> Secondly, the Internet is not a giant computer with a single off-and-on switch.

    Belive me, I know that. It thought it would be one of those planned things.

    >> Also, did anyone ever read the Google Story?
    >> That was the inspiration for the two creators, to download the
    >> internet for their doctorate (or degree? I can't remember). You don't
    >> need to shut it down to archive it. Just think of Google's cache!


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    7. It is easier to write an incorrect program than understand a correct one.
    40. There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.*

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    Quote Originally Posted by MacGyver View Post
    Secondly, the Internet is not a giant computer with a single off-and-on switch.
    What? Everyone knows that the Internet has a giant on/off switch. It's right here.

    Besides, something has to shut off that gigantic series of tubes!
    long time; /* know C? */
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    Dump truck internet...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cactus_Hugger View Post
    What? Everyone knows that the Internet has a giant on/off switch. It's right here.

    Besides, something has to shut off that gigantic series of tubes!
    The inner workings of the Internet.

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    The inner workings of the Internet.
    That's not the internet it's an MRI of my brain
    Huh?

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