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I disagree: Somebody will build the thing, because there's always someone desperate enough to take the job. However, there is a better way to accomplish the g

I disagree: Somebody will build the thing, because there's always someone desperate enough to take the job. However, there is a better way to accomplish the goal imho: A truly shitty implementation. Those who are already in the position to implement it would not have to quit; they would instead commit to implementing it in the least-efficient way possible. As a nice side effect, we will open up whole new disciplines for inefficient coding, and create all sorts of employment as people need big iron to run bad code.

polemic 15y ago
Subvert the system from within? Now that's a plan. Volunteer for the project, form a consortium to bid on the project at cost, etc. Do a thoroughly average job with lots of backdoors and subtle exploits, anonymously drip feed to the community. Now that has a chance of working =D
Vivtek 15y ago
Now, say, this makes sense to me.
wanorris 15y ago
Once you start down that road, it comes to mind that estimates generally say that something like 50% of all IT projects fail. Hmm....
redthrowaway 15y ago
The implementation would have to be shitty in a very specific way in order for it to not hurt the Internet at large. If this thing does get built, all American Internet traffic will have to flow through it, so it has to be stable and fast. Maybe we could just make it block by default the websites of all the politicians and corporations that support SOPA.
- pavel_lishin 15y ago
  > If this thing does get built, all American Internet traffic will have to flow through it, so it has to be stable and fast. Alternatively, it could be unstable and slow. How long would this law last one Congress realizes that they've completely shut down their own email accounts, their ability to shop online, their children and grandchildren's ability to do their homework? How about when they realize that they've just put a sizable portion of their constituents out of a job? Fill those warheads full of pinball machine parts.
  - redthrowaway 15y ago
    >How long would this law last one Congress realizes that they've completely shut down their own email accounts, their ability to shop online, their children and grandchildren's ability to do their homework? How about when they realize that they've just put a sizable portion of their constituents out of a job? Once they realize it? Probably a year. Until they realize it? Who knows...

polemic 15y ago

Subvert the system from within? Now that's a plan. Volunteer for the project, form a consortium to bid on the project at cost, etc. Do a thoroughly average job with lots of backdoors and subtle exploits, anonymously drip feed to the community. Now that has a chance of working =D

Vivtek 15y ago

Now, say, this makes sense to me.

wanorris 15y ago

Once you start down that road, it comes to mind that estimates generally say that something like 50% of all IT projects fail. Hmm....

redthrowaway 15y ago

The implementation would have to be shitty in a very specific way in order for it to not hurt the Internet at large. If this thing does get built, all American Internet traffic will have to flow through it, so it has to be stable and fast. Maybe we could just make it block by default the websites of all the politicians and corporations that support SOPA.

pavel_lishin 15y ago
> If this thing does get built, all American Internet traffic will have to flow through it, so it has to be stable and fast. Alternatively, it could be unstable and slow. How long would this law last one Congress realizes that they've completely shut down their own email accounts, their ability to shop online, their children and grandchildren's ability to do their homework? How about when they realize that they've just put a sizable portion of their constituents out of a job? Fill those warheads full of pinball machine parts.
- redthrowaway 15y ago
  >How long would this law last one Congress realizes that they've completely shut down their own email accounts, their ability to shop online, their children and grandchildren's ability to do their homework? How about when they realize that they've just put a sizable portion of their constituents out of a job? Once they realize it? Probably a year. Until they realize it? Who knows...