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"[North Korea] has no Internet." One of the most entertaining mindfucks (and there were many) on my trip to North Korea was being shown a "classroom" at Kim Il
by natrius 13y ago
"[North Korea] has no Internet."
One of the most entertaining mindfucks (and there were many) on my trip to North Korea was being shown a "classroom" at Kim Il Sung University with a poster explaining IP and DNS, as if the students would ever have internet access. (http://i.imgur.com/suTx2Rv.jpg http://i.imgur.com/suTx2Rv.jpg) They also let us do whatever we wanted in a computer lab full of Red Star OS machines (http://i.imgur.com/7VyHVQP.jpg http://i.imgur.com/7VyHVQP.jpg), but once I saw how terrifying a console looks to the untrained eye, I gave up trying to traceroute everything I could to avoid the labor camps. I did get to connect my phone to a North Korean wifi network (http://i.imgur.com/UfyjdfP.png http://i.imgur.com/UfyjdfP.png), which was as neat as it was pointless.
If you've ever thought about going there, do it. Pretty soon, there won't be anywhere you can go in the world to be ineptly propagandized, and it's a beautiful thing.
http://www.youngpioneertours.com/ http://www.youngpioneertours.com/
- bane 13y agoThere's a lot of notion that North Korea has cyber-espionage groups that operate against external nations. http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/sep/11/north-korean-hackers-cyber-espionage http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/sep/11/north-kore...
- jpatokal 13y agoInternet access in the DPRK is strictly limited, but they do have an intranet, which uses IP, DNS, etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwangmyong_%28network%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwangmyong_%28network%29
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- sb23 13y agoWow. 12mbps is way faster than mine. I guess Australia really is behind.
- jonknee 13y agoYour WiFi network isn't 12mbps?
- sb23 13y agoNot even close. http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3237276228 http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3237276228
- vinceguidry 13y agoWiFi Link speed is nothing like ISP speed. The former just measures how fast data goes between your computer and your router. (and other computers on the WiFi network)
- Svip 13y agoI love the self-invented TLDs, like .store and .firm. Maybe they use them for their internal DNS.
- Jakob 13y agohttp://www.onlydomains.com/gtld/generic/.store http://www.onlydomains.com/gtld/generic/.store
- brador 13y agoDoesn't the money you paid to visit help fund the oppressive regime?
- scotty79 13y agoIsn't it true about any money that goes into North Korea?
- iwwr 13y agoThey also receive substantial amounts of international aid and profit from endeavours like Kaesong. In the grand scheme of things, the petty revenue from tourism doesn't matter. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaesong_Industrial_Region http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaesong_Industrial_Region
- nextw33k 13y agoThat is a very dangerous way to think. Cultural exchange is the key way to breaking down barriers, the more they learn about us and vis-versa the quicker things will change.
- sneak 13y agoIs there some type designer that makes extra-gross hangeul typefaces for DPRK use? I swear I can differentiate between NK and SK with nothing but type specimens.
- codfrantic 13y agoRed Star OS is available from http://www.openingupnorthkorea.com/DPRK%20Red%20Star.iso http://www.openingupnorthkorea.com/DPRK%20Red%20Star.iso Once found it through the wikipedia page about it. Installed it in a VM and ran it full screen to scare some of my colleagues :-)
- aluhut 13y agoI would love to go there but working for a government contractor and visiting an "Axis of Evil" state won't work out :/