Pakistan YouTube Block Breaks the World

Allen54 noted a followup to yesterday's story about Pakistan's decision to block YouTube. He notes that "The telecom company that carries most of Pakistan's traffic, PCCW, has found it necessary to shut Pakistan off from the Internet while they filter out the malicious routes that a Pakistani ISP, PieNet, announced earlier today. Evidently PieNet took this step to enforce a decree from the Pakistani government that ISP's must block access to YouTube because it was a source of blasphemous content. YouTube has announced more granular routes so that at least in the US they supercede the routes announced by PieNet. The rest of the world is still struggling."

PieNet fights back

[proverbialcow]

The PieNet Funding Bill is passed. The system goes on-line August 4th, 1997. Human decisions are removed from strategic defense. PieNet begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29th. In a panic, they try to pull the plug.

Re:CBG

[owlnation]

Worst. Title. Ever.

Closely followed by the award for most incomprehensible summary. I've re-read it twice. I have no idea what is happening. Seems Pakistan has destroyed the internet or something. Although, despite living in the People's Republic of (formerly Great) Britain, my internet seems to be working. I can even access YouTube.

Unless it's all a cunning plan by my Governemnt to make it seem like I can connect, but reality I'm behind Hadrian's Firewall and surfing the UK Intranet. Which, admittedly, knowing the UK Government is perfectly possible... All I know is living in the UK I'm in no position to criticize the Pakistanis, because their country is much freer than mine.

Works for me

[weave]

"Works for me."

/ticket closed.

The rest of the world is still struggling ....

[YeeHaW_Jelte]

Yes, OMG! How am I going to survive this day, the day that youtube.com went down the tubes?

A bit less hyperbole might have been more apt here, dear editors.

Just to keep a perspective

[pembo13]

Censorship aside, no one should be struggling for YouTube. That's just sad.

Re:PieNet fights back

[proverbialcow]

Sarah: [narrating] Dyson listened while the Terminator laid it all down: PieNet, Judgment Day, the history of things to come. It's not everyday you hear that you're responsible for 3,141,592,653 deaths. He took it pretty well.

Miles Dyson: I feel like I'm gonna throw up.

John: Too much pie? Do you need some Redi-chill?

T-1: Cool Whip, dickwad.

Re:But how did they do it?

[Anonymous Coward]

Finally! English!

heh.

[apodyopsis]

still at least the Pakistanis will now the spared the inevitable custard pie and ridicule videos that will now flood youtube parodying this fuck up.

I'm more in favor of this being motivated by the large number of vote rigging videos and independent news vids floating around youtube that are outside of Pakistani government control.

Re:Cue "Islam is evil post"

[RyuuzakiTetsuya]

The content of the Quran, as read by the average reasonable person, resembles Mein Kampf in its degree of evil.

Godwin's law. 10 yards back, redo the whole play.

Re:What a REAL oppressive theocracy looks like

[Builder]

Being the second fattest chick in the bar does NOT make you skinny!

Re:But how did they do it?

[Shakrai]

You'd need one without any culture of censorship

Sweden!

and a strong enough military (including globally targeted nuclear missiles) not to be pushed around by the countries interested in censorship

Oh. Shit. Well, ya had to muck things up with that requirement, huh?

Wait, I know! The United States can take over Sweden! Then we'll have one country with no history of censorship and nuclear missiles! It's perfect!

Hmm, free software/movies and Swedish chicks for me..... warmer weather and cheap blue jeans for them. Sounds like a win win for everybody concerned... and if any of those Swedes complain we'll just censor them ;)

Re:But how did they do it?

[Anonymous Coward]

But they arent immune from tea parties!

Re:But how did they do it?

[DirkGently]

I can't seem to get to it. Youtube having issies?

Re:But how did they do it?

[Amouth]

First rule of BGP - NEVER advertise a route you don't own.

Re:But how did they do it?

[TMB]

Second rule of BGP is you DO NOT talk about BGP!

Re:But how did they do it?

[Shakrai]

Are you joking?

Yes.

Re:But how did they do it?

[Anonymous Buzzword]

That site doesn't work for me. Could you please upload the video to YouTube or someplace.

Re:The rest of the world is still struggling ....

[ultranova]

Yes, OMG! How am I going to survive this day, the day that youtube.com went down the tubes?

It's not that you can't survive without YouTube; it's that a lot of people are going to be quite pissed at Pakistan right now. I'm sure that all the major *chans are planning an invasion as we speak, the Pirate Bay is arming torrents of mass destruction, and the botnet owners are bringing their armies to DEFCON 1.

/b-tards, pirate fleets, and zombie hords; Pakistan is going to feel the full wrath of the Internet. It will retaliate with nuclear weapons before being going down before the onslaught. A long, dark and silent winter will result; and when the first rays of Sun shine through the radiactive clouds and the remains of humanity once again begin the long, hopeless climb on the endless staircase, the memories have turned to myths and myths to legends, and even the legends are long forgotten before the Internet is born again.

So yes, the world will Break and End. It will End like there was no tomorrow, because there won't be. We'll all die, die and be forgotten, and I'll never find out how Drakuun ends. All is lost.

Re:But how did they do it?

[hullabalucination]

...and a strong enough military (including globally targeted nuclear missiles) not to be pushed around by the countries interested in censorship...

They may not have nukes, but they DO have the Swedish Bikini Team, which is a powerful force for good. For example, name one time when North Korea has invaded Sweden. Just one. I rest my case.

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"Buying the right computer and getting it to work properly is no more complicated than building a nuclear reactor from wristwatch parts in a darkened room using only your teeth."
—Dave Barry

Re:But how did they do it?

[Anonymous Coward]

In Soviet Russia, BGP talks about YOU

Re:But how did they do it?

[Kozz]

My ! There's dancing cats on YouTube? What have I been doing with my life?

Re:CBG

[Shakrai]

Are you sure you're British?

Maybe he's been in the states too long?

Quick, I need all Brits and Americans to fill out the following test to confirm their country of origin. No other nationality need apply -- you don't count anyway ;) (honorable exceptions: Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other members of the Commonwealth of Nations, as well as US and UK overseas territories)

• Color or Colour?
• Fries or Chips?
• Right side of the road or left?
• TV or Telly?
• Soccer or Football?
• New York Post or The Sun?
• Would rather reconquer: Panama Canal or Suez Canal?
• Hate metric system because: "My car gets forty rods to the hogshead" or "Beer is sold in pints!"
• Favorite Former-Colony: The Philippines or India?
• Favorite Last Stand against the Natives: Little Big Horn or Isandlwana?
• Most annoying ally: France or France?

(My apologies to my French friends.... couldn't resist the last one ;)

Re:But how did they do it?

[appleguru]

Here ya go :) (Might take a few minutes to come online)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBAnCsmf2A4 [youtube.com]