Re: NDAA passed: Internet and Online Streaming Services Emergency Alert Study

["J. Hellenthal via NANOG" <nanog () nanog org>]

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-- 
 J. Hellenthal

The fact that there's a highway to Hell but only a stairway to Heaven says a lot about anticipated traffic volume.

> On Jan 4, 2021, at 14:35, bzs () theworld com wrote:
>
> 
> Why wouldn't we just build this into 10-year battery smoke alarms, a
> simple radio receiver?

Someone contact  gentex.com to go over the IoT thoughts.


> Why does anyone think this must be a feature of the internet when, as
> people here have described, that entails all sorts of complexities.
>
> You just want something that goes BEEP-BEEP-BEEP KISS YOUR ASS
> GOODBYE! BEEP BEEP BEEP really loudly on command, perhaps with some
> more detail.
>
> Probably about 10c in circuitry involved.
>
> We're really getting way into the cargo cult worship of the internet
> much like how TV in the 1950s was supposed to be the answer to every
> one of society's problems but mostly what we got were sitcoms and ads
> for bad beer.
>
> Ok, proceed with the list of edge cases. But at least there are laws
> requiring smoke alarms most everywhere.
>
> -- 
>        -Barry Shein
>
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