Did you hear that China hacked 15% of the internet?

[Elhuero]

there will be a war with china within the next 50 years.

[ChunkyMonkey]

You need to be more specific.. such as, I will be hungry within the next 8 hours!

[DOC]

This seems like an act of war. I dont think they were hacking just to see if they could redirect a few sites through china. There could actually be a war over the internet one day? Hopfully it will be virtual as well. capture the flag with no respawn in Crysis or something.

[Elhuero]

RL is just like FPS, just better graphics.

[Byte Stryke]

RL is just like FPS, just better graphics.

yeah but if you run around shooting a bunch of people in RL it usually is followed by a prison rape scene
(as a best possible outcome)

[ghettodub]

Al Gore must be really pissed at china...

[AR_ART]

15% thats B.S. I'd say its got to be at least 50%. Why? Cause they come here learn at our Universities then go back to China and share the info we taught them.

Part of me also thinks that the info they hacked is probably not all that valuable. I think there should be some type of laws in place for companies that have your personal info on the 'net use some type of encryption thats not commercially available.

I doubt there will be a war with China as our country is so heavily influenced about being P.C. we'd practically kiss there butts to avoid one.

I saw this commercial on TV where its a Chinese guy talking to a group of chinese in the near-future, talking about the fall of great Nations/Civilizations...like the Spanish and English Empire, and now America...

I hate to see that come to be....

there will be a war with china within the next 50 years.

[gcrookston]

Personally, I don't mind giving them 50% of the internet -- 75% of it is BS anyway.

Empires last on average 200 years. England, France, Russia, Rome, Egypt... They eat themselves when their consumption outpaces their production, an economic law of entropy. Our days at the grownup's table are numbered, it appears.

[AR_ART]

I've always been interested from a historical perspective why this is. But you summed it up pretty well from which a point of view I never thought of....

And you're right it sounds like we are in the midst of it right now... sucks...

Personally, I don't mind giving them 50% of the internet -- 75% of it is BS anyway.

Empires last on average 200 years. England, France, Russia, Rome, Egypt... They eat themselves when their consumption outpaces their production, an economic law of entropy. Our days at the grownup's table are numbered, it appears.

[ChunkyMonkey]

15% thats B.S. I'd say its got to be at least 50%. Why? Cause they come here learn at our Universities then go back to China and share the info we taught them.

Part of me also thinks that the info they hacked is probably not all that valuable. I think there should be some type of laws in place for companies that have your personal info on the 'net use some type of encryption thats not commercially available.

I doubt there will be a war with China as our country is so heavily influenced about being P.C. we'd practically kiss there butts to avoid one.

I saw this commercial on TV where its a Chinese guy talking to a group of chinese in the near-future, talking about the fall of great Nations/Civilizations...like the Spanish and English Empire, and now America...

I hate to see that come to be....

AR, you got it backward.
#1 How can private companies have such security measure that is not commercially available - paradox. There is no such thing as online security btw. Oh hell, Pentagon top secret docs are being published by wikileak on monthly basis now.

#2 The only reason why China is still buying US T bill because we have them by the balls. 60% of all China's imports and exports are produced by Foreign-invested companies. 40% of those foreign investment comes from North America. China has $1 trillion in foreign reserves in US dollar - not gold, not euro, not yuan. There is a lengthy reason behind that. In short, it is completely against its own interest to stop buying US Tbill, to have a conflict with US. True that lately, the relationship has equalized somewhat.

It is all about the economy. The last two world wars were driven by recessions. China were extremely aggressive on Taiwan in the 70s once it turned away from Tibet, India, and Manchuria. Yet, once they are in the 80s and 90s economic reform, they toned down 'war calling.' In short as long as the politburo is rolling in US dollars and have summer homes in the baltic, driving the latest Italian sport cars, they are happy with the way their current version of 'communism.'

BTW, China has been looking at the Manchuria, Mongolia and part of Siberia with much higher interest than Korea, Japan, or Taiwan (our allies). Those land used to be theirs and are rich with black gold etc.

I hate for anyone to fall for the Left propaganda, but I surely notice how the right's scare tactic still get the majority of people here.