LAST DAY OF THE INTERNET

KARUNA RAMKUMAR SUSHANTH NAIR PRANESH MOKASHI TEJAS RADHAKRISHNAN

THE PRESENTATION MIGHT DULL YOU IF THE MICROSOFT OFFICE VERSION IS NOT 16 (AKA 2013)

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WHAT IF… WE TOLD YOU…

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY OF THE INTERNET?

WOULD YOU FRET?

R.I.P.?

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PROBABLE CAUSES

WORLD WAR III or V

SOPA

VIRUS ATTACK (STUXNET)

ANONYMOUS (Hacktivist Group)

POLITICAL MANDATE

SPACE WEATHER

THINK OF IT AS FICTION

ANONYMOUS EMBLEM

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WHAT NEXT?YOU WAKE UP & BUMP INTO THE DOOMSDAY !Im

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WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN…

AT CORPORATE LEVEL:

• AS EXPECTED: A BOARD MEETING!• SOME MAY RECEIVE A MEMO: YOU ARE FIRED!• TOP COMPANIES LIKE APPLE, GE & MASTERCARD MAY THINK OF

IT AS AN ‘OPPORTUNITY’• INTERNET COMPANIES (CNET, AMAZON, GOOGLE): AFTERMATH• A BIG CHUNK OF PIRACY WILL BE DOWN • TELEPHONE/MOBILEPHONE/COMMUNICATION COMPANIES

WILL REJOICE!• UNEMPLOYMENT AT ITS PEAK

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REVOLUTION?PERHAPS ;)

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WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN…

AT HOUSEHOLD LEVEL:

• FACEBOOK ADDICTS CANNOT TURN TO TWITTER; THEY’LL COMPLAIN, QUIP & MOURN

• “Mommy, I’m goin’ shopping!”• MORE PEOPLE IN THE STREETS• SURVIVAL WON’T BE EASY, BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE (SEE EGYPT!)• BOOK SALES WILL SURGE• CREATIVITY RUSH• ULTIMATE ANGER AGAINST THE CAUSE (whatever maybe)• YOU WOULDN’T SEE THIS PRESENTATION!

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WHAT WOULD I DO WITH MY TIME?

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WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN…

TO THEIR INDIA:

• PROBABLY A BREATHER FROM ANOTHER SCAM: INTERNET SCAM

• WHATEVER MAY BE THE CAUSE, GOVT. WILL BE BLAMED!• WITH TONGUES FIRMLY IN CHEEK, NO MORE PLAGIARISM• NO MORE POLITICAL MOCKING CARTOONS (Aseem Trivedi)• ORGANIZATIONS WILL BAN SELF-DENIAL• “Give a missed call to XXXXXXXXXX and help Anna Hazare in

bringing back the Internet to resume the Anti-Corruption campaign!”

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WHATEVER MAY BE THE SUBJECT, A PART OR THE WHOLE OF IT WILL BE BROUGHT TO A

SCREECHING HALT!

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THE WORLD WILL SUFFER, BUT

EVENTUALLY, IT IS NOT THE INTERNET THAT MATTERS.

IS IT NOT?

LET’S UNPLUG TOGETHER PER SE

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A WEEK LATER:

I’LL BE DEADAND I AM ASHAMED OF IT!

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

• WIKIPEDIA• IMAGES/REALITY THEORIES

• GOOGLE• IMAGES/BLOGS/FORUMS/COMMENTS

• HUFFINGTON POST• JOURNAL/MANUAL/2012 JANURAY ARTICLES

• FLICKR• IMAGES/CLIP ARTS

• IDEOLOGIES• REAL-TIME LIFE EXPERIENCES/SEMINARS/LECTURES

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HUMOUR THAT! – INTERNET COMMENTS

• A: I PLANNED AHEAD & BOUGHT SOME ROPE• B: YOU ARE GOING TO NEED A LITTLE MORE THAN THAT

• What do you mean people would not die? No internet means no fuel orders. No fuel means no electricity. No electricity means we go from an information shortage to a food shortage in short order.

• Heck, look at the bright side, we might even get to know our next door neighbours, play outside with our kids, go to a museum...

• MAKE REAL FRIENDS!

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