I WOULD LOVE TO......
pull the plug and switch the internet off for exactly 3 minutes, then watch the headless chicken run round in circles.
There were almost 220 million internet domain names at the end of September, an increase of 4.9 million on June, according to the latest numbers from Verisign. The 2.3 per cent increase was driven largely by growth in country-code top-level domains (ccTLDs such as .uk and .de), according to the company's latest quarterly …
I'd be tempted to leave it off for a little while longer. Not for malicious reasons, (and I am not suggesting for a minute that you intend any malice yourself), but just to remind us how utterly reliant we are on the tech and maybe also as a reminder of simpler ways.
It would cause a mighty Pen and Ink (Stink - Cockney rhyming slang) and pens and ink might well be very much needed - ironically.
What's all this talk about "turning off the Internet" ?
If you really want to experience how depending we've become to technology then simply work your way through an 8 to 10 hour power blackout. That will require a whole new way of thinking and doing.
Taking stuff out of the fridge? You'd better plan ahead to make sure it stays open as short as possible...
Going to the bathroom? You'll be surprised to notice how you flick the switch automatically while knowing there's no power.
Preparing food? Works well if you also have gas, but if you cook with electric plates.
Drinking tea? First think of how to get hot water..
It might very well turn out to be a strong motivation to turn into bed early because its no fun sitting in a full dark house. Even trying to read something can become a challenge.
So really; you don't need to turn off the Internet. Try turning off the main powerswitch instead.
after all the lying idle subtract all the tpyo squatters, all the spam domains, and finally all the domains that are pointless duplicates because oranisations have been persuaded they should register their name under every possible tld or country, which rather defeats the purpose of aving them in the first place.