# Should the internet shut down at 12 and star back up at 7 ? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 25, 2015, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-internet-shut-down-at-12-and-star-back-up-at-7/728846 "2015-08-25T16:54:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-internet-shut-down-at-12-and-star-back-up-at-7/728846/21 "2015-08-25T18:08:16Z")
[Quote=Guinastasia] What the hell would be the point? [/Quote] That white dot he mentioned, silly. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-internet-shut-down-at-12-and-star-back-up-at-7/728846/22 "2015-08-25T18:08:43Z")
> [@MrQwertyasd](#): > > …and just show a white dot during the nocturnal hours ? no, no no!!!—not a white dot It should show a test pattern. (Because a couple billion people under age 50 have never seen one. And why the heck did the TV stations do that, anyway?) ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-internet-shut-down-at-12-and-star-back-up-at-7/728846/23 "2015-08-25T18:10:35Z")
**mrqwertyasd** , I’m sure there’s some sort of Parental Control program you can get and install so your wife and/or kids can’t access the internet between 2400 and 0700 your time. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-internet-shut-down-at-12-and-star-back-up-at-7/728846/24 "2015-08-25T18:16:58Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > no, no no!!!—not a white dot > It should show a test pattern. (Because a couple billion people under age 50 have never seen one. And why the heck did the TV stations do that, anyway?) High powered tube transmitters don’t like being switched off and on. And it takes a while for a cold one to warm up. It’s easier to just leave them on all the time. And “dead air” is a bad thing, so they’d put a white balance/registration card up on an easel, aim and focus a camera on it, and leave for the night. ---
**Author:** ![CatastrophicFailure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@CatastrophicFailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatastrophicFailure)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-internet-shut-down-at-12-and-star-back-up-at-7/728846/25 "2015-08-25T18:39:12Z")
I think it should show [test card F](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test_Card_F). ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-internet-shut-down-at-12-and-star-back-up-at-7/728846/26 "2015-08-25T18:41:18Z")
> [@Tommy Chong](#): > > I’m watching this Indian movie, man, but it’s really boring. … ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-internet-shut-down-at-12-and-star-back-up-at-7/728846/27 "2015-08-25T18:41:55Z")
We could streamline things by ONLY having porn sites active during those late night/early morning times. ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-internet-shut-down-at-12-and-star-back-up-at-7/728846/28 "2015-08-25T19:19:51Z")
OP, this is kind of a sledgehammer approach to whatever offends you about middle-of-the-night internet access, isn’t it? I suggest a softer touch. Your router can probably turn the internet off (for you) on the schedule you’d like. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-internet-shut-down-at-12-and-star-back-up-at-7/728846/29 "2015-08-25T19:33:50Z")
But before you go, be sure to check out [the last page of the Internet.](http://www.1112.net/lastpage.html) ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-internet-shut-down-at-12-and-star-back-up-at-7/728846/30 "2015-08-25T19:47:03Z")
Uh.no. All the fun stuff happens after 12. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-internet-shut-down-at-12-and-star-back-up-at-7/728846/31 "2015-08-25T19:55:45Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Think about how much easier life would be if everyone was on the same time zone! Look at how well that works out for China! 😛 As for the OP: > [@](#): > > Should the internet shut down at 12 and start back up at 7 ? > …and just show a white dot during the nocturnal hours ? Are you asking if your personal internet connection should do this or if everyone’s internet connection should do this…or, if the entire internet itself should do this? If you are talking about the first one, well, that’s personal…I schedule my kids network (both wireless and wired) to shut down at 9pm and come back up at 8am, but that’s just me. If you mean everyone’s internet connection should be, well…no. Why would that be desirable? If you mean the last one, well…that’s insane. I’m hoping you meant the first one. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-internet-shut-down-at-12-and-star-back-up-at-7/728846/32 "2015-08-25T20:13:55Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > **mrqwertyasd** , I’m sure there’s some sort of Parental Control program you can get and install so your wife and/or kids can’t access the internet between 2400 and 0700 your time. Or perhaps the parents of **mrqwertyasd** need it for their child? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-internet-shut-down-at-12-and-star-back-up-at-7/728846/33 "2015-08-25T20:26:51Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > We could streamline things by ONLY having porn sites active during those late night/early morning times. That’s not already a a thing?!? Who knew. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MrQwertyasd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9d8465/32.png) [@MrQwertyasd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrQwertyasd)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-internet-shut-down-at-12-and-star-back-up-at-7/728846/34 "2015-08-26T07:43:20Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > OP, this is kind of a sledgehammer approach to whatever offends you about middle-of-the-night internet access, isn’t it? I suggest a softer touch. Your router can probably turn the internet off (for you) on the schedule you’d like. It’s nostalgia… and a longing for long lost deep sleep. I think I put this in the wrong section. But that’s sleep deprivation for you. Bring back the white dot. ---
**Author:** ![MrQwertyasd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9d8465/32.png) [@MrQwertyasd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrQwertyasd)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-internet-shut-down-at-12-and-star-back-up-at-7/728846/35 "2015-08-26T07:45:02Z")
> [@XT](#): > > Look at how well that works out for China! 😛 > > As for the OP: > > Are you asking if your personal internet connection should do this or if everyone’s internet connection should do this…or, if the entire internet itself should do this? > > I’m hoping you meant the first one. 😛 Yes the whole thing. 12 o’clock, national anthem followed by a the white dot. Followed by cocoa and brandy then bed. Like here The Young Ones…What is the little white dot? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmKbj5jENbc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmKbj5jENbc) ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-internet-shut-down-at-12-and-star-back-up-at-7/728846/36 "2015-08-26T08:36:19Z")
So we should, like, download our porn during the day and watch it at night? Sounds like a bit of a hassle. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-internet-shut-down-at-12-and-star-back-up-at-7/728846/37 "2015-08-26T10:31:14Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > no, no no!!!—not a white dot > It should show a test pattern. > > (Because a couple billion people under age 50 have never seen one. And why the heck did the TV stations do that, anyway?) Nope. There were still stations showing a test pattern during the wee hours in 1995, so people much younger than 50 have seen one before. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-internet-shut-down-at-12-and-star-back-up-at-7/728846/38 "2015-08-26T13:24:51Z")
The test pattern should be an American Indian. Who’s crying. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-internet-shut-down-at-12-and-star-back-up-at-7/728846/39 "2015-08-26T14:05:10Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > The test pattern should be an American Indian. > > Who’s crying. Or an Italian guys who LOOKS like an American Indian who is crying (he’d be an actor, so he wouldn’t really be crying…just looking like he’s crying). ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-internet-shut-down-at-12-and-star-back-up-at-7/728846/40 "2015-08-26T14:10:01Z")
What if while my Internet is on, I want to go to a site hosted somewhere where it’s nighttime? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-internet-shut-down-at-12-and-star-back-up-at-7/728846.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-internet-shut-down-at-12-and-star-back-up-at-7/728846.md?page=3)