The 20th Anniversary of the Internet

Ross Finlayson writes "In a message posted to the IETF general mailing list, Bob Braden reminds us that, on January 1st, 2003, 20 years will have passed since "the most logical date of origin of the Internet [...] when the ARPANET officially switched from the NCP protocol to TCP/IP". And the rest is history..."

Comments

Re:Al Gore is celebrating

[Zeinfeld]

well, there goes any credibility you might have had. There isn't *any* "imperialism" in either party's foreign policy.

You don't know what imperialism is.

The British Empire worked in two parts, the formal and the informal empire. The formal empire, the parts of the map colored red were under the direct administration of Britain. That was not the preferred solutions.

Far better was informal empire, the country concerned accepted the protection of the British navy and opened its markets to british trade. In other words Britain received all the material benefits it was after without having to go to the bother of occupation which was costly and inefficient.

Bush's adventurism in Iraq is about cheap oil, control of the gulf and national prestige. It is classic imperialist adventuring justified in classical fashion. We've got the men, we've got the arms, we've got the money too.

It is most likely to come apart for the same reason the Vietnam adventure did. The US people don't support imperialism and they will rapidly withdraw support for a war if they even suspect it may be be being fought for the wrong reasons.