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National Projects Aim to Reboot the Internet
iron-kurton wrote with a link to an AP story about a national initiative to scrap the internet and start over. You may remember our discussion last month about Stanford's Clean Slate Design project; this article details similar projects across the country, all with the federal government's blessing and all with the end goal of revamping our current networking system. From the article: "No longer constrained by slow connections and computer processors and high costs for storage, researchers say the time has come to rethink the Internet's underlying architecture, a move that could mean replacing networking equipment and rewriting software on computers to better channel future traffic over the existing pipes. Even Vinton Cerf, one of the Internet's founding fathers as co-developer of the key communications techniques, said the exercise was 'generally healthy' because the current technology 'does not satisfy all needs.'"
So they're replacing the tubes with pipes. I suppose that is an upgrade. :)
You are attempting to reboot the internet. Cancel or allow?
Now maybe we can finally get some regulation, control and respect for authority around here. And install some methods for ferreting out terrorists and music pirates. Ein Welt, Ein Furher, Ein Internet.
Faith: n. -- That human impulse that drives them to steal appliances when the power goes out
"And get ready for a whole heap more IP claims and big corps attempting to own the internet."
Who owns it now?
I heard rumor that a very small country changed which side of the road they drove on in the past ten years.
The trick was they did a staggered implementation--they had all the truck drivers change to other side first.
I'll be here all week, try the veal.
We have a winner !!! Plus, where are they gonna find the slave labor (grad students) to write it this time ? Vint Cerf ought to be clipping coupons, and the Feds need to learn how to secure their laptops.
This is why I prefer the internet the way it is. There's no "political correctness" on here. Nobody tells me how to think. Or rather, they try, but I'm free to argue with them.
And look at boobies. Don't forget boobies.
Ctrl + Alt + Del always worked for me.
I think they should consider replacing the current series of tubes with something that more closely models a big truck. That way I wouldn't have to wait until next Thursday to get an internet from my office.
Where's +1 scary when you need it :(
The problem is that we have 655 million or so users of the Internet right now. Deploying security enhancements to that many users at once is a non-trivial matter.
I recommend bittorrent.
Well, sir, there's nothing on earth ...
Like a genuine,
Bona fide,
Electrified,
Six-car
Monorail!
What'd I say?
Monorail!
What's it called?
Monorail!
That's right! Monorail!
I heard those things are awfully loud...
You're using her as bait, Master!
... I saw a HD TV. I forget who the exhibitor was but, IIRC it was analog composite video, 1024 interlaced, 4x5 aspect ratio. Both the TV and camera were enormously expensive, but I remember thinking I would have one in just a few years and I couldn't wait for the standards to be revised so it could be brought to market. It took 30 years for me to have something comparable.
Research shows that 67% of those who use the term "research shows", are just making shit up.
It glides as softly as a cloud!
Didn't you get the memo? They have been warning us for years. Internet cleanup day is near. Make sure you unplug your computer. If you don't, everything will be deleted, haven't you heard?
Forward this on to everyone in your address book. This is serious stuff!
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You joke about it, but this already happened (without the security warning) on my CentOS box.
My wife was browsing the net with several tabs open. She turned to me and told me that she had attempted to close one of the tabs, but suddenly the internet crashed! I clicked on the firefox icon to start it again. It was only a short time, but I knew I'd have to apologize.
About the internet rebooting: sorry guys, my bad.
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If you're a whitehat, you get internet A.
If you're a blackhat, you get internet A.
If you're an asshat, you get internet B.
Shhhhh!
Only three things are certain; death, taxes, and apocryphal quotations - Ben Franklin.