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GENI To Replace Internet, Gets $12M Funding

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the that-should-be-enough dept.

Postglobalism writes "A massive project to redesign and rebuild the Internet from scratch is inching along with $12 million in government funding and donations of network capacity by two major research organizations. Many researchers want to rethink the Internet's underlying architecture, saying a 'clean-slate' approach is the only way to truly address security and other challenges that have cropped up since the Internet's birth in 1969."

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  1. Do we have enough...? by oahazmatt · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do we have enough porn for an entirely new Internet?

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    find their privates are on the Internet.
    1. Re:Do we have enough...? by argent · · Score: 5, Funny

      Porn is not a problem. We have the technology. We can rebuild it.

    2. Re:Do we have enough...? by Palidase · · Score: 5, Funny

      Do we have enough porn for an entirely new Internet?

      If you build it, they will.... It's just too easy.

    3. Re:Do we have enough...? by strelitsa · · Score: 5, Funny

      Not rebuild it - erect it.

      (snicker, snort)

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  2. Think of the rainforests by AsciiNaut · · Score: 5, Funny

    Typical. I've only just finished printing out the current Internet.

  3. Schedule a switch date now by 4D6963 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Alright, you guys make this whole "new internet" thing, and we're you're done we'll just all switch to it all at the same time OK? We just need to schedule a date for when to switch to that new Internet thing. We should do it during a quiet time of the year, the month of December sounds appropriate, and I reckon it should take you guys quite a few years..

    How does December 21st, 2012 sound? I have nothing in my schedule for *that* day... Too apocalyptic maybe?

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    1. Re:Schedule a switch date now by LaminatorX · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'm actually expecting to be pretty busy on the 21st, but my calendar's completely blank thereafter.

  4. Re:Translation: by crescente · · Score: 5, Funny

    New internet has DRM built in! It's for your own protection. Really.