Vint co-invented the Internet, was co-founder of ISOC, first ICANN chairman, and I don't think Google tells him what he should say, Google has him on staff to help him pursue _his_ work. TCP/IP is an open standard at a time where there was only proprietary protocols, the whole IETF is based on equal participation by all. In a way this is what inspired the Open-Source movement.
He is also listened by all the world leaders.
But Vint biggest trick, he is an enabler of people and can inspire many and has inspired many.
So yes he has indisputable respect from the Internet community.
He is not always right, like any human being, but he is very well respected.
PS: fun fact, the architect in the matrix is taken as a model from him, another form of respect.
And they were able to make us love the world of Star Trek: A militarist state where money does not exist, but all is planned for the benefit of the people.
Wouldn't things be much better and open if instead of ICANN or IETF we just had joint agreements between Comcast, ATT, Verizon, Time-Warner, and maybe Level3? I guess I should be international and include a few other "key players" in that list, too.
What I don't understand, you pay a tax on any digital media to compensate for artists loss of revenue and then you go after people for copying materials via hadopi.
The problem is that there is not enough bandwidth in the USA, so people, instead of throwing more bandwidth at the problem, try to define ways to control the current bandwidth.
I'm sure we have already spent more money in Network Neutrality issues than if we had put more bandwidth.
Note this problem is not much felt in other part of the world, because there is sufficient bandwidth for current services. In USA, rural America is still much under dial-up...
If the government wants to help: bring broadband in all corners of the USA.
Don't forget that in space, chips are exposed to more rays than on earth. Having a bit to flip by itself to its opposite value happens way more often. I'm sure they slow down the processor and add extra shielding to compensate....
If you have
-a static IPv4, use a tunnel from he.net
-a dynamic IPv4, use 6to4 like on openWRT or Apple Airport Express
-a nated IPv4, use a teredo tunnel
Most likely your PC is already using tunnels.
Once you have done it, you will wonder what was all the commotion about.
For the office, disable IPv6 on your servers and provide IPv6 on your clients, then figure out your servers later
IPv6 is easy to implement, it takes 5 mn to setup a tunnel (Tunnel Broker) and switch on IPv6 (you don't need to wait for your ISP to provide you with IPv6). And yes tunnel is the recommended way of getting IPv6 (the OECD in a report about IPv6 says so too). So get a tunnel, switch it on and enjoy IPv6. What is more difficult is to get your servers on IPv6, but client side is is done in no time. So get your users on IPv6 today then when they are more familiar, you can start to migrate your servers to IPv6.
We have 7% of ASN (the backbone Internet) which are IPv6, we need 1,000 more to reach 10% of ASN, then snowball effect will took place.
Any other attitude is procrastination, FUD, and misconceived ideas.
Where do you think all the fish you eat is coming from?
Ocean are over-exploited, people are talking to register Tuna to the list of endangered species (it is that serious). Quotas and catch management are barely working...
What you need is an area where fish can reproduce and grow. For migratory species like Tuna you need a big area, and because of el nino anyhow, the big area for fishing is the west Pacific, not the central Pacific where this area is.
This is also a matter with ICANN, they let a fraudulent registration happen.
Contact the ICANN ombudsman
Tho, not sure they can do much, but more people involved more fun it will be...
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Vint co-invented the Internet, was co-founder of ISOC, first ICANN chairman, and I don't think Google tells him what he should say, Google has him on staff to help him pursue _his_ work. TCP/IP is an open standard at a time where there was only proprietary protocols, the whole IETF is based on equal participation by all. In a way this is what inspired the Open-Source movement.
He is also listened by all the world leaders.
But Vint biggest trick, he is an enabler of people and can inspire many and has inspired many.
So yes he has indisputable respect from the Internet community.
He is not always right, like any human being, but he is very well respected.
PS: fun fact, the architect in the matrix is taken as a model from him, another form of respect.
And they were able to make us love the world of Star Trek: A militarist state where money does not exist, but all is planned for the benefit of the people.
Also known as USSR.
What did they say to the North Korean Soldiers? That's a more interesting point.
..not to let his computer unlocked at the office when he goes to have a piss!
Wouldn't things be much better and open if instead of ICANN or IETF we just had joint agreements between Comcast, ATT, Verizon, Time-Warner, and maybe Level3? I guess I should be international and include a few other "key players" in that list, too.
It is called the ITU!
What I don't understand, you pay a tax on any digital media to compensate for artists loss of revenue and then you go after people for copying materials via hadopi.
I think we should have one, but not both?
Sounds to me like double jeopardy.
What do you think?
The problem is that there is not enough bandwidth in the USA, so people, instead of throwing more bandwidth at the problem, try to define ways to control the current bandwidth.
I'm sure we have already spent more money in Network Neutrality issues than if we had put more bandwidth.
Note this problem is not much felt in other part of the world, because there is sufficient bandwidth for current services. In USA, rural America is still much under dial-up...
If the government wants to help: bring broadband in all corners of the USA.
check your facts: http://www.google.com/ipv6 it is native on Google...
And there is a quite active IPv6 forum in Australia, and AARNET is IPv6 for a long time...
"That's funny, this is the first time someone ask." wash, rince, and reuse
by carrying guns in airplanes!
Don't forget that in space, chips are exposed to more rays than on earth. Having a bit to flip by itself to its opposite value happens way more often. I'm sure they slow down the processor and add extra shielding to compensate....
..no they looked for ET!
...Many more to go
Fix the Whois!
...that decided to put a scripting language inside PDFs?
Have we learn anything? Do we have to use back postscript for sending safe documents?
... an updated timezone info for Fiji:
Fiji New Daylight savings starts October 24th with no end in sight.
... to provide you with IPv6
If you have
-a static IPv4, use a tunnel from he.net
-a dynamic IPv4, use 6to4 like on openWRT or Apple Airport Express
-a nated IPv4, use a teredo tunnel
Most likely your PC is already using tunnels.
Once you have done it, you will wonder what was all the commotion about.
For the office, disable IPv6 on your servers and provide IPv6 on your clients, then figure out your servers later
The whole of Google servers are on IPv6, Facebook is IPv6, Netflix is IPv6, back to mac uses IPv6 when it can...
There are no more dancing turtles... There is non-negligible IPv6 traffic once you enable it on your network. Studies have shown it...
Tunnels are free, ISPs do not charge for them, in fact this is to by pass your ISP lack of native IPv6.
Take an Apple Airport Extreme, and it takes just on tick to enable IPv6 in advanced settings and you are set.
IPv6 is easy to implement, it takes 5 mn to setup a tunnel (Tunnel Broker) and switch on IPv6 (you don't need to wait for your ISP to provide you with IPv6). And yes tunnel is the recommended way of getting IPv6 (the OECD in a report about IPv6 says so too). So get a tunnel, switch it on and enjoy IPv6. What is more difficult is to get your servers on IPv6, but client side is is done in no time. So get your users on IPv6 today then when they are more familiar, you can start to migrate your servers to IPv6.
We have 7% of ASN (the backbone Internet) which are IPv6, we need 1,000 more to reach 10% of ASN, then snowball effect will took place.
Any other attitude is procrastination, FUD, and misconceived ideas.
A blog about IPv6 and other issues in the Pacific Islands and the rest of the world
The council of Europe has for example a treaty on cybercrime that the USA have ratified. So this treaty could be open to non-members too.
So a treaty on Internet freedom for democracries is a very good idea, to avoid some democracies to fall on the dark side...
Where do you think all the fish you eat is coming from?
Ocean are over-exploited, people are talking to register Tuna to the list of endangered species (it is that serious). Quotas and catch management are barely working...
What you need is an area where fish can reproduce and grow. For migratory species like Tuna you need a big area, and because of el nino anyhow, the big area for fishing is the west Pacific, not the central Pacific where this area is.
Kiribati just did that.
This is also a matter with ICANN, they let a fraudulent registration happen. Contact the ICANN ombudsman Tho, not sure they can do much, but more people involved more fun it will be...
The issue is video at the moment. Without accelerated video the browsers are not giving full capability to HTML5.
Stuff like http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com/ are fun, preview of what comes, but unfortunately very browser specific.
Waiting for a video standard....
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