Same for me and all the people I used to chat with in college. It used to be all AIM, and now everybody uses GTalk. That 44,000 estimate seems awfully low.
You are correct in stating that the UK created it's own infrastructure, and thus created their own network. However, this is not "creating the internet." A network was created in the UK, and was added to the already existing internet.
The problem with a lot of people's arguments on here is that they are arguing over the use of protocols. The problem that the US has isn't with other people using the same networking technologies and protocols that they are using. The problem is that the internet started with the IP and DNS structure that the US put in place, and now other countries that have since been added to the network now want to take over control of these structures.
Poor logic...
Joining an already existing network with a namespace and addressing structure created by someone else and creating your own zoning laws are two completely different things. Other countries can create their own netowrk or "internet", which goes along with your zoning analogy, but why should they have the right to control a network that somebody else created?
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Same for me and all the people I used to chat with in college. It used to be all AIM, and now everybody uses GTalk. That 44,000 estimate seems awfully low.
I'm pretty sure he was questioning whether it was Gusty or Gutsy. :)
I see / - and . all commonly used to express dates here, with / & - both being fairly popular.
You are correct in stating that the UK created it's own infrastructure, and thus created their own network. However, this is not "creating the internet." A network was created in the UK, and was added to the already existing internet. The problem with a lot of people's arguments on here is that they are arguing over the use of protocols. The problem that the US has isn't with other people using the same networking technologies and protocols that they are using. The problem is that the internet started with the IP and DNS structure that the US put in place, and now other countries that have since been added to the network now want to take over control of these structures.
But child porn is illegal because the government says it's illegal. So you'd be fine with it if the government would just make pornography legal? ;)
Poor logic... Joining an already existing network with a namespace and addressing structure created by someone else and creating your own zoning laws are two completely different things. Other countries can create their own netowrk or "internet", which goes along with your zoning analogy, but why should they have the right to control a network that somebody else created?