There is a point at which this argument no longer holds water. The question is whether that time is within the next hundred years. Something will have change, eventually - space, food, and energy are not limitless.
Politicians have better things to do than try to understand BGP.
You're right. In this case, they could better spend their time trying to understand how the internet works, at least on a high level. On the other hand, if they're planning on voting on legislation that regulates the use of BGP, then I certainly hope they'd spend a little time figuring out just what it is they're voting on.
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There is a point at which this argument no longer holds water. The question is whether that time is within the next hundred years. Something will have change, eventually - space, food, and energy are not limitless.
Politicians have better things to do than try to understand BGP.
You're right. In this case, they could better spend their time trying to understand how the internet works, at least on a high level. On the other hand, if they're planning on voting on legislation that regulates the use of BGP, then I certainly hope they'd spend a little time figuring out just what it is they're voting on.
Maybe if Windows Genuine Advantage would get off the phone and go outside once in a while, he would make some friends.