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If so, there will be a split-off. We will have two (or more) nets, that will still be linked together.
Hardly news to be mentioned.
Hardly news to be mentioned.
While the initial networks were based in the US and developed by the US Gov, the idea of inter-conectivity was not new. Phone companies had it decades before it. We can say the US built the first infrastructure, but by no means did the US invent the Internet (well, Al Gore might have ) . The Internet became what is it today when it was released from the sole custody of the USA. That's what it is, an inter-connection of networks.Keirador said:I was expecting a lot of anti-US, "this-is-the-worst-thing-human-history-has-ever-witnessed", sort of reactionary crap to this thread, but I must say I'm impressed. Nothing is changing. The US is just keeping control of it's own invention. If you're all OK with using the Internet now (and methinks you are) then you shouldn't really have a terrible problem with this announcement.
Keirador said:I was expecting a lot of anti-US, "this-is-the-worst-thing-human-history-has-ever-witnessed", sort of reactionary crap to this thread, but I must say I'm impressed. Nothing is changing. The US is just keeping control of it's own invention. If you're all OK with using the Internet now (and methinks you are) then you shouldn't really have a terrible problem with this announcement.
IglooDude said:And please refrain from knee-jerk "Evil neocons will stop at nothing" crap, I'm looking for insight, not indignant flaming.
It's a change in plans, though.EzInKy said:It's not a change, it's keeping things the same.
Actually, the initial networks were developed by the UK government.Aphex_Twin said:While the initial networks were based in the US and developed by the US Gov, the idea of inter-conectivity was not new. Phone companies had it decades before it. We can say the US built the first infrastructure, but by no means did the US invent the Internet (well, Al Gore might have ) . The Internet became what is it today when it was released from the sole custody of the USA. That's what it is, an inter-connection of networks.
Sir Tim Berners-Lee (I know him, sort of) created the WWW which runs ontop of the Internet. We benefit from both ideas.col said:I used to think that Tim Berners-Lee had something to do with inventing the WWW at CERN.
Imagine how boring and predictable the internet would become if that happened...SeleucusNicator said:If Bush wants to win bipartisan support for his policies, after the 2006 reorganization he should appoint Al Gore President of the Internet.