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General Bogosity => General Discussion => Topic started by: Travis Retriever on August 28, 2010, 11:46:25 PM

Title: The internet: a question for Shane
Post by: Travis Retriever on August 28, 2010, 11:46:25 PM
I once saw you post something saying that the way the government designed the protocol of the internet, it "assumed that everyone on it was one big happy family".
What do you think could have been better, esp. if the government didn't do any of it, and the free market made it all from the ground up?
Title: Re: The internet: a question for Shane
Post by: MrBogosity on August 29, 2010, 07:16:53 AM
Just look at the other protocols that existed at the time. Look at things like, authentication built into email (imagine no spams!), no direct connection without mutual trust (imagine no viruses/worms!), address spaces that dwarf even IPv6 (imagine no NAT!), much more efficient routing systems (imagine everything as fast as Bittorrent!), etc.

Man, I'm feeling a John Lennon song coming on...
Title: Re: The internet: a question for Shane
Post by: Gumba Masta on August 30, 2010, 04:05:05 AM
Good thing we keep all the gagging material handy.