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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 03:19 PM Original message |
Fuck these guys "Researchers explore scrapping Internet" |
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Little Wing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's a dumb headline |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 03:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Just be one who kicks back in their easy chair and let it happen. |
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whoneedstickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 09:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
35. Yeah, they want to REPLACE the internet, with something better! |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
2. So, what, are we scrapping IP6 now? |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 03:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I think it's the higher-level protocols they are looking at |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 09:23 AM Response to Reply #2 |
44. Good question.. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
3. I think it's a great idea |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 03:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Yeah if you want government control over the internet, just fall for this. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 04:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. This version was government funded and designed; why would another one be worse? |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 04:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Why would another one be BETTER? |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 04:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Well there was no incentive for control under Clinton and now there is. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 05:01 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. And what about all the other years the internet has been in operation? |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 09:48 AM Response to Reply #13 |
48. Because that was then and this is now. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 10:38 AM Response to Reply #13 |
59. Kind of like how the Illegal Invasion is worse than WWII. |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 03:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. I think it's a terrible idea |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 03:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. precisely! |
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Ignacio Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 04:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
24. People ranging from the NSA to the RIAA would love this |
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Ignacio Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 04:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
21. Only if it restores the Wild West mentallity of the web |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 09:09 PM Response to Reply #21 |
32. I guess I got into it too early |
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Jonathan50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 09:32 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. I cut my rhetorical teeth on Usenet political groups. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 09:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
33. Hey! |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
5. Why, is Halliburton going into the Internet Backbone business? |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
8. There is nothing "dumb" about it. It's scary. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 04:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Then why did the government spend so much money creating it? nt |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 05:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
29. As a former Marine, |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 09:16 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. That's right...If their |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 10:41 AM Response to Reply #14 |
60. Do the names "Bush" and "Cheney" mean anything to you? There would be NOTHING |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 04:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Huh? |
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Ignacio Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 04:46 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Gore was responsible for one key piece of the internet |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 04:50 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I wasn't serious. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
11. Moving to IPv6 isn't going to be easy ... even if it's possible. |
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dfgrbac (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
12. Corporate control of the Internet |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 04:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. I wish we could rec individual posts. You're 100% spot-on. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 04:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. They are definitely after it. |
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kimmerspixelated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
20. But ,but, but there are an awful lot of |
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Ignacio Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 04:52 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. It won't involve closing the net down |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
26. To those pointing out that Internet is a government creation... |
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Ignacio Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 04:57 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. It might be possible to create new infrastructure without destroying |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 05:15 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Sure! |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 09:29 AM Response to Reply #30 |
46. ewwww, I see one big pile of drewl....ick. |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 11:16 PM Response to Reply #26 |
40. Yes. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 08:01 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Well this is what they are doing. |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 11:10 AM Response to Reply #40 |
52. they have it |
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warren pease (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
31. "works well in many situations but was designed for completely different assumptions," |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
37. Great! A way to keep Don Imus off, and everyone else we dislike. nt |
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windy252 (742 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
38. K&R |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 11:14 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Yep #3 |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
42. Fear not. Cox, Comcast and the gang will put a stop to that pronto. |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
43. I thought Al Gore created the Internet... |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
45. We're not doing ANYTHING to the internet until the criminals are out of the WH! |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 09:40 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Exactly my thought |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 10:28 AM Response to Reply #45 |
49. more to the point... |
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Jonathan50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 10:48 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. What makes you think that enabling censorship and monitoring |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 11:09 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. agreed |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 12:44 AM Response to Reply #51 |
55. Yeah, sure, but where can we get these facts from? |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 08:34 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. be skeptical, call for probitive inquiry, don't take it at face value |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
53. So, they're going to replace the internet with a series of linked computers? |
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ArmchairMeme (390 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
54. Ken Olsen |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 09:07 AM Response to Reply #54 |
57. I worked for Digital for 11 years |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
58. The yahoo headline is misleading and sensational |
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