Well, I was gonna post about this…
Monday, December 19, 2005
The Internet Is Broken
The Net’s basic flaws cost firms billions, impede innovation, and threaten national security. It’s time for a clean-slate approach, says MIT’s David D. Clark.
By David Talbot
This article — the cover story in Technology Review’s December 2005/January 2006 print issue — has been divided into three parts for presentation online. This is part 1; part 2 will appear on Tuesday, December 20 and part 3 on Wednesday, December 21.
…and say something about the Internet only being broken in terms of the U.S. (and related commercial interests) being unable to CONTROL the Internet, since, once you read the article, you’ll see that all the supposed broken parts and all the proposed improvements concern Internet SECURITY.
But then I was thinking about our current government, flood relief bills, earmarking, and this.
If nonviolent resistance is the tip of an iceberg, then it’s the violence beneath the water that strikes the boat and sinks the ship. It’s the violence below the surface that floats the nonviolence into view.
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
John F. Kennedy
Now let’s change it to "That which makes peaceful revolution impossible…" and consider "that which" makes peaceful revolution impossible is Nature itself — or the lack thereof.
