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Old 07-02-2012, 06:24 AM   #1
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Is the net living up to its original goals?

Is the net living up to its original goals?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18672173

The storms in the US and a technical 'leap second' fucked up large parts of the net over the weekend.

One of the primary reasons we have the net is that it was meant to be a 'nuclear' proof way of keeping communications open.

The 'cloud' doesn't look that great either....

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Old 07-02-2012, 06:27 AM   #2
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What were its original goals? Aside from being able to shoot weapons if some of America got bombed...
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Old 07-02-2012, 06:30 AM   #3
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What were its original goals? Aside from being able to shoot weapons if some of America got bombed...
LOL - I sneezed while I was posting and snot went everywhere so I clicked the enter button early...

I have edited now....
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Old 07-02-2012, 06:31 AM   #4
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Thought the net was created for porn, then other people discovered it could be used for news, music and social networking
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Old 07-02-2012, 06:34 AM   #5
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What were its original goals?
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Old 07-02-2012, 06:43 AM   #6
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of course it's keeping it's original goal....


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Old 07-02-2012, 06:44 AM   #7
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Is the net living up to its original goals?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18672173

The storms in the US and a technical 'leap second' fucked up large parts of the net over the weekend.

One of the primary reasons we have the net is that it was meant to be a 'nuclear' proof way of keeping communications open.

The 'cloud' doesn't look that great either....
I was just thinking about 'The Cloud' - Its pretty much what the net was aiming for 20+ years ago.

And it seems it does not work....
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Old 07-02-2012, 06:46 AM   #8
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I think that the public Internet (not the arpanet) original goal was to provide unlimited access to information to the world as a whole without the intrusion of censorship or government intervention.


That dream has been lost IMHO and the information super highway has been significantly reduced to the commercial super highway
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Old 07-02-2012, 06:48 AM   #9
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What the fuck O.P did you read the article?

Technology is only as good as the people who create, operate and continue it's progress.

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Old 07-02-2012, 06:53 AM   #10
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What the fuck O.P did you read the article?

Technology is only as good as the people who create, operate and continue it's progress.
Yes, my point stands - It was meant to be bullet proof - Its not.

I have my opinions as to why its not - I suppose I am asking your opinion.

Well, perhaps not yours....
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Old 07-02-2012, 06:57 AM   #11
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Technology is only as good as the people who create, operate and continue it's progress.
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Old 07-02-2012, 06:58 AM   #12
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I think that the public Internet (not the arpanet) original goal was to provide unlimited access to information to the world as a whole without the intrusion of censorship or government intervention.


That dream has been lost IMHO and the information super highway has been significantly reduced to the commercial super highway
Did the goal posts move when the net became public?
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Old 07-02-2012, 07:50 AM   #13
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A handful of hosts went down because of weather conditions in the US. I worked all weekend long and didn't notice a thing.
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Old 07-02-2012, 07:57 AM   #14
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A handful of hosts went down because of weather conditions in the US. I worked all weekend long and didn't notice a thing.
Reddit, Foursquare, Netflix, Instagram, LinkedIn, Gawker and sites that use AWS.

Thats a big handful....
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