Re: What is at stake?

[Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu]

On Wed, 23 Jan 2002 20:57:14 PST, Ari Ollikainen <Ari at OLTECO.com>  said:
> 	Could you name the entity (and network) that you claim
> 	centrally controlled "the Internet" a decade ago?

I'm pretty sure that there was a total Bozo the Clown in charge of
"the Internet" at that time - I remember foolishness like one site that
announced a route for 127/8 which was actually believed by a lot of sites.

I'm sure if anybody clueful had been in charge, things like that would
not have happened.

> 	BTW, how accurate do you suppose the US Census Bureau data
> 	can be in regard to what homes/individuals have/do whatever,
> 	given that it collects its data every decade...?

Odd.  I just got a survey from them the other week.  They *do* run other
surveys than their big constitutionally-mandated one every decade, you know.


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				Valdis Kletnieks
				Computer Systems Senior Engineer
				Virginia Tech

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