Now that I think about it, they should get rid of every single TLD except .lol and then move the whole internet there: www.ibm.lol www.nyt.lol www.cnn.lol www.facebook.lol dhs.lol, fbi.lol, nasa.lol, un.lol etc.
Yes, that would definitely be a big step forward - for the internet and more importantly for all of humanity. We have become much too serious lately.
There should be some Idiot Test people should be required to take before being allowed on the internet.
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I worry about the process by which cryptographic mechanisms emerge and get standardized. A committee can not do good cryptographic design. Reading [Schneier] does not qualify one to do cryptographic design. A set of requirements should be understood and then proposals should be sought (from the few relevant people) responsive to those requirements.
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Phillip Rogaway: Problems with Proposed IP Cryptography, Conclusion. April 1995 * This is a standalone document intended as commentary on an IETF proposal. |
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Interactive map of the internet’s underwater paths
Ever wondered how your email can cross the vastness of the ocean and be delivered almost instantly, anywhere in the world? It’s all down to a network of fibre-optic cables that link up the continents and transmit terabits of data every second.
Yes, yes I always did wonder about this. —Wright
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Idaho has the slowest Internet speeds for residential customers in the country, while Rhode Island and other East Coast states have among the fastest.
Differences in download time between the cities with the fastest (Providence, RI) and slowest (Pocatello, ID) connections vary by an order of magnitude i.e. a multiple of ten. More like 12 times, in fact.
Oddly, Washington State has faster Internet connection speeds than California, and all other states west of the Mississippi River. I wonder why…?
* A related New York Times article is linked to the graphic.
It’s not great that they are tracking out cookies… but is it really that serious in comparison to many other websites that probably DO have malicious plans for our data?
Staying in Shape: How the Internet Architecture Got its Hourglass Shape and What That Means for Future Internet Architectures
