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BTW, do you see big difference between _IP addres allocation_ and _radio frequencies fir TV channels allocation_? On Mon, 10 Mar 1997, Jim Fleming wrote: > On Monday, March 10, 1997 5:46 AM, Michael Shields[SMTP:[email protected]] wrote: > @ > So, since I paid money for my car registration & license plates, I should > @ > be able to sell my plates to someone else to put on their car? > @ > @ I believe that people with spiffy vanity plates have sold them. Why not? > @ > @ But discussion about the Internet is always plagued with analogies. > @ IP address allocation is not really like the allocation of land, or > @ phone numbers, or pollution credits, or milk quotas, or typing paper, > @ or license plates, or routing table slots, or cocaine. It's sort of > @ like all of these things, but not completely like any of them. And > @ the nature of an analogy is that it pretends two things are similar in > @ all ways. > @ > @ The best way to think about this is not: "IP addresses should be > @ allocated in X way because Y is allocated that way," "But IP addresses > @ are not like Y," "Are so!", but instead: "What is the current policy > @ on IP address allocation? What are the implications? What would be > @ the implications of this other policy?" > @ > @ Analogies are a good tool when things really are the same, but nothing > @ hurts you like using the wrong tool. Since IP addresses are not like > @ other things, there is not much to compare them to. > @ -- > @ Shields, CrossLink. > @ > @ > > Analogies are sometimes useful when trying to explain > complex technical problems to a non-technical person. > > Imagine trying to explain IP address allocations to > a U.S. Senator. Imagine trying to explain routing > tables, flapping, aggregation, source filtering, etc. > > Imagine trying to explain how "fair" the allocation > policies are and trying to define an "upstream > provider". Just trying to define an ISP is a challenge > in itself. > > Instead, imagine starting with... > > "IP addresses are like phone numbers" > .... > "Senator, the companies in your State have > no phone numbers allocated to them, the > State of Virginia controls those..." > ... > "Yes Senator, people in the State of > Virginia now want to charge fees to > obtain phone numbers from their stock pile..." > ... > "Where did they get those phone numbers ? > well Senator, they obtained them from > California..." > ... > "Yes, Senator people in California do not > have to pay the State of Virginia for their > phone numbers they get them directly from > the source..." > ... > "Yes, Senator there are exceptions, lots > of exceptions...Nooo, they are not documented > the Internet does not have anything like the > Confressional Record...there are mailing > lists but people can delete records after the > fact if they do not like the story that unfolds..." > > <click>.....<dial tone> > > > -- > Jim Fleming > Unir Corporation > > e-mail: > [email protected] > [email protected] (EDNS/IPv8) > > Aleksei Roudnev, Network Operations Center, Relcom, Moscow (+7 095) 194-19-95 (Network Operations Center Hot Line),(+7 095) 239-10-10, N 13729 (pager) (+7 095) 196-72-12 (Support), (+7 095) 194-33-28 (Fax) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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