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On Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 06:17:35PM +0800, Adrian Chadd had this to say: > > Look: "Internet" its single, not plural that would be "Internets" there > > are certain uniquenesses which must be maintained if you want all users on > > "The Internet" to receive the same results no matter who's network they > > are on. > > Hrm. Somewhere along the line I remember the Internet being defined > as a bunch of networks cooperating in order to exchange information. multiple networks, yes; but globally UNIQUE addresses _and_ globally unique domain names that map to those addresses. Otherwise, it's like if you went to buy a road map, and the street locations given on the map varied according to the company that published the map. Not knowing where you are going does no-one any good. -- Scott Francis [email protected] [work:] v i r t u a l i s . c o m Systems Analyst [email protected] [home:] d a r k u n c l e . n e t PGP fingerprint 7ABF E2E9 CD54 A1A8 804D 179A 8802 0FBA CB33 CCA7 illum oportet crescere me autem minui
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