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 scott@ [work:] v i r t u a l i s . c o m Systems Analyst darkuncle@ [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