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A Clean New Internet?
Barbara Krasnoff
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Week
Thursday Aug 30, 2007
Sometimes, when things aren't going your way, the
best way to handle things is to simply walk away. At least, that's
the philosophy being followed by the Japanese communications ministry,
which apparently intends to build a new Internet.
According to an Associated
Press story, the Japanese government, concerned about growing
"quality and security" problems, is working to set up
a research organization by the fall of 2008. With luck, they're
hoping to have the new network up and running in 10 to 15 years.
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It will be interesting to see how the new network will keep out
the hackers, spammers, and loudmouths who are causing it to be
built in the first place. My own experience, as a confirmed and
unrepentant packrat, is that if you create a nice, clean space
in order to escape an overcrowded room, that space will eventually
accumulate the same amount of junk as the first. I strongly suspect
that a new Internet, no matter how carefully planned, will be
prone to the same phenomenon -- or will be so controlled that
it will lack the creativity that the current whirlpool offers.
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INFOWARS:
BECAUSE THERE'S A WAR ON FOR YOUR MIND
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