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Xanadu 2012: The Nets Purpose |
Category: Articles 4 comments 12 Oct 2006 @ 18:26 by swanny : noosphereWhat is the "purpose" of the Net? Now I suppose its a odd question of sorts, and I suppose some will say it originated out of the US military for emergency communication services and then to research in the Universities but... my own research reveals that a sphere called the "noosphere" was actually envisioned in the 1700s or so by a Priest named Pierre Chardin? He also proposed something called the "omega point". Any way the reason for the said query is to consider whether we are using the web as it was intended to be used or has it just succumbed to being a global yellow pages or party line? sorry don't have any links at the moment but you can google "noosphere" or "global conscious" and they have a project at Princeton U. or I suppose from a different angle who decides then on what the purpose of the internet is to be and perhaps how? At the moment it some how seems to have become almost a "global public utility" of sorts. Anyway... 12 Oct 2006 @ 20:58 by swanny : Computers Redefined!!!! Very interesting The conclusions reached by the ARPA net founders was a major paradigm shift in the sense that they redefined the meaning of a computer as being not an "arithmetic machine or device" but a "communication machine or device". hold on I'll get the quote: ARPA comment " The result, explained by the Completion Report was a new way of looking at computers as communications devices rather than as arithmetic devices. Yet many computer science department still do not understand this significance today. " From ARPA history site Neat sir 13 Oct 2006 @ 02:12 by triggs : Net neutrality Ed, I personally feel that the net is the last free communication but net neutrality is under attack. Check out the link below Congress is pushing a law that would abandon the Internet's First Amendment -- a principle called Network Neutrality that prevents companies like AT&T, Verizon and Comcast from deciding which Web sites work best for you -- based on what site pays them the most. If the public doesn't speak up now, our elected officials will cave to a multi-million dollar lobbying campaign. {link:http://www.savetheinternet.com} 13 Oct 2006 @ 06:42 by swanny : Thanks Tom Yes this is an emerging issue, I guess net neutrality is the same as "net freedom" or such... freedom of expression and communication. Isn't that protected under the first ammendant of the constitution? Other entries in Articles 23 Aug 2022 @ 09:55: Gravity battery ref 23 Aug 2022 @ 09:53: Gravity battery ???. 2 May 2022 @ 06:45: How to Get Quality Dofollow Backlinks 23 Nov 2021 @ 18:26: What is Linkbuilding 25 Jun 2021 @ 15:37: Longitude at sea? 24 Aug 2020 @ 12:42: Climate and ocean 24 Aug 2020 @ 12:37: Climate update Aug 2020 15 Mar 2020 @ 19:11: Hang in.. 29 Jul 2019 @ 16:12: Onward 28 Feb 2019 @ 14:41: Solar Neighborhood pic
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