[CII] terms and conditions

[Paul Schmehl]

--On Tuesday, December 01, 2009 10:15:05 -0600 bmanning at vacation.karoshi.com 
wrote:

>
> On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 11:32:25AM -0500, Avri Doria wrote:
>>
>> I guess i tend to want to push the meaning of  'Critical' to the edge of
>> 'something without which there is no Internet'
>>
>> The question then becomes for me one of  the locality and temporality of
>> that statement.  Critical for the Internet at large, or Criticial for
>> Internet at some place in time.
>>
>> 'Internet At large' works fine if by our definition being an Internet means
>> reaches all people.  But few people mean that, I think.
>
>         the -only- people who really -NEED- to have reachability to all
> people are direct marketers.
>         And they are in the class of communications I have no desire to
> receive - ever.
>         There are only a small handful of scenarios that I can envision that
> would require the
>         ability for everyone on the planet to communicate with everyone else
> on the planet.
>

So...no need for 911 then?

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Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst
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