No one, let alone Bozo the clown, claimed to be "in charge of the
Internet" a decade ago with any degree of realism. International,
remember?  An item that would be well considered with the dreams
espoused...

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> On Wed, 23 Jan 2002 20:57:14 PST, Ari Ollikainen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  said:
> >       Could you name the entity (and network) that you claim
> >       centrally controlled "the Internet" a decade ago?
> 
> I'm pretty sure that there was a total Bozo the Clown in charge of
> "the Internet" at that time - I remember foolishness like one site that
> announced a route for 127/8 which was actually believed by a lot of sites.
> 
> I'm sure if anybody clueful had been in charge, things like that would
> not have happened.
> 
> >       BTW, how accurate do you suppose the US Census Bureau data
> >       can be in regard to what homes/individuals have/do whatever,
> >       given that it collects its data every decade...?
> 
> Odd.  I just got a survey from them the other week.  They *do* run other
> surveys than their big constitutionally-mandated one every decade, you know.
> 
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>                                 Valdis Kletnieks
>                                 Computer Systems Senior Engineer
>                                 Virginia Tech
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