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We were having a rather similar discussion around here just the other day. It boiled down to: What if property rights were "packet switched" instead of "circui
by noonespecial 13y ago
We were having a rather similar discussion around here just the other day. It boiled down to:
What if property rights were "packet switched" instead of "circuit switched"? (1)
We're still at the stage where our modems whistle at each other when it comes to "property". The future is going to be positively sci-fi.
(1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuit_switching#Compared_to_datagram_packet_switching http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuit_switching#Compared_to_d...
- rubidium 13y agoTo whom would ownership revert if one didn't pay? That seems to be the preventing mechanism of "packet switched", unless people have liquid capital to be able to buy and sell large properties.