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Common sense would indicate that it would be highly improbable for the military-industrial complex of USA to hand over something like the internet to the plebes
by eternalban 12y ago
Common sense would indicate that it would be highly improbable for the military-industrial complex of USA to hand over something like the internet to the plebes without first thinking it through very carefully.
I would not be surprised one bit if SRI had not gamed this panopticon to the n-th degree in the 70s before Al Gore "invented" it for us.
[p.s. I can not reply to a follow-up so for the record, ARPANET was not an 'academic' exercise.]
- c22 12y agoIf anything, corporations co-opted the internet from (government funded) academia. Then the corporations handed the internet over to us plebes.
- psykovsky 12y agoOr that's what they want you to believe. Take your pick.
- Karunamon 12y ago(for future reference, you can reply to followups by following the link directly to the comment - click on the post time like "2 hours ago")