I saw the news post http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/06/18/1429257/the-uns-push-for-power-over-the-internet and started to read the comments. I noticed that the argument over the quality of the U.N. was becoming the primary focus. I wager that fewer than 5% of the populace understands the existing "control" over the Internet. About 2% of all IXP peering agreements make it to a signed contract.
I see that we have a lot of work to do on the education front. I advise any citizens of the USA to live in one of these countries for a few months or longer and then come back to this discussion. The Department of Commerce is doing a good job of paying the bills and the AD-Hoc nature is working well for everything else. Vint Cerf even when out of his way to mention this recently. Always remember that the Internet started as a DARPA project to keep communication up when actions happen to prevent it.
The Internet is here. Its for looking at lolcats.
While I am new to Chile I do know my facts. According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cities_in_Chile#Largest_cities Concepción is not even in the top 10 Cities. The Conurbation of Concepción is the second largest Conurbation.
Read more and learn: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conurbation
The news being broadcast in the USA show pictures of destruction of a few places, the tsunamis are the big concern as the Chileans watch the news of deaths in Asia... I walked to the office today in Vina and did not see any issues with buildings other than some broken windows... A crack in the cooling system on the Data Center is the biggest damage I have experienced...
Sad to say but I think that you are on to something. I get several emails offering to buy and sell contact lists on email all the time. I wonder exactly what the product line looks like for these groups that buy and sell lists? "For an extra $500 you get matching SSN"!!! "Need us to sort the data, we will stop by and pick up your laptop with cash payment and completed police report."
I have recently browsed through the latest SIP RFC looking for ways to be more NAT friendly for VoIP.
What I found is not very conclusive: The latest RFC indeed tries to push TCP as default transport for SIP (Yessss signalling links are making a come back) but the use of TCP connection is left to a lot of ambiguities.
When will the day come when the lower UIDs will be auctioned off. I signed up for one back in the day and then signed up later after that password and email went the way of the dodo. Lets just gather all the low UIDs that are unused and do some fund raising on eBay.
Swap read error. You lose your mind.
