16th November 2005, 10:29 AM
Indeed. Any other gems of wisdom? I was actually thinking along the lines of how do we convince governments and various authoritative bodies that they should stay out of the internet's affairs.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)