Wednesday, May 19, 2004
Should cyberspace be shared by all?
Here's the results of a recent ITU study
There's a small minority, mostly in the Americas, that seems to think it shouldn't.
Comments:
What does it mean to "share cyberspace?" Does that mean that some random person has the right to share space on my server? Sorry, the disk is full, and it's full over on my other server, so don't ask about machine either. Does it means that somebody else gets to use my bandwidth? But wait, they're already doing by virtue of overselling. So I'm just confused, and since I actually know how the Internet works, and can explain it in words a ten-year-old can understand, I have to figure that everybody who responded to that survey is also confused.
That survey was almost completely useless. First, it didn't really define "Cyberspace". Second, EVERYBODY wants something good if they don't have to pay for it. I'm sure that if they did a survey on "Do you want world peace" 100% of the population would say "yes". If you don't consider the cost of something, then EVERYTHING good is desirable.
But, oh, I'm not answering your question, am I? To a ten-year-old, cyberspace is the ability to play a real-time game with your friend in Australia, or if you live in Australia, your friend in the U.K., or if you live in the U.K., your friend in Finland.
But, oh, I'm not answering your question, am I? To a ten-year-old, cyberspace is the ability to play a real-time game with your friend in Australia, or if you live in Australia, your friend in the U.K., or if you live in the U.K., your friend in Finland.
Above, Russell gives a definition of Cyberspace that a 10-year-old might believe. But this is not the same thing as a mature, adequate definition of Cyberspace in language that a 10-year-old would understand.
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