GENI To Replace Internet, Gets $12M Funding

jmke · 31st July 2008, 18:43

A massive project to redesign and rebuild the Internet from scratch is inching along with $12 million in government funding and donations of network capacity by two major research organizations. Many researchers want to rethink the Internet's underlying architecture, saying a 'clean-slate' approach is the only way to truly address security and other challenges that have cropped up since the Internet's birth in 1969

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080730/...g_the_internet

jmke · 31st July 2008, 18:44

as usual, Slashdot's comments are gold.

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Do we have enough porn for an entirely new Internet?

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If you build it, they will.... It's just too easy.

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Porn is not a problem. We have the technology. We can rebuild it.

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Not rebuild it - erect it.

1st August 2008, 09:33

wow this is surely to become something to look after.. faster speeds with more capabilities could make the internet a crucial part of every moment in our lives, with enough application integration.

Bosw8er · 1st August 2008, 10:40

very inspiring & ontopic
At the 2007 EG conference, Kevin Kelly shares a fun stat: The World Wide Web, as we know it, is only 5,000 days old. Now, Kelly asks, how can we predict what's coming in the next 5,000 days?
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/k...f_the_web.html

jmke · 1st August 2008, 10:55

this next part GENI is sponsored by governments, what are the chances of anonymousness on the web when they are behind things? Internet2 has also been in use for quite some time now between universities, able to stream DVD/HD content over the Internet2 between locations

31st July 2008, 18:43	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,022	GENI To Replace Internet, Gets $12M Funding A massive project to redesign and rebuild the Internet from scratch is inching along with $12 million in government funding and donations of network capacity by two major research organizations. Many researchers want to rethink the Internet's underlying architecture, saying a 'clean-slate' approach is the only way to truly address security and other challenges that have cropped up since the Internet's birth in 1969 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080730/...g_the_internet __________________

1st August 2008, 10:40	#4
Bosw8er Member Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,711	very inspiring & ontopic At the 2007 EG conference, Kevin Kelly shares a fun stat: The World Wide Web, as we know it, is only 5,000 days old. Now, Kelly asks, how can we predict what's coming in the next 5,000 days? http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/k...f_the_web.html __________________ "Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that."

1st August 2008, 10:55	#5
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,022	this next part GENI is sponsored by governments, what are the chances of anonymousness on the web when they are behind things? Internet2 has also been in use for quite some time now between universities, able to stream DVD/HD content over the Internet2 between locations __________________

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1st August 2008, 09:33	#3
Cuban_Legend Posts: n/a	wow this is surely to become something to look after.. faster speeds with more capabilities could make the internet a crucial part of every moment in our lives, with enough application integration.