Regular readers of this column know my general level of distrust of the US government's willingness to protect individual privacy in the face of some US businesses' desire to know everything about you and to sell that information to anyone with enough cash.
The Wall Street Journal recently reported that the Internet, or at least a "chunk" of it, to use the Journal's terminology, was given to the Library of Congress.
For years I've lamented the growing perceived and actual complexity of things.
As a columnist for a technical publication, I am presented with a surfeit of opportunities to speak to marketing droids from companies that claim to have answers to questions I didn't even know I had. (A disclosure: I do try to arrange some of the visits for lunch time so I can at least get a few free meals out of the encounters.)
Jon Postel died the other day. These are very hard words to write. The reality behind them is even harder. Jon was a friend, teacher, co-trustee, sage and guide. We mourn his passing and celebrate his having been. He left us far before his time, having accomplished far more than most people can know.