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Comment What about SolarNet and MilkyNet? (Score 1) 427

What happens when SolarNet comes on line, or MilkyNet in the next 100 years, would we have to update the constitution again? Internet is a particular technology, it would be pretty lame to go through all the trouble to make an ammendment only to have it be replaced by something else about the time this actually goes into effect in 30 years.

Is Freedom of Speech the same as Freedom of Communication? If so, all we need is a court ruling or two, not a new amendment. If it is something different, then maybe a Freedom of Communication amendment should be added to the constitution.

Comment Star Wars Universe (Score 1) 722

Windows boxes: Named for imperial leaders.
Linux boxes: Named for rebel leaders.
Macs: named for planets and moons.
routers: named after spacecraft.

I started this in the late nineties, before I recently quit my job, I was having difficulties finding correct names, and had to use names from the extended universe.

I believe my successors have named everything using functional names. But that was probably after six months of trying to remember that falcon was a router/firewall. and sabe was a linux based dns server. Vader was a windows box that ran some misc software for managing access points.

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