Re: [IFWP] Fwd: Re: Power Politics and the New Internet Order

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

On Mon, 29 Mar 1999, the Semi-Canadian wrote:

>  The relationship between Numbering and addressing
>  as well as the specific nature of the address itself
>  has been artificially and unecessarily restricted.

Whether this is correct is one thing, whether this matters another.

>  Numbers can be generated in infinite sequences with
>  no limitation. 

Ah,now I understand.

1,2,3...n

Great, hack up an RFC.

>  Likewise naming schemes. 

Yeah, yeah, yeah.



>  Numbers should be spit out without limitation. No
>  scarcity is possible in this regard. 

You just have no idea how this works. CIDR blocks, routing, border routing
no problem, is not neededin semi-Canada.

> And charchter sets should be dispensed in an equal spirit.

I could not agree more, however many judges in many countries
have made rulings in this regard and at least those have to be
incorporated into themaster plan of things.

>  We can be free to choose *any*
>  format and it would not be much of a problem for modern
>  software and machines to deal with the outcome. 

I have argued this position with the K*nt before, though reality
prevents us from doing it.


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