> But I will capitalize Internet in all relevant uses. > > This is an *engineering definition*, it matters that you name the right > object, and I am one of the people who will, in fact, die on this hill.
You are not alone. > The associated press can bite me. While I respect and appreciate the AP (ap?) in general, in this particular instance, I am with you. -- TTFN, patrick > On Oct 22, 2021, at 01:21, Jay R. Ashworth <j...@baylink.com> wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Miles Fidelman" <mfidel...@meetinghouse.net> > >> Guys, >> >> You guys were in grade school, some of us were there at the beginning >> (well, in my case, 2 years after the beginning). I can assure you that >> folks made a big deal about what was and wasn't the Internet, and the >> distinction between "an internet" and "the (capital I) Internet." >> Opinions varied then, and opinions vary now. >> >> But... by and large, as I understand the general zeitgeist: >> >> - you're either on the Internet, or you're not - the key question is >> whether you can send & receive IP packets from the public address space >> (i.e., the classified segments are internets, but not part of THE >> Internet). There are also disagreements on where the Internet ends - at >> the demarc, or at the IP stack in your machine (I argue the latter, but >> that's debatable) > > Seth Breidbart has the last word on this point, I think: > > The Internet is "the largest equivalence class in the reflexive, transitive, > symmetric closure of the relationship 'can be reached by an IP packet from'." > > The associated press has, in the last year or two, disparaged the > capitalization > of the word Internet, proving they do not understand there's a difference. > > If they won't capitalize "my" name, I won't capitalize theirs. > > But I will capitalize Internet in all relevant uses. > > This is an *engineering definition*, it matters that you name the right > object, and I am one of the people who will, in fact, die on this hill. > > The associated press can bite me. > > Cheers, > -- jra > -- > Jay R. Ashworth Baylink > j...@baylink.com > Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 > Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land Rover DII > St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 1274