On Aug 14, 2010, at 10:27, Jimi Thompson <[email protected]> wrote:
> It was 40 acres and a mule - FYI No 40 acres was 1/4 of 1/4 of a section. That's 's Sherman's field order (1865) not the homestead act (which was 160). Or the circa 1790 activity referred to in this thread. Joel's iPad > > > On 8/14/10 11:22 AM, "John R. Levine" <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> Convincingly said here on an ISP mailing list. But what about the >>> folks who were denied address assignments by ARIN policies over the >>> last 15 years? Denied them based on the fiction that ISPs didn't own >>> IP addresses, that they were merely holding the addresses in trust for >>> the public they serve. ... >> >> I dunno. What was New York's responsibility in the 1790s to guys who >> didn't join the army because they had to stay home and take care of their >> widowed mother and six younger sisters? >> >> I wouldn't for a moment claim that IPv4 space was a way that was uniformly >> fair or wise or close to ideal. But I don't think you're going to have >> much luck imposing fairness and wisdom retroactively on people who've >> already got the space. >> >> R's, >> John >> > > >
