The Caveman predicted:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > available addresses to the point that not only could every
> > PC in the world have its own permanent address, but every
> > future "toasternet"-enabled appliance in every home could have its
> > own address. (At least until people started putting chips
> > into every piece of furniture and every knicknack "just because
> > they could" and networking those...)
>
> The digicams should definitely have one each, and be permanently
> connected to the net via sattelite link. Then Good Things (TM) could
> happen, like the manufacturer uploading to it new versions of firmware
> each time one is available, the FBI could look through your viewfinder
> to see if you're not into some illegal activity, your wife could do that
> too, Microsoft could check if you have the proper number and type of
> licenses for the current year, you may receive advertising on your LCD,
> etc... I just can't wait it... now *that* would be the real Digital Age.
Thou frightenest me. Now I've got to start figuring out
how one would design an "area of effect" firewall for
wireless devices carried on one's person, so as to be
able to filter the intrusive connections.
-- Glenn
