On 2022-02-08 at 06:51:20 +1100, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Either way, though: would a person on Mars "have the internet"? Yes, > but not the internet as we know it... By current definition, they *can't* have the internet as we know it. Wikipedia,¹ Mirrian-Webster,² and TechTerms.com³ (the first three that came up in my search engine, which is admittedly Earthbound for now) all use words like "global" and phrases like "across the world" or "around the world," all of which arguably exclude Mars, or at least a network that covers both Earth and Mars. IMO, Mars and its current and future living beings are better off without the World Wide Web, too. ¹ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet ² https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Internet ³ https://techterms.com/definition/internet -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
