Re: Question about Prague

2010-12-31 Thread Tobias Gondrom
Although Prague (Czech Republic) and Munich (Germany) are both in the European Union they are different countries. So when renting a car in Munich you need to make sure (as usual) that you are allowed to take it across the border and that the GPS has the maps of the country you travel to. Btw.

New Year's Exploration: Changing the Internet's Infrastructure

2010-12-31 Thread Dave CROCKER
Folks, Feliz Año Nuevo! One of the lessons of efforts such as IPv6 and DNSSEC should be that making changes to the global infrastructure of the Internet is extremely difficult. The technical details are difficult -- especially if the change seeks to work with an existing base of

Re: New Year's Exploration: Changing *NOT* the Internet's Infrastructure

2010-12-31 Thread Masataka Ohta
Dave CROCKER wrote: However we continue to hear claims and see design efforts that are based on the view that changing the infrastructure is easier than changing end-systems.[1] Wrong. The fact that the major application on the Internet easily and smoothly changed from FTP to HTTP is the

Re: New Year's Exploration: Changing the Internet's Infrastructure

2010-12-31 Thread Richard L. Barnes
Hey Dave, I admire your desire for clarity on this subject, but fear you will be disappointed. ISTM that the success of changes to the infrastructure depends on the value those changes deliver to participants in the Internet economy -- i.e., the pain of the problem they solve. Your two

Re: Question about Prague

2010-12-31 Thread Marshall Eubanks
On Dec 31, 2010, at 1:41 AM, Fred Baker wrote: On Dec 30, 2010, at 1:09 PM, Robin Uyeshiro wrote: The GPS in the rental car (rented in Munich) did not have the street information for Prague. It's not unusual, or at least it wasn't in 1997, for German rental agencies to not permit

Re: Question about Prague

2010-12-31 Thread Elwyn Davies
On Fri, 2010-12-31 at 12:52 -0500, Marshall Eubanks wrote: On Dec 31, 2010, at 1:41 AM, Fred Baker wrote: On Dec 30, 2010, at 1:09 PM, Robin Uyeshiro wrote: The GPS in the rental car (rented in Munich) did not have the street information for Prague. It's not unusual, or at least

Re: New Year's Exploration: Changing the Internet's Infrastructure

2010-12-31 Thread John Leslie
Richard L. Barnes rbar...@bbn.com wrote: ISTM that the success of changes to the infrastructure depends on the value those changes deliver to participants in the Internet economy... So the question is rather how many problems there are in the current infrastructure that cause people enough

Re: Question about Prague

2010-12-31 Thread Scott Brim
On 12/31/2010 13:37 EST, Elwyn Davies wrote: Driving into the Czech Republic shouldn't be a problem BUT you do have to tell the rental agency in advance and they will make a supplementary charge per day for the whole contract (not just the days you are out of Germany) if my recent experience