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Jon Postel Quotes

I think they called me the closest thing to a God of the Internet Picture Quote #1

But I do have a computer at home and a pretty good ISDN connection Picture Quote #1

But as soon as we got that higher speed access to the home there’s going to be a tremendous crunch on the backbones for a much higher speed bandwidth. People really ought to be planning for that Picture Quote #1

That was clearly surprising, interesting - a very interesting milestone was when you can pick up a magazine and read an article about some sort of computer related thing and they mention the word internet without explaining it Picture Quote #1

If you’re in charge of managing domain name space you should treat everybody who asks for a registration the same. Whatever that is - whether it’s nice or ugly or whatever - just be fair, treat them all the same Picture Quote #1

One of the things that is not so good is that a decision was made long ago about the size of an IP address - 32 bits. At the time it was a number much larger than anyone could imagine ever having that many computers but it turned out to be to small Picture Quote #1

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There was one issue on which there seemed to be almost unanimity: the Internet should not be managed by any government, national or multinational Picture Quote #1

Then I started graduate school at UCLA. I got a part time research assistant job as a programmer on a project involving the use of one computer to measure the performance of another computer Picture Quote #1

The Internet works because a lot of people cooperate to do things together Picture Quote #1

I got involved when I was a graduate student at UCLA when UCLA was the first site on the net Picture Quote #1

All this stuff was done via FTP but the web has put a really nice user interface on it Picture Quote #1

Be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others Picture Quote #1

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Be liberal in what you accept, and conservative in what you send Picture Quote #1

The overriding rule, if you want to run a domain, is to be fair Picture Quote #1

One way to get high speed to the home is over cable systems Picture Quote #1

Group discussion is very valuable; group drafting is less productive Picture Quote #1

Everyone should have ten megabits and then the web will be a wonderful thing Picture Quote #1

Being in the limelight has its minuses Picture Quote #1

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A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there Picture Quote #1

Years ago when you?d go to a working group most of the people in the working group would be from universities. Now most of the people are from companies who are building internet products and care what the standards turn out to be Picture Quote #1

In a chemistry class there was a guy sitting in front of me doing what looked like a jigsaw puzzle or some really weird kind of thing. He told me he was writing a computer program Picture Quote #1

I think that audio and video over the internet in the sense of teleconferencing and telephone calls. Maybe we’ll actually have picture phone through your work station Picture Quote #1

Corporate documents, like football game plans, are not easily drafted in a stadium, with thousands of very interested fans participating, each with their own red pencil, trying to reach a consensus on every word Picture Quote #1

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I think they called me the closest thing to a God of the Internet (Jon Postel Quotes) But I do have a computer at home and a pretty good ISDN connection (Jon Postel Quotes) But as soon as we got that higher speed access to the home there’s going to be a tremendous crunch on the backbones for a much higher speed bandwidth. People really ought to be planning for that. (Jon Postel Quotes) That was clearly surprising, interesting - a very interesting milestone was when you can pick up a magazine and read an article about some sort of computer related thing and they mention the word internet without explaining it. (Jon Postel Quotes) If you’re in charge of managing domain name space you should treat everybody who asks for a registration the same. Whatever that is - whether it’s nice or ugly or whatever - just be fair, treat them all the same (Jon Postel Quotes) One of the things that is not so good is that a decision was made long ago about the size of an IP address - 32 bits. At the time it was a number much larger than anyone could imagine ever having that many computers but it turned out to be to small (Jon Postel Quotes) There was one issue on which there seemed to be almost unanimity: the Internet should not be managed by any government, national or multinational (Jon Postel Quotes) Then I started graduate school at UCLA. I got a part time research assistant job as a programmer on a project involving the use of one computer to measure the performance of another computer (Jon Postel Quotes) The Internet works because a lot of people cooperate to do things together (Jon Postel Quotes) I got involved when I was a graduate student at UCLA when UCLA was the first site on the net (Jon Postel Quotes) All this stuff was done via FTP but the web has put a really nice user interface on it (Jon Postel Quotes) Be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others (Jon Postel Quotes) Be liberal in what you accept, and conservative in what you send (Jon Postel Quotes) The overriding rule, if you want to run a domain, is to be fair (Jon Postel Quotes) One way to get high speed to the home is over cable systems (Jon Postel Quotes) Group discussion is very valuable; group drafting is less productive (Jon Postel Quotes) Everyone should have ten megabits and then the web will be a wonderful thing (Jon Postel Quotes) Being in the limelight has its minuses (Jon Postel Quotes) A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there (Jon Postel Quotes) Years ago when you?d go to a working group most of the people in the working group would be from universities. Now most of the people are from companies who are building internet products and care what the standards turn out to be (Jon Postel Quotes) In a chemistry class there was a guy sitting in front of me doing what looked like a jigsaw puzzle or some really weird kind of thing. He told me he was writing a computer program (Jon Postel Quotes) I think that audio and video over the internet in the sense of teleconferencing and telephone calls. Maybe we’ll actually have picture phone through your work station (Jon Postel Quotes) Corporate documents, like football game plans, are not easily drafted in a stadium, with thousands of very interested fans participating, each with their own red pencil, trying to reach a consensus on every word (Jon Postel Quotes)