So, For My First Glorious Post...

[HK]

I think even if they seriously attempt to force people to use Internet2, people won't stand for it. There are literally billions of people who use the internet every single day - to attempt to restrict them to government approved websites is going to cause uproar, and I'd be surprised if the governments haven't already realised that.

It'd be one thing if it started out this way, but you can't give people a taste of something this big, and then say 'actually no, we're going to take this back for your own good'.

 

[BornReady]

I can understand businesses not wanting their employees goofing off while they're at work. If they can restrict their employees to business and educational sites while they're at work then it makes sense to do so. Once they get home though they're going to do what they want.

 

[sexysadie]

Internet2 is basically the no-choice update from Internet Explorer. Internet2 disables the use of social networks, such as the forum you're using now, and any freelance organizational websites. Only the business associations that work alongside with the government, such as the federal bank, are allowed to create a website. With Internet2, the government attempts to limit the people so they can "monitor" the comings and goings of people's personal business, in an attempt at lowering the crime that comes from rapists, hackers, etc. from the cause of the Internet.

It sounds like a modern day book burning.

 

[Minor Axis]

Internet2 (<see link) reminds me of the original internet in its early days.

Internet:

The origins of the Internet reach back to research of the 1960s, commissioned by the United States government in collaboration with private commercial interests to build robust, fault-tolerant, and distributed computer networks. The funding of a new U.S. backbone by the National Science Foundation in the 1980s, as well as private funding for other commercial backbones, led to worldwide participation in the development of new networking technologies, and the merger of many networks. The commercialization of what was by the 1990s an international network resulted in its popularization and incorporation into virtually every aspect of modern human life. As of 2009, an estimated quarter of Earth's population used the services of the Internet.

For the OP, I don't think much about it. Seems like a good thing. Maybe you should read about it enough to state an opinion pro or con. My other suggestion is not to use colored (other than black) and bold faced text in your post. And welcome to the forum.

 

[Devin]

Internet2 (<see link) reminds me of the original internet in its early days.

Internet:
For the OP, I don't think much about it. Seems like a good thing. Maybe you should read about it enough to state an opinion pro or con. My other suggestion is not to use colored (other than black) and bold faced text in your post. And welcome to the forum.

Reading anything off of Wikipedia doesn't make it fact. I did research and found this stuff out on my own. You can believe the candy-coated definitions all you'd like to.

Blue-bold text is my signature.