artifacts (was Re: Email Portability Approved by Knesset Committee_

2010-02-22 Thread Dave CROCKER
On 2/22/2010 9:35 AM, Larry Sheldon wrote: I have been wondering about that too--the Internet may be the only artifact of human existence that is generally border insensitive (with exceptions we don't need to enumerate). Pollution. Global warming. Nuclear fallout. ... d/ -- Dave

Re: artifacts (was Re: Email Portability Approved by Knesset Committee_

2010-02-22 Thread R.A. Hettinga
On Feb 22, 2010, at 2:53 PM, Dave CROCKER wrote: On 2/22/2010 9:35 AM, Larry Sheldon wrote: I have been wondering about that too--the Internet may be the only artifact of human existence that is generally border insensitive (with exceptions we don't need to enumerate). Pollution.

Re: artifacts (was Re: Email Portability Approved by Knesset Committee_

2010-02-22 Thread Dave CROCKER
Hmmm. While it's easy and reasonable to call these externalities, I suspect a good case could be made that they are not, since they affect the principals, as well as everyone else... I'm confused by the reference to archaic, structured balloons... d/ ps. Creative misunderstanding is also a