Internet wants to rule!
While software rules our computers today, the Internet is trying
to take
over the #1 spot.
Internet Rules
1.The Internet is infested by acronym freaks. This rule will be
known
as TIIIBAF in the
future.
2.Levels of Internet stupidity in order of increasing magnitude
are:
Arguing with someone on the Internet.
Believing someone will take you seriously if you argue.
Swearing, calling names or insulting someone.
Swearing, calling names or insulting someone and believing
you are not an idiot.
Believing that freedom is doing anything you want.
3.Lack of self control, restraint and concern for others will
lead to
chaos.
4.Chaos will be brought under control by laws, rules and
regulation.
Government projects
are exempted from chaos controls.
5.Most Internet users make horrible economists. Internet users
believe
there is a free lunch.
6.All Internet software and interfaces will become standardized 1
year
after the Internet is
obsoleted by something else.
7.Keeping the Internet from being gridlocked over the next 10
years may
be a greater feat
than putting the first man on the moon.
8.The Internet is like "The Goose that Layed Golden
Eggs". The problem
is there are vendors
and users with hatchets.
9.The Internet is like a Lan. (See Hardware rules #14-15)
10.Any advanced society will classify SPAMMING as a 1st degree
felony.
They will also
outlaw any replies to a SPAM.
11.Pretty Good Privacy, PGP, is good enough. Be secure in the
fact that
it may take a few
months or even a year or two before someone tears PGP apart.
12.Volume of data should not be confused with useful data.
Remember an
infinite number of
monkeys typing will generate an unfathomable amount of trash.
13.No one can completely understand how things move on the
Internet.
Chaos was one of the
original design specs.