Comments on: Vint Cerf on the BBC http://www.andydickinson.net/2007/08/29/vint-cerf-on-the-bbc/ online and digital journalism, newspaper video and digital media Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:01:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Andy http://www.andydickinson.net/2007/08/29/vint-cerf-on-the-bbc/comment-page-1/#comment-928 Andy Sun, 02 Sep 2007 09:10:48 +0000 http://www.andydickinson.net/2007/08/29/vint-cerf-on-the-bbc/#comment-928 Cyndy. I hear that. Very similar thing in the UK. We have a very active 'if you see a problem legislate against it'. Politics hey. I suppose the thing it does reflect is how little people really understand about how the Internet works. It's never going to be easy to regulate unless there are restrictions of the kind that China is used to. But in the west the kind of personal, information based freedom we enjoy wouldn't stand up to too much of that kind of thing. Cyndy. I hear that. Very similar thing in the UK. We have a very active ‘if you see a problem legislate against it’. Politics hey.

I suppose the thing it does reflect is how little people really understand about how the Internet works. It’s never going to be easy to regulate unless there are restrictions of the kind that China is used to. But in the west the kind of personal, information based freedom we enjoy wouldn’t stand up to too much of that kind of thing.

]]> By: Cyndy Green http://www.andydickinson.net/2007/08/29/vint-cerf-on-the-bbc/comment-page-1/#comment-874 Cyndy Green Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:06:43 +0000 http://www.andydickinson.net/2007/08/29/vint-cerf-on-the-bbc/#comment-874 Well that last quote may not fly over here...too many Americans would rather put the blame on everything and anything but themselves. Well that last quote may not fly over here…too many Americans would rather put the blame on everything and anything but themselves.

]]> By: Andy http://www.andydickinson.net/2007/08/29/vint-cerf-on-the-bbc/comment-page-1/#comment-863 Andy Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:21:38 +0000 http://www.andydickinson.net/2007/08/29/vint-cerf-on-the-bbc/#comment-863 Hi Steve You see, that's tv all over. It's how it sounds not how it reads :) Hi Steve
You see, that’s tv all over. It’s how it sounds not how it reads :)

]]> By: Steve Hill http://www.andydickinson.net/2007/08/29/vint-cerf-on-the-bbc/comment-page-1/#comment-861 Steve Hill Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:09:19 +0000 http://www.andydickinson.net/2007/08/29/vint-cerf-on-the-bbc/#comment-861 Hi Andy, In an interview on News 24 with the said "Father of The Internet" a caption read: Vince Cerf. Hi Andy, In an interview on News 24 with the said “Father of The Internet” a caption read: Vince Cerf.

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