Danny Thomas encoded:
[snip]
>have you read the long threads on Slashdot?
>

No, sadly missed that part ("the end?") of the discussion. It seems that 2
years ago I got the "start" of the whole IPv6 discussion, but this was
never followed up with the information you people threw at me the past two
days.
It was then that I found links to the Slashdot and other articles.
I think posting these URL's would have been sufficient for me instead of
rawvoiced responses from some listmembers.

Why always assume that every thread they read/follow arrives also in
everybody elses mailbox?
 Main problem  with the Internet is the fragmentation of information and
therefor not all information from one mailinglist (or two) arrives at all
the other significant ones.

[snip]

> Like it or not, there'll be
>millions of these by the end of this year assuming WindowsXP ships on
>schedule

Now I know why I have a problem with it: BG pinpoints, aims, and shoots.
It scares the hell out of me.

[snip]

>just like EUI64 based auto-configuration it's optional whether it's used
>

For now it is, yes. Poor Chinese dissidents, Afghan rebels, repressed
Indians, Cuban protesters, Iranian atheists ....well you get my drift.

My main objection: developers are hardly in contact with common (ignorant)
people. (I'll stay short from saying: in contact with real life)
Split worlds,  the first makes, the second swallows.There's no discussion
between these two groups till it's "too late" for the second. The man on
the street already 'accepted' snooping from governments made possible by
developers.
(would common people know what a BlackBox is?).
Or IPv4/IPv6?? Do you think John Doe knows the difference? But it will have
a huge impact on their lives.
THAT'S WHY!!!

take care on this list,
signing off,
Touchwood