Forums

Forum Menu
Home› Main Category› Clubhouse

Tim Berners-Lee tells us his radical new plan to upend the World Wide Web

Big ChiefBig Chief Posts: 32,995 Senior Member
in Clubhouse #1
This is the real inventor of the Internet and gave it away for free. There may be hope yet where we control what personal data is available to businesses and governments.


It's only true if it's on this forum where opinions are facts and facts are opinions
Words of wisdom from Big Chief: Flush twice, it's a long way to the Mess Hall
I'd rather have my sister work in a whorehouse than own another Taurus!
· Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Replies

  • Old RonOld Ron Posts: 4,471 Senior Member
    #2
    Now that is a real interesting concept. I hope he gets it going .
    There will be push back & if his program gets black balled . access will be tough to things users want to use. The bigger & faster it grows will decide if it can last . Legal challenges will be all over the place .
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Farm Boy DeuceFarm Boy Deuce Posts: 6,083 Senior Member
    #3
    That man is going to get a set of concrete shoes andshot in the back of the head three times. What a terrible way to commit suicide. 
    I am afraid we forget sometime that the basic and simple things brings us the most pleasure.
    Dad 5-31-13
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • zorbazorba Posts: 25,295 Senior Member
    #4
    I don't even understand it, and I'm a computer geek from as far back as the late 70s and a retired IT person as well. I'm going to guess its good if he's trying to circumvent Google and especially face***k.
    -Zorba, "The Veiled Male"

    "If you get it and didn't work for it, someone else worked for it and didn't get it..."
    )O(
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • terminator012terminator012 Posts: 3,930 Senior Member
    #5
    I read it bit it's over my head. Will this be good or bad?
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Old RonOld Ron Posts: 4,471 Senior Member
    #6
    Success has many fathers & failure is an orphan . All the tec. things have good & bad to them . It depends on the users . We have so many lazy & stupid people that have found a way to abuse the system. Reacting to BS statements by people you don't even know anything about is kind of silly. Networking with strangers is a good thing but if you don't use caution it will bite you . I found this to be true with my experiences with yahoo chat rooms years ago. " Buyer be wear "  The new web idea is a good idea but like so many ideas it will have a dark side just like this does. If abuses can happen ..... they will .
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • bullsi1911bullsi1911 Posts: 12,454 Senior Member
    #7
    If you don’t want companies to have your data, just follow this one weird trick....

    dont put the data online.  It’s really pretty simple.
    To make something simple is a thousand times more difficult than to make something complex.
    -Mikhail Kalashnikov
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • breamfisherbreamfisher Posts: 14,126 Senior Member
    edited October 2018 #8
    bullsi1911 said:
    If you don’t want companies to have your data, just follow this one weird trick....

    dont put the data online.  It’s really pretty simple.
    Nah.  Folks would rather put it out there, complain about it being used, say the government needs to do "something," then complain about government overreach into private business.

    Or, complain about something they don't use.
    Meh.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • JermanatorJermanator Posts: 16,248 Senior Member
    edited October 2018 #9
    Who is this guy? We all know Al Gore invented the Internet.
    Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.
    -Thomas Paine
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • zorbazorba Posts: 25,295 Senior Member
    #10
    Wambli, you probably understand what this guy's talking about - can you break it down for me/us? I don't get it, some kind of alternate Internet and/or WWW?
    -Zorba, "The Veiled Male"

    "If you get it and didn't work for it, someone else worked for it and didn't get it..."
    )O(
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • zorbazorba Posts: 25,295 Senior Member
    #11
    Wambli Ska said:

    Multiple issues.  Your information is already everywhere, even if you could try to lock it up, its already everywhere, and I'm not talking about websites like Google and such, I'm talking about Government websites at every level.  Try to convince THOSE guys to give up control over it.  That horse left the barn a looooooong time ago.

    That in a nutshell is the problem. I've locked down everything I *can*, and don't put any info out there that I don't have to - but there's absolutely nothing to be done about Gov't databases. I can only minimize my exposure, not eliminate it.
    -Zorba, "The Veiled Male"

    "If you get it and didn't work for it, someone else worked for it and didn't get it..."
    )O(
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Diver43Diver43 Posts: 12,779 Senior Member
    #12
    The wife just spent two weeks at FLETC and this was a part of the training she attended.  Even being Federal LE, it is still impossible to eliminate everything. You can leave a small footprint, even scrub your info, but within months your back.
    Logistics cannot win a war, but its absence or inadequacy can cause defeat. FM100-5
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • mitdr774mitdr774 Posts: 1,785 Senior Member
    #13
    Jermanator said:
    Who is this guy? We all know Al Gore invented the Internet.
    It must be Manbearpig trying to defeat Al Gore by inventing a different internet.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • zorbazorba Posts: 25,295 Senior Member
    #14
    Diver43 said:
    You can leave a small footprint, even scrub your info, but within months your back.
    Yep, esp. if you buy real estate or issue a mail forwarding order. I've scrubbed what I can, and have to let the rest go by...
    -Zorba, "The Veiled Male"

    "If you get it and didn't work for it, someone else worked for it and didn't get it..."
    )O(
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
Sign In or Register to comment.
Magazine Cover

GET THE MAGAZINE Subscribe & Save

Temporary Price Reduction

SUBSCRIBE NOW

Give a Gift   |   Subscriber Services

PREVIEW THIS MONTH'S ISSUE

MORE YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN

GET THE NEWSLETTER Join the List and Never Miss a Thing.

Get the top Guns & Ammo stories delivered right to your inbox every week.

Sign Me Up
Advertisement