Vint Cerf Browse All Authors Top 27 quotes by Vint Cerf The uploading and tagging of photos and videos without permission may become socially unacceptable. As in many other matters, the social punishment may have to be accompanied by legislation -- think about seat belts and smoking by way of example. Vint Cerf technology The Internet lives where anyone can access it. Vint Cerf anyone where access internet The government has a responsibility to protect society, to help maintain society. That's why we have laws... The rule of law creates a set of standards for our behavior. Vint Cerf society government responsibility law There was something amazingly enticing about programming. Vint Cerf amazing about something programming Yet in all those cases I finally steeled myself to seize the opportunity, and find a way to muddle through and eventually conclude that I had, in fact, chosen the right path, as risky as it seemed at the time. Vint Cerf myself path opportunity time Some people argue we should solve all the problems on Earth before going off the planet, but that's like telling Lewis and Clark to stay put until the rest of the East was settled. No way. Vint Cerf problems rest people way It doesn't matter if it's a wireless or wired network. I think network management can be introduced that is equally sensible. Vint Cerf i-think think management matter There's nothing special about wireless networks except that wireless capacity is sometimes less than what you can get, for example, from optical fiber. Vint Cerf nothing you special sometimes The internet has become one of the motors of the 21st century economy, allowing all of us to reach a global audience at a click of a mouse and creating hundreds of thousands of businesses and millions of jobs. Vint Cerf reach us become internet History is rife with examples of governments taking actions to 'protect' their citizens from harm by controlling access to information and inhibiting freedom of expression and other freedoms outlined in The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We must make sure, collectively, that the Internet avoids a similar fate. Vint Cerf internet fate freedom history The more we can organize, find and manage information, the more effectively we can function in our modern world. Vint Cerf find more information world One thing we know for sure is that the Web is a collaborative medium unlike any we've ever had before. We see people working together, playing together, interacting in social settings using these media. We hope that will emerge as the new tool for education. Vint Cerf hope together education people My reaction to a lot of the current situation that we're in is based in part on a serious concern that the present administration's course ignores reality. Vint Cerf present situation serious reality You don't have to be young to learn about technology. You have to feel young. Vint Cerf feel you technology young The post office doesn't guarantee delivery, but it tries really hard. It's called best efforts communication. If you put two postcards in the post-box, they don't necessarily come out then in the same order that you put them in. So, that means that there's potentially disorder with your delivery, and that's also true in the Internet. Vint Cerf best you internet communication The computer would do anything you programmed it to do. Vint Cerf would anything you computer In the earliest days, this was a project I worked on with great passion because I wanted to solve the Defense Department's problem: it did not want proprietary networking and it didn't want to be confined to a single network technology. Vint Cerf great passion technology problem Their Internet usage is growing very rapidly, and even they can do the math: If everyone in China needed an IPv4 address - just one - this country would use up one third of the entire public IP address space. Vint Cerf everyone internet space country We live in a very complex world. Vint Cerf complex live very world At some point, you can't lift this boulder with just your own strength. And if you find that you need to move bigger and bigger boulders up hills, you will need more and more help. Vint Cerf help will you strength
