If we do not like what we see in that mirror the problem is not to fix the mirror, we have to fix society. Vinton Cerf More Quotes by Vinton Cerf More Quotes From Vinton Cerf We had no idea that this would turn into a global and public infrastructure. Vinton Cerf infrastructure turns ideas By placing intelligence at the edges rather than control in the middle of the network, the Internet has created a platform for innovation. Vinton Cerf middle internet innovation I'm disappointed in people in general. Vinton Cerf disappointed people Written communication is a tremendous help for me, and so when electronic mail was invented in '71, I got very excited about it, thinking well, gee, the deaf community could really use this, or the hard of hearing community as well. Vinton Cerf communication community thinking There's an old maxim that says, 'Things that work persist,' which is why there's still Cobol floating around. Vinton Cerf cobol persist floating Privacy may actually be an anomaly. Vinton Cerf privacy anomalies may We live in a very complex world. Vinton Cerf complexes world Now, more than ever, the Internet must be wielded along with other media to cast bright lights on all who would destroy freedom in the world. Vinton Cerf media light world There is an underlying, fundamental reliance on the Internet, which continues to grow in the number of users, country penetration and both fixed and wireless broadband access. Vinton Cerf fundamentals numbers country There's a tremendous amount of energy in Japan and, increasingly, in China. Vinton Cerf china japan energy 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. Vinton Cerf space math country I've been hearing-impaired, not quite since birth, but I've been wearing hearing aids since I was 13, so I'm very conscious of the difficulty of voice communication. Vinton Cerf hearing communication voice My belief is that there will be very large numbers of Internet-enabled devices on the Net - home appliances, office equipment, things in the car and maybe things that you carry around. And since they're all on the Internet and Internet-enabled, they'll be manageable through the network, and so we'll see people using the Net and applications on the Net to manage their entertainment systems, manage their, you know, office activities and maybe even much of their social lives using systems on the Net that are helping them perform that function. Vinton Cerf car home numbers In the Internet world, both ends essentially pay for access to the Internet system, and so the providers of access get compensated by the users at each end. My big concern is that suddenly access providers want to step in the middle and create a toll road to limit customers' ability to get access to services of their choice even though they have paid for access to the network in the first place. Vinton Cerf tolls choices world If you are deaf, you need captions for spoken elements. If you are blind, you need voiced descriptions of Web contents and spoken renderings of e-mail. The range of physical disabilities is very large, and we need many different tools to overcome the consequential barriers to Internet use. Let us commit ourselves to truly assuring that the Internet really is for everyone. Vinton Cerf web-content different overcoming There are things that have excited me to no end, and it's the sharing of knowledge that has come about on the network, and I see at an increasing pace this ability to share what we know. Vinton Cerf excited pace share The last decade of Internet evolution has been marked by innovation. That innovation has been a consequence of the open and neutral access that the Internet has afforded up until now. Vinton Cerf innovation lasts evolution People's motivations haven't changed in maybe 400 or maybe 4,000 years. Vinton Cerf motivation people years The Internet reflects the societies in which we live, and so the content on the Net and some of the abuses that you see on the Net are reflections of that. Vinton Cerf abuse internet reflection Instant messaging and chat rooms have basically created a level playing field for deaf people. Vinton Cerf level-playing-field levels people
