Researchers Scheming to Rebuild Internet From Scratch 254
BobB writes "Stanford University researchers have launched an initiative called the Clean Slate Design for the Internet. The project aims to make the network more secure, have higher throughput, and support better applications, all by essentially rebuilding the Internet from scratch. From the article: 'Among McKeown's cohorts on the effort is electrical engineering Professor Bernd Girod, a pioneer of Internet multimedia delivery. Vendors such as Cisco, Deutsche Telekom and NEC are also involved. The researchers already have projects underway to support their effort: Flow-level models for the future Internet; clean slate approach to wireless spectrum usage; fast dynamic optical light paths for the Internet core; and a clean slate approach to enterprise network security (Ethane).'"
The Six Million Dollar 'Net. (Score:5, Funny)
Damnit (Score:5, Funny)
Hmm.. (Score:2, Funny)
What I really want (Score:2, Funny)
Re:What material will they use? (Score:1, Funny)
Thats it... I'm gona make my OWN internet. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Clean Slate vs. Gummed-upTubes (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Hmm.. (Score:4, Funny)
Pssst... I think you may find this page informative:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joke [wikipedia.org]
Re:What material will they use? (Score:5, Funny)
Actually they discovered the problem is that the current internet is a bunch of tubes. Tubes get clogged. The new internet will be big trucks you dump stuff on.
Re:Question for Slashdot (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Damnit (Score:5, Funny)
~ Some Microsoft noob
Re:What are the odds (Score:3, Funny)
so the real question is... (Score:2, Funny)