[the_neurotic_cat]

I like the idea of having 'an internet' as opposed to 'the internet' which would have it's own packet switching protocol which would make a users real-world identity a far more integrated facet into the basic function of the information transfer. With far more powerful computers and higher bandwidth than was envisioned when TCP was developed i think we can afford a far larger overhead in the datapackets.

We can't stop abuse but we can make it more difficult for a while. But of coarse, nothing can really beat having the computer in the living room and only allowing your kids on it when your there. But even that is unreliable.

I'm sympathetic to the desire to have a safer info tool. I am sometimes filled with dread with what my little boy might see one day, especially in the future when the internet becomes a completely socially integrated communications tool.