“History has shown that there are very few mechanisms as effective at maintaining the status quo as a set of institutionalized regulations. Once set in regulatory concrete, reconsideration of the basic underlying assumptions is very difficult. While it will be an uphill fight to re-examine the basic underlying assumptions of any law or administrative rule, it is clearly not impossible. It will just take longer than if not so well institutionalized.” IfsWellsLawFightingDifficultImpossibleInternetAssumptionMechanismConcreteRegulationFree SpeechStatus QuoMaintainingAdministrativeReconsiderationMaintaining The Status Quo Author:Paul Baran
“We will soon be living in an era in which we cannot guarantee survivability of any single point. However, we can still design systems in which system destruction requires the enemy to pay the price of destroying n of n stations. If n is made sufficiently large, it can be shown that highly survivable system structures can be built.” IfsMadeStillsPayEnemyDesignBuiltDestructionStructureErasGuaranteesStationsDestroyingPay The Price Author:Paul Baran
