> Hubris? it has already lasted 40. and it's such a short way from 40 to "hundreds or thousands." i get it. > I can understand why people might not want to worry about long term > issues but not why you would want to insult people who do think about > them. first, i did not insult anyone. if you took it as an insult, take it up with your shaman, rabi, priest, or shrink. secondly, > You botched DNSSEC deployment because you were incapable of > considering such issues damn! and i missed where i had anything to do with dnssec deployment. but i am glad we all now understand why it has fared so badly. > if we accept your argument now we will get another botch job. an i am guilty of ad homina? > The fact that outcomes cannot be predicted with 100% certainty does > not mean that all outcomes are equally likely or that we have > absolutely no control over them or that there is no point in > discussing them. my point was predicting technology outcomes "hundreds if not thousands" of years in the future is beyond hyperbolic. randy