Erik Fair's Short Opinion Pieces

Everyone who lives long enough forms opinions about a wide variety of things. I decided to write some of mine down for others to read and think about.

Computers

I've been playing and working with computers a very long time.

• Software Standards versus Protocol Standards

• How To Eliminate Popup and Popunder Advertising 100% Reliably from your Web Browser

• JavaScript Must Die!

• Why computers aren't as Fast as they used to be

• Computer System Crashes are Intolerable

• Legal Liability for Software

Networks

Computer Networks (especially the Internet) are really so much fun, but they can be so frustrating, particularly with the influx of people into the Internet market who think they can make a killing without doing the right thing.

• The Lesson of FSP

• Identification Protocol (RFC-1413) is Pointless and Dangerous

• Who will win the "last mile" market for Internet Service?

• Bandwidth is NEVER Unlimited!

• Firewall Systems Considered Harmful

• Why You Can't Trust an IP Address as an Authenticator

• Private IP address space is a Bad idea

• Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) is Bad for Computer Networks

• Frame Relay Traps for the Unwary

Cryptography Policy

This is a really current, topical issue: do people have right to privacy in their persons, papers and communications, as guaranteed by the fourth amendment to the U.S. Constitution? I believe so.

• The Parable of Ruritania

• How To Get A Computer Systems Vendor To Ship Cryptographic Software

General Stuff

• One Example of Why I like Molly Ivins

• The Parable of Hank

• School Vouchers are an Idea Whose Time Has Come

• Would You Kill Your Mother To Pave I-95?

• Biology is a Science?

• Your Right To Free Speech At Risk