Why it's probably good that Jon Postel is dead

I've learned a lot about the history of the Internet in my class on Internet law. There are several figures who are extremely interesting as the creators of both initial Internet technology and culture. One of the most notable is Jon Postel. As The Economist once wrote, "If the Net does have a God, he is probably Jon Postel."

Without going into too much detail, I can tell you that Postel was an eccentric badass. (At one point in 1998, his personal computer was the "root" of the entire internet, and he had complete control over everything). He died of heart failure before the web really took off, and after reading about the noble aspirations that computer scientists had for a connected world, I think that Postel's death wasn't so untimely.

I hope I can stay in this class even though the professor saw me drawing these...

P.S. cakefarts.com is fucked up.

Jon Postel Returns to Earth: Part 1

Jon Postel Returns to Earth: Part 2

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