Why smart people love dumb networks

I believe the following excerpt has not only addressed why Skype and other similar Internet based applications could be the representatives of future Internet applications, but has also thoroughly explained why they would actually change everyone's life in the future, because the "stupid network" was, is and would be not owned by any particular one but by all of us. The word "stupid" here just means simple, flexible, customizable, sharable and scalable. So we choose the Internet, we use it, we develop it, we benefit it and we enjoy it!

"Former AT&T (Research) executive Tom Evslin has an explanation for the telecom industry's current merger frenzy. Nine years ago, AT&T Labs researcher David Isenberg wrote a paper, 'The Rise of the Stupid Network,' about the affect the Internet would have on telecommunications. According to Isenberg, the Internet, as a 'stupid network,' was better than the telco's 'intelligent networks,' because anyone could create applications for the Internet, while only phone company engineers could improve their networks. Evslin tried to get his colleagues to read the paper and embrace the Internet, but according to Evslin, they ignored him and made Isenberg remove his paper from AT&T's website. Nine years later, AT&T has been swallowed up in a wave of consolidation, and the Internet -- Isenberg's 'stupid network' -- is taking over the transmission of voice, video, and data".

http://money.cnn.com/2006/03/27/technology/business2_browser0327/

Gmail can not parse a long sentence for its content-targeted advertisement?

I have casually noticed that one of my gmail messages had no advertising links displayed along the right side. I was interested in the reason, maybe the sentences were too long? Then I replied the message with an 111-word-long sentence, the result was same, no advertisement at all.

So I just guess, Gmail can not parse a long sentence for its content-targeted advertisement?

Here is my long-sentence reply, and the previous no-ad email. You may test them with your Gmail box, hehe.

"I have just noticed that the following message seemed to be the only e-mail in my mailbox with no advertising links displayed along the right side of Gmail’s web page which was commonly filled with well-selected contexts and relevant links based on those related keywords appearing in the email body irrespective of language you spoke no matter whether you liked the experience or not because every user of Gmail must have read and agree to those terms of use, conditions and policies, including any future amendments before actually using its seemingly powerful and stable e-mail system known for its famous search engine which was widely used by billions of netizens every day.

On 10/20/05, bbao wrote:
Mine too, but I had already saved all the important emails locally in advance before not accessing it for a long time because I did read and know its explicitly stated service policy and license which were commonly ignored by most people even those who used Hotmail intensively. So no one could be blamed except yourself. :)) Anyway, it is still not too late, you may learn such things in advance later before enjoying any free even paid services on the Internet nowadays and make yourself cleverer than before. :))

> From: xywang
> To: bbao
> Date: Oct 20, 2005 10:17 AM
> Subject: Re: Hotmail flushed all my important mails after it upgraded to 25 MB"