What is special about VOIP is that it's just another thing you can do on the Internet, whereas it is the only thing - or nearly the only thing with the exception of the dial-up modem and fax - that you can do on the public switched telephone network.

We live in a very complex world.

My reaction to a lot of the current situation that we're in is based in part on a serious concern that the present administration's course ignores reality.

Privacy may actually be an anomaly.

I expect to see a lot of household appliances on the Net by 2010, as well as autos and other mobile devices.

I'm disappointed in people in general.

Science fiction does not remain fiction for long. And certainly not on the Internet.