Jon PostelBut I do have a computer at home and a pretty good ISDN connection.341Philosophy
Jon PostelIn a chemistry class there was a guy sitting in front of me doing what looked like a jigsaw puzzle or some really weird kind of thing. He told me he was writing a computer program.376Sadness
Jon PostelThe Internet works because a lot of people cooperate to do things together. ✨ NetWorker Magazine, Summer 1997.378Humanity
Jon PostelBe conservative in its sending behavior, and liberal in its receiving behavior. ✨ RFC 791, Internet Protocol, www.ietf.org. September 1981.335Thought
Jon PostelA name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there.315Truth
Jon PostelEveryone should have ten megabits and then the web will be a wonderful thing.328Life
Jon PostelI think that audio and video over the internet in the sense of teleconferencing and telephone calls. Maybe we'll actually have picture phone through your work station.274Thought
Jon PostelI also administer the Internet Assigned Names Authority, which is the central coordinator for the Internet address space, domain names and Internet protocol conventions essential … ▶289Humanity
Jon PostelBut as soon as we got that higher speed access to the home there?s going to be a tremendous crunch on the backbones for a much higher speed bandwidth. People really ought to be pl… ▶278Humanity
Jon PostelBeing in the limelight has its minuses.152Death
Jon PostelI got involved when I was a graduate student at UCLA when UCLA was the first site on the net.198Hope
Jon PostelCorporate documents, like football game plans, are not easily drafted in a stadium, with thousands of very interested fans participating, each with their own red pencil, trying to… ▶187Humanity
