The future of e-commerce law may depend on it. In May of this year, Vermont became the last U.S. state to enact computer crime legislation. The experience was an introduction to the hurdles that face state and national legislatures as they grapple with the legal framework necessary for the future of cryptography and, ultimately, electronic commerce.
Language is a wonderful tool for communication.
It can also be a significant hindrance. As children, we think in visual terms. But from the day we learn how to speak, most of our creativity is channeled into the spoken word. And the words that we know limit the very images that we can conjure and directly affect the way in which we understand and imagine things. Most people who use the Internet cannot describe the basics about the network.