OK this week’s reading was long with no subheadings so it was easy for me to lose interest. In a nutshell it was about computer protocols and how they are needed for regulation. Galloway argues that the internet is not an unpredictable mass of data lacking central organization. Points made on computer protocol:

1. Standards governing the implementation of specific technologies
2. Govern how specific technologies are agreed to
3. Technique for achieving voluntary regulation (encoding packets of info)
4. Formal
5. Encapsulate info inside a technically defined wrapper
6. Distributed management system

Does this make sense? Most likely not. Do I care if it makes sense? Definitely not.