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US Govt Wants to Control ICANN?
blankmange writes "ZDNet is covering a new piece of legislation that may be introduced by Sen. Conrad Burns that would give the US government more control of ICANN - the independent corporation that controls the domain-naming system of the internet. 'In a statement released two days before a Senate subcommittee is scheduled to hold hearings on the global body, Burns said the change was necessary because ICANN has exceeded its authority, does not operate in an open fashion, and is dangerously unaccountable to Internet users, businesses and other key interest groups.'"
Kind nice that it comes as Microsoft wants to drop support for their old code. So, the game is to have your goverenment control ICANN. Then they declare HTTP and old protocol with many holes and bring in the MSTP (Microsoft Transport Protocol). And then they apply their non-GPL terms to the software. Please tell me it's a dream....
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My disappointment isn't because of the electoral college, or whether the popular vote chose one man over another.. No, it was watching both candidates claiming that they "won" without caring about the people *or* the system they were in. Inaguration was months away, and they had plenty of time to resolve the situation. It's not as if the rules are difficult. Instead, they started legal action against each other. That's when I lost faith not in the system, but in the people running it. I knew they were all wankers before, but the last election fiasco was over the top.
As for the Electoral College thing, that could have been eliminated by precedence if only GWB had said "I understand that the Electoral College has chosen me, but I choose to honor the will of the people. I can not accept this honor in good conscience and will be stepping down from the race." After that, the EC would still be there, but any succeeding president would have to consider following suit (in the event popular vote/EC mismatch) or lose face. (It also probably would have gotten GWB elected in a landslide 4 years later)
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