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US Govt Wants to Control ICANN?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the international-and-independent-yeah-right dept.

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.'"

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  1. dumbass americans by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    a majority voted for bush(republicans), means there are more stupid americans than smart ones

    1. Re:dumbass americans by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Actually idiot Bush did not win by majority vote he won by electorial vote. And unlucky for me my vote for him didn't count because I live in an area filled with liberal idiots who think the government owes them something. I guess we can start counting you as one of us now huh...!

    2. Re:dumbass americans by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      the founding fathers were right. the college was a good idea to begin with. but they also intended it as being a temporary method of voting. they expected people to be more knowledgable. but this was never changed the way they intended. Its not the founding father's fault for implementing it, its the reps/senators/presidents since then. it should have been done away with years ago. but not as some people wanted when they found out gore was going to lose, during the election

    3. Re:dumbass americans by maeglin · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      -1 Offtopic

      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)

  2. Mandrake Forum Goatsed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It has,

  3. Re:so... by dthable · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    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....

  4. What? by King+Of+Chat · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Are you sure you want Dubya in charge of anything to do with numbers?

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    1. Re:What? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Please mod parent down, flamebait.

  5. Re:Who is this guy? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "Thats why we had the school moved here", was his next reply.
    So, the mystery continues!

  6. Re:CARNIVORE HAS LOGGED YOUR SUBVERSIVE POST, COMM by ObviousGuy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I don't care too much about that, but will you be eating my log again tonight?

    Shhh... I'm hunting karma.

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  7. Re:Pot? Is that you? by Stonehand · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I suspect that most guerilla wars have actually been versus rebels in South America and Africa as waged by governments and government-aligned para militaries under extremely loose rules of engagement (as in death squads, maiming and mutilations, forced conscription, summary executions, massacres, et al). There have been a few in Europe (Soviet-backed partisan formations and Communist movements in Europe, for instance) and Asia (assorted Communist revolutions and civil wars, Karen rebels, "God's Army", et al) but fewer, and very few currently.

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