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ICANN vs. ccTLDs in Geneva

Posted by michael on from the wardrums dept.

Gallowglass writes "The Register is reporting on an interesting meeting in Geneva. To quote from the article, 'Why the huge fuss? Because the meeting threatened to turn into a caucus where rising resentment against ICANN and its attempt to stamp ultimate authority over the Internet could have escalated into international agreement and action.' Didn't quite, but the natives are restless. The article has links to all presentations given at the two day meeting, and also an audio of the event at the bottom of the article. It's also a good summary of the controversy and of its history."

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  1. First Pork by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ha ha ha ha
    fuck you

    1. Re:First Pork by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      whoa gee, you're so very fucking witty!

      dork.

  2. First cxTLD post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Click here.

  3. Am I the only one... by JeanBaptiste · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    that whenever I read something off of the Register, the voice in my head has a british accent?

    I don't see what the big problem is with ICANN though. Pay me 100,000 a year and I'll come up with something to sort all this out....

  4. Re:BRING DOWN ICANN by josh+crawley · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Cool. I got FP. Now I'm l33t as every anony-coward. Read it and weep, kidz.

  5. moron ignoring the smoke coming out of your .asp, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    the engine room, etc.....

    va lairIE's patentdead PostBlock(tm) device? priceless.

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    Chairman 1,000,000 Planned Sale

  6. Hmm... by Tha_Big_Guy23 · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    ICANN retaliated with nine papers, most of them written by members of its organisation, that supported its position.
    Hmm..Slashdot editors working at The Register now?
    --
    If you're looking here for something insightful or thought provoking, you're probably looking in the wrong place.
    1. Re:Hmm... by Overt+Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Welcome to the wonderful world of localization... the spelling is correct in UK English.

    2. Re:Hmm... by Tha_Big_Guy23 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Pardon my moment of mental absence...

      organisation

      is spelled that way in the UK... *sigh* language barriers.. why can't we all just get along.

      --
      If you're looking here for something insightful or thought provoking, you're probably looking in the wrong place.
  7. Senegal - home of the flying toilet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    SENEGAL - Martha Njoki jumped when she heard a thud on the corrugated iron roof of her shack.

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    "First thing in the morning, the flying toilets are rampant," said Njoki, as a gaggle of other women in a courtyard nodded in agreement. "Sometimes you are walking down the path and you see human waste, people have just thrown it there."

    1. Re:Senegal - home of the flying toilet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      They should be thankful there aren't many outdoor fans to be found in Senegal.

  8. Iraq by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Counting the days until we liberate Iraq.


    Anyone else find it ironic that antiwar protesters would be shot, thrown in jail, or worse, if they tried to demonstrate in the streets of baghdad?

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

      They'd have their wives and children raped and murdered in front of them.

      Iraq actually has paid government employees with a liscense to "violate women" for this sort of thing.

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


      Anyone else find it ironic that antiwar protesters would be shot, thrown in jail, or worse, if they tried to demonstrate in the streets of baghdad?

      If you don't like anitwar protests, maybe you should move to another country.

  9. War will start any hour now by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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