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U.N. To Govern Internet?
Falmarian writes "Apparently the rest of the world isn't happy about the US franchise on internet governance. A news.com article discusses the possibility that the U.N. will make a bid for control of such governing functions as assigning TLDs and IPs." From the article: "At issue is who decides key questions like adding new top-level domains, assigning chunks of numeric Internet addresses, and operating the root servers that keep the Net humming. Other suggested responsibilities for this new organization include Internet surveillance, 'consumer protection,' and perhaps even the power to tax domain names to pay for 'universal access.'"
maybe they can hire Al Gore to whip up something new for international use.
Given the UN's proven track record of success, efficiency and effeciveness, I don't see how anyone could be against this.
This way when there is a dispute over ip addressing UN peace keepers can just observe the dispute while the parties kill each other...
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Come on now, be civil. The internet belongs to the world. It's only fair that 60% of the TLD servers are in the world's poorest countries, and they charge $1 and take 15 minutes to do a lookup....
This has all the markings of a disaster. Either a) Leave it with the US and watch countries like China break away and leave us with good and bad "internets". Or b) Give it to the UN, the very people who couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery.
so if the UN runs the internet, I suppose that attacks against 3rd world computers will be ignored until millions of computers are slag. then when they do intervene, it will be half-hearted with the help unable to actually help, just stand around watching shit burn.
And the British practically belong to us, so what's your point?
We will give you 1 year to take down your website, before 'more drastic' measures will be taken.
One year later ...
Resolution 30357B - Illegal File Traders:
Oh, did we say one year? We meant two. Take two years. But take it down! Don't make us unleash the fury!
Two years later ...
Resolution 30357C - Illegal File Traders:
We at the UN can't help but notice that you haven't taken your site down. We strongly disapprove of your actions. So much so that we're giving you three more years to do it. But you'd better believe that when those three years are up it's clobbering time. Seriously.
Three years later ...
Resolution 30357D - Illegal File Traders:
It seems you are still running your illegal website. We downloaded several Chingy tunes today (thanks for the UN discount!). But you seriously need to take that site down. Seriously. To show you how serious we are, we're going to start a plan of denying aid to people not in any way affiliated with you. Yes we know this won't affect on you personally, but it makes us look like bad-asses. Five more years! That's all we can give you. Then out come the meat hammers!
Five years later ...
Resolution 30357E - Illegal File Traders
- Rider A: Condemnation of Israel for refusing to just fucking disappear like the Mayans
- Rider B: Pay-raise and trips to Disneyland!
Maybe it's us. Are we doing something wrong? Is there something we could give you to make you take that site down? Because, seriously, we're all pussies here at the UN and don't want to do anything drastic like follow through on our empty resolution statements. So why don't we go ahead and give you as many years as you like to take that site down. Just keep those kickbacks coming! And remember, we are the world's last resort for justice!
L'ser
Do you mean the UN that thought that invading Iraq wasn't justified? That more time was needed to establish the existence of WMDs? Clearly an organisation that couldn't make a good decision to save itself. Oh, wait...
c:\> ping www.google.com ...
pinging 64.36.21.34
network U.N.-reachable
sorry... couldn't resist
Uh...no... they would invade switzerland, or wherever the governing body was, fail to do anything about the internet situation because they have bad intelligence that does not tell them how the network is administered, but they would succeed in killing hundreds of women and children and we would probably successfully end Switzerlands neutrality forever.
Of course, I think they will find that the US soldiers will get their asses kicked by Swiss women and children, but with sheer numbers we will manage to massacre some of those dangerous women and children.
heh... should be a historical sub plot in a william gibson novel explaining why swiozerland got nuked...
NO! NOT THE DUTCH!
ANYBODY BUT THE DUTCH!
Next thing you know, the streets of the internet will be littered with sites trying to sell sex and drugs.
so we should control it.
If you other countries would just have better politicians...
"European invented HTTP"
Since when is Tim Berners-Lee a European?
The man is British!
there are 3 kinds of people:
* those who can count
* those who can't
But not to their faces.
Slow down, cowboy! It has been 4 hours since you last posted. You must wait another few hours.
Hmmm... Insightful, polite, open to suggestion... Are you Canadian? :D
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Sigh... If only. Modding would be so much more fun.
Al Gore is British?
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7. Africans profit when the stack overflows.
The stack will only overflow if you relace "5. Goto 2" with "5. GOSUBB> 2".