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US Keeps Control of the Internet

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the well-thank-good-thats-all-settled-once-and-for-all dept.

Adam Schumacher writes "As a result of a a deal reached late Tuesday, the US and ICANN will maintain control over the Internet's core systems. A new body will be created to provide international oversight, which will, of course, have no binding authority."

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  1. THBBBPPPPPP!!!! </raspberry> by thatshortkid · · Score: 4, Funny

    I, for one, welcome our concern-addressing, no-binding-power-having overlords.

    HA HA!!</nelson>

    burn, baby, burn... karma inferno!

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  2. The Minutes Of The Meeting by ellem · · Score: 5, Funny

    World: We want to control the internet.
    USA: No.
    World: Come on!
    USA: No.
    World: Will you at least think about it?
    USA: No.
    World: If you don't we will be forced to make our own DNS systems.
    USA: OK.
    World: But that will break the internet.
    USA: OK
    World: But that would be bad.
    USA: Then leave it alone.
    World: OK. But we're making a committee.
    USA: That's cute.

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    1. Re:The Minutes Of The Meeting by The+Hobo · · Score: 3, Funny

      Detective: Now don't you fret. When I'm through, he won't set foot in this town again. I can be very, very persuasive.
      (Cutaway to detective in a bar with Sideshow Bob)
      Detective: Come on, leave town.
      Sideshow Bob: No.
      Detective: I'll be your friend.
      Bob: No.
      Detective: Aw, you're mean!


      And for those Sideshow Bob fans, I managed to get this shot at just the right frame..

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      There is another kind of evil which we must fear most, and that is the indifference of good men. -- Boondock Saints
    2. Re:The Minutes Of The Meeting by lbrandy · · Score: 3, Funny

      And here I thought this topic was about ICANN's control of a tiny portion of the internet...

      You clearly have studied the longstanding recipe for slashdot success:
      1. Crazily and illogically connect anything to Iraq.
      2. ?????
      3. +5 Insightful

    3. Re:The Minutes Of The Meeting by vertinox · · Score: 4, Funny

      Nobody said it was a perfect system but it seems to have worked well enough for the last 200 years :)

      I bet the last Emperor of Rome said the same thing.

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      "I am the king of the Romans, and am superior to rules of grammar!"
      -Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (1368-1437)
  3. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 4, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  4. Re:Doesn't this remind you of AT&T? by BladeMelbourne · · Score: 3, Funny
    And there's no one that's more powerful that can tell them what to do.

    I'll forgive you because you haven't met me...

  5. Europe is going to build it's own internet.. by klang · · Score: 3, Funny

    with blackjack and hookers.. ..or just with it's own trusted DNS Root servers..

  6. Re:THBBBPPPPPP!!!! by ColaMan · · Score: 4, Funny

    It'll be great! Kinda of like the UN!

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    You are in a twisty maze of processor lines, all alike.
    There is a lot of hype here.
  7. If the UN took control by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    UN: "Please stop breaking into the DNS servers."
    Hacker: "Ok." ...months later...

    UN: "You have broken in again, please cease and desist or we will be forced to write a resolution."
    Hacker: "Ok" ...months later...

    UN: "This is the third time you have broken in; please see the updated resolution stating our resolve to enforce the previous resolution. We are going to send you a nasty letter, you know."
    Hacker: "Why don't you secure the server?"

    UN: "Resolution UN1231-123-122.1 to upgrade security has passed. We are ok."
    Hacker: "No you're not, the server is still open."

    UN: "But we have a resolution."
    Hacker: "um...."

    UN: "Don't push us or we'll send in the men in blue."
    Hacker: "The Smurfs?"
    UN: "Mind you, our security force is top-notch, they have cans of mace and can insult your mother."
    Hacker: "right..."

    Hacker: "Do you want some Pay-Pal dollars?"

  8. Re:and who better than the US... by cbiltcliffe · · Score: 4, Funny
    Canada, our 51st state? What would be the difference?
    We'd say:

    Hey, hoser! We're shutting down your website, eh? Unless you, like, give us some beer and back bacon, eh?
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