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ICANN Board Election Results
Soko writes "One American on the ICANN board so far, folks. Newsbytes has this report. " We could do worse than Vint Cerf, but there's still some concern among U.S. polticians that "we" don't have enough representation. From the story: "House Commerce Committee Chairman Thomas Bliley, R-Va., last week said that it would be 'unfortunate' if the United States
were underrepresented on the ICANN board. Because the United States still has the majority of Internet users and businesses
and because of the nation's leadership role in inventing and promoting the Internet, the US should be well represented on the
ICANN board, he said."
I know that the Internet began as a primarily American phenomenon. Likely, that hasn't changed much, despite the globalization of the Internet.
However, I think that if we are to make the Internet a truly global phenomenon, the US should be prepared to let other nations have a significant say in what happens to the 'Net. This means swallowing some pride and allowing themselves to be "underrepresented", despite the fact that the Internet was originally exclusively American.
Just my 0.02 zlotniks.
-W-
Is it all journey, or is there landfall?
--Ellison & van Vogt, 'The Human Operators'
Isn't that there is only one American on the board, but that there are no representatives of the actual users of the Internet on the board. Every one of the elected members represent large Telcos. Vinton Cerf is an MCI WorldCom vice president. His point of view is that of a large corporation. This also applies to the remaining members.
On the other hand, according to ICANN's web page, the Board of ICANN will be composed of nineteen Directors, nine At-Large Directors, nine to be nominated by Supporting Organizations, and the President/CEO (ex officio). This election was for the nine members nominated by Supporting Organizations. So there is still time to get some representation for actual techies onto the ICANN board.
You must be counting AOL disks. And even if true, "orders of magnitude" less than 100 mill. is 1 mill. A number of countries has many times this number of users.
The largest segment is not necessarily large enough to be considered a majority. A quick peek at linuxcounter indicates that USA is at 20% of the net population.
And from what country did the browser technology originate? Without that the internet would still be a plaything in academia.
No, read the article again. The article said that it was the first time a *Microsoft* website had been cracked, as in, a site on *.microsoft.com -andrew
The hacker, who also altered a handful of government Web sites in recent days, says he expects to be arrested soon.
Yet it seems obvious to me from flipz's first crack on attrition.org that flipz is a woman.
Just another example of gender bias in the media. out
"But always she's the spectre of uncertainty I first endured, then faded, then embraced..."
I mean, Slashdot was cracked before. So that hardly proves anything.
"Knowledge = Power = Energy = Mass"
I suggest 'fucked'. For two reasons.
1. It's probably the only chance for most of these kiddies to fuck anything.
2. There's something about the headline "Microsoft Well and Truly Fucked" that appeals.
3. Three. Three reasons. When was the last time you got to rant at someone saying "they're fuckers, not crackers!"?
Perhaps they should give PCWeek a call, to beef up their Windows security. :)
Seriously, though, too bad he didn't go after the PCWeek hack-contest box. The damn thing's still up!
Can you remember how powerfully the feelings moved in you, and the screaming intensity of your motivation to do something? The fires of youth were the heart of the engine which drove wars, conquests, and the building of empires throughout history. Today, where can these driving powers find their release? Where else is a young man or woman gripped by the claws of ambition going to express their power?
Today's laws put a lid on the primal driving force of the species, and the government enforces those laws with overwhelming violence. Like any people faced by a too-powerful foe, the children move into other lands -- or, speaking less metaphorically, into arenas where the the law cannot be effectively enforced, and work their passions there. The computer networks of the world are such an arena. Those who do not understand why these kids do the things they do call the kids "stupid", but the lack of comprehension is truly due to a lack of common ground between the observer and the observed; to those who have not lost touch with the primordial fire of creation, the act is perfectly understandable, even if the form of the act seems strange.