They did not ask for permission to use unused namespace to redirect to SF
Permission from who? This is exactly the point. The internet was designed to be as unregulated as possible. And this is good, this is how is should be. But the problem is putting businesses in charge of it. The problem with you social security analogy is that there are clear things prohibiting SS from opening another business. This is (purposefully) not the case with the internet. I am not saying that I like Verisign's exploitations, on the contrary, it really makes me mad, and I think it is a dangerous foreshadowing of the future. Ideally, all your analogies make sense, but the internet has developed into a dangerous combination:
completely_unrestricted + big_business DNS implementation should be put in the hands of an organization without other interests before Verisign becomes another microsoft.
This sort of problem could have been forseen. Even though I hated their Sitefinder feature, they have a point. Since when does ICANN have the power to tell a business or person what they can or can't put on their page? It just so happens that this business is Verisign, who also runs part of the internet.
This is where the problem is. Why is a business running these domain names? That seems like a conflict of interest to me. There needs to be non business regulatory commitees that run it. The issue certainly can't be finding money to do it.
Even though its a little annoying that Verisign wants to show their sitefinder, as a business, they have every right to do it.
This discussion reminds me of something on slashdot a while ago that I can't find that was something like "10 common misconceptions about the internet". The whole point was that the internet is just a network of computers, its that simple. This simplicity will vanish before our eyes if we have businesses running it.
Somehow, this seems like a sequel nobody wants to see...
What??? No way! Everybody can't wait to see the new icon for "Recycle Bin" and "My Computer"!! Most people who care about that "functionality" crap use linux anyways.
Seeing as any changes the NSA make are presumably only used internally by the agency, they are under no obligation to release the source. So this is quite a community spirited move on their part.
First of all, Linux is released under the GPL, so they _are_ "under obligation" to release the source. Secondly, they don't want to fix security on their computers, but the computers all around the United States. The NSA is not being generous here, but doing what they are paid to do (by us taxpayers, I might add). You watch too many spy movies.
yes, that sounds right to me. Revolution did not fit the trend that the other two set: explanations for everything that went on (and they were pretty good too). I had thought of the "nested matrix" thing too, and I guess it makes sense that they may continue along this line.
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Permission from who? This is exactly the point. The internet was designed to be as unregulated as possible. And this is good, this is how is should be. But the problem is putting businesses in charge of it. The problem with you social security analogy is that there are clear things prohibiting SS from opening another business. This is (purposefully) not the case with the internet. I am not saying that I like Verisign's exploitations, on the contrary, it really makes me mad, and I think it is a dangerous foreshadowing of the future. Ideally, all your analogies make sense, but the internet has developed into a dangerous combination:
completely_unrestricted + big_business
DNS implementation should be put in the hands of an organization without other interests before Verisign becomes another microsoft.
This sort of problem could have been forseen. Even though I hated their Sitefinder feature, they have a point. Since when does ICANN have the power to tell a business or person what they can or can't put on their page? It just so happens that this business is Verisign, who also runs part of the internet.
This is where the problem is. Why is a business running these domain names? That seems like a conflict of interest to me. There needs to be non business regulatory commitees that run it. The issue certainly can't be finding money to do it.
Even though its a little annoying that Verisign wants to show their sitefinder, as a business, they have every right to do it.
This discussion reminds me of something on slashdot a while ago that I can't find that was something like "10 common misconceptions about the internet". The whole point was that the internet is just a network of computers, its that simple. This simplicity will vanish before our eyes if we have businesses running it.
yes, that sounds right to me. Revolution did not fit the trend that the other two set: explanations for everything that went on (and they were pretty good too). I had thought of the "nested matrix" thing too, and I guess it makes sense that they may continue along this line.