This reminds me of something I read recently about server blade architecture. It's the same general idea, where you have lots of small components doing very specialized tasks. I'm not sure if that would work in the normal desktop world though...being able to specialize componenets implies advance knowledge of what the hardware will actually be doing. For servers that's pretty easy, but the wide variety of desktop applications could make that impractical. Maybe thats why they are still pushing for more all-purpose cores.
I find it kind of strange that this problem exists in the first place. Since it's usually the same people who are registering/returning the domains, why can't they just some kind of limit in that only lets someone return 1 a day or something to discourage this type of behavior? Either that or make it a percentage system...you can only unload so many domains per day based on how many active domaions you have right now that have been there for a while (to make sure legitimate companies aren't penalized).
The problem is, no matter what kind of platform you use, the ease of maintenance has a pretty big impact on how much it costs.
The 'free' part of Linux is nice for individual users or companies who have full-time IT staff, but for a school I think using a distro where they get support is a good choice. School IT staff is usually running tight as it is.
Plus, now those kids will have a chance to learn something besides Windows at a younger age. I'm sure they'll get Windows exposeure elsewhere, so now they won't be locked into the 'Windows is all that I know, so let's use windows' pattern later.
I don't use TiVo, but I wonder how many ad companies would really want something like this. Right now, it usually takes the effort of a phone call or going to an internet site or something to learn more about the featured product, which means those who take the effort, generally have a bit of interest. With it being made so easy now, I bet a lot of people would think 'Hey, thats might be interesting', hit the button, and then not think about it until the ad mail comes unexpectedly. This would probably be not as good for advertisers...fewer quality results, even if they reach a much broader audience. I certainly wouldn't want to use this method if I was marketing something.
Regardless of the ethical issues involved, any DDoS does a lot of collateral damage. I've been on a subnet before where someone else's machine was attacked, but it made my own site inaccessible at the same time, and probably strained other people upstream. Retaliation attacks are likely to hurt a lot more people than just the spammers, however irritating they are.
3. Creation of International Internet Council that would assume responsibility for the Internet governance issues that arise on the national level. ICANN's mandate would need to be altered based on the development of the IIC.
All of the negatives aside, one thing I like about ICAAN is there is one point that everything leads back to. If control over the internet is split among various nations, it seems it would be too easy for the pieces of the internet to become segmented if the nations involved ever had a dispute over something. That might give countries like China, who already do strange thigns with the internet, the possibility of completely cutting themselves off from the rest of the world.
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This reminds me of something I read recently about server blade architecture. It's the same general idea, where you have lots of small components doing very specialized tasks. I'm not sure if that would work in the normal desktop world though...being able to specialize componenets implies advance knowledge of what the hardware will actually be doing. For servers that's pretty easy, but the wide variety of desktop applications could make that impractical. Maybe thats why they are still pushing for more all-purpose cores.
I find it kind of strange that this problem exists in the first place. Since it's usually the same people who are registering/returning the domains, why can't they just some kind of limit in that only lets someone return 1 a day or something to discourage this type of behavior? Either that or make it a percentage system...you can only unload so many domains per day based on how many active domaions you have right now that have been there for a while (to make sure legitimate companies aren't penalized).
The problem is, no matter what kind of platform you use, the ease of maintenance has a pretty big impact on how much it costs. The 'free' part of Linux is nice for individual users or companies who have full-time IT staff, but for a school I think using a distro where they get support is a good choice. School IT staff is usually running tight as it is. Plus, now those kids will have a chance to learn something besides Windows at a younger age. I'm sure they'll get Windows exposeure elsewhere, so now they won't be locked into the 'Windows is all that I know, so let's use windows' pattern later.
I don't use TiVo, but I wonder how many ad companies would really want something like this. Right now, it usually takes the effort of a phone call or going to an internet site or something to learn more about the featured product, which means those who take the effort, generally have a bit of interest. With it being made so easy now, I bet a lot of people would think 'Hey, thats might be interesting', hit the button, and then not think about it until the ad mail comes unexpectedly. This would probably be not as good for advertisers...fewer quality results, even if they reach a much broader audience. I certainly wouldn't want to use this method if I was marketing something.
Regardless of the ethical issues involved, any DDoS does a lot of collateral damage. I've been on a subnet before where someone else's machine was attacked, but it made my own site inaccessible at the same time, and probably strained other people upstream. Retaliation attacks are likely to hurt a lot more people than just the spammers, however irritating they are.