Comments on: Internet safe http://www.buzzmachine.com/2005/11/16/internet-safe/ by Jeff Jarvis Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:45:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Grayson http://www.buzzmachine.com/2005/11/16/internet-safe/#comment-12770 Grayson Wed, 16 Nov 2005 17:36:17 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2005/11/16/internet-safe/#comment-12770 Oh they'll be back. Oh they’ll be back.

]]> By: Robert Feinman http://www.buzzmachine.com/2005/11/16/internet-safe/#comment-12757 Robert Feinman Wed, 16 Nov 2005 16:51:01 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2005/11/16/internet-safe/#comment-12757 The whole ICANN issue is a misperception of what the internet is. ICANN only controls the assignment of the nominal domain names like buzzmachine.com. The internet can function fine without names (DNS) it is just necessary to use the IP numbers instead. This might make bookmarks a little more difficult to read, but the phone system has worked for a century with only numbers. Software like keyword searches can even allow use of words when trying to reach a site even if there was no DNS. AOL does this, for example. It's more political posturing by politicians who have no idea of what they are talking about. Who cares who hands out the names, it just a clerical function. The whole ICANN issue is a misperception of what the internet is. ICANN only controls the assignment of the nominal domain names like buzzmachine.com.

The internet can function fine without names (DNS) it is just necessary to use the IP numbers instead. This might make bookmarks a little more difficult to read, but the phone system has worked for a century with only numbers. Software like keyword searches can even allow use of words when trying to reach a site even if there was no DNS. AOL does this, for example.

It’s more political posturing by politicians who have no idea of what they are talking about. Who cares who hands out the names, it just a clerical function.

]]> By: Hammer of Truth » Goodbye ICANN, hello UN http://www.buzzmachine.com/2005/11/16/internet-safe/#comment-12756 Hammer of Truth » Goodbye ICANN, hello UN Wed, 16 Nov 2005 16:49:43 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2005/11/16/internet-safe/#comment-12756 [...] Update by Stephen VanDyke: Late-breaking news that we can let out a sigh of relief (for now) [via BuzzMachine]: A U.N. technology summit opened Wednesday after an 11th-hour agreement that leaves the United States with ultimate oversight of the main computers that direct the Internet’s flow of information, commerce and dissent. [...] [...] Update by Stephen VanDyke: Late-breaking news that we can let out a sigh of relief (for now) [via BuzzMachine]: A U.N. technology summit opened Wednesday after an 11th-hour agreement that leaves the United States with ultimate oversight of the main computers that direct the Internet’s flow of information, commerce and dissent. [...]

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