ICANN Meets Annan

CypherOz writes "The Australian reports a meeting between ICANN chief Twomey and Kofi Annan and the role the UN may play in the naming game. " We've talked about this before as well.

Don tinfoil hats

[Anonymous Coward]

I hear the sound of those virtual black helicopters.

fantastic

[Anonymous Coward]

two organizations that get absolutely nothing done, meet. news at 11.

Re:UN wants to rule the internet..

[Doesn't_Comment_Code]

I personally advocate ditching dns and going back to plain ip numbers. If you find a site you like, remember it's ip number, or just bookmark the number. If you have a big coorporate site, make television commercials like "Biggest Sale Ever!!! visit http://36.112.2.14 for details" We'll also cut internet traffic by a third and do away with all the trouble surrounding who controls the names.

Re:The internet was created by the US

[Anonymous Coward]

> The rest of the world can deal with it or make their own internet.

We did - we just didn't tell you about it yet. You're not invited you see ;-)

Negotiations

[Dark Lord Seth]

Twomey: So, you people want part of our little scheme?
Annan: More or less, yes.
Twomey: What if I tell you to shove your head up your own ass?
Annan: I'm not sure my friend would appreciate that.
Twomey: Really now? I've got Verisign behind me.
Annan: Mario, say hi.
Mario Monti: Hi!
Annan: See that war chest with 500 million euros behind him? The one with the MS logo?
Twomey: You know, this whole scheme involving you sounds interesting all of the sudden. Do tell.

Re:UN wants to rule the internet..

[jeffcm]

Yeah, until IPv6 comes around. Then you might have problems... "Hey dude, visit my website!" "What's the address?" "Oh, it's easy. Just go to http://3ffe:0501:0008:0000:0260:97ff:fe40:efab"

What are ye..

[Anonymous Coward]

dissing the UN for?? What can be so wrong with having a multi country organisation controlling the internet??? The only problem i can see is america sticking its head in and declaring war on the UN and the internet or something as stupid.

Re:Funny Quote

[Anonymous Coward]

Because you don't have to be an asshole just because you can.

That aptly describes the French. Lets get back to talking about the US.

International law...

[Anonymous Coward]

"International law is to law what professional wrestling is to wrestling; no one over the age of nine mistakes it for the real thing."

Time Magazine, opening line in an article about Somalia from 1993.

Re:Funny Quote

[pe1rxq]

Just where do you think the internet came from?

It came by interconnecting a lot of networks worldwide.

Where did Google come from?

From some smart guys that had nothing to do with the US government

Where did 122,000 online pictures of Britney Spears come from?

Please, take them back!!!!!!!

Jeroen

"Annan" ??

[Gothmolly]

Geesh, it's not like he's Linus or Madonna or Jesus. Coffee-cup Annan doesn't have that level of recognition, at least in the US. Oh wait, -1, US-Centric. Oh wait, /. is mostly a US site! 50% will think this is a troll, 50% will think that this is Insightful. What to do, what to do...