Should the UN Replace ICANN? 591
An anonymous reader writes "Yahoo news has a story on how some developing countries want control of the assignment of network names and numbers turned over to an international body, such as the UN's ITU (International Telecommunication Union)."
Packets for food (Score:2, Funny)
Yeah, that's the ticket. Time to bone up on my French.
Re:No way... (Score:5, Funny)
Always good to meet another Kerry voter...
Backwards? (Score:5, Funny)
That's the spirit! (Score:5, Funny)
Oh, you said the UN?
Nevermind.
I see this has nicely divided /. into two camps (Score:1, Funny)
2. Idiots
Dear U.N. (Score:3, Funny)
No.
Signed,
- Everyone
Seriously, though, the U.N.? I'm all for internationalization, and I believe working with the global community is a very good idea, especially in the long run, but the U.N.? No. Maybe someone who has their act together. But not the U.N. As much as I get angry with my own government, at least I can rest easy at night knowing we don't pay any attention to the U.N. at all.
United Nations: 9/10 as an idea, 2/10 in implementation.
Re:Can United Nations REALLY stop cyber crime and (Score:2, Funny)
Are domain names needed? (Score:4, Funny)
My technical knowledge is littile, so I'd appreciate any thoughts you guys have.
It's ours. (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Can United Nations REALLY stop cyber crime and (Score:2, Funny)
Re:That will be good (Score:3, Funny)
Think how easy that would be to filter out.
May I ask you to reconsider the word "useless" ?