U.S. Won't Let Go of DNS 385
An Anonymous Reader wrote in with a story on the Eweek site, reporting that the Federal Government is going to keep control of the Domain Name System rather than handing it over to ICANN. From the article: "...the United States is committed to taking no action that would have the potential to adversely impact the effective and efficient operation of the DNS, and will therefore maintain its historic role in authorizing changes or modifications to the authoritative root zone file..."
AGAIN? (Score:5, Funny)
Great news! (Score:0, Funny)
I should submit a new article (Score:5, Funny)
An Anonymous Reader wrote in with a story on the Slashdot site, reporting that the Slashdot editors are going to keep control of the Duping System rather than handing it over to intelligent moderators that would be capable of successfully weeding out repeated stores. From the article: "...Slashdot is committed to taking no action when it sees a repeated story arrive for publication on its website, as this would have the potential to positively impact the effective and efficient operation of Slashdot.org.
Re:ICANN (Score:5, Funny)
ICAAN!
US: You can't.
ICAAN!
US: You cannot.
ICAAN!
US: No, You can't!
Re:The ITU != the rest of UN (Score:2, Funny)
Obviously, you haven't been following the news:
"... slashdot.org is an far-right wing Internet news website that posts libelous and defamatory content and is used by Open Source Community members to anonymously post hate speech, death threats, threats to murder and promotes and advocates acts of domestic terrorism within the United States..."
according to Jeff Merkey [merkeylaw.com]. Sounds pretty mainstream American to me.
Re:U.S. Won't Let Go of DNS - So what? (Score:3, Funny)
Especially when you read the wrong column.
Asia: 34%
North America: 24.9%
Mugabe! (Score:4, Funny)
Just the man for the job.
I just can't understand the US reticence.
Four Hours Later... (Score:3, Funny)
Anonymous Reads writes: Despite efforts by a coalition of the willing and intelligent moderators, Slashdot refuses to relenquish control of its Duping System - capable of successfully weeding out repeat stories - to the aforementioned group. Says a Slashdot source: "...Slashdot is committed to taking no action when it sees a repeated story arrive for publication..." When asked about the reason for this, our source commented that efficiency and effectiveness would not suffer. Editor: How long can this go on? This is rediculous!
(I kid, folks. The dupes don't bother me.)
All I want... (Score:3, Funny)
outsource it to india (Score:4, Funny)