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ICANN - And here's who will be running the Internet for the next 3 years
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 16:25:13 -0400
I strongly agree djf ------ Forwarded Message From: Russell Nelson <nelson () crynwr com> Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 15:21:45 -0400 To: Wdimitr () aol com, GLIGOR1 () aol com, dave () farber net Cc: karl () cavebear com Subject: Re: [IP] ICANN - And here's who will be running the Internet for the next 3 years
And here's who will be running the Internetfor the next three years
I'm sorry, but can we please reduce the nonsense level here? I keep trying to turn the knob down, but it's stuck. ICANN is in charge of the mapping from names to numbers. That's IT. That's ALL. That's ONLY. No more, and no less. One perfectly reasonably way to publish your web pages is to use a numeric-only address, such as http://192.203.178.8, and tell people "Google for Crynwr". Try it. Lo and behold, the very first match is for Crynwr software. No www, no com needed. Just "Google for Crynwr". Works for Russ Nelson, too. "Google for Russ Nelson". First hit. Now, in case you think that Google is just doing a www.ALLYOURWORDS.com search, it isn't. I got my daughter "rebeccanelson.com". Google for Rebecca Nelson and you get some actress and a few PhDs. ICANN doesn't run the net. They don't even control the only mapping of names to numbers. They only control one such mapping. You can: o Use Google. Domain names aren't a search mechanism anyway. o Use IP addresses. o Use domain.name/yournamehere. o Use tinyurl.com (or makeashorterurl or whatever). o Configure your nameserver to use an alternative root. ICANN has no real power. They can do irrelevant things, like create .museum and .coop. If they try to use the power people have granted them, they will quickly find out how little power they really have. -- --My blog is at angry-economist.russnelson.com | Rebecca's incredibly neat Crynwr sells support for free software | PGPok | County Fair quilt is now 521 Pleasant Valley Rd. | +1 315 268 1925 voice | at http://rebeccanelson.com/ Potsdam, NY 13676-3213 | +1 315 268 9201 FAX | quilt/index.html ------ End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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