>> in the end it comes down to something like this: >> do you prefer the internet or the encyclopedia britannica plus email :-) >> do you like wild fruit from the forest or only clean cultivation. >mmmWild fruit. >That said, how is it possible to organize anything with free roots? >i can easily imagine hundreds or thousands or tens of thousands of different >.Sex TLD's. similar number for other top names. i.e. .Net. >How will the viewer navigate this? like with TV stations, users choose their providers/ISP. some get it via airwaves (regulated), some via cable, some satellite. most TLDs are uncontested, others will have less success, as you say. freedom of choice and voluntary standards, not regulation, are internet's success. the new "homeland security" empire is orderly and nice until they come for you.
http://gnn.tv/human_rights/doc790.html IBM's extensive technological support for Hitler http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,55952,00.html FDA permits use of implantable ID chips in humans http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2332719.stm "Too nice" military police chief sacked for not supporting torture. http://globalresearch.ca/globaloutlook/truth911.html Michel Chossudovsky, Professor of Economics at the University of Ottawa on extending the frontiers of the American Empire right around the world to facilitate complete U.S. corporate control outside the U.S. and a police state on the inside. http://ACLU.org/SafeandFree/ American Civil Liberties Union: Look what Ashcroft is doing to our Constitution http://intelligence.senate.gov/0210hrg/021017/hayden.pdf National Security Agency NSA chief wants to aim the most powerful surveillance system in the world at American citizens. --- *** --- >i'm still getting people saying to me, .TV ... what's that? > >Swerve >> >> --- *** --- >> >>> While i'm definitely no big fan of Icann, it seems to me that the free and >>> likely chaotic nature of free roots is even less desirable. E.g. New.Net >>> >>> Let the words fly. >>> >>> Swerve >> >>>>> Apparently there was a DoS attack on the root servers this week, but >>>>> it went largely unnoticed (if we don't notice it, its unnoticable....;) >>>>> http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/internet/10/23/internet.attack.ap/ >>>> >>>>> Service was restored after experts enacted defensive measures >>>>> and the attack suddenly stopped. >>>> the attackers stopped after having demonstrated the problem, >>>> that proves that the operators are working well >;?) >>>> >>>>> "...and life goes on," said Louis Touton, vice president for ICANN >>>> as always, without addressing the problems at the root. >>>> >>>>> "We were prepared, we responded quickly," said Brian >>>>> O'Shaughnessy, a spokesman for VeriSign Inc., >>>>> which operates two of the 13 computers in northern Virginia. >>>> what a bunch of pathetic liars :-) >>>> >>>> it's only a matter of time until existing free roots will win over >>>> and make things more stable. everyone can choose today. >>>> what is the TTL of the new ministry of propaganda ? >>>> >>>> kind regards philippe, http://freeroots.com/
