Bless Network Solutions' pointy little heads. In the face of competition,
they are e-mailing domain name holders to encourage them to sign up for ten
(!) years (see below). "A $350 value for $300 -- IF you act before February
18."
(Don't be surprised if their next step is to enlist Ron Popeil
I hesitate to post this because it carries us farther off-topic, but I'm
weak-willed and can't resist. Sorry.
Tony Blizzard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] writes:
The biggest flaw in Pete Farmer's thinking is that we need other
nations' trade in the same way they need ours.
This isn't faulty
Jay Fenello [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] quotes Scott McConnell, whose work
apparently was on a Pat Buchanan website, as writing
After Seattle, it looks like real democracy may be starting
up again.
I see it quite differently. I suspect the vast majority of protestors in
Seattle would be *dead
Jay Fenello [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
Well, it's 3:30 a.m. EST, and I have seen very
little coverage of the riots. It's seems that
the Pete Rose story is a much higher priority
topic tonight!
In other words, I'd say were in the midsts of
another media blackout.
Apparently, it's not a
be addressed?
And if government(s) rose to fill this vacuum, would we end up satisfied
with the outcome?
Pete Farmer
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Strategies Unlimited http://www.strategies-u.com
Mountain View, CA
+1 650 941
on Jay's list: I hope you are giving him all the
attention he deserves...
Pete Farmer
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Peter J. Farmer -- Director, Optical Communications
Strategies Unlimited http://www.strategies-u.com
Mountain View, CA
+1 650 941-3438 (voice)
+1 650 464-1243
For the record, of the 10 feedback comments to Mr. Cooper's op/ed piece, 6
are "on Jay's side," 2 are pro-Dyson, and 2 offer no opinion. Of the 6 "on
Jay's side," 4 are formatted normally. I
Reality check, Jay. Possibly you and Ellen pasted your replies, instead of
typing them directly?
A.M. Rutkowski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
It's also important to look at alternatives to the single world government
approach that's represented by ICANN. The Internet arose and was successful
because of distributed administrative models, not centralized ones.
Even in other Internet
I look at the ICANN process a little differently. It isn't really a
substitute for NSI as much as it would be a substitute for the government.
Perhaps the establishment of ICANN was the worst possible way to handle the
situation -- except for all of the alternatives.
I don't think it would
