US officially rejects the idea of surrendering control of the internet to the UN or another international body.

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Last time I checked ICANN was handling domain registration and the like very well. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

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Did the US check first with Algore before deciding this? Afterall, he invented the Internet.

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I know China's pretty upset over the fact that even though it has a popluation of over a billion people, the entire country only has roughly the same number of IP addresses as Stanford University.

Considering that the future number of Internet users in China will dwarf the current number, this could be a powerful bargaining chip in diplomatic relations.

Isnt Internet2 going to introduce 32-bit IP addresses?

If so, that will solve the problem for a very long time. There will be no shortage of addresses.

In any event, there is nothing to stop these other nations from developing their own internets...right?

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since when do we hand over technology for the UN to manage? What's next, they want control of our fighters? We got it under control, but thanks for thinking of us.

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JMS gets another English lesson:

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there is no "mostly unique;" thats like saying "sometimes always," its an oxymoron - its either one or the other.

The result:

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By the mid-19th century unique had developed a wider meaning, “not typical, unusual,” and it is in this wider sense that it is compared. The comparison of so-called absolutes in senses that are not absolute is standard in all varieties of speech and writing.

the irony is that Chinese & indian programmers will be doing Internet mark 2

thanks for asking.

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