[ga] Re: your mail

[Joe Baptista <baptista@pccf.net>]

jonathan .. it's not my list .. i'm asking why you on the list.

On Fri, 10 Nov 2000, jonathan wrote:

> jonathan is Please remove me from your list.
> 
> >From jfleming@ANET.COM Fri Nov 10 22:43:13 2000
> Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 22:38:53 -0600
> From: JIM FLEMING <jfleming@ANET.COM>
> To: DOMAIN-POLICY@LISTS.NETSOL.COM
> Subject: stratigraphic palynology - Paleontology and The ICANN             
>     Dinosaurs...and Geriatric Park
> 
> Comments on the recent report from the ICANN Dinosaurs...
> 
> http://www.icann.org/tlds/report/
> 
> The wait is over.....http://www.lost-world.com
> 
> It should come as no surprise that the ICANN Dinosaurs have collaborated
> with other Dinosaurs to produce a report about new TLDs being added to
> the out-dated, IPv4, legacy root name servers. In my opinion, people that
> study
> Dinosaurs may find all of this interesting but it has little to do with the
> living Internet.
> Likewise, the same thing could be said if the group recommended that we use
> Multics
> which few people even remember as an out-dated relic from the pre-UNIX era.
> 
> In my opinion, people involved with the living, breathing, and rapidly
> expanding
> Internet should be encouraged by what they see coming from ICANN's Geriatric
> Park.
> It is harmless, it is irrelevant and will become yet another chapter in some
> of the history
> noted below. If everyone is lucky, it might find a place in this Museum...in
> Los Angeles...
> 
> @@@@@ http://www.mjt.org/news.htm
> "Museum of Jurassic Technology....The World is Bound with Secret
> Knots....These include studies
> on magnetism, the geology of the subterranean Earth, the hieroglyphs of
> ancient Egypt,
> and the Tower of Babel."
> @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
> 
> For people continuing to work on the living breathing and expanding
> Internet,
> I suggest that we return to our work and not be distracted by the theatrical
> performances
> in Los Angeles. New Top Level Domains (TLDs) evolve from the organic
> collective
> efforts of people joined together in "tribes" wandering cyberspace. The name
> they select
> for their tribe can be varied and they can easily support the infrastructure
> they need
> via very light-weight (some use the term Gossamer) structures. This prevents
> them from
> dieing under their own weight, like the ICANN Dinosaurs which people can now
> study.
> (see below...and visit the La Brea Tar Pits
> often...http://www.rth.org/tarpits/)
> 
> 
> Jim Fleming
> http://www.unir.com
> http://Register.WEB.com
> 
> 
> http://www.icann.org/tlds/report/report-appa-09nov00.htm
> @@@@ http://www.mit.edu:8001/afs/net/user/srz/www/multics-glossary.html
> Palyn Report
> Report prepared in 1978 by Palyn Associates for Honeywell corporate,
> recommending long range large systems plans.
> @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
> 
> http://www.postel.org/opening.html
> http://www.defensebriefing.com/lc-12.htm
> http://www.stricom.army.mil/NEWS/ARCHIVE/news0009.html
> USC AND U.S. ARMY TO SIGN $45 MILLION CONTRACT
> Herbert Schorr, Ph.D., research professor of computer science in the USC
> School of Engineering and executive director of ISI, will serve as acting
> executive director of the ICT until the post is permanently filled later
> this year.
> http://www.cise.nsf.gov/oad/CISEOverview/tsld049.htm
> http://www.cookreport.com/whorules.shtml
> http://www.dyncorp-is.com/darpa/meetings/emb99mar/whoRegistered.asp
> March 16-18, 1999 - Maui, Hawaii
> http://www.isi.edu/news/isifellows2000webpage/isifellows2000.htm
> http://www.dyncorp-is.com/darpa/registration/registrantslist2.asp?regCode=ng
> i98oct
> http://www.ifp.uiuc.edu/nabhcs/reports/P4.html
> http://www.gcn.com/vol19_no24/editorial/2710-1.html
> Herbert Schorr is a member of the President's Information Technology
> Advisory Council.
> 
> > October 20, 1998
> >
> >Dr. Herb Schorr, Executive Director
> >USC Information Sciences Institute
> >4676 Admiralty Way
> >Suite 1001
> >Marina del Rey, California 90292-6601
> >
> >
> >Re: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
> >
> >
> >Dear Dr. Schorr:
> >
> > On October 2, 1998, the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) made a
> >submission on behalf of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
> >Numbers (ICANN)
> >in response to the National Telecommunications and Information
> >Administration (NTIA) Statement of Policy entitled "Management of Internet
> >Names and Addresses," 63 Fed. Reg. 31741 (June 5, 1998) (hereinafter the
> >"Statement of Policy" or "White Paper"). The White Paper invited the
> >private sector to come together and form a new, not-for-profit corporation
> >to administer policy for the Internet name and address system (the "domain
> >name system" or "DNS").
> >
> > Based on a review of ICANN's submission, other public submissions, and on
> >public comments on those submissions, the Department of Commerce regards
> the
> >ICANN submission as a significant step towards privatizing management of
> the
> >domain name system. Overall, the submissions we received supported moving
> >forward with the ICANN structure. We note, however, that the public
> >comments received on the ICANN submission reflect significant concerns
> about
> >substantive and operational aspects of ICANN. We strongly recommend that
> >you review and consider the many thoughtful and constructive comments
> posted
> >at www.ntia.doc.gov. The submissions of the Boston Working Group and the
> >Open Root Server Confederation, among others, articulate specific concerns,
> >many of which we share. As you refine your proposal, we urge you to consult
> >with these groups and others who commented critically on your proposal to
> >try to broaden the consensus.
> > The White Paper contemplates that the United States would enter into an
> >agreement based on the principles of stability, competition, private
> >bottom-up coordination and representation. The public submissions and
> >comments indicate that there are remaining concerns in the area of
> >accountability (representational and financial), transparent
> decision-making
> >processes, conflict of interest, and ICANN's proposed role with respect to
> >country-code top level domains (ccTLDs). These concerns are described below
> >in greater detail.
> >
> > Under your submission, the Interim board i
> 

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