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Old 03-15-2014, 12:37 PM
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US Government Cedes Control Of The Internet

To tell the truth I really don't know what to make of this news. What are the good and bad points in this move.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/emmawool...-the-internet/
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It's about mostly about assignment of domain names and IP addresses. No biggie, I think.
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It's about mostly about assignment of domain names and IP addresses. No biggie, I think.
Unless you're a non-thinking, radical, easily duped and frightened extremist.
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Unless you're a non-thinking, radical, easily duped and frightened extremist.
My only concern is that Go-Daddy commercials may disappear from the SuperBowl.
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My only concern is that Go-Daddy commercials may disappear from the SuperBowl.
Or that this will bring to a close the Golden Age of Internet pornography.
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Old 03-15-2014, 12:50 PM
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Or that this will bring to a close the Golden Age of Internet pornography.
No-o-o-o-o-o-o
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Old 03-15-2014, 12:54 PM
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The group that assignd domain names is already quite international and reacts to the concerns of other nations.
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So thats all it is Domain Names and who licenses them.
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Old 03-15-2014, 01:10 PM
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Unless you're a non-thinking, radical, easily duped and frightened extremist.
Michele Bachman, Glenn Beck or Alex Jones?
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Old 03-16-2014, 08:48 AM
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It will weed out a lot of the russian and Chinese junk,they try an push on Americans,So no big loss,Unless you like that junk.
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