- October 29, 2007
I'm sitting in ICANN's new TLD policy session - the restraint
of trade is enough to gag a Rockefeller.
ICANN continues to espouse an internet that exists only in
its own image. An internet in which innovation and enterprise
are forced to conform to ICANN standards of goodness.
In other words ICANN is attempting to impose onto the internet
a set of constraints that would deny to new innovators the creative
rights - in Jonathan Zittrain's words, the generative rights - that
gave rise to...
http://www.cavebear.com/cbblog-archives/000329.html
- October 28, 2007
The prodigal son of California Corporations, ICANN, is having its first meeting in its home jurisdiction since November 2001.
It's good that ICANN recognizes its ties to California.
I left Santa Cruz around noon.
The weather was nice so I headed down
the Big Sur coast.
Near Hearst Castle I came
across something I had never seen before - several hundred elephant seals
were on the beach next to the road. Apparently they have taken
up residence there.
So, I arrived in LA - wow, I...
http://www.cavebear.com/cbblog-archives/000328.html
- October 4, 2007
One of the big tasks after the 2008 elections will be DeBushification of
the Federal government.
One of the toughest areas will be to reestablish the judiciary as
a non-political branch of government.
That will be hard because most Federal judges are appointed for life,
until impeached - or until they chose to retire.
Impeachment of judges, particularly when their offense is that
of political leanings rather than truly overt acts, would be far more
inflammatory than constructive.
But there..
http://www.cavebear.com/cbblog-archives/000327.html
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