Comments on: Senator: Keep U.N. away from the Internet

The United Nations has no place controlling the Internet, says a Senate resolution introduced before a summit next month.

[Betty Roper]

Oil for what..?

The UN did such a bang up job on managing the Oil for Food program... Hey! let's let them run the information infrastructure for the 21st Century!

I live in Manhattan and did some contract work at the UN (Demography division) back in the 90's. One day, at 10 a.m., some guy ran into my office and announced: "There's a party down the hall, hurry if you want some wine!" At 10 o'clock in the MORNING. That was the culture.

Don't let them near the root files...

[Betty Roper]

Oil for what..?

The UN did such a bang up job on managing the Oil for Food program... Hey! let's let them run the information infrastructure for the 21st Century!

I live in Manhattan and did some contract work at the UN (Demography division) back in the 90's. One day, at 10 a.m., some guy ran into my office and announced: "There's a party down the hall, hurry if you want some wine!" At 10 o'clock in the MORNING. That was the culture.

Don't let them near the root files...

[casper2004]

UN to descend upon you like a flock of vulchers at a feeding frenzy

Do you ever watch TV? On shows about the future, have you noticed how the UN rules the world? Well, this is it, folks. They'll be wanting america's weapons next.

[casper2004]

UN to descend upon you like a flock of vulchers at a feeding frenzy

Do you ever watch TV? On shows about the future, have you noticed how the UN rules the world? Well, this is it, folks. They'll be wanting america's weapons next.

Research

Out of the many things you have said in your reply, which I appreciate, I have chosen to comment on the Islam/Alcohol comment you made.

No where in the Qura'an is it mentioned that drinking is forbidden... It is frowned upon, just as it is in Christianity, however it is not strictly forbidden. The practice of Islam has twisted the Qura'an in many ways, to the extent that people like you feel scared to visit the middle east (quite an barbaric comment you made by the way).

So before you go quoting holy books, you sir, must do some research. Nice page reference by the way ;)

Research

Out of the many things you have said in your reply, which I appreciate, I have chosen to comment on the Islam/Alcohol comment you made.

No where in the Qura'an is it mentioned that drinking is forbidden... It is frowned upon, just as it is in Christianity, however it is not strictly forbidden. The practice of Islam has twisted the Qura'an in many ways, to the extent that people like you feel scared to visit the middle east (quite an barbaric comment you made by the way).

So before you go quoting holy books, you sir, must do some research. Nice page reference by the way ;)

[Ian O'Shaughnessy]

lol they think they can...

this is the UN's way of trying to control the american media for
their sick, twisted, socialist ideals... and no body seems to be in an
uproar about it?! i'd personally slap whoever thought to control the
internet, a free forum for information and social interaction.

[Ian O'Shaughnessy]

lol they think they can...

this is the UN's way of trying to control the american media for
their sick, twisted, socialist ideals... and no body seems to be in an
uproar about it?! i'd personally slap whoever thought to control the
internet, a free forum for information and social interaction.

[Coffinsurfer]

This just goes to show that "Rubbish" and all other who deny the fact that the Internet is an American invention, could not find their arse with both hands a roadmap and a flashlight in a dark room! Below is the facts of how the internet was born and they are undisputed by the UN and the World Court in the hauge which has repeatedly stated that the US invented the internet and as such they have the sole right to allow and disconnect anyone they choose for any reason:

And here are the inventers of the internet:

Leonard Kleinrock was the first to publish a paper about the idea of packet switching, which is essential to the Internet. He did so in 1961. This idea was added to the communication program invented by the US Military for instant communications with the front lines that they invented and started using in 1954. Kleinrock was an American Citizen

J.C.R. Licklider was the first to describe an Internet-like worldwide network of computers, in 1962. He called it the "Galactic Network." was an American Citizen

Bob Kahn and Vint Cerf invented the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Bob Kahn was an American Citizen and Vint Cerf was British

Radia Perlman invented the spanning tree algorithm in the 1980s. Radia Perlman was Indian
The Internet was well-established before Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau. Both of these were British)

Philip Emeagwali did supercomputing research in the eighties.

1957
USSR launches Sputnik, first artificial earth satellite. In response, US forms the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), the following year, within the Department of Defense (DoD) to establish US lead in science and technology applicable to the military (:amk:) which led to Leonard Kleinrock, MIT: "Information Flow in Large Communication Nets" (May 31) First paper on packet-switching (PS) theory which led to J.C.R. Licklider & W. Clark, MIT: "On-Line Man Computer Communication" (August)
Galactic Network concept encompassing distributed social interactions and so on.

If your going to claim somthing, at least know what the heck your talking about