The Slamlander

Looking for other stuff, I incidentally found this link. What an amazing thesis! Actually, I happen to agree completely. MSFT has been churning out failure after failure for the past five years, at least.

For those who were wondering, yes I’m okay … I think.

I have a blast from the past show up in my email box. This is from way before anyone here knew me, when I was still playing ICANN DNS politics and from before I started hanging out on 815417267f76f6f460a4a61f9db75fdb%3Ca%20href%3D%20%22http%3A%2F%2Fars.userfriendly.org%2Fcartoons%2Ftoday%22%3EUF%3C%2Fa%3E.%20I%20was%20asked%20to%20help%20support%20an%20effort%20to%20revive%20a%20top336d5ebc5436534e61d16e63ddfca327level%20DNS%20registry%20and%20trade%20association%2C%20called%20the%20%3Ca%20href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tlda.org%2F%22%3ETLDA%3C%2Fa%3E.%20I%20seriously%20hesitated%20posting%20this%20here%20so%20I%20made%20it%20friends336d5ebc5436534e61d16e63ddfca327only.%20The%20TLDA%20published%20a%20document%20called%20the%20Taproot.%20Basically%2C%20it%27s%20a%20global%20list%20of%20all%20the%20legacy%20TLD%20Root%20Servers%20on%20the%20global%20internet.%20If%20you%20don%27t%20really%20know%20what%20that%20is%2C%20don%27t%20worry%2C%20the%20%3Ca%20href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.icann.org%2F%22%3EICANN%3C%2Fa%3E%20considers%20the%20entire%20concept%20subversive.%0A%0AAnyway%2C%20we%20are%20to%20the%20point%20where%20we%20are%20calling%20our%20first%20board%20meeting%20in%20five%20years.%20Back%20when%20I%20was%20running%20the%20Morgan%20Hill%20Software%20Company%28MHSC%29%2C%20I%20had%20some%20resources%20to%20play%20with.%20Hell%2C%20I%20had%20a%20TLD%20of%20my%20own%20%28.VPN%29%20and%20was%20running%20root%20servers%20out%20of%20it.%20There%20is%20only%20one%20person%2C%20on%20my%20friends%20list%2C%20that%20will%20know%20exactly%20what%20I%27m%20talking%20about%2C%20he%20was%20trying%20to%20get%20%22.WEB%22%20ICANN%20certified.%20The%20ICANN%20screwed%20him%20worse%20than%20they%20screwed%20me%20%2850K%20USD%20and%20over%20seven%20years%20later%2C%20there%20still%20isn%27t%20a%20%22.Web%22%29.%0A%0AWell%2C%20these%20past%20two%20weeks%20I%20been%20talking%20about%20it%20and%20building%20%3Ca%20href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Ftlda.caselle-vpn.net%2FForums%2F%22%3Einfrastructure%20support%3C%2Fa%3E%20for%20the%20new%20Board%20of%20Directors%20meeting%2C%20which%20is%20scheduled%20for%20%22real%20soon%20now%22.%20What%27s%20triggered%20this%20off%20is%20that%20an%20old%20friend%20from%20those%20days%20%28Joe%29%2C%20called%20Karl%2C%20who%20still%20knew%20how%20to%20find%20me.%20Joe%27s%20been%20working%20with%20a%20Herman%20Xennt%2C%20in%20NL%2C%20implementing%20a%20TD%20registry%20based%20on%20the%20Taproot%20of%20the%20TLDA.%20There%20was%20a%20huge%20blow336d5ebc5436534e61d16e63ddfca327up%20in%202005.%20The%20Taproot%2C%20which%20needs%20continuous%20updating%20anyway%2C%20became%20corrupted%20and%20they%20need%20a%20TLDA%20to%20validate%2C%20certify%2C%20and%20deliver%20a%20new%20Taproot%2C%20for%20the%20Inclusive%20Name%20Space%20%28yet%2C%20another%20TLDA%20concept%29.%20So%2C%20we%20go%20to%20call%20a%20new%20meeting%20of%20past%20and%20future%20members%2C%20with%20Karl%20doing%20the%20calls%20and%20emails%20while%20I%20build%20%3Ca%20href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Ftlda.caselle-vpn.net%2F%22%3Ethis%3C%2Fa%3E.%0A%0ANow%20that%20I%27ve%20had%20a%20chance%20to%20breath%2C%20I%20begin%20to%20wonder%20if%20this%20is%20really%20all%20worth%20it.%20Are%20we%20really%20past%20our%20time%3F%20On%20the%20other%20hand%2C%20ICANN%20is%20still%20the%20same%20shitty%20bunch%20and%20we%20really%20need%20to%20get%20complete%20control%20of%20all%20the%20root%20servers%20away%20from%20the%20US%20Gov%20and%20the%20EC%2FEU%20is%20a%20good%20candidate.%20Hell%2C%20I%20might%20even%20get%20to%20see%20my%20friend%20Karl%20Auerbach%20again%2C%20ya%20think%3F%20%3A%29%0A%0AAnyway%2C%20that%27s%20what%27s%20been%20happening%20and%20%3Clj%20user%3D%22dulcimeoww%22%3E%2C%20I%20am%20going%20to%20now%20finish%20that%20upgrade%20plan%20for%20you.%3C%2Flj%3E%0A%3C%2Fpre%3E0fbd1776e1ad22c59a7080d35c7fd4db

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I hope that this guy doesn’t go to jail for simply doing his legal job. Yes, Turner should have thought twice about it but then Boston stupidly over-reacted, as well. Even charging this guy, let alone sentencing him, would be a gross miscarriage of justice. He was just doing his job by placing the harmless devices where he was told.

On the legal front, the intent was not to perpetrate a hoax and the box wasn't a hoax device. In short, the man is innocent, which even the most superficial analysis would reveal. If either the service technician or Turner Broadcasting face prosecutable action over this then that makes the USA even crazier than the UK.

It definitely makes me not want to go back to the States. Now, are the Dems going to dismantle DHS? I don't think so. It serves their interests too well and they can blame its creation on the Reps. DHS is still the German SS in drag though.