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TapTheForwardAssist posted:In fairness, I never got attacked by a leopard in Iraq, so I guess we all have our crosses to bear. Dude, wut, they crucified a bear? Got pictures?
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From The Internet Is Dead! What are some alternatives? Oh boy. If you already know what this is about, go ahead and skip this little intro. ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, is in the process of separating itself from the administration and oversight of the National Telecommunications & Information Administration, which is under the US Commerce Department. ICANN and their subsidiary-of-sorts IANA, the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, operate and coordinate critical elements of the internet, including both assignment of IP address blocks, and the "root zone", the base part of the domain name system (the thing that lets your computer turn domain names like https://www.clownpenis.fart into IP addresses and oh my god the forums want to link that because it has a www and I am not fixing it). Anyway, this handover is really boring and reaction inside the tech industry spreads across the spectrum from "jeez that took a while to happen" to "who cares, stop wasting my time." It's officially not a big deal. I really want to underscore this. ICANN is enough of a bureaucratic mess already that moving them out from under government control can't possibly impact them in any actually meaningful way. If you want to learn more about what's going on, ICANN has a simple fact sheet and a more IANA-centric FAQ, and here are articles from TechCrunch and Ars Technica that go over things in more detail. So why in the world am I posting a geektastic infodump in the freep thread? Well, as part of the transition away from US government control, the administrative process for updating the root zone is no longer directly controlled by a US governmental agency. Instead that administrative process is controlled by ICANN and the multinational stakeholders that have always been involved because they actually own the physical equipment and connections that the internet already uses. A conspiracy theory took hold that the US government was handing over control over the internet to an international body and/or the UN. That's bad enough, right? Well, given that the conspiracy nuts don't have the technical knowhow to understand what's actually happening, they have to make up facts like that all communication on the internet now has to be approved by a giant And then Ted Cruz got involved, and a few state attorneys general and a lawsuit, and then a last minute ruling from a judge to ... ignore the objections of these nuts. Phew. Anyway, there have been posts about "AMERICA IS GIVING CONTROL OF THE INTERNET TO FOREIGN DICTATORS!!!1" on freep many times a day for a few weeks now, but they get low amounts of traffic and I haven't looked at them to see if they're funny or useful or sad or in any way worth posting. As I write this it's October 1 both UTC and on the East Coast, which means that the transition has occurred. Freep isn't taking this very well. the OP posted:Tomorrow Barack Obama will hand the Internet as we know it over to a world body. Oh my. quote:To: ConservativeMan55 This isn't even internally consistent with the conspiracy! quote:To: ConservativeMan55 quote:
Freeper Twinkie lived most of their life having to write real letters on real paper and I suppose that explains why they don't know how soft-wrap works. quote:To: ConservativeMan55 Even JimRob thinks it's real. quote:To: ConservativeMan55 quote:To: tbw2 Freeper Democrat_media cross-posted this screed to a whole bunch of related threads. This is the shortest of them. They have a really, really bad obsession with the number of Muslim countries. quote:To: ConservativeMan55 Freepers: He has to win Florida and ohio. I hate Islam ,obama, the UN and hillary clinton quote:To: dr_lew quote:To: ConservativeMan55 From Paxton Loses Last-Minute Bid to Stop Federal Internet Transition posted by freeper bushwon The "Paxton" there is the Texas AG. quote:To: bushwon Now on the other hand, let's give the idea a bit of consideration. If ICANN goes rogue, then yes, new root servers can be brought up to route around the problem without too much trouble, but imagine all the insane bureaucratic failures that'd have to occur for this kind of effort to even get started. We're talking about a failure to manage the internet from the very people that have helped coordinate, organize, and run it for decades upon decades. If we ever get to that point, something horribly wrong has happened and chances are that parallel competing root servers would be only the first of many things that would have to be brought up. It's all Obama's fault anyway. quote:To: bushwon quote:To: bushwon quote:To: bushwon quote:To: bushwon quote:To: bushwon quote:To: bushwon quote:To: RoosterRedux quote:To: bushwon quote:To: RoosterRedux quote:
And from Obama handing The Peoples’ Internet to Communist China posted by freeper Sean_Anthony In case you were wondering where the China angle came from, quote:To: Texas Eagle Freeper marktwain has an informed son-in-law. Freeper UCANSEE2, on the other hand ... quote:
quote:To: marktwain Jesus, look at this stupid poo poo. Where do they even get it? quote:To: Sean_Anthony quote:To: marktwain quote:To: Sean_Anthony
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# ? Oct 1, 2016 07:33 |
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One more for tonight. No context necessary. Freepers: quote:To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain
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# ? Oct 1, 2016 07:45 |
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Prism posted:It works as normal, at least as much as it ever works. That's Jim Robinson, not Dale. Sorry! For obvious reasons ( ), I tend not to read the Freep thread more than a couple times a year. I forgot JimRob runs the
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# ? Oct 1, 2016 08:19 |
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Argh! The government is bad! We need less government, to allow the free market to make the best decisions for us! Obama is giving up ICANN to free market control? Argh! The free market is bad! We need more government, to allow the government to make the best decisions for us!
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# ? Oct 1, 2016 08:26 |
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McGlockenshire posted:From The Internet Is Dead! What are some alternatives? You'd think they'd be all for this since super obama and the legion of Democrats can shut up freepers any day now while the government has control over the internet
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# ? Oct 1, 2016 10:16 |
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The Constitution binds him with golden bands and mystic signals when he tries.
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# ? Oct 1, 2016 10:32 |
Mors Rattus posted:The Constitution binds him with golden bands and mystic signals when he tries. I thought mystic signals were how Hillary communicated with Lester during the debate
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# ? Oct 1, 2016 14:21 |
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My iPad apparently doesn't know the word sigils.
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# ? Oct 1, 2016 15:01 |
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Now I understand! My phone always writes arcade when I want Akkadian. When would I ever be talking about arcades?! Uh... My phone should just give up and lie down in traffic! (How is my Dale Reed impression coming)
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# ? Oct 1, 2016 15:05 |
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Your phone's dictionary seems to be stuck in Dale Reed's time
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# ? Oct 1, 2016 15:19 |
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quote:To: marktwain Freepers: happy to fund sex changes for transgender midgets
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# ? Oct 1, 2016 16:26 |
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SocketWrench posted:You'd think they'd be all for this since super obama and the legion of Democrats can shut up freepers any day now while the government has control over the internet Now all freep downtime can be blamed on the UN!
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# ? Oct 1, 2016 18:21 |
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Freepers: crap. it’s over. our freedom is gone.
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# ? Oct 1, 2016 18:32 |
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Islam is the Lite Rock FM posted:Now all freep downtime will be blamed on the UN! ftfy Meanwhile, the freakout continues. From The Internet Handover Scam posted by freeper Ultra Sonic 007. The article (ab)uses bold and italic way more than even I am capable of. Here's the conclusion, with original formatting. quote:What does this all mean in terms of the alleged "handover" and thus what is the risk of "censorship" and similar, beyond what can and does already happen? But freepers are gonna freep. quote:
quote:To: Ultra Sonic 007 I'm not sure if they're starting to say it because they don't like Cruz or what, but ... quote:To: Ultra Sonic 007 Oops, spoke too soon. quote:To: Ultra Sonic 007 quote:
quote:To: SkyPilot So, so close... quote:To: Ultra Sonic 007 quote:To: stars & stripes forever quote:To: Kenny It's already started! quote:To: Ultra Sonic 007 quote:
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# ? Oct 1, 2016 19:26 |
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A couple more from Obama’s handing off Internet to China Controlled UN ITU now a fait accompli posted by freeper Sean_Anthony.the article posted:Welcome to Day 1 of the World Wide Web under new—foreign—management. quote:To: Sean_Anthony And then out of nowhere, birtherism! quote:To: Sean_Anthony And the global warming conspiracy! quote:To: E. Pluribus Unum
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# ? Oct 1, 2016 19:37 |
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It's the final quarter of the year, which means Woo hoo!! Our 4th QTR FReepathon is now underway!! The goal is still $88k. quote:Woo hoo!! Our 4th QTR FReepathon is now underway!! quote:To: rockinqsranch; onyx; JustAmy; trisham; RedMDer; musicman; MEG33; deoetdoctrinae; xzins; Lady Jag; .. Yes, you read that right. JimRob and crew are pulling in $12,000 per month in recurring payments.
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# ? Oct 1, 2016 20:22 |
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As evidenced by Dale Reed, it's not the most sustainable market though.
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# ? Oct 1, 2016 20:29 |
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Hmm yeah Im sure Washington, Adams and Jefferson would have hated the idea of someone who was born a British subject becoming President.
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# ? Oct 1, 2016 21:36 |
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Well you have to admit, the odds that Washington, Jefferson and Adams would approve of a non-white being President have got to be pretty low, regardless of where they were born.
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# ? Oct 1, 2016 22:06 |
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McGlockenshire posted:It's the final quarter of the year, which means Woo hoo!! Our 4th QTR FReepathon is now underway!! But that doesn't equal 88 grand. How is freep staying online? Oh, that's right, most of that money if jimrob fluff to pad his pocket more
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# ? Oct 1, 2016 23:50 |
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Twelve by Pies posted:Well you have to admit, the odds that Washington, Jefferson and Adams would approve of a non-white being President have got to be pretty low, regardless of where they were born. Washington might approve. Jefferson and Adams, more likely not. Madison would probably be chuffed.
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# ? Oct 1, 2016 23:51 |
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SocketWrench posted:But that doesn't equal 88 grand. How is freep staying online? I can at least respect the taking money from the deplorable shitheads that make up Freep.
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# ? Oct 1, 2016 23:53 |
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Redeye Flight posted:Washington might approve. Jefferson and Adams, more likely not. Madison would probably be chuffed. Adams had the highest opinion of black people of like, all the founding fathers. Whether or not that extended to them being president I agree, not likely.
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# ? Oct 1, 2016 23:55 |
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I'm usually against fleecing old people out of their money but when it happens to Freepers I'm finding it really, really hard to care.
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# ? Oct 1, 2016 23:56 |
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What else might they do with their money?
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# ? Oct 1, 2016 23:57 |
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WrenP-Complete posted:What else might they do with their money? Donate to trump, so this is probably more of a waste.
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# ? Oct 2, 2016 00:06 |
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WrenP-Complete posted:What else might they do with their money? Not tip their servers?
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# ? Oct 2, 2016 00:13 |
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Let's play the Kit Cat game!quote:To: nutmeg quote:To: jennychase quote:To: NIKK
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# ? Oct 2, 2016 00:14 |
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Prob obvious but the UN doesn't actually tax anyone. It's a diplomatic forum not the NWO.
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# ? Oct 2, 2016 01:03 |
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Yeah, well, these are the same psychos that were screaming "death panels!" when universal health care was being pushed because the current system totally wasn't just that. Or that crazy woman that heads the group "Latinas for Trump" that danced around questions this morning about sexism and why she would vote for him (it involved sheets)
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# ? Oct 2, 2016 02:11 |
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McGlockenshire posted:OMG!!!
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# ? Oct 2, 2016 03:05 |
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Mantis42 posted:Prob obvious but the UN doesn't actually tax anyone. It's a diplomatic forum not the NWO. That's what the UN wants you to think.
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# ? Oct 2, 2016 03:06 |
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Does Freep know about the taxes yet?
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# ? Oct 2, 2016 03:10 |
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I don't know what specifically you're talking about but they believe the Earned Income Tax Credit to be the same thing as welfare so the answer is probably no
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# ? Oct 2, 2016 03:42 |
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The New York Times just released Trump's 1995 income taxes, showing almost a billion in loss, meaning he would not have paid federal income taxes for 18 years. At 9pm on Saturday night. While he was melting down at a rally. Trump thread is flying with Saturday night party goons. Edit: he also said Clinton probably cheated on her husband. WrenP-Complete fucked around with this message at 03:48 on Oct 2, 2016 |
# ? Oct 2, 2016 03:46 |
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WrenP-Complete posted:Does Freep know about the taxes yet? I checked the thread when it had 66 responses and it was boring stuff like calling the NYT a propaganda outlet and asking about the Clinton Foundation.
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# ? Oct 2, 2016 03:50 |
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WrenP-Complete posted:The New York Times just released Trump's 1995 income taxes, showing almost a billion in loss, meaning he would not have paid federal income taxes for 18 years. At 9pm on Saturday night. While he was melting down at a rally. Trump thread is flying with Saturday night party goons. This is too short a post, every bit of it needs to be elaborated on because it all sounds fantastic.
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# ? Oct 2, 2016 04:03 |
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xthetenth posted:This is too short a post, every bit of it needs to be elaborated on because it all sounds fantastic. Here is a link!: https://is.gd/1mcgxm
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