Show cest AvailAbie copy ' The Herald Journal) Logan Utah Wednesday October 29 2003 — C3 sDdrb lllhiirffiMfglh) s®m© sipara NEW YORK (AP) —When David Fitzpatrick's software for tracking didn’t and analyzing junk work crarectly the Web designer assumed he had made programming mistakes and spent hours trying to fix them Then he discovered it wasn’t his skills that were faulty but the Internet that essentially broke Elsewhere more spam slipped through printers misbehaved and cell phones got unusual Web traffic “I’m upset about this because it’s cost us time and money” said Fitz-Patrick who runs Lone Star Interactive in Arlington Texas and tracks spam on die side The culprit was VeriSign Inc which two weeks ago launched a new service for guiding Internet users who mistype Web addresses Side effects from die service have prompted a fierce debate over who’s in charge of die Internet “This is the first case I know where somebody that lug has caused that kind of failure" said David Far-ban influential technologist formerly with the Federal Communications Commission “If that becomes the standard things will break endlessly” With little warning or fanfare VeriSign introduced its Site Finder service on Sept 15 Web surfers who rater addresses that don’t exist now get suggestions on where they might have wanted to go Normally such innovation is encouraged and has led to such breakthroughs as die World Wide Web itself in 1990 In fact America v ’tf'f " V - - 1 er ng " “It tok ICANN longer to come up with the requests to suspend than it took the entire 9th Circuit to review the election process” said framer ICANN board member Karl Auerbach referring to a court decision to clear California’s recall techies including Now long-tim- e Auerbach are suggesting a more for-- 1 mal regulation of the Internet to consensus-base- d replace the ad-hstructure that grew out of the tech community’s historic oc ng efforts “The same rules really can’t apply anymore now that the Internet really really matters in commerce in government” said Lauren Weinstein of People For Internet Responsibility VeriSign welcomes a rethinking of how the Net is run Galvin said the company has been frustrated with how long it takes to decide on its initiatives including domain names that include foreign characters “The Internet has been used in many innovative ways but the Internet itself has not been innovated much” Galvin said “The bigger issue beyond Site Finder is ‘Are Intranet operators going to be able to innovate the Internet ami launch new services?’ That question will also answer how much investment is made into the infrastructure” Whether VeriSign did anything wrong is debatable Voluntary Inter-nstandards permit “wildcards” the mechanism VeriSign employs to redirect mistyped addresses But experts say those standards were never meant to apply so broadly et - ami’s venerable “Silent Hill”: NEWYORKfAF)— “Silent Hill 3” is delicious to V franchise puts you in the role of Heather Morris a disaffectplay and highly instructive as well because the video game O ed reveals one of those quizrdcal V After meeting with a sleazy tilings that distinguish humans private detective die bounces between the real world and a from every other living being freakish nightmare where on Earth: We delight in scar- walls are lined with pulsating ing the bejeezus out of our- flesh streets are littered with selves the remains of men in pink ' The only fanny tiling about 7this game was the suspicion I bunny outfits and coated metal is the style had that its designers were £7 terof the chuckle a at year getting good me to the point of gen- - j - The “Silent Hill” series has rifying ' uine ‘'-always been most effective at V irrationality ' The times I yipped in fright atmosphere and the latest installment continues to rely like a jittery lab rat made me ' wonder most about our nettle- on the old horror trope of 7 some human condition Why finding terror in mundane and wholesome places like a lake- was I subjecting myself to such a creepy creepy tiling? K side town an amusement park And why was it so enjoyable? and a shopping mall The series’ characteristic “Silent Hill 3” retails for $4999 and is available fra the dense fog is back masking hideous monsters — but not Playstation 2 with a PC verthe clacking and scraping sion coming later this year This game the third in Kon- - sounds they make — until 7 -- blood-and-ru- st - : ur 'W er 'Vr checks also failed allowing more spam through V ' S The Internet Architecture Board a L committee of Internet engineers ' ViMjp3rV‘jfcL found other mishaps Rival search services such as Microsoft’s stopped " Jy working Printer and othef network misconfigurations once benign became fatal Mobile Web services got swamped with more data than the normal “no such name” response potentially generating higher phone bills Business rivals meanwhile complained that VeriSign was making money off its monopoly on the “xom” and “net” directories because the company shares revenue with search engines that power Site Finder At least two federal lawsuits have been filed A security committee of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers which oversees AP photo domain names plans to convene a Oct 7 Meanwhile ICANN David Farber poses with a handheld wireless internet device in a Philadelphia park meeting asked VeriSign to suspend its serwith the city’s skyline in the background VeriSign Inc launched a new service for vice guiding internet users who mistype Web addresses VeriSign declined saying it would be premature Online Inc and Microsoft Corp panel of outside technical experts to Cerf ICANN’s chairman' said the suggest changes Normally however among often have been offering such discussions take place in similar services But VeriSign is organization was “evaluating a numof advance ' ber of avenues” unique because it is master-keep“You’re playing with an engine “I am very disappointed to see that names ending in “xom” and “net” Its actions have more change while the plane’s in flight” VeriSign seems so insensitive to the of the said Vint Cerf effects on almost everyone online widespread problems their modificaInternet’s basic communications pro- - tion is haying” Cerf said While millions of people have tocols used Site Finder without problems While discussions continue outsome software depend on getting siders see a stalemate A report from Fitzpatrick for one found his software capturing VeriSign’s search ' error messages — not a redirection the security committee took a full — when addresses don’t exist site instead of indicating that a 7 week a delay committee chairman Steve Crocker partly attributed to VeriSign spokesman Tom Galvin ' spammer had faked a Web address Junk mail filters that perform such said the company has convened a Hurricane Isabel - y ‘ - another Your memory of a frightening past comes back' 7' only in pieces and a devout 7 but deeply disturbed woman 7 named Claudia shows up now' and then to tell you that you company Its most brilliant touch is a 7 hold the key to heavenly par- adiseV play on the jokey spooltiness Sure the writing gets bad of a Disney-styl- e benign ' v sometimes: “Remember me 7 : haunted mansion with faux frightening tour guide on the 7 and your tme self as well also fowl speakers The tour turns into an unnerving exploration ti of a place that despite its joc- -' ular tone really is out to kill you after all All the while Heather runs down dark corridors hacking headless midgets to pieces and blasting carousel animals In a welcome addition the game : lets you adjust the difficulty fra both the action sequences and its several puzzles The plot is mostly incom- prehensible but intriguing enough to propel you through from one action sequence to i they’re up close There are plenty of long dark corridors 1 with something lurking at the : raid and as with most good: horror you are usually with-o-ut : ’ - : that which you must become the one who will lead us with bloodstained hands to par-adise” Or: “I don’t know : what kind of hell is waiting fra me there I’ve got no other choice” But the focus here is the great terror the game manages to impart It’s not surprising that the rating is fra mature ' ' gamers only as the most effective way of killing a monster is to drop it with gunshots and finish it off with a few good kicks while it’s screaming in pain Violent certainly Cruel?-Indee— to the spooked-ou- t player afraid of the dark for the first time in many yews J most of all nnnnns - November 8tlvat 6:00 pm Dinner and Show THRO NOVEMBER 25TU APPLY FOR ANY NE17 LOON OR CHECKING ACCOUNT HOY ' ’ ' Jil w V Is' t' Vf' ' - l i ‘v 4 i Helping our Local Logan Armory Troopsand their families All profit will go toward care packages for the troops and help with Christmas for those families that need help CAN’T ATTEND THE DINNER? 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