Took you long enough...

Adam L. Penenberg of Slate comes in more or less on the same side as me on the Internet hullaballoo, albeit with some requisite muttered suspicions about the U.S. Government. Although he suggests an equitable settlement that will keep the 'Net free, he doesn't hold out a lot of hope for it. Yet even this, he says, is not a big deal, as the spread of internet technology beyond computers is supposed to eventually reduce the need for DNS servers. Thus:

What diplomacy fails to solve, obsolescence will.

Great line. And think of the myriad of things in this world it applies too. Hell, try to think of things it doesn't apply to...