Re:Meh to this whole thing (Score 1)

"if we need more root servers we set up a DNS server thats up to snuff to handle billions of queries per day, and you add it to 'the' file"

it's not that simple.

from rfc 3226:

" The current number of root servers is limited to 13 as that is the
      maximum number of name servers and their address records that fit in
      one 512-octet answer for a SOA record. If root servers start
      advertising A6 or KEY records then the answer for the root NS records
      will not fit in a single 512-octet DNS message, resulting in a large
      number of TCP query connections to the root servers."

we're currently limited to only 13 root servers. so adding another one is not a current option.