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Dot-Word Bidders In Last Minute Dash
benfrog writes "Dot-word bidders are in a last-minute dash for domain names as ICANN has revealed its timetable for the controversial new TLDs. The organization will close its TLD Application System (TAS) at a minute before midnight tonight (23.59 GMT, 19.59 ET, 16.59 Pacific). The TAS was originally supposed to close on April 12, but the deadline was extended twice because of a security bug. The winners for domains will be selected (initially) by a 'widely derided mechanism' of 'digital archery' in which every bidder will be assigned a date and time and then be asked to login to a secure website and hit a submit button as close to that time as possible."
You know some-one out there is hoping and praying.
The winners for domains will be selected (initially) by a 'widely derided mechanism' of 'digital archery'
This replaced the original plan for a massive game of "Pin the tail on the domain" after they realised it would be impractical to get everyone together in one room.
That percentage sounds more like a sickening thud than a mad dash.
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At the end, isnt it just a game of who is closer in terms of network distance to the servers hosting the game?
File under 'M' for 'Manic ranting'
Is Slashdot going to register .slash? That would be confusing...."Slash-Dot-Dot-Slash". But repeat it three times, and we'd get a lot more users signing up.
Or even worse: slashdot.dotslashdotdot.dotdotdot.dotslashdotdot.slashslashdot That URL would just be a cry for help.
Fuck off, pedophile scum.
http://encyclopediadramatica.se/Kimmo_Alm
Governments are also expected to play a big role in objecting to applications that have implications, for example, for “moral” issues (expect porn and gambling gTLDs to come under scrutiny) and terms that represent regulated industries.
Due to unanimous decision, your TLD has been denied. However the ".shortpersonrectalerotica" TLD is available.
Simple solution to this problem is to first get NTP running on a Linux that is tied to a local GPS receiver and make sure it's running long enough to be stable (a few days). Start probing port 80 by opening TCP connections and record response times. Average the times. Divide by two and subtract that from the appointed time. You might want to subtract a bit more to account for the internal server delays. Write a small program that can hit the virtual "login" button at the calculated time. You should be able to get your "login" request to arrive at the destination very close to the right time if you are careful to get the TCP port opened and stable, then do the HTTP post/Get or what have you at the calculated time.
Want to be even more accurate? Find a server to do this on that is the least number of hops between you and the server, opting for the lowest latency links you can manage. But this just makes the calculations more sure, the problem remains the same.
Anybody trying to hit the "submit" button manually is going to loose..
"File to fit, pound to insert, paint to match" - Aircraft Maintenance 101
the domain "thebirdisthe" is ALL MINE SUCKERS.
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Maybe at the last second it prints a capcha-style message telling you to wait some number of seconds before pushing the button--weed out some of the bots.
This is great, I can now block large corporations by blocking their tld.
and at first glance assumed that it meant that ".word" was gonna be a tld. I got a little excited because I realized that I might be able to buy birdisthe.word, and I then I could put a clip of Peter Griffin singing "Surfin Bird" on repeat and send the link to my friends to annoy them. Then I reread the summary and was very disappointed.