Re: [ga] DOT BERLIN -- It's a problem...

["kidsearch" <kidsearch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Karl said "As for the second question, to my mind the answer is a limited
carve out for a lottery system for some part of the available slots.
(And as always, I use "slots" to indicate that the choice of the character
string is really a matter for the winner of the slot, not for the regulatory
body that allocates the slots.)"

They could even use a process that is used when you register a corporation
name in some states. Give a first, second, and third preference for the
string of letters they want. So if they don't get #1, they get #2 or #3.

Chris McElroy,
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Karl Auerbach" <karl@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "kidsearch" <kidsearch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Danny Younger" <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx>; <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 7:47 PM
Subject: Re: [ga] DOT BERLIN -- It's a problem...


>
> On Fri, 23 Dec 2005, kidsearch wrote:
>
> > So, then Paris, TX could get the .paris domain.
>
> Nah, that goes to a well known member of the Hilton clan.
>
> As I've said before - there are perhaps as many as several tens of
> millions of names that will fit into the root zone before it, or the
> servers handling it, or the distribution mechanisms for moving it, or the
> administrative process of managing it goes boom.
>
> And even if we were to assume 10**8 name slots for TLDs (and most
> observers don't go that high) that is an insufficient amount to cover the
> number of plausible applicants who want to plug names into those slots
>
> Thus, no matter what happens we have to come up with some mechanism to say
> to each applicant either "you get the nod" or "you do not".
>
> Now, personally I think that .berlin is about as valid as .van-nuys, the
> latter being the part of Los Angeles in which is found Van Nuys High
> School, the home of the internet.  (In other words, I think .berlin is a
> pretty silly idea.)
>
> But silly TLD ideas deserve to suceed or fail on their own merits, just
> like silly ideas like chia pets and Hummers are allowed.
>
> Our economic system has evolved to use money as a kind of metric of merit
> - presumably the more your idea has backing the more money you can raise
> to back it.  Hence the notion that auctions are a good mechanism.
>
> Auctions do raise some questions:
>
> First is who gets the proceeds?
>
> Second is that we know deep in our hearts that there are meritorious uses
> that simply can't come up with lots of dollars.
>
> Third is how do we garbage collect the failures (and how do we measure
> failure) so that the slot can be recycled?
>
> I don't have a good answer for the first question, but I know a
> non-answer: ICANN.
>
> As for the second question, to my mind the answer is a limited carve out
> for a lottery system for some part of the available slots.
>
> (And as always, I use "slots" to indicate that the choice of the character
> string is really a matter for the winner of the slot, not for the
> regulatory body that allocates the slots.)
>
>   --karl--
>
>
>
>