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Re: new TLD: .BOT

#11

Post by delinka » Thu, Dec 10, 2015, 4:12 PM UTC

toyg wrote: post #2

It would be awesome if Amazon could force registrants to contractually agree to follow Asimov's 3 Laws of Robotics.

They certainly could ... I agree they should.

Re: new TLD: .BOT

#12

Post by jessaustin » Thu, Dec 10, 2015, 4:12 PM UTC

gnoway wrote: post #10

This is really going to help a lot of sites protect themselves - right now we just have the evil bit, but being able to block addresses with a ptr in .bot should eliminate drive-by defacement altogether.

You had me going, there.

Re: new TLD: .BOT

#13

Post by mkobit » Thu, Dec 10, 2015, 4:12 PM UTC

ocdtrekkie wrote: post #3

Time from registration opening to ro.bot being taken: Mere milliseconds.

What about bro.bot? It doesn't seem like there are too many 'fun' words that end in .bot

Re: new TLD: .BOT

#14

Post by Eric_WVGG » Thu, Dec 10, 2015, 4:13 PM UTC

I call dibs on sex.bot

Re: new TLD: .BOT

#15

Post by jessaustin » Thu, Dec 10, 2015, 4:13 PM UTC

Chorus of whinging about DNSSec policies in following document in 3, 2, 1...

http://nic.bot/pdf/BOT-DPSStatement.pdf

Re: new TLD: .BOT

#16

Post by zokier » Thu, Dec 10, 2015, 4:19 PM UTC

Intrestingly enoungh nic.bot itself is registered not to Amazon proper but to Neustar Inc.

Re: new TLD: .BOT

#17

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Dec 10, 2015, 4:20 PM UTC

toyg wrote: post #2

It would be awesome if Amazon could force registrants to contractually agree to follow Asimov's 3 Laws of Robotics.

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Re: new TLD: .BOT

#18

Post by downtide » Thu, Dec 10, 2015, 4:22 PM UTC

How do I get one? What's the price on the tin?

Re: new TLD: .BOT

#19

Post by bgaid » Thu, Dec 10, 2015, 4:23 PM UTC

GitHub better hurry up and get hu.bot

Re: new TLD: .BOT

#20

Post by smcl » Thu, Dec 10, 2015, 4:23 PM UTC

Eric_WVGG wrote: post #14

I call dibs on sex.bot

That's way better than my first thought (tur.bot)