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Re: new TLD: .BOT

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Post by personjerry »

linuxguy2 wrote: post #29
jessaustin wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You had me going, there.

The evil bit is a real thing. https://blog.benjojo.co.uk/post/evil-bit-RFC3514-real-world-...

The bit exists in a packet. Its usage does not exist. At least, not commonly used for its "intended purpose".

Re: new TLD: .BOT

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Post by TazeTSchnitzel »

I, for one, welcome our new larvæ/homosexual/jumping/boat/wineskin/bagpipe/blunt/impolite/bone/offering/bidding/occuring/stick/container/tail/phallic/fine/help/repair/compensation/improvement/toad/strike overlords.

(Okay, 'bot' will probably be used exclusively to mean robot, but it has many other meanings: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bot)

Re: new TLD: .BOT

#74

Post by tuxracer »

mintplant wrote: post #71
linuxguy2 wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The evil bit is a real thing. https://blog.benjojo.co.uk/post/evil-bit-RFC3514-real-world-...

For definitions of "real" that include April Fools jokes.

Actually there are some systems in the wild that block evil bit traffic https://blog.benjojo.co.uk/post/evil-bit-RFC3514-real-world-...

Re: new TLD: .BOT

#75

Post by icebraining »

serge2k wrote: post #70
finnn wrote: post #60

>All domains in the .BOT registry will remain the property of Amazon. according to http://icannwiki.com/.bot

I still find private companies taking generic TLDs like this (that's probably a bad term, I'm trying to say I have a problem with .bot but not say, .aws) a pretty awful idea. What is the point? Why should Amazon get to buy a chunk of the DNS system like this?

Why not? It's just one extra level, why should it be sacred?

Re: new TLD: .BOT

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Post by [deleted] »

MichaelGG wrote: post #58
[deleted] wrote: post #47

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If it kills itself, it might cause depression in the inventors. So that's definitely not a solution, let alone the only possible one. A closer solution is to properly simulate humanity and determine which actions work. (There's the ethical question about how good a sim before you've caused consciousness. But I don't think we know enough about consciousness to fully conclude anything there.)

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Re: new TLD: .BOT

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Post by serge2k »

icebraining wrote: post #75
serge2k wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I still find private companies taking generic TLDs like this (that's probably a bad term, I'm trying to say I have a problem with .bot but not say, .aws) a pretty awful idea. What is the point? Why should Amazon get to buy a chunk of the DNS system like this?

Why not? It's just one extra level, why should it be sacred?

http://sealedabstract.com/rants/google-our-patron-saint-of-t...

that sums it up fairly well.

Re: new TLD: .BOT

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Post by icebraining »

serge2k wrote: post #77
icebraining wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why not? It's just one extra level, why should it be sacred?

http://sealedabstract.com/rants/google-our-patron-saint-of-t... that sums it up fairly well.

That doesn't actually answer my question, the assumption is still there, unexplained. So we don't get a generic .dev TLD for content targeted at software developers; so what? DNS has existed for thirty years without one, yet we've managed to show content for developers somehow, and we'll continue to do so. The new gTLD program has changed nothing of relevance for us. Does it really matter if Google paid a few hundred grand to get shorter domains?

The whole discussion just reminds me of children in the playground arguing over who gets to play with the red ball.

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