Domain Tasting "Officially Dead" Thanks To Cancellation Policy 102
Ars Technica is reporting that domain tasting has been all but eradicated now that the full penalty for excessive cancellations has taken effect. "In 2008, ICANN decided to act. It allowed domain registrars to withdraw as many as 10 percent of their total registrations; they would face penalties for anything above that. Initially, ICANN adopted a budget that included a charge of $0.20 for each withdrawal above the limit, which was in effect from June 2008 to July of this year. Later, it adopted an official policy that raised the penalty to $6.75, the cost of a .org registration; that took effect in July 2009. The results have been dramatic. Even under the low-cost budget provisions, domain withdrawals during the grace period dropped to 16 percent of what they had been prior to its adoption. Once the heavy penalties took hold, the withdrawal rate dropped to under half a percent."
So you're saying it's mostly dead? (Score:5, Funny)
There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive. I say we take off and nuke it from orbit, it's the only way to be sure.
It's 'tasting,' not 'testing' (Score:5, Funny)
What was the purpose of "domain testing" anyway??
Obviously, some domains have gone bad, like milk left out too long. You don't want to drink the whole thing, so, um, you taste a little bit of it? To see if it's gone sour? Maybe we could replace it with domain smelling, or domain giving it to your wife to see if she spits it out?
Re:Oh how true ... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:It's 'tasting,' not 'testing' (Score:5, Funny)
domain giving it to your wife to see if she spits it out?
Last time I tried that in the bedroom she threatened to kill me.
Re:Sudden? Not quite. (Score:3, Funny)
We need a new tag: "eventualoutbreakofcommonsense"
Unfortunately, those happen far too seldomly to warrant a tag.
Re:Oh how true ... (Score:5, Funny)
The difficulties in implementing the protocol over TCP seem to be in the fact that the receiver of the "Punch-To-The-Face" packets (PTTFs) must first ACKnowledge the connection attempt before it will be received and, in most cases, they simply refuse the connection.
We're currently researching spoofing methods that may disguise the PTTFs until after the connection is made. However, current attempts to make a Punch To The Face look like a Hug From A Friend or Sex With A Girl have been unsuccessful.
Re:Oh how true ... (Score:5, Funny)
One of the unfortunate aspects of networked computing is that the cost of antisocial behaviors is so small
I disagree, you JACKASS!
Re:Sudden? Not quite. (Score:1, Funny)
True, but eventually we will have more of them happening, hence the need for the tag NOW!
tag: suddenneedforeventualoutbreakofcommonsense
Re:So you're saying it's mostly dead? (Score:3, Funny)
If it's all dead, the only thing left to do is sort through it's pockets for loose change.
Re:It's 'tasting,' not 'testing' (Score:4, Funny)
domain giving it to your wife to see if she spits it out?
Last time I tried that in the bedroom she threatened to kill me.
I say that we, the males of the species, start a class action suit against the fairer sex for false advertising. Or bait and switch, I'm not sure. All I know is, after we marry them, there's this whole list of stuff they won't do anymore, and if we try to get it in writing beforehand, we get slapped.
"So, if we were to get married, how many blowjobs per week, on average, could I expect to receive?"
"Depends. How flexible are you?"