Do we really need to cover the details of lottery schemes and why they are a Bad Idea(tm).
Monday, Monday, January 07, 2002, 4:32:41 PM, Kai Schaetzl wrote: >> The fact of the matter is, that there is uncertainty in the current >> system, which provides a much greater level of fairness than anything >> else that has been proposed. And that no other system presented, NO >> OTHER SYSTEM PRESENTED, is more fair than the current one. >> > William that is SO easy: > - announce the domains to-be-dropped > - let people sign up for it for a week or so > - then randomly draw one > - simple, cheap and fair > Please tell me what's unfair about this? Tell me what's unfair about > randomness? It's the exact same situation as with the info and biz > starts. Just that they had those stupid Sunrise periods. > Because all those dropping names are known there *is* no FCFS, FCFS > implicits that someone needs to come up with the name first, it's not > just that he's the first to register it. With a dropping name it's not > a matter of thinking up the name but just who's a better "hunter" > (including skills, technology and money). (Don't repeat your > "uncertainty" argument, there's also some uncertainty in hunting ...) > Kai > -- > Kai Sch�tzl, Berlin, Germany > Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com > IE-Center: http://ie5.de & http://msie.winware.org > ClubWin - Help for Windows Users: http://www.clubwin.com -- Best regards, William X Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --
