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The curious tale of ICANN, Verisign, claims of subterfuge, and the $135m .Web dot-word
An ugly struggle over the .Web top-level domain may soon spill into public view again, after one of the companies vying for control of the dot-word demanded an independent review of DNS overlord ICANN's handling of the saga.
More than two years ago, the internet infrastructure industry was agape when an unknown company paid $135m for the rights to sell .web internet addresses: the sum paid was three times the previous record paid for a new dot-word, and seven times the average auction price for a top-level domain.
All that money went directly into the coffers of ICANN, a financial sum that was more than double its annual budget. That was unusual since the vast majority of previous similar dot-word auctions had been decided in private between the bidders themselves with the proceeds split among them.
It soon emerged that the unknown winner – a company called Nu Dot Co – had been secretly funded by the owner of the dot-com registry, Verisign. But before that information emerged, many in the industry were astonished when Nu Dot Co refused to agree to a private auction and insisted all the money go to ICANN.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 11 2018, @03:58PM (1 child)
I’m not a doctor but I’ve been seen and examined by quite a few of them, both male and female.
Long long ago I realized it was just a lot easier, simpler, and less embarrassing to just be naked during the exam. No pulling up gowns, no pulling down undershorts. They’re going to look at and touch everything anyway. Might as well just make it easy.
From my experience, doctors have seen and handled so many penises that it’s just another part of the job. It’s about as sexual to them as looking in your ear.
That said, I’ve had two experiences that struck me as being a bit odd. Both of the doctors mentioned below had been out of med school for many years — examining and handling penises was nothing new to either one of them. Any novelty that may have existed during med school or even within the first year or two was in the distant past.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 11 2018, @05:57PM
Dr. Demento and Dr. Kildare.