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| Sunday, July 12th, 2009 |
scottro
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1:26a |
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| Saturday, July 11th, 2009 |
rcfox
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8:05p |
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gaamblor
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1:54p |
Out near the bubble
I played 3 hands today Open with JJ won blinds A guy pushed for 77k I had ako in the bb and called he had jj J in the door then I turn a flush draw but miss despite 2 ks on board the big stack to my right was raising most hands as he should and playing wildly he opens I have KK and move in for 74 more so he was getting about 104 to 74 and called with ajo and ace on the flop was the end |
hgfalling
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3:43p |
Censorship
 How to make a mountain out of a molehill. (in case anyone doesn't know the "witnesses" thing is from this nike ad)  |
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gaamblor
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1:12a |
Stayin alive
I'm through to day 4 with 177500 I had an incredible start getting over 210k in no time with barely a showdown I got moved early in level 2 and somehow that table never lost a player the rest of the day. It was a pretty interesting table but really no weak spots and plenty of people who would 3 bet light Ayways its late I'm on blue 20 tomorrow if someone can comment the draw again that would be great |
terrencechan
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12:36a |
$10000 World Championship of No-Limit Hold'em, conclusion
Day 3 was short, nasty and brutish. I didn't win a pot of significance all day. If I opened light, they 3-bet. If I opened legitimately, they called and took it away from me when I flopped badly. When I flopped a monster (I flopped top set as well as nut straight+flush draw), they insta-mucked. It was just a beatdown, a microcosm of my entire 2009 World Series of Poker. And thus indeed ends my 2009 WSOP, the worst I've had in my six years. I played more events this year than any other year and cashed for less money than any other year (other than my rookie year where I simply went 0-for-5). I felt that on a whole I played well, and I only regret a handful of decisions along the way. I kept true to my promise of playing well in the main event. It just wasn't my year. It's depressing, but it's something you just have to accept if you're going to play tournament poker. But of course the 2009 WSOP was not without its highlights. It was great fun to watch two of my friends and housemates, Jerrod Ankenman and Matt Hawrilenko, winning the first bracelets of their careers. Bill Chen, Gavin Griffin and I all had very poor WSOPs, playing many events but never cashing big. Kenny Shei picked up his first three career WSOP cashes, but most importantly is still alive in the main event as of this writing and therefore with the potential for having the best series of all! I will be sad on Sunday when we all go our separate ways; unfortunately due to geographic and life restraints, we do not see each other as often as we would all want or perhaps should. The WSOP is the best time of the year and sometimes I feel that the poker often just provides a backdrop for our friendship. We learn from one another, we cheer each other on, we celebrate and we commiserate. *** Tomorrow I'm going to be competing in the men's blue belt bantamweight division of the Grappler's Quest tournament at Mandalay Bay. I originally planned to compete in the no-gi division on Friday, but of course I was busy losing all my chips in the main event. Unfortunately, I haven't really been training hard, and obviously missed my window to weigh in early (and rehydrate), so I have been cutting weight for the last four hours and am kind of miserable. I will continue to be miserable throughout the night as I sleep with a sweater on and the air conditioning off, and then wake up at 6AM in the morning to go jog in the Vegas heat with a garbage bag wrapped around my body. This is all so that I can go weigh in at 9 AM and return at 1 PM to compete against people who will be bigger than me anyway, and who have actually been promoted to blue belt by their primary instructor. So basically, yes, I am pre-excuse making. Nevertheless I will try my best to win, but I will not put a lot of pressure on myself to do so. Oh yeah, and I'm going to UFC 100 in the nighttime, sitting in a fucking corporate suite. Fuck yeah. |
| Friday, July 10th, 2009 |
spinpsychle
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11:25p |
Portlandness!
I have two friends in Portland, and while I was out there, I attempted to reach out to them to at least hi or whatnot. But, ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) maddie17, who if I remember right is now using breatheblue.blogspot.com or something like that, had other plans. For someone who's only talked to me on the internet, she sure was excited about the idea of showing me around town. She said something about wanting me to visit enough of the town to grasp the Portlandness of Portland. I think I got enough of it. It's basically what Minneapolis should be. She brought a friend along, who really didn't say much. I know her name is Brittany. That's about all. Anyways, we went to the Cadillac Cafe for breakfast. Outside it, I saw a bumper sticker that said "I don't know whether to commit suicide or go bowling." Uh, what? There is a Cadillac inside the Cadillac Cafe. I tried to take a picture of the Eggless breakfast, "add egg only 2.50," and it turned out too fuzzy. The food was just fine. Then we went downtown and found a parking spot. After this, we walked to our next destination. In any other city, this is unremarkable, but in Portland it was very interesting. Portland has a lot of statues, a lot of eye candy, and we also went right past their St. Vincent de Paul Center. Or whatever it is they call the Catholic homeless-aid thing; that's what they call it in Marshfield, anyways. It's one block from a cabaret. That's got to be bad feng shui or something. Some guy looked at Maddie and said "Hey, baby" before getting on the bus, a block from the shelter. Near the shelter, taking public transportation, and the wrong gender. Just ride the fail boat all day, why don't you? So we finally made it to Powell's bookstore, a store so large I texted my mom to ask if she wanted anything. You know, she's a library manager, and you don't get that job unless you're addicted to books. Anyways, it's split into rooms that are painted different colors so you can kinda tell where you are. I bought a CD and a small book about French - yeah, that was about three weeks overdue - and a book entitled "Waking Up: A Week Inside a Zen Monastery," which is sort of a travel guide for those crazy people who'd consider doing such a thing. There was a poker section. I looked briefly at Farah on Omaha and passed on it. In the audiobook section, George Carlin Reads to You seemed interesting, but the price tag didn't. There was also a book near there called Garfield Minus Garfield. Have you seen this? It's an interesting concept. It's basically Jon Arbuckle talking to himself. Hmm. Okay, so this place was huge. After that, we went to Oregon Health and Science University to ride the gondola. Erm, "Aerial Tram." I guess one part of the campus is in one spot and the other part is way up that hill or something. It offers a really nice view of Portland, though. From there, we went back to the truck stop and I went on my way, driving down I-84 along the Columbia River Gorge, which made for some good scenery. Interesting day, no? Tomorrow won't be. Tomorrow I drive through Idaho. The flat part. But I'll have mastered about 50 French words by the time I get to Utah. Current Mood:  bouncyCurrent Music: Was listening to a Nationwide Series race. |
gunga_galunga
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1:13p |
These guys are sick!
Today's TDF stage was 224 km, the winner finished it in 6 hours 11 minutes. That's 139 miles. With an elevation gain of over a mile (that's just the delta from start to finish, not the total elevation gain). 23+ mph, uphill almost the whole way for 139 miles. Jebus. |
andrewhime
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9:21a |
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quill18
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9:42a |
Copy-Paste
Sudbury Pride Week Activities: Monday, July 13 10 a. m. -- Opening Ceremonies, Tom Davies Square; 7 p. m. -- Erogenous Zone Out (art show), Studio 276 Cedar St. (Gallery Hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 11 a. m.- 4 p. m.); Tuesday, July 14 7 p. m. -- Queering the Family Tree: Reflections on new developments in Canadian LGBT parenting, Fromagerie Elgin; Wednesday, July 15 7 p. m.-- Film Screening of MILK, Rainbow Cinema. A discussion panel to follow; 11 p. m. -- Zigs'Annual "Pride Idol" and Karaoke; Thursday July 16 8 p. m. -- 2nd annual Poetry Out Loud, Parker House; 10 p. m. -- Leather Night -- Zigs Bar Friday, July 17 1 p. m. -- Youth Pride Games, Memorial Park; 8 p. m. -- A Techno Night of Dance, Tom Davies Square. For ages 12 -- 19; 11 p. m.-- Drag Show, Zigs Bar; Saturday, July 18 12 p. m.-- SNO Bears BBQ Picnic in the Park, Delki Dozzi Park (Pork Roast, Baseball Tournament and games); 8 p. m. -- Laff City Presents Elvira Kurt, Grace Hartman Amphitheater, Bell Park; 11 p. m. -- Everything Under the Rainbow 12th Annual Pride Dance, Zigs; Sunday, July 19 12:30 p. m. -- 12th Annual Pride March, Meet at Memorial Park; 1:30 to 3:45 p. m. -- Post March barbecue and family picnic at Tom Davies Square; More info: sudburypride.com or call Tom Reid at 690-7884 or Heather Topp at 674-5166 to submit art work or poetry. |
| Thursday, July 9th, 2009 |
rcfox
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8:57p |
The Story You Are About to Read Is True. The Names Haven't Been Changed...
Via PowerLine comes the story of the head of Spain's intelligence agency, Alberto Saiz. Mr. Saiz is accused of taking expensive trips on the Spanish taxpayers' Euros. He's accused of going on a fishing trip off Senegal. So he put out pictures.  Take a look at the man holding the fish on the top, and the man two to his right. They're different faces, as you can see. The man holding the fish is Mr. Saiz. In the bottom picture, you will note that miraculously Mr. Saiz has invented a cloning machine, and the face of the man two to his right has become his face. Sheesh, a possible entry for Photoshop Disasters....
We have two more stories like this. Republicans complained while the porkulus, er, stimulus bill was going forward that there was a provision (earmark) to protect the salt marsh harvest mice in the Bay Area. That was a pet project of Speaker Pelosi. Democrats denied it, and were outraged. It turns out that the Republicans were right.
Congressman Glenn Nye (D-VA) voted against the climate bill. A Democratic party member sent him two emails and got two responses. In one email Nye mentioned you'll be happy the bill passed. In the second email to the same individual he mentioned you'll be happy he voted against it. Fail.
Big series for the Cubs this weekend: four games against the Cardinals. A sweep would be nice (by the Cubs). Current Mood:  amused |
andrewhime
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9:01p |
wow.
Torchwood: Children of Earth gets into some seriously DARK. SHIT. on Day 4. |
ts4z
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2:29p |
I own seven pinball machines. If you're counting along at home, that means I acquired two more. I got Back to the Future in May at Pin-A-Go-Go. It didn't work, but Chris said, "oh, it's probably a bad cap on the power supply", and I replaced them, and then there were some bad transistors ... ... when a pinball game doesn't work and doesn't boot, TURN IT OFF, because what happens is that when the +5V power wanders off because it is borked, those transistors aren't sure what to do and so they wander off and maybe turn on, which causes them to die, which causes them to burn stuff. This has been a public service annoucement... ... and after six or so transistors were replaced, it works! I rebuilt the flippers and replaced some playfield inserts that had been burned up and badly replaced. The previous owner had cleaned the game up and put nice rubber on, but hadn't actually bothered to make the game work. Back to the Future is *the* game that got me hooked on pinball. This is a bit embarassing, because it is a damn shallow game. But with the overpowered DE flippers, it still kicks my ass. The sound is excellent. And a few weeks later, Chris got a lead on ten games in a warehouse. The rent is going up on the warehouse so there were some deals. Chris wanted the Spy Hunter; I wanted the Firepower. The price was right. After twelve our so hours of shopping the game out, plus whatever time Chris put in, Firepower works! There are some cosmetic problems (the playfield is as damaged as I have ever seen one, without losing paint) but it plays well. I am particularly self-satisfied because the bumper switches are pretty good, and the top left bumper will trap a ball between itself and the rubber, and just pound the life out of it. It's... so beautiful... BOTH OF THESE GAMES WILL BE AT California Extreme THIS WEEKEND. YOU SHOULD COME.The problem with owning seven pinball machines is that I really only have space for, realistically, two. So I'm going to put prices on stuff and see what sells, and try to get down to five. I'm not intending to sell any video games, but that might happen. I need to do some last-minute work on Black Hole ($800), so I'll be in the garage late tonight. Also in attendance should be: High Speed, Meteor ($700), APB ($400), Star Wars, and Millipede. PLAYING OLD VIDEO GAMES HAS BEEN PROVEN TO MAKE YOU HAPPY. California Extreme: YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO. Extreme is at the Santa Clara Hyatt this year. I'm looking forward to the new location. The old one was fine, but apparently the management was slightly insane. Hopefully parking will be close enough, but we'll miss the inevitable (but pleasant) meals at Peggy Sue's. |
peterbirks
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10:38a |
Torchwood
I've been enjoying Torchwood, which my work colleague opposite me enchantingly confused with Deadwood. So last night, while watching it, I tried an experiment of three-tabling some six-max $25 buy-in on the laptop. The big difference was that I stacked the tables rather than tiled them. Once you move into 10-tabling or more, "stacking" is the only way to go. Result was a couple of misclicks in an hour, neither of them fatal. More difficult to cope with is that you have no idea on how your big decisions turn out until you next return to the table and look at your stack size. I had one hand with A5s where I misclicked a limp rather than a raise. I think, BB raised (he was laggy at 35/30) and I called. The flop ambled down 855 and I got it all-in on the flop. Then the other tables appeared and I had no idea what happened. Next time I saw the table my auto-reload had kicked in. The hand history showed that I had lost to 88855. Only later, when I looked at my graph on Hold Em Manager, did I see that my EV for the session was positive. I sought out this hand and found that opponent had got it all-in with A8, hitting an 8 on the river. Now, the emotional impact after the end of the session was little more than one of "phew, at least I got the money in good". In other words, stacking reduces tiltability. This is good. On the bad side, it's much harder to know how much you are up or down (or is this another plus?) ____________________ |
terrencechan
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1:22a |
$10000 World Championship of No-Limit Hold'em, Day 2
Well, today was a frustrating day. I finished the day with 66,900, which is 175 chips fewer than I started the day with, ugh. I almost had a great end to the day, on this hand which was reported by PokerNews: Chan Takes One on the Chin
Terrence "Not Johnny" Chan raised to 2,500 from the hijack seat, Dean Bobel called from the button, and the big blind came along, too. The flop came {7-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{J-Hearts}. Chan continued with a bet of 4,000, Bobel called, and the big blind skedaddled.
The turn was the {2-Clubs}. Chan deliberated a bit, then tossed out a bet of 7,000. Bobel studied the board, then counted out 7,000 chips. He looked at what he would have remaining should he call -- 19,300 -- then finally declared he was all in.
Chan winced at Bobel's declaration. As Chan considered what to do, the announcement came over the public address system for the spectators to begin clearing the Amazon Room. Chan counted out the necessary chips to call, then finally tossed them forward.
It was a good call -- Chan had {A-Clubs}{J-Spades} and Bobel {10-Hearts}{8-Hearts}. But good calls aren't always rewarded. As demonstrated by the {8-Spades} that came on the river, giving Bobel trips and the hand.
Chan still has about 72,000 after that one. Meanwhile, Bobel survives with a stack of 66,000. I really would have preferred to end the day with over 135k. I actually would have been okay with ending the day with around 100k (what I had before that hand), given how tough the table was. By dinner, every player at the table was solid or strong. A ton of hands were getting 3-bet preflop and people were calling down thin. It was by normal tournament standards a fairly tough table, but for a Day 2 of the main event table, it was horrendous. I heard stories from everyone all day about spewy, ghastly, chip-burning play, but after the first level of the day, not one hand was turned over where I said, "wow, that was truly awful." With my current chip stack, I am looking like a solid favourite to hit the parlay of bubbling the money in Day 4 and also missing UFC 100 (which I already have awesome tickets for). I suppose the good news is that I survived a relatively tough table and that may Day 3 draw certainly has to be better. I will be at Brasilia 195, Seat 7 on Friday. Good luck to everyone who is still in (which is, obviously, a fuckton of people). |
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gaamblor
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1:25a |
Through to day 3
I have 69700 going to day 3 of the main event. Well below avg but plenty of chips for the blinds We are off thursday and back noon friday if anyone sees the table draw please comment i'm on orange 82 |
markgritter
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1:20a |
"...where everything is made up and the points don't matter."
I got an email from soon-to-be-extinct Northwest Airlines awarding me 10,000 miles toward Elite status. That seemed... rather generous? As it only takes 25K to reach Silver Elite. I checked on the web site, and it only showed a 5K award, but that was still enough to requalify me as Silver Elite, much earlier in the year. I probably can't make it to 50K miles this year; that is about 16 round trips to SFO, and I usually only take around 12 (and not all on Northwest.) Maybe I can find a work-related reason I need to go visit Australia, or twice to Hawaii... I expect the net effect is that my usual flights will now be even more full of Elite (or Medallion, as of December) flyers. |
| Wednesday, July 8th, 2009 |
spinpsychle
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11:05p |
Thanks to time zones, I can actually wake up early here.
So, I drove all the way from Chicago to Seattle. I was driving through North Dakota the evening of July 4th, which is very fortunate timing because fireworks are totally legal there. Everybody with a hundred dollars spare had their own personal fireworks show. I could see them all the way from Fargo until I stopped between Jamestown and Bismarck. Montana is still ridiculously scenic. You can bet on racing there, but I haven't yet. I delivered to two lumberyards and a company in the Port of Tacoma that puts stuff on boats to Alaska. Those lumberyards don't have docks. Because their main product is so long, it has to be forklifted from the side. This is what flatbed trailers are for. There were some kind of fabric loops hooked to the ends of my pallets - the forklift drivers had to hook chains to them and pull them out far enough for another forklift to enter from the side. It was more entertaining than unloading freight should be. On the way out here, I drove nearly as much as is allowed, then stopped for the minimum time allowed, then drove again. Repeat like four times. I did this because my time frame was a bit of a tight squeeze. I got it done, but four days without meditating and it's like I'm starting all over again. Also, driving that hard can get real boring, even with 120 channels on the ol' satellite radio. I get to experience that boredom all over again, starting on Friday. They've told me there's a run going to a warehouse near New Stanton, Pennsylvania, that I was at a few weeks ago. Seattle to Pittsburgh is 2,500 miles, and New Stanton is a little while past that. Cha-ching! In the past few months I've (re)dedicated myself to Zen practice. Quite often I find myself getting overcome by restlessness when I sit, sometimes after quite a while, sometimes after only five minutes. I keep checking, online and in books and such, to make sure I'm doing it right. I am. It's the simplest thing ever; it's just difficult because I'm overstimulated. But, while doing this, I found an interesting video that demonstrates pretty clearly what I'm trying to do. I found it amusing, anyways. Current Mood:  sleepyCurrent Music: Makes my mind spin like a blender. |
andrewhime
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9:23p |
El Ten Eleven tour - fuck yeah!
Here are the upcoming tour dates: 07.10.09 | San Diego, CA | Subtext 07.23.09 | Las Vegas, NV | Harmon Theater 07.24.09 | Albuquerque, NM | Atomic Cantina 07.25.09 | Denver, CO | Hi Dive 07.27.09 | Kansas City, MO / Lawrence, KS | TBA 07.28.09 | St. Louis, MO | Firebird 07.29.09 | Chicago, IL | Schubas 07.30.09 | Columbia, MO | Mojo's 07.31.09 | Denton, TX | Haily's 08.01.09 | Austin, TX | Beauty Bar 08.05.09 | Phoenix, AZ | Trunk Space 08.06.09 | Flagstaff, AZ | Hotel Monte Vista 08.07.09 | Prescott, AZ | Raven Cafe 08.08.09 | San Diego, CA | Bar Pink 08.14.09 | Los Angeles, CA | Bootleg Theater *** Yay! Finally they're playing in Denton! |
hgfalling
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6:07p |
Twitter
I made a twitter account now that the WSOP is mostly over. I suspect this will work out because I won't be too irritated by it for a while, and then by next year it will just be a normal part of things. twitter.com/hgfalling Also I busted from the main event yesterday, shoved AK into AA. |
rcfox
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2:14p |
News on This and That (Including the Shut Out at Harrah's)
I'm still somewhat recovering from the shocking news of yesterday. So, for humor, there's the California legislature. For those who haven't been following it, the Golden State faces a $24 billion deficit (one-fourth of the state's budget). So what are the items that the Democratic-led legislature is debating: - Cow Tails - An apology to Chinese workers of the 19th CenturyHere are two good stories on the problems: Who Killed California's Economy (by Joel Kotkin of Forbes) California Screaming (by Matt Welch of Reason)
Greenpeace's latest publicity stunt: A banner on Mt. Rushmore. "And all involved planned to spend several weeks behind bars." Weeks? I hope they get a couple of years. That might teach them a lesson.
The Midieval Warm Period was a lot warmer than today. And we all know that warming is evil. Of course, warming might not be happening, but that's another story. That warm period has now been linked to the success of the Incas. (Links to scholarly journals contained within the post.) Also, note the tale of two graphs. Here it is:  The top graph is the one cited by agw proponents. It's false. The bottom graph is the actual average temperatures over time. Yes, temperatures have gone up (through 2000), but that's nothing compared to the Midievel period.
An excellent article on the players who were shut out of the WSOP.Then there's the mystery of Table 156 in the Amazon Green Section.Here are those players: LANDAU, MICHAEL ERNA, SALVATORE GASPARD, JEAN HACHEM, TONY MICHNIK, MICHAEL HARRISON, AUDLEY SEED, HUCK MORRISON, KIRK ODONNELL, KEVIN Two are blameless (or not relevant): Jean Gaspard (won New Orleans WSOP-Circuit event, guaranteed a seet) and Huck Seed (won NBC Heads Up and guaranteed a seat). The others, though, may have gotten preferential treatment. Kevin O'Donnell (per the first article I linked to) was shut out...except he wasn't. I have little sympathy for the players. After all, they could have bought in days ago...weeks ago...etc. But if the WSOP did give preferential treatment to certain individuals I won't have any sympathy for Harrah's, either.
Finally, a link to a cartoon worth viewing. Current Mood:  blah |
andrewhime
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4:10p |
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andrewhime
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1:46p |
no PamFood tonight
:( Now I'm left looking for something to do. Current Music: 2009-07-08 Wed-O&A-09h00m |
markgritter
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11:27a |
Vanity TLDs
ICANN has decided to open the floodgates and approve many new top-level domain names. (Note the gratuitous confusion between IPv4 addresses and domain names towards the end of the article!) I've ranted about this on and off over the years: TLD expansion has always seemed more like fundraising for ICANN, and a windfall for their anointed "sponsor". The current proposal seems at least somewhat better, but ICANN still sees itself as responsible for "ways of blocking certain domain names based on security or moral grounds". Farhad Manjoo of Slate asks whether it's worth it, which aligns pretty well with my thinking. ".com" is the entrenched default, and the new TLDs we've seen so far simply haven't had a great deal of success. I very much doubt that the ability to register "transformers.movie" will substitute for "transformers.com" and "transformersmovie.com". The ability of well-known Internet brands to shorten their URLs (.ebay or .facebook) seems marginal as well--- those brands are already easy to find. I wrote in 2002: For example, if there was a .consulting top-level domain, then Andersen Consulting might want to register andersen.consulting. But if andersen-consulting.com is available, this is no harder to remember and equally distinctive. Further, Andersen Consulting would not want to own andersen.consulting if another party owns andersen-consulting.com, given that many customers would try the .com version first, or confuse the two names.
Similarly, the large base of existing registrations effectively discourages users from learning to try new domains. For example, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art owns both sfmoma.com and sfmoma.org, but not a .museum domain.[***] Users will have more luck trying to find organizations in existing domains than learning new ones, for the foreseeable future-- especially if the number of new TLDs is large, creating additional confusion about the appropriate category.
Any potential new top-level domain is thus insufficiently distinguished from the hyphenated form to truly offer a distinctive name. Nor will a business which cannot get the short form of its name in .com be as satisfied with a short form in a different TLD, since customers will have to remember which TLD instead of relying upon the default. [***] As of 2009, this is no longer true. The Minneapolis Institute of Arts has artsmia.org (which I never would have guessed) and also the corresponding .com, but not .museum. If I were an economist instead of a networking geek, I might rephrase this as domain names being complements rather than substitutes. |
prock
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9:40a |
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