On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Daniel Senie wrote:
Actually, at this point I'd be happy to supply a credit card or a funded InterNIC account number along with applications. Money up front may well be the only way to clobber speculators.
Hammer. Nail. Head. >BANG< Attack the root of the problem: people have made a market of domain speculation. Raise the stakes for them, and you'll find that they'll be more inclined to make a living some other way. The current model costs them absolutely -nothing-, a zero-cost marketplace for speculators. I have -no- problem with a "payment up front" requirement. I'd hope that anyone serious about doing real domain management would be willing to pay in advance. -- Edward S. Marshall <emarshal@logic.net> [ What goes up, must come down. ] http://www.logic.net/~emarshal/ [ Ask any system administrator. ] Linux labyrinth 2.2.0-pre7-ac6 #2 Sun Jan 17 14:41:45 CST 1999 i586 unknown 11:15pm up 1 day, 7:50, 4 users, load average: 0.03, 0.02, 0.00