Comments on: Double Byte “Internationalized Domain Names”: A Superficial Alternative (Part 2)

By: Bill

Bill — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 14:29:56 +0000

Many commenting on the future of Japanese IDNs sound like those back in the late 1920′s who predicted that television would never have a chance against the radio.

In the end I believe there is room in the market for ascii and idn. The most successful businesses will own both sides of the coin.

By: bramiozo

bramiozo — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:56:26 +0000

I recommend you don’t take that kind off speculation anywhere, this is cybersquatting.

By: hills-zoku

hills-zoku — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:45:58 +0000

gman, take your speculation to bramiozo’s site – not stippy. please

By: gman

gman — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:10:23 +0000

Im looking for a buyer for Daiei.com (in japanese script) a huge Japnese retailer that hasnt got the double byte name registered….any takers???

By: ヒルズ族

ヒルズ族 — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:33:38 +0000

Bring me a buyer with $50k USD in hand and you’ll get your commission. Barring that, you’ll simply receive thanks for the unsolicited advertising.

By: Blue

Blue — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 23:42:36 +0000

Mr. xn--0ck4bydv12y,
(xn--0ck4bydv12y is how you say ヒルズ族 in punycode, which is different from unicode)
Are we still good for the 15% commission? I hope so, as I will ask the buyer if they found you off stippy.com… (Sorry, this is just the capitalist in me coming out… )

By: ヒルズ族

ヒルズ族 — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:05:24 +0000

Ah yes, those pesky “double byte” Japanese domains… I guess my triple-byte Japanese domains are ok, though… The author will undoubtedly be aware, with all the research he did, that not all UTF-8 characters will fit into the space of 2 bytes. I think a more appropriate name for them would simply be “Unicode domains”.

I have received a couple of offers on the ヒルズ族 domains now; not sure if I’ll sell for that level or not, though. Thanks again for the publicity.

By: Hideki...Kangeki!!!

Hideki...Kangeki!!! — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 20:35:00 +0000

ヒルズ族: “This might be a bit deep subject matter for the clientele of an e-dating site…you certainly can’t be expected to understand the principles of supply and demand.”

I beg to differ … the clientele of an internet dating site probably comprehend the principles of supply and demand better than anyone else ever could

(Now we are getting so far off topic that we may never get back, but I just couldn’t resist…sorry! Now where were we….IDNs yes?)

By: Ao

Ao — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:34:29 +0000

Jeff, no offense taken. My first reaction was a smile, since many of my countrymen, unfortunately, do subscribe to the “me first” worldview.

Something tells me Mr. 族 does not really believe this to be a dating site. Anyone who knows enough about the internet to be speculating on Japanese domains should be able to figure out what this site is. My guess is he’s just stirring up controversy to get more traffic. Was that Capitalism 103? Can’t wait for 104!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:41:38 +0000

ヒルズ族: Seriously, an “e-dating site for foreigners in Japan”? It hardly looks like that is the main objective here. Many sites, some of them my favourites have similar services, run similar things, and it likely hardly covers more than their hosting costs. Let me say, they are providing more value back to the general Internet community than your speculative fanfare, and your lectures in capitalism 102 combined.

Call it sour grapes, call it what you will, but what you are doing is leaching off other people. People who actually produce goods that drive our capitalistic society (and please don’t start calling what you do a “service”). It is no more a service to others than a simple hawker selling tickets in front of a concert gates at triple the price.