What's going on with Epik and Rob Monster?

[MapleDots]

I'm catching the tail end of this, seems to be some kind of controversy...

https://domaingang.com/domain-news/rob-monster-off-twitter-after-christchurch-massacre-controversy/

Must be something odd to evoke this type of a response from one of our members.

 

[xynames]

What’s going on with Rob Monster is that he and a seller (another Epik staff member) broke some NamePros auction rules

https://www.namepros.com/threads/na...certificate-brand.1159033/page-7#post-7453700

https://www.namepros.com/threads/name-selection-poll-for-root-certificate-brand.11590(who /page-8#post-7453715

what’s interesting though is that the seller has already come in, apologized and offered reparations while the Monster has remained silent. Why? is he too stubborn to admit that he did wrong, doesn’t think he did anything wrong, or just doesn’t care?

 

[Rob Monster]

What’s going on with Rob Monster is that he and a seller (another Epik staff member) broke some NamePros auction rules

https://www.namepros.com/threads/na...certificate-brand.1159033/page-7#post-7453700

https://www.namepros.com/threads/name-selection-poll-for-root-certificate-brand.11590(who /page-8#post-7453715

what’s interesting though is that the seller has already come in, apologized and offered reparations while the Monster has remained silent. Why? is he too stubborn to admit that he did wrong, doesn’t think he did anything wrong, or just doesn’t care?

I probably overpaid for that domain. You want it for $1500? Come and get it. The bidding was at like $27. If NP management want to review that case, they can do so and come talk to me. If anyone was on thin ice, it was the seller. Give me a break.

 

[xynames]

Okay so combination of stubborn and doesn’t think he did anything wrong?

I posted pretty clearly that I didn’t think the offense was egregious. But your guy’s (the seller’s) response to it is commendable and shows some character.
https://www.namepros.com/threads/na...certificate-brand.1159033/page-8#post-7454360

 

[MTB]

I have used Godaddy for almost 15 years now and overall have been happy with them. IMO

Maybe going off-topic but I think the GD customer support chat is getting worse. It seems like they don't have account access, just send you URL's to GD help pages. I often become the following line "I understand how you feel and if I was in your position I would be upset too" which is the most patronizing copy-paste text I've ever seen. But if you're overly nice and complimentary they magically solve most problems. When they screw things up really badly I just say "you're a truly great guy and a credit to the GoDaddy team, together we can achieve amazing things".... try it, it works!!! The magic line is when you say "thanks, 10 out of 10!!! (because they think you will fill out the feedback form and give positive ratings, which maybe results in a promotion or bonus)

 

[Rob Monster]

Okay so combination of stubborn and doesn’t think he did anything wrong?

You do get that I only hired Tin after we bought his domain, right?

As of yesterday afternoon, Tin is a part-time contractor. He happens to be an expert on network security and has a shared passion for giving people another option besides LetsEncrypt.

Happy to have a NP staffer review the case. However, you are wasting your time if you think I did anything besides (1) run an open poll for name selection, and (2) buy the best SOLUTION for a fair price.

Nothing to see here.

 

[Lox]

You do get that I only hired Tin after we bought his domain, right?

As of yesterday afternoon, Tin is a part-time contractor. He happens to be an expert on network security and has a shared passion for giving people another option besides LetsEncrypt.

Happy to have a NP staffer review the case. However, you are wasting your time if you think I did anything besides (1) run an open poll for name selection, and (2) buy the best SOLUTION for a fair price.

Nothing to see here.

Lucky guy hit the jackpot

 

[Rob Monster]

Lucky guy hit the jackpot

Win-win. The intellectual contribution to that thread is worth at least that much. Unfortunately, we could not buy every good domain as we only need one primary. However, now anyone who wants to launch a competing idea has a convenient place to find a list of eligible names. This is unlikely how brand marketplaces like Squadhelp where all of that valuable insight is concealed! I prefer the NP way!

 

[oldtimer]

What’s going on with Rob Monster is that he and a seller (another Epik staff member) broke some NamePros auction rules


what’s interesting though is that the seller has already come in, apologized and offered reparations while the Monster has remained silent. Why? is he too stubborn to admit that he did wrong, doesn’t think he did anything wrong, or just doesn’t care?

I agree with you that everyone should abide by the rules, although this was a specialized domain name that most domainers don't normally register, hence the fact that it was available to be registered by the seller just this month. It's possible that the seller put this domain on auction to attract domainers who were submitting domains to Rob thinking that he could get more from them than from Rob. Although I might be wrong in my assumptions but I doubt that anyone in the auction wanted to keep this domain for themselves, most likely they wanted to buy it cheap in order to sell it to Rob for more. If this was a domain name not related to Rob's projects then it would have been a much more serious breach of the rules.

IMO

 

[JB Lions]

The evidence of design is blatantly obvious in life, that I choose to accept that there is an architect.

Men's nipples? For women, to feed a child. Men? Is it early evolution, one day we'll feed something. Is it just decor, a sign of where the chest starts. It it something for the ladies to play with, what exactly? I don't really see intelligent design in there. We have organs/body parts that we don't need, can be taken out, sometimes extra we can give somebody, sometimes just one, and when that gets screwed, you're screwed. Why backups for some things, some things we don't need and only 1 of some things we can't do without. Is that intelligent?

 

[Lox]

However, now anyone who wants to launch a competing idea has a convenient place to find a list of eligible names. This is unlikely how brand marketplaces like Squadhelp where all of that valuable insight is concealed! I prefer the NP way!

Indeed

 

[frank-germany]

Men's nipples? For women, to feed a child. Men? Is it early evolution, one day we'll feed something. Is it just decor, a sign of where the chest starts. It it something for the ladies to play with, what exactly? I don't really see intelligent design in there. We have organs/body parts that would don't need, can be taken out, sometimes extra we can give somebody, sometimes just one, and when that gets screwed, you're screwed. Why backups for some things, some things we don't need and only 1 of some things we can't do without. Is that intelligent?

initially, I hated you
but by now I love you ...

 

[oldtimer]

Men's nipples? For women, to feed a child. Men? Is it early evolution, one day we'll feed something. Is it just decor, a sign of where the chest starts. It it something for the ladies to play with, what exactly? I don't really see intelligent design in there. We have organs/body parts that we don't need, can be taken out, sometimes extra we can give somebody, sometimes just one, and when that gets screwed, you're screwed. Why backups for some things, some things we don't need and only 1 of some things we can't do without. Is that intelligent?

Give your Creator a break

You are talking and walking and that's a miracle on its own, nevermind your extra body parts, AI will redesign your body in the near future.

IMO

 

[JB Lions]

Give your Creator a break

You are talking and walking and that's a miracle on its own, nevermind your extra body parts, AI will redesign your body in the near future.

IMO

Of course I could have just Googled it:

"The answer has to do with how humans develop in the womb, said Ian Tattersall, a paleoanthropologist at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.

"Basically, males and females are all built from the same genetic blueprint," Tattersall told Live Science. "Then, [they] develop in slightly different directions [in utero and] particularly after we hit puberty."

During the first several weeks, male and female embryos follow the same blueprint, which includes the development of nipples. However, at about six to seven weeks of gestation, a gene on the Y chromosome induces changes that lead to the development of the testes, the organ that makes and stores sperm and produces testosterone, according to the book..........

"The fact is that we carry a lot of evolutionary baggage around with us," Tattersall said. "Natural selection is not hovering there all of the time to get rid of things we absolutely don't need."

https://www.livescience.com/32467-why-do-men-have-nipples.html

Namepros - Where you learn about men's nips

 

[Internet.Domains]

initially, I hated you
but by now I love you ...

Hate less. Love more.

 

[frank-germany]

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[Rob Monster]

Of course I could have just Googled it:

"The answer has to do with how humans develop in the womb, said Ian Tattersall, a paleoanthropologist at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.

"Basically, males and females are all built from the same genetic blueprint," Tattersall told Live Science. "Then, [they] develop in slightly different directions [in utero and] particularly after we hit puberty."

During the first several weeks, male and female embryos follow the same blueprint, which includes the development of nipples. However, at about six to seven weeks of gestation, a gene on the Y chromosome induces changes that lead to the development of the testes, the organ that makes and stores sperm and produces testosterone, according to the book..........

"The fact is that we carry a lot of evolutionary baggage around with us," Tattersall said. "Natural selection is not hovering there all of the time to get rid of things we absolutely don't need."

https://www.livescience.com/32467-why-do-men-have-nipples.html

Namepros - Where you learn about men's nips

And if push comes to shove, you can even look into the topic of male lactation:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Male_lactation

I hesitate to cite Wikipedia as a credible reference these days but there it is. Apparently the plumbing is all there so if there are no women around to do the job, God could theoretically make it happen.

In modern times, Dad goes to the grocery store and buys some infant formula, but apparently that is not always an option. So, God, made allowance for a backup plan in case some bloodline was going to end!

 

[Mister Funsky]

when quantum computers are evolving
( there are 3 existing already right now )

Ya'll have been busy today posting and I have two more pages to catch up on!

I admit I did not check any link if one was provided, but there are at least 3 quantum computers in operation in America today...I've got no doubt that Russia, Germany and China at least have one a piece...if not multiples.

We (humans of all nations) will have a stark awakening once the criminal element has a few to work with.

 

[oldtimer]

Ya'll have been busy today posting and I have two more pages to catch up on!

I admit I did not check any link if one was provided, but there are at least 3 quantum computers in operation in America today...I've got no doubt that Russia, Germany and China at least have one a piece...if not multiples.

We (humans of all nations) will have a stark awakening once the criminal element has a few to work with.

There are currently no reliable and accurate quantum computers in operation anywhere in the World. IMO

 

[Mister Funsky]

There are currently no reliable and accurate quantum computers in operation anywhere in the World. IMO

I hear you...but with all due respect, you are wrong.

EDIT/ADD: but we can respectfully agree to disagree.

 

[oldtimer]

I hear you...but with all due respect, you are wrong.

EDIT/ADD: but we can respectfully agree to disagree.

The prototype quantum computers that you hear about have an accuracy of about 30% , that means only 30 percent of the time they come up with the right answer, the main problem is that the entangled photons (or particles in some cases) are very fragile and don't hold for long. Now in 10 or 20 years we might have perfectly functional quantum computers or phones that you can hold in your hand, but for now they are very bulky and inaccurate devices that are only used by scientists in a few high tech labs.

IMO