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GA-DIGEST            Monday, April 9 2001            Volume 01 : Number 365

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Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 18:50:54 +0200
From: Robin Miller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: [ga] percentages and numbers of cases

Dave Crocker wrote:

> You probably also hope that it does not mean that I think people with red
> hair are inferior to others.

What are your statistics to back up that statement? Cite examples. Document
your claim.

How can you accurately determine that redheads are actually inferior to blondes
or brunettes, given that they can be genetically brunette or blonde as well
(which determines the intensity of the red haircolour)? Since a redhead can be
a blonde or a brunette as well, it stands to reason that they cannot be
actually inferior to both, without accurately determining if blondes and
brunettes are of equal standing. Its also possible that blondes may be inferior
to brunettes (given the preponderance of blonde jokes) so its highly likely
that auburn redheads might not be the same as strawberry coloured redheads.

What this has descended into, is a lot of undocumented claims about redheads
being inferior to blondes and brunettes.

Robin (a redhead, of course. I have no vested bias or interests in the outcomes
of redhead research. :o) )
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Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 12:08:16 -0500
From: Andy Gardner <[email-masked]>
Subject: RE: [ga] percentages and numbers of cases

At 2:41 pm +0200 4/9/01, Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote:
>UDRP cases are publicly documented.

The decisions are publicly documented.

The actual complaint and response aren't.

I have seen one case where the panel changed the wording of what was
reported in the decision as the "respondent's words", to make the
respondent appear to be a "domain name warehouser".

There's absolutely nothing in the UDRP rules to stop them doing this, of
course.

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We could ask ICANN to send WIPO a clue, but do they have any to spare?
Get active: http://www.domain-owners.org http://www.tldlobby.com
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Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 19:13:04 +0200
From: Robin Miller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: [ga] congratulations

ditto, congrats Danny and Patrick :)

all the best, Robin

"Cade,Marilyn S - LGA" wrote:
> 
> and thanks to those who also ran... the campaign was hard work too, and we
> all owe a vote of thanks to the other candidates as well.
> 
> Gee, Danny and Patrick, I guess your hard work begins... or continues, as
> the case may be.  :-)
> 
> I look forward to working with you.
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Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 10:29:52 -0700
From: Kent Crispin <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: [ga] percentages and numbers of cases

On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 12:08:16PM -0500, Andy Gardner wrote:
> At 2:41 pm +0200 4/9/01, Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote:
> >UDRP cases are publicly documented.
> 
> The decisions are publicly documented.
> 
> The actual complaint and response aren't.
> 
> I have seen one case where the panel changed the wording of what was
> reported in the decision as the "respondent's words", to make the
> respondent appear to be a "domain name warehouser".

Specifics?

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Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 10:35:54 -0700
From: Dave Crocker <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: [ga] percentages and numbers of cases

At 09:50 AM 4/9/2001, Robin Miller wrote:
>Dave Crocker wrote:
> > You probably also hope that it does not mean that I think people with red
> > hair are inferior to others.
>
>What are your statistics to back up that statement? Cite examples. Document
>your claim.

Robin, I hope your note is a joke, rather than indicating that you entirely 
missed my point.  If not, please re-read my note in its entirety.

I was choosing a rather random assertion, fully intending it to be 
obviously silly, to underscore the lack of substantiation for Milton's own 
assertion.

d/

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Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 12:47:02 -0500
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Subject: [ga] WIRED: New.net Cuts Out ICANN 

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Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 19:49:41 +0200
From: Robin Miller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: [ga] percentages and numbers of cases

Marc Schneiders wrote:

> And there are reports of cases, where the respondent received the
> complaint so late, that he could not respond in time, despite correct
> whois details, so without any fault on his part. People are also away
> for some days or a week. Bad luck then under the UDRP.
> 

yes this is a measurable problem. When I go on vacation, its generally 2-3
weeks at a time, sometimes even a month. I would surely lose my opportunity to
respond if such a complaint came while on vacation. This is one place I can see
where the UDRP could be improved immediately, without real headaches for
anyone. Its only fair to give adequate time to contact a registrant, and
adequate time for them to respond. Also it could use an appeals process. When
protesting things like rejected visas and work permits or even decisions from
the tax office, people have a process to protest and redress a decision they do
not agree with, at low cost. They do not have to take it to court right way
first. 

Why not also for the UDRP? Why can't it check its own arbitors's decisions with
a second opinion if requested? Some things like being able to change the venue
of the arbitration by the choice of the registrant complaining, would help a
lot. More than likely this would only be invoked in those rare circumstances
when arbitors have made nutty decisions, that could use an appeal. Why can't
the arbitration process do its own housekeeping on itself? It would do wonders
for its reputation. 

It would level the playing field for the various organisations doing
arbitration, since not only will they have to compete for the biz of the
complaintants, they would have to compete for the biz of the registrant that
may appeal as well.

personally I dont think the UDRP needs to be done away with. But anyone with
eyes can see it needs certain improvements, simply to make it more fair to a
registrant and improve its reputation. 

all the best, Robin
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Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 19:59:33 +0200 (MET DST)
From: DNSO Secretariat <[email-masked]>
Subject: [ga] Reminder: NC telecon 10 April 2001, agenda

[ To: [email-masked], [email-masked] ]
[ To: [email-masked] ]

The agenda with URLs to relevant documents has been published in
http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20010410.NCtelecon-agenda.html

The telephone numbers for tomorrow NC teleconference call are:
(6:00 LA, 9:00 New York, 15:00 Paris, 22:00 Japan/Korea, 23:00 Melbourne)

Dial in number: +49 69 27 11 34 00 (in Germany) 

Passcode #: no passcode needed for "listen only" 

Conference operator: Deutsche Telekom 

Conference convener: Michael Schneider 

10 ports "listen only" will be reserved for remote participants 

The full participants are the 19 NC members as listed in 
http://www.dnso.org/constituency/ncmembers.html, 
DNSO Secretariat, ICANN Officers and Invited Guests 
(Roberto Gaetano and Harald Alvestrand, GA Chairs) 

The conference Scribe will be Maca Jamin 

DNSO Secretariat
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Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 20:09:13 +0200
From: Robin Miller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: [ga] percentages and numbers of cases

<insert sarcasm here> blondes. mutter. :) 

of course its a joke. One I just couldn't resist.

Robin

Dave Crocker wrote:
> 
> At 09:50 AM 4/9/2001, Robin Miller wrote:
> >Dave Crocker wrote:
> > > You probably also hope that it does not mean that I think people with red
> > > hair are inferior to others.
> >
> >What are your statistics to back up that statement? Cite examples. Document
> >your claim.
> 
> Robin, I hope your note is a joke, rather than indicating that you entirely
> missed my point.  If not, please re-read my note in its entirety.
> 
> I was choosing a rather random assertion, fully intending it to be
> obviously silly, to underscore the lack of substantiation for Milton's own
> assertion.
> 
> d/
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Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 11:27:55 -0700
From: Dave Crocker <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: [ga] percentages and numbers of cases

At 11:09 AM 4/9/2001, Robin Miller wrote:
><insert sarcasm here> blondes. mutter. :)
>
>of course its a joke. One I just couldn't resist.

ahh, well in that case I guess I should have expected something like that 
from a redhead...

d/

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Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 13:40:55 -0700
From: [email-masked] (Kristy McKee)
Subject: Re: [ga] Reminder: NC telecon 10 April 2001, agenda

And this isn't being covered using Internet technology why?

At 07:59 PM 4/9/2001 +0200, DNSO Secretariat wrote:

>[ To: [email-masked], [email-masked] ]
>[ To: [email-masked] ]
>
>The agenda with URLs to relevant documents has been published in
>http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20010410.NCtelecon-agenda.html
>
>The telephone numbers for tomorrow NC teleconference call are:
>(6:00 LA, 9:00 New York, 15:00 Paris, 22:00 Japan/Korea, 23:00 Melbourne)
>
>Dial in number: +49 69 27 11 34 00 (in Germany)
>
>Passcode #: no passcode needed for "listen only"
>
>Conference operator: Deutsche Telekom
>
>Conference convener: Michael Schneider
>
>10 ports "listen only" will be reserved for remote participants
>
>The full participants are the 19 NC members as listed in
>http://www.dnso.org/constituency/ncmembers.html,
>DNSO Secretariat, ICANN Officers and Invited Guests
>(Roberto Gaetano and Harald Alvestrand, GA Chairs)
>
>The conference Scribe will be Maca Jamin
>
>DNSO Secretariat
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Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 12:10:39 -0700
From: Bret Fausett <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: [ga] gTLD Constituency

This is a valuable thread and worthy of further consideration, if not
action. There needs to be a role for the prospective TLDs in the policy
process for future TLDs, evaluation of the testbed, and the reform of the
new TLD application process. They've certainly shown they are serious about
the ICANN process -- the $50,000 fee was more than a token.

By not balancing the formal representation on the NC, there's a real
incentive for the current gTLD registries to use their votes to slow, if not
block, the addition of any new TLDs beyond the seven currently approved.

We at least need to be cognizant of the anti-competitive potential in
allowing existing market participants to have 3 votes on whether additional
competitors can have access to the registration market.

    -- Bret

Roberto Gaetano wrote:
> Anyway, the point you raise is about the other applicants, that may be waiting
> for quite some time (at least one year, I think) for ICANN to approve new
> TLDs. In the old times of creation of DNSO, this problem had been adressed,
> but not solved. There were proposals for either create a "to-be-TLD"
> Constituency, or include them in the Registry constituency. The objection was:
> "How to define a to-be-TLD?" Everybody could lay down such a claim. Of course,
> now with the process in place, application to ICANN could be a criterion.

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Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 13:55:34 -0500
From: Bruce James <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: [ga] Reminder: NC telecon 10 April 2001, agenda

Lack of funding.

/Bruce

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Kristy McKee" <[email-masked]>
To: "DNSO Secretariat" <[email-masked]>
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Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 3:40 PM
Subject: Re: [ga] Reminder: NC telecon 10 April 2001, agenda

And this isn't being covered using Internet technology why?

At 07:59 PM 4/9/2001 +0200, DNSO Secretariat wrote:

>[ To: [email-masked], [email-masked] ]
>[ To: [email-masked] ]
>
>The agenda with URLs to relevant documents has been published in
>http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20010410.NCtelecon-agenda.html
>
>The telephone numbers for tomorrow NC teleconference call are:
>(6:00 LA, 9:00 New York, 15:00 Paris, 22:00 Japan/Korea, 23:00 Melbourne)
>
>Dial in number: +49 69 27 11 34 00 (in Germany)
>
>Passcode #: no passcode needed for "listen only"
>
>Conference operator: Deutsche Telekom
>
>Conference convener: Michael Schneider
>
>10 ports "listen only" will be reserved for remote participants
>
>The full participants are the 19 NC members as listed in
>http://www.dnso.org/constituency/ncmembers.html,
>DNSO Secretariat, ICANN Officers and Invited Guests
>(Roberto Gaetano and Harald Alvestrand, GA Chairs)
>
>The conference Scribe will be Maca Jamin
>
>DNSO Secretariat
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Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 12:22:45 -0700
From: Bret Fausett <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: [ga] Reminder: NC telecon 10 April 2001, agenda

> And this isn't being covered using Internet technology why?

As an interim solution until the new DNSO Secretariat is retained, I'm
planning to provide a delayed webcast of tomorrow's meeting. I'll post the
URL for the webcast to this list shortly after the call is concluded.

   -- Bret

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Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 11:36:44 -0700 
From: Roeland Meyer <[email-masked]>
Subject: RE: [ga] Reminder: NC telecon 10 April 2001, agenda

It takes NO FUNDING to set up a NetMeeting conference. However, the hosting
system must have the bandwidth. There are other VOIP methods as well.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce James [mailto:[email-masked]]
> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 11:56 AM
> To: Kristy McKee
> Cc: [email-masked]
> Subject: Re: [ga] Reminder: NC telecon 10 April 2001, agenda
> 
> 
> Lack of funding.
> 
> /Bruce
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kristy McKee" <[email-masked]>
> To: "DNSO Secretariat" <[email-masked]>
> Cc: <[email-masked]>
> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 3:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [ga] Reminder: NC telecon 10 April 2001, agenda
> 
> 
> And this isn't being covered using Internet technology why?
> 
> 
> At 07:59 PM 4/9/2001 +0200, DNSO Secretariat wrote:
> 
> >[ To: [email-masked], [email-masked] ]
> >[ To: [email-masked] ]
> >
> >The agenda with URLs to relevant documents has been published in
> >http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20010410.NCtelecon-agenda.html
> >
> >The telephone numbers for tomorrow NC teleconference call are:
> >(6:00 LA, 9:00 New York, 15:00 Paris, 22:00 Japan/Korea, 
> 23:00 Melbourne)
> >
> >Dial in number: +49 69 27 11 34 00 (in Germany)
> >
> >Passcode #: no passcode needed for "listen only"
> >
> >Conference operator: Deutsche Telekom
> >
> >Conference convener: Michael Schneider
> >
> >10 ports "listen only" will be reserved for remote participants
> >
> >The full participants are the 19 NC members as listed in
> >http://www.dnso.org/constituency/ncmembers.html,
> >DNSO Secretariat, ICANN Officers and Invited Guests
> >(Roberto Gaetano and Harald Alvestrand, GA Chairs)
> >
> >The conference Scribe will be Maca Jamin
> >
> >DNSO Secretariat
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Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 14:38:43 -0700
From: [email-masked] (Kristy McKee)
Subject: RE: [ga] Reminder: NC telecon 10 April 2001, agenda

So, the great DNSO's ISP Constituency doesn't have enough bandwidth?

~k

At 11:36 AM 4/9/2001 -0700, Roeland Meyer wrote:
>It takes NO FUNDING to set up a NetMeeting conference. However, the hosting
>system must have the bandwidth. There are other VOIP methods as well.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bruce James [mailto:[email-masked]]
> > Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 11:56 AM
> > To: Kristy McKee
> > Cc: [email-masked]
> > Subject: Re: [ga] Reminder: NC telecon 10 April 2001, agenda
> >
> >
> > Lack of funding.
> >
> > /Bruce
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Kristy McKee" <[email-masked]>
> > To: "DNSO Secretariat" <[email-masked]>
> > Cc: <[email-masked]>
> > Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 3:40 PM
> > Subject: Re: [ga] Reminder: NC telecon 10 April 2001, agenda
> >
> >
> > And this isn't being covered using Internet technology why?
> >
> >
> > At 07:59 PM 4/9/2001 +0200, DNSO Secretariat wrote:
> >
> > >[ To: [email-masked], [email-masked] ]
> > >[ To: [email-masked] ]
> > >
> > >The agenda with URLs to relevant documents has been published in
> > >http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20010410.NCtelecon-agenda.html
> > >
> > >The telephone numbers for tomorrow NC teleconference call are:
> > >(6:00 LA, 9:00 New York, 15:00 Paris, 22:00 Japan/Korea,
> > 23:00 Melbourne)
> > >
> > >Dial in number: +49 69 27 11 34 00 (in Germany)
> > >
> > >Passcode #: no passcode needed for "listen only"
> > >
> > >Conference operator: Deutsche Telekom
> > >
> > >Conference convener: Michael Schneider
> > >
> > >10 ports "listen only" will be reserved for remote participants
> > >
> > >The full participants are the 19 NC members as listed in
> > >http://www.dnso.org/constituency/ncmembers.html,
> > >DNSO Secretariat, ICANN Officers and Invited Guests
> > >(Roberto Gaetano and Harald Alvestrand, GA Chairs)
> > >
> > >The conference Scribe will be Maca Jamin
> > >
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Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 13:04:26 -0700
From: Kent Crispin <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: [ga] gTLD Constituency

On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 12:10:39PM -0700, Bret Fausett wrote:
> This is a valuable thread and worthy of further consideration, if not
> action. There needs to be a role for the prospective TLDs in the policy
> process for future TLDs, evaluation of the testbed, and the reform of the
> new TLD application process. They've certainly shown they are serious about
> the ICANN process -- the $50,000 fee was more than a token.
> 
> By not balancing the formal representation on the NC, there's a real
> incentive for the current gTLD registries to use their votes to slow, if not
> block, the addition of any new TLDs beyond the seven currently approved.

But 1) while plausible, the notion that the gTLD constituency would be
united on this front is only a simplistic cartoon, and there are many
scenarios where it simply doesn't hold (*); 2) it's only 3 votes out of
21. 

> We at least need to be cognizant of the anti-competitive potential in
> allowing existing market participants to have 3 votes on whether additional
> competitors can have access to the registration market.

Sure, be cognizant.  We need to be cognizant of lots of things.

(*) You are overlooking, for example, the fact that a tld and a registry
are not the same thing.  New TLDs offer opportunities for *old*
registries.  And even if the new TLD comes with a new registry, new
registries can be acquired, after the new registry spends its capital 
in an initial marketing push.

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Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 16:17:41 -0400
From: "Kevin J. Connolly" <[email-masked]>
Subject: RE: [ga] Reminder: NC telecon 10 April 2001, agenda

Eventually, ANYONE with half a mnd is going to understand that the noisiness of this list is exceeded only by the sad but simple fact that nothing of substance will ever be accomplished by the GA. That, coupled with the fact that I really do have better things to do all day than hit the <del> button on receipt of more and more meaningless gibberish, leads ineluctably to sending a very simple command to the major domo server.

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Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 13:01:20 -0700
From: Eric Dierker <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: [ga] Reminder: NC telecon 10 April 2001, agenda

I think this is a euphamism for a choice not to spend money and create the
real possibility that with a lot more people listening and watching a lot more
will become upset.

Sincerely,

Bruce James wrote:

> Lack of funding.
>
> /Bruce
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kristy McKee" <[email-masked]>
> To: "DNSO Secretariat" <[email-masked]>
> Cc: <[email-masked]>
> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 3:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [ga] Reminder: NC telecon 10 April 2001, agenda
>
> And this isn't being covered using Internet technology why?
>
> At 07:59 PM 4/9/2001 +0200, DNSO Secretariat wrote:
>
> >[ To: [email-masked], [email-masked] ]
> >[ To: [email-masked] ]
> >
> >The agenda with URLs to relevant documents has been published in
> >http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20010410.NCtelecon-agenda.html
> >
> >The telephone numbers for tomorrow NC teleconference call are:
> >(6:00 LA, 9:00 New York, 15:00 Paris, 22:00 Japan/Korea, 23:00 Melbourne)
> >
> >Dial in number: +49 69 27 11 34 00 (in Germany)
> >
> >Passcode #: no passcode needed for "listen only"
> >
> >Conference operator: Deutsche Telekom
> >
> >Conference convener: Michael Schneider
> >
> >10 ports "listen only" will be reserved for remote participants
> >
> >The full participants are the 19 NC members as listed in
> >http://www.dnso.org/constituency/ncmembers.html,
> >DNSO Secretariat, ICANN Officers and Invited Guests
> >(Roberto Gaetano and Harald Alvestrand, GA Chairs)
> >
> >The conference Scribe will be Maca Jamin
> >
> >DNSO Secretariat
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Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 15:42:19 -0500
From: Nilda Vany Martinez Grajales <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: [ga] Reminder: NC telecon 10 April 2001, agenda

Hi to all:

If DNSO were open to use free Internet technologies for audioconferences instead
of telephone, the DNSO wouldn't have problems of funding teleconferences or
recording them.

Please, see http://www.vrvs.org

The NCDNHC used VRVS technology in Melbourne and we are planning to use it in
Stockholm.  

Also it can be used from any computer in the office and/or home as far as it is
conected to internet (dialup, LAN, etc)

Best Regards
Vany

El lun, 09 abr 2001, Bret Fausett escribió:
> > And this isn't being covered using Internet technology why?
> 
> As an interim solution until the new DNSO Secretariat is retained, I'm
> planning to provide a delayed webcast of tomorrow's meeting. I'll post the
> URL for the webcast to this list shortly after the call is concluded.
> 
>    -- Bret
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Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 12:51:14 -0700 
From: Roeland Meyer <[email-masked]>
Subject: RE: [ga] Reminder: NC telecon 10 April 2001, agenda

> From: Kevin J. Connolly [mailto:[email-masked]]
> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 1:18 PM
> 
> Eventually, ANYONE with half a mnd is going to understand 
> that the noisiness of this list is exceeded only by the sad 
> but simple fact that nothing of substance will ever be 
> accomplished by the GA. That, coupled with the fact that I 
> really do have better things to do all day than hit the <del> 
> button on receipt of more and more meaningless gibberish, 
> leads ineluctably to sending a very simple command to the 
> major domo server.

... and your point is ...?
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