Time Of Day for Switching of Statuses

ukseo · Aug 22, 2006

Hello

Am I correct in thinking that when UK domains drop they are staggered on the drop day. Eg at 12midnight they dont just all change status, they flip over gradually?

I am presuming that this also applies to changes from Detagged to Suspended.

I have been reading around and have not been able to find out this information. Whilst I would like like the answer

I am aware that this information is likely to be built up over time and experimentation. Are there any threads that cover this sort of information or places where I can learn some of this information.

Cheers

grantw · Aug 22, 2006

ukseo said:
Hello

Am I correct in thinking that when UK domains drop they are staggered on the drop day. Eg at 12midnight they dont just all change status, they flip over gradually?

They drop randomly throughout the day from midnight to midnight

Grant

retired_member6 · Aug 22, 2006

Unless something goes wrong then they all drop at once haha

charlie · Aug 22, 2006

LeeOwen said:
Unless something goes wrong then they all drop at once haha

i think "wrong" is in quotes

ukseo · Aug 22, 2006

Ahh ok, thanks.

I did spot some related threads at the bottom after posting.

Just got to find out if there is any pattern or a real rand() thing.

cheers

FisherMan · Aug 22, 2006

If you find a pattern, you could become a very rich man.

ukseo · Aug 22, 2006

there has to be a pattern

seanc · Aug 22, 2006

there used to be

ukseo · Aug 22, 2006

this is where you need lots of data, damn!

disruptive · Aug 24, 2006

All random numbers are pseudo random numbers in that there is in fact a pattern governing their behaviour. However unless one can throw a huge amount of data at the stats its unlikely that one can pick up any bias in the data.

If nominet were really sharp, they might use a better random number generator such as a Shuffle to help really randomise it. I suspect they use the in built rand gen which has periodic limitations.

Jay Daley · Aug 27, 2006

disruptive said:
If nominet were really sharp, they might use a better random number generator such as a Shuffle to help really randomise it.

It might even be possible that some of us here have read books like this and know one or two things about random numbers.

http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/silence.shtml

disruptive · Aug 29, 2006

Aha, good to arouse a response.

I spend a significant amount of my time dealing with random numbers, trying to make "random numbers" more random.

Its very important to get right not just for Nominet to drop their names. Actually it can be quite enthralling.

Which random generator are you using Nominet?