Namecoin is a stupid idea, as many/most people can't participate, only people with botnets or dedicated mining hardware.
Alternate DNS roots are just scams, as the intention is to extract more money so people have to protect their name by not only buying many TLDs in the real DNS, but in an extra one as well.
Alternate DNS roots are just scams, as the intention is to extract more money so people have to protect their name by not only buying many TLDs in the real DNS, but in an extra one as well.