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Comments · 8

  1. Re:Pr0n connection? by kiwimate · · Score: 1 · on Los Angeles Gets Own TLD

    Interestingly enough, I just pointed my browser to the home page for L.A. and saw a list of recently registered domain names.

    fizzyco.la
    sluts.la
    infosec.la
    insu.la
    motor cylce.la

    Number 2 is entirely appropriate for this sordid little topic.

    And I'd hate to be the sucker who's just signed up for a mis-spelled domain name at $50/year. Wonder how long it'll take before his kind friends point out that motorcylce.la is somewhat, errm, unlikely?

  2. I want to be cool too by p3d0 · · Score: 1 · on Los Angeles Gets Own TLD
    From www.la:
    Cooler than .com and hotter than .us, a .la address lets people know not just who you are, but where you are!
    Groan. Old white ad execs in business suits should never use the word "cool".

    Seriously, though, what happens to the people and businesses of Laos? I know Toronto businesses already register .to domains from Tonga, but that's not "official", and presumably Tonga still controls the domain registration.

  3. Re:Should they be promoting this? by 1u3hr · · Score: 3, Interesting · on Los Angeles Gets Own TLD
    the last 50 registered .la domains:
    fucknut.la, gilligan.la, sip.la, motels.la, hotbodies.la, agent.la, boob.la, dotcom.la, professionals.la, techsupport.la, friends.la, boyfriends.la, transexuals.la, fags.la, classifieds.la, nguyen.la, intercoo.la, main.la, main-street.la, postproductions.la, 90210.la, dirtysluts.la, zil.la, specialfx.la, mediatemple.la, jump.la, hel.la, teens.la, easylistening.la, microsoft.la, milf.la, thisdomainsucks.la, exit.la, wrestling.la, lazoo.la, disney.la, lay.la, phantom.la, standup-comedy.la, kenpo.la, decoro.la, areo.la, wann.la, designs.la, guess.la, limited.la, filmeditor.la, musica.la, allure.la, concerts.la

    A classy neighbourhood (or should that be 'hood)

  4. Invalid Domain names by Igmuth · · Score: 4, Funny · on Los Angeles Gets Own TLD

    On the front page of www.la they have the following site listed:

    café.la $100.00

    However when you click on it to register it throws an error message becuase of the 'é' not being a valid character
    I would feel sorry for any company if they actually registered that domain since almost noone would be able type the 'é' to visit their site.

    (Yes I know there are ways of doing it, but most people couldn't figure it out)

  5. Re:LA????? by thynk · · Score: 1 · on Los Angeles Gets Own TLD

    So... does this mean that once it's forgotten I can snag up la.la for a kids teletubby fan site?

    HOLY COW these things are expensive. I just registered a .org name today (stfrancis-of-assisi.org) for $8.95/yr and they want $50.00 a year for 2 years for a .la according to www.la . DAMN, that's kind of high.

    Some other TLDs I'd like to see... .WTF .RTFM .RTFA .BOFH .FNG .SNAFU .FUBAR

  6. Re:woah woah woah by dpp · · Score: 1 · on Los Angeles Gets Own TLD
    Sorry to break the news to you, but the Vatican City is a country, too.

    But it is still also a city, so the original poster has a point, even if he is being buttock-clenchingly pedantic! The www.la website says:

    "Los Angeles is the world's first and only city to receive its own unique Internet address; .la."

    where from what you're saying they should strictly have said "...first and only city that is not also a country..." :-)

  7. .la country code domain by dtobias · · Score: 1 · on Still More on Connecting Laos

    The .la country code domain for Laos is now claiming for marketing purposes to be the domain for Los Angeles...

  8. Existing Country-Specific TLDs by Zaphod+B · · Score: 4 · on ICANN, new TLDs, and Congress?

    In the absence of such scintillating new TLDs as .sex, .www, .web, and .now, certain buses in Santa Monica and Los Angeles, CA are now advertising .la domains (.la is a country-specific TLD for Laos, in Southeast Asia.) Amazingly, not very many people have bothered. I see several .tv domains, but the only thing I see advertised with a .la TLD is the registrar itself.

    I don't see the use of alternative TLDs really taking off until Joe "AOL User" Shmo is a little better versed in the workings of the Internet.

    Just my 34 lira...