VeriSign Buys .tv

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Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday January 23, 2002 @07:16AM from the throat-singers-need-not-apply dept.

Mike Damm writes: "As everyone is so worried about Microsoft these days, another monopoly is slipping through the cracks. VeriSign has paid the country of Tuvalu $45 million in cash for The .TV Corporation, as stated by this press release. Same great service, different obscure TLD!"

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There is an advantage... by FortKnox · 2002-01-23 07:20 · Score: 2, Funny

... at least we don't have to worry about http://www.goatse.tv/!

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Verisign is positioning itself . . . by Anonymous Coward · 2002-01-23 07:23 · Score: 2, Funny

. . . for the imminent projected growth of she-male porn sites, which will, logically, desire a name in the .tv space.
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Feynman wasn't here by isomeme · 2002-01-23 07:33 · Score: 5, Funny

from the throat-singers-need-not-apply dept.
Cute one, but just for the record, Tuvalu != Tuva.

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What happens when Tuvalu no longer exists...? by roybadami · 2002-01-23 07:38 · Score: 3, Funny

When the country of Tuvalu finally sinks under the sea (which may happen in 50 years, maybe sooner), I hope that ICANN doesn't bow to pressure to let the domain continue after the ISO3166 country code is withdrawn...

I'm rather taken aback that the British parliament recently launched a web site at www.parliamentlive.tv. The home page just says 'live webcasting of parliament' without even mentioning which parliament they broadcast.

I think it would be reasonable to assume that they must be broadcasting the parliament of Tuvalu... :)
1. Re:What happens when Tuvalu no longer exists...? by kin_korn_karn · 2002-01-23 08:51 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  or maybe old P-Funk videos. All George Clinton, all the time. Make way for the Mothership.
Re:Just the domain? by linzeal · 2002-01-23 07:44 · Score: 2, Funny

Not everything has a price tag you know...
Thats a pretty unamerican thing to say.
Why even human meat (longpig) is for sale.

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Microsoft buys .NET by guttentag · 2002-01-23 08:02 · Score: 3, Funny

In other news, Microsoft buys .NET TLD from Verisign for 4.5 Billion.
1. Re:Microsoft buys .NET by Alsee · 2002-01-23 10:13 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Microsoft has decided to follow VeriSign's lead and has bought it's own country.
  
  Microsoft is now proud to announce several sites in it's new domain:
  
  Fear.US
  Hate.US
  BugsR.US
  BuyFrom.US
  IncompatibleR.US
  Monopoly?Who.US?
  TheNetBelongsTo.US
  CantGetAwayFrom.US
  GiveYourMoneyTo.US
  and, the ever popular
  AllYourBaseAreBelongTo.US
  
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  - - You can't take something off the Internet! That's like trying to take pee out of a swimming pool.
Not a bad deal... by Rorschach1 · 2002-01-23 08:36 · Score: 2, Funny

Considering that's close to four times Tuvalu's GDP. Maybe they'll pave the road. =]
Re:Is this 100% firm? by global33 · 2002-01-23 10:19 · Score: 2, Funny

This statement is SOP for any publicly traded company. You see, a company makes a statement, an investor acts based upon that statement, and if the stock ends up going south because the statement proves false somehow (a merger doesn't go through, product delay, whatever) the investor might think he can sue the company. Therefore, all publicly traded companies have some sort of "forward looking statement" disclaimer that says "hey... we're just guessing, here." It's a very complex way of abdicating responsibility.

My wife is an investment banker, and she sent me an email telling me to pick up milk on the way home from work, and the server automatically appended that disclaimer onto the bottom of the message. Trust me, my milk purchasing habits are not pending SEC approval.

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Speaking of the .US TLD... by guttentag · 2002-01-23 12:01 · Score: 4, Funny

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January 23, 2003 -- WASHINGTON Chief Terrorist Whacker Bush today announced a fundamental change to the commonly used system for internet addresses. "I went to this interweb site to buy some more helicopters for the army and I realized I have no way of knowing if this is a terrorist organization. How do I know that the money I am spending on helicopters to help our future isn't going to some Yahoo in Somalia? So I picked up the bat phone and called Vice Whacker Cheney and said, 'Dick, we need to change this.'" Bush's new system does away with the .com, .net, .edu, .info, .musuem, .name, and .org "top level domains," as well as all country-specific TLDs. They will be replaced with two TLDs: .us and .them. Web site owners can register .us domains at their local DMV (or equivalent Motor Vehicle Administration), where they will be required to furnish a social security number, photo ID, and finger prints. The old addressing system is slated to be shut down in March 31. "Most of the Web sites I need already have the .us designation thanks to some forward thinking by my friends at ICANN, so I don't foresee too much of a problem here," Bush said.

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