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Los Angeles Gets Own TLD

DM420 writes "On June 9th, Los Angeles officially becomes the world's first city to have its own Internet domain.Great to hear since one day I hope to be an owner of my own TLD and this is a step in the right direction. ;) The registry is located at www.la and further details at DMnews.com" Looks like an Irish firm made a deal with Laos to use the .la TLD. Looks to be on the pricier side of domains, though.

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  1. A more deserving city does not exist by mao+che+minh · · Score: 4, Funny
    I can't wait to see the logo for the official city site, a wonderful college in honor of such an amazing city: A pimp strolling down the av', jack-slap cocked and ready, aimed at a cowering hoe..... The blurred image of a 1990 Honda Civic racing through Watts - gang bangers adorned in blue dew rags and wielding automatic weapons hanging from the windows, teeth capped in magnificent gold..... A heavily armed police officer forcing a terrified black youth to the pavement amidst a flurry of panic - night stick held high and proud, ready to strike.

    A finer city does not exist, and a no city deserves it's own domain more then the great Los Angelas.

  2. LA????? by Got-Tea-Rolls · · Score: 5, Funny

    Won't this be confusing when the state of Louisiana gets its own domain?

  3. Pr0n connection? by slagdogg · · Score: 4, Funny

    Given that most of the world's porn comes out of the Los Angeles area, I'm pretty far from surprised.

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  4. Should they be promoting this? by pgpckt · · Score: 5, Funny


    From the www.la page.....

    Premium Names

    coke.la $100.00
    hooker.la $100.00
    pharmaceutical.la $100.00
    consultancy.la $100.00

    Could raise some "red" flags.

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    1. Re:Should they be promoting this? by cscx · · Score: 4, Funny

      hooker.la $100.00

      Yeah but .la is really Laos.

      Me so horny! Get it...remember...the war? Nevermind... :D

  5. Sounds lucrative by Mannerism · · Score: 5, Funny

    In related news, Cambodia has changed its name to Nymbodia and applied to ISO for a new digraph.

  6. Look out... by eidechse · · Score: 5, Funny

    New York is gonna be pissed.

  7. bah by Wakkow · · Score: 5, Funny

    What crapo.la. It can be yours for only $50! Too bad I don't have that much moo.la to spare.

    Sorry.. That was really bad.

  8. Soon every city will have its own domain by Faust7 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Won't that be nice? I'll be able to readily tell websites in Burnt Scrotum, NM from those in Navel Lint, IA. I'll never know how I got along before.

  9. Be ahead of the Christmas rush by the_Bionic_lemming · · Score: 5, Funny

    register Falalalalalalaaalaaa.la

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  10. Your TLD. by DarkHelmet · · Score: 5, Funny
    Great to hear since one day I hope to be an owner of my own TLD and this is a step in the right direction. ;)

    Due to the fact that you fantasize about things like this, let me guess...

    .nerd

    Heh.

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  11. Re:Why not? by Phroggy · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's a separate country...or maybe even a planet. ;)

    Do you mean Los Angeles or Laos?

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  12. Now we can pull a Serpentor by KoopaTroopa · · Score: 3, Funny

    Cobra.lalalalalalalalalala!

    This I command!

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  13. some of the names are already taken... by thanq · · Score: 4, Funny

    breast-implants.la
    plastic-surgery.la
    hair-replacement.la
    tittiesandass.la
    tittyandass.la
    botoxcosmetic.la

    Apparently LA is hard at work to hold up its image...
    I bet that once they decide to have a TLD .nyc, well see something along the lines of...

    laywers.nyc
    sueyourass.nyc
    eytonycomovahhere.nyc

  14. Godzilla! by maliabu · · Score: 4, Funny

    can't believe no one mentioned Godzil.la yet, although it's already registered.

    but wait, zil.la is still available, so you can still have http://god.zil.la/ and this is a better choice because (1) you have a god in your URL, (2) zil is 3 characters, and is more rare than 6 characters domain names :)

  15. Invalid Domain names by Igmuth · · Score: 4, Funny

    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)

  16. Re:Article by MikeFM · · Score: 3, Funny

    Remind me to get crapo.la. The perfect name for the perfect TDL. :P

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  17. Re:Article by outsider007 · · Score: 4, Funny

    namb.la

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  18. Re:Article by sharkey · · Score: 3, Funny

    namb.la
    You're a Brando look-alike?

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