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Mobile Top Level Domain Gets ICANN Nod

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the jungle-gets-thicker-every-day dept.

Sushant Bhatia writes "Despite fierce criticism from Tim Berners-Lee, the father of the Web, ICANN has decided to go ahead and create a new TLD (Top Level Domain) aimed at mobile phones and other mobile devices. Bizarrely the new domain will be '.mobi'. Considering that one of the chief banes of accessing the Internet from a mobile phone is the fact that keying in long Internet addresses takes time, the decision to use .mobi seem odd. A good place to keep up with the ongoings of ICANN is the ICANN Watch which reports that a TLD system has been launched in Turkey as the result of an alliance between the Turkish Informatics Association (TBD) and Unified Identity Technology (UNIDT)."

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  1. Get rid of the i. by modecx · · Score: 5, Funny

    Really--.mob would be more apt in many ways.

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  2. .mobi by Neil+Blender · · Score: 2, Funny

    Proof that ICANN is staffed by idiots.

  3. Teh Trick! by th0mas.sixbit.org · · Score: 4, Funny

    1. Read other news sites (fark especially), and remember the best comments for each story.
    2. Wait until the same story comes up on slashdot (2-3 days)
    3. ...?
    4. Profit!

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    1. Re:Teh Trick! by hackstraw · · Score: 3, Funny

      5. Repost article on Slashdot.
      6. Repeat.

    2. Re:Teh Trick! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I know you're trying to be funny, but it's pretty reasonable that there should be some overlap in the stories posted on Slashdot and other sites. Recent research indicates that the audiences for some of these sites aren't really as different as you might think. Which leads one to wonder ... does online discussion really represent an accurate reflection of our culture, or are we seeing a balkanization of opinion that doesn't reflect reality?

      There is a very relevant Venn diagram available here: http://www.venndiagram.com/detail.lasso?id=1090944 229.gif

      Comments? Intelligent discussion is appreciated.

  4. mobi.us.strip by Shadow+Wrought · · Score: 3, Funny

    They considered shortening it to ".mob" but the Mafia threatened a class action for TLD squatting.

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  5. Re:Why .mobi? [OT] by tomhudson · · Score: 2, Funny

    Howabout dick.mobi? Make for some funny reverse lookups "in mobi dick".

  6. They should have used... by cataBob · · Score: 3, Funny

    They should have went with .stupid instead.

    1. Re:They should have used... by I_can_not_believe_I_ · · Score: 2, Funny

      Umm, last I checked .gov is still a valid TLD.

  7. Re:Get ready... by ArsonSmith · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hmm, www.dick.mobi?

    what else?

    Ohh, a "flood" of .Mobi Dick jokes, flood...water...ocean...whale

    Got it. that was pretty funny

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  8. Stop complaining - start fighting by null+etc. · · Score: 2, Funny
    Despite fierce criticism from Tim Berners-Lee

    Tims Berners-Lee complains about this... Tims Berners-Lee complains about that... For the father of the web, this guy does an awful lot of complaining about it.

    Sometimes, the father needs to take his child down. I think he needs to take more extreme actions. Like domain terrorism, or something.

  9. Re:Get ready... by Tackhead · · Score: 1, Funny
    > ... for a flood of ".Mobi Dick" jokes.

    Call it .mobi. Some years ago--never mind how long precisely -- having little or no clue in my head, and nothing particular to interest me at the coding keyboard, I thought I would write a few RFCs and see the committee-driven part of the Internet...

    [ ...104 Slashdot posts later... ]

    "AND I ONLY AM ESCAPED ALONE TO TELL THEE"
    - Job.

    The meeting is done. Why then here does any new TLD step forth? -- Because one did survive the wreck.