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Outdated Domains To Meet Their End
Dr. Eggman writes "The little used .um internet domain is no more. The domain was used, or rather unused, for US minor outlying islands and the University of Southern California's Information Sciences Institute had grown tired of maintaining it. This announcement comes as last month ICANN began taking comments on deletion of outdated suffixes. Among the top of the list? .su, the internet domain of the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union's .su may prove harder to remove however, as Google still lists 3 million .su sites."
In Soviet Russia
The Domain expires you . . .
We are Dead Stars looking back Up at the Sky
And there was no opinion poll on this? (Of if there was, I missed it. I'm just not hip to the California cutting edge news.)
Now I can't make a site called Y.um
My first Journal Entry ever, in 8 years! http://slashdot.org/journal/365947/aphelion-scifi-fantasy-horror-poetry-webzine
Apparently you "don't any" English either.
The TLD for bearded Russian sysadmins.
\u262D = \u5350
Why not reassign the .um TLD to the umming and aahing community? There are many ditherers and the
like out there who'd love to have domains like "im-not-sure.um", "let-me-see-a-minute.um",
"tum-te-tum-te-t.um" etc.
^speak
bah, that's why there are editors. Hell if you read either of my two books you'd not have such high expectations for me.
Someday, I'll have a real sig.
Lawyers!
had-an-accident-then.su
coffee-too-hot-well.su
Well, no big loss -- .sudo is a much better way of managing things anyway.
No jokes, please
I'm a little disappointed at the lack (currently I only see one) of "In Soviet Russia" posts under this article. Often they're lame, but once in awhile you see some that're actually funny. I was hoping when I clicked through to this discussion to find some, only to find a single one (modded down Redundant). Sure, they can be rather annoying in irrelevant conversations, but this article is practically an open invitation for people who post the same hackneyed phrases to every article to go wild. Maybe you don't care for them, but I for one welcome our Soviet Russian troll poster overlords. I'm currently checking Netcraft to verify whether or not "In Soviet Russia" posting is dying and will report confirmation later.
brandelf: invalid ELF type 'KEEBLER'
If you're heading to "Jumping to insane conclusions land", any room for me in the car? I read his post and assumed he was a grand dragon of the KKK.
-- Using the preview button since 2005
And what will Putin use for his blog now he can't have poloni.um?
SIGSEGV caught, terminating
wait... not that kind of sig.
in soviet russia, that which is operated on becomes the operator and that which operates becomes operated on. it's a well known fact in the slashdot community
.su domain, when the slashdot community knows full well that in soviet russia, the .su domain drops you, then won't the void created by this logical paradox create a rift in time and space and kill us all?
.su alone!
.su, domain drops you!
the slashdot community is also familiar with the concept of logical paradoxes, like: "i never tell the truth"... well if you aren't telling the truth about never telling the truth, then perhaps you do tell the truth, which contradicts your statement. the resulting lack of meaning renders the entire statement null and void
now if we are to actually drop the
good god for the sake of humanity, leave
because in
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
.kkk, that sounds like a successful domain idea...
Ginga no Rekshiya Mata Each page.
In Soviet Russia, trite Orwell quotes unfairly mod YOU down.
You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.
No, you've got it all wrong. They already have your credit card number, so ordering is super easy!
But the Soviet Union? I thought you guys had disbanded?
Ambassador:*chuckles* Yes, that's what we wanted you to think!
Apparently Yukos (and some others) didn't get the memo.
As for interesting domains- it.su is already taken, for those who prefer things extra hot.
Twitter supports and protects racists - by smearing their critics with the "Hate Speech" label.